Friday morning the boys all decided they wanted to catch frogs in the pond with Grandma and Grandpa. Since they needed a net to catch them in they headed to the local hardware store. While there, Jackson pulled a 10 pound downrigger off the shelf and it dropped on his bare toe. Michelle brought him to the hospital and Parker and I met them there. When Parker walked in and asked where his son was the nurse said "just follow the screaming." Poor Jackson was in a lot of pain...
He broke a small bone in his toe but the bigger problem was the swelling hematoma under the nail...
Now he's on crutches and we're hoping it will heal quickly...
After pictures we had lunch and then headed to the airport. It was awful saying goodbye to everyone, just awful. I always seem to have the hardest time saying goodbye to Michelle, I don't know why but the tears always come. I hate leaving family, it reminds me how badly I wish we lived closer and didn't have to say these goodbyes.
Flying home was HELL! We were supposed to land at midnight in DC and we ended up landing about 4:30am. We got to sit on the plane in SLC for an hour, only to de-board, wait, re-board, wait, drive to the runway, and wait, and wait and wait. We finally got to Denver about 9:30pm, waited there a couple hours, then finally got on the flight home. The boys were ANGELS, they were so tired and sick of planes and airports but they were so good. Parker and I were super tired and grumpy but put on happy faces and we got through it.
During one of the long waits in SLC the pilot invited the boys to come in the cockpit, they were pushing buttons and freaking Parker and I out but the pilot didn't seem at all concerned! They thought they were pretty cool...
Ah it was an AMAZING month! When I booked the trip I thought that, after being gone for a month, I would totally be ready to come home BUT...I wasn't. The boys weren't ready either. But too bad, our life is here and that is reality. Thanks everyone for an awesome awesome awesome time!!!
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