We had some fun visitors this week!  My mom went on a road trip with her brothers, my Uncle Mike and Uncle John, and they stopped at our house for a night.  It was great fun to have them and my kids enjoyed getting to know Grandma's brothers better, too!  They came Monday and didn't have to leave right away on Tuesday, so we took them to Bridal Veil Falls.  It was a beautiful day!

 

 

 

I kept myself busy the next couple of days making several batches of apricot jam.  My neighbor's tree was full of apricots and I'm not sure I even made a dent in her supply but I think it made a big dent in my need for jam this coming school year!  Yay!  I think I made about 50 pints.

 



Thursday we spent the day getting ready for another camping trip.  This time just up to Lagoon where we had the Skinner Reunion this year.  We were going to go up Thursday afternoon but since it was so close, decided to just head up Friday morning.  It was a good thing we decided to wait, too.

Savannah had been feeling bad most of the week but it got really, really bad Thursday night into Friday morning.  She woke Kevin up around six and he took her to the hospital.  They did a CT scan and discovered that her appendix was badly inflamed.  They wanted to do surgery right away!

Meanwhile, I was getting everyone up and putting the last things in the car to hurry up to the reunion.  I convinced Kevin to trade me places and I brought the packed van and all the kids up to the hospital for him and I took over the care of Savannah -- or actually I took over watching over Savannah while lots of other people took care of her.  Which they did really well.  She had one of their best surgeons operating on her within a couple of hours.

Kevin and the kids were worried about Savannah but they managed to have a good time at the amusement park.  The older kids went on roller coasters together and the younger kids liked the little rides and the water slides.  They all went in the haunted house together (Ben said, "There were skeletons!) and on the Ferris wheel.  I think they made some good memories and had a really fun day.

After camping the night, they decided to come back home.  They got cleaned up and unpacked and came to see Savannah and I in the hospital.  Grandpa Skinner and Maria came down from the reunion to see Savannah, too.  The family accompanied Savannah on a walk down the hall.