They call him Dr. Cannon

I mentioned in my last post about how Greg's dad (Rex) fell off a ledge during their riding trip and cut open his leg. Here is the story of what happened.

Every June Greg and his dad and a lot of their friends take a week long dirtbiking trip down in Southern Utah.  Greg looks forward to this every year and loves it! This year they had 41 guys on bikes down there! That is a lot of people hahah. Rex and a few of his friends started this tradition right out of high school and have gone every year since. The group has grown as they have had kids and have made some new friends. But one this is the same. This is an all guys trip. No women are allowed....unless you come to cook. I was asked numerous times by Rex if I would like to come and cook for everyone. I didn't take him up on it. I have seen videos of what goes on during that week and heard so many stories... I would rather not be a part of it.

This year they went on a ride on Saturday and stopped to eat some lunch and just relax a little bit. Rex had just bought a new camera and loves to take pictures! This man always has a camera on him or is snapping pictures with his phone. They had stopped somewhere with a great view so he had to take some pictures. He was standing on a 10ft ledge when it gave out and he fell onto lava rock. Lava rock is extremely sharp and scary. He fell and cut open his leg. Greg says he was so lucky that he did not hit his head or have worse injuries from falling that high onto lava rock. They got him up the cliff and could see blood dripping out of his riding boot! They took of his boot and saw a giant gash in his leg. They tried to put him back together with what they had but he needed stitches. So Greg, Rex and his friend Greg ( who my husband is named after) hopped on their bikes and headed to a highway that was close to find a hospital. They rode 25-30 miles on their bikes to find one. They were on a dirt road for awhile and that was to hard on Rex's leg, so he road with his foot dangling for a good portion of the ride.

They finally reached the hospital and Rex got stitched up. Greg has video of that, but I wont share that with you. They had to numb him up and clean out the gash in his leg. When Greg called me that night to tell me what happened he told me that his dad got 7 stitches. I did not think that was very many and figured it was just a little cut. Boy was I wrong! It was only 7 stitches but it was more like fishing line then stitches. I could not believe how thick it was!

Is that not a pretty good gash in his leg! I could not believe it. And he cut up a little of his knee as well. Oh and he dented his brand new camera. I  think he was most upset about that!

 Saturday night it had been a week since he fell and it was time for the stitches to come out. Rex is like any other man who will not go to the doctor to get them out, so it was up to Greg to do it. Greg was actually pretty excited, and it would be good practice for him. He will be taking out stitches when he becomes a physical therapist. His little sister Kathy was also pretty excited, she is going into the nursing progam. This was perfect practice for those too, and is that not what dads are for? Helping their kids with their futures... even if that includes getting stitches removed!

Greg with his instruments getting ready to remove!

I can't remember why Camille is laughing... but I'm sure something funny happened!

Greg taking out the stitches.

All the stitches on the gross bandage.

Cleaning it up after and applying Neosporin. Don't you just love the gloves! He was pretty legit!

The finished result! Isn't that a nasty cut! I could not believe it. It is healing up really good but was so deep! That is going to be one ugly scar!

Greg and Kathy did such a good job taking out the stitches! It was so funny to watch them take turns and be so excited to do it. We all had little jobs. I was incharge of documenting by taking pictures and videoing it. Greg and Kathy took out the stitches. Rex held the light and Camille....she was their for moral support. It was actually kind of fun to be there and watch it. We had a lot of fun and were laughing the whole time. Everytime we go over to their house Greg checks the cut to make sure it is not infected. I am so proud of him for all he knows and being so good at first aid stuff. He will be a great physical therapist.

Last night it was time to switch from gauze to a band aid. I pointed out that it would hurt to take the band aids off with all of his leg hair so out came the razor! Greg was such a good son and shaved his dad's leg with his mom's razor haha. Oh it was so great! I really wish I would have had my camera.

What happens in Vegas!

Last week I had the chance to go with my sister and her cute family down to Vegas for the week. I was so excited to get some sun for a week and get to spend so much time with my 3 cute nieces. My brother in law Eric had to go down for a work conference and my sister Jill needed help with the 3 little ones at the pool so I came along to help her out.

The headphones were a little big for Meg, she had a hard time with  them.

Ayden was fine with hers, and when she watches a movie she is in her own little world.

We had a fun long long drive to Vegas. It was about 6 hours but it really wasn't to bad. We had movies, snacks and lots of activities for them to do. 

Since the girls were good we could stop in Ceder City and go to Mcdonald's so they could play at the play ground. They had so much fun and we all needed a little break.

Meg came to eat and took the hamburger right out of Jill's hand. We could not believe it. It was so funny, we just had to laugh. There is one thing about Meg, she loves food and will not share. If you take something from her or just use her ketchup you get a dirty look followed by "Hey!" It is so funny! 

We got to Vegas and we spent most of our time at the pool. It was so much fun! Here are a lot more pics!

This was our pool. It was so sweet and so much fun! They had two pools, about 6 hot tubs, a waterfall and some water slides. It was awesome!

Ayden loves to pose! And she is so cute so I have no problem taking her pictures.

Meg was the biker chick at the pool that everyone was afraid of. She loves bandana's and had to wear it hahah. The best part is that she really can be a bully. I love her!

The Chatterley girls at the waterfall...minus Elle.

I was trying to get a picture of Elle smiling, I was really struggling.

And this is what I got. So lovely.

All the Chatterley girls this time. I could not get Meg to get closer, what a stinker.

Ayden  kept wanting to play fish so I would throw the noodle to catch her. And she really is a fish, all she wanted to do was swim and you could not get her out of the pool.

Eric was able to come swimming with us a few times. The girls were so happy. They are such daddy girls.

They have a lot of fun together.

Meg was wearing my sunglasses while we tried to find hers.

We finally found them!! Meg puts them on herself and this is how she always wears them.

The Chatterley family playing Ring Around the Rosie.

Eric and Jill had some friends down there for the conference as well and wanted to spend some time with them. So they went out to dinner one night and let me watch the girls. We had so much fun, those girls make me laugh! 

They were feeding their babies....they remember everything!!!

They wanted to do my hair. They did such a good job getting it flat and poofy at the same time!

Meg was getting a little sleepy.

We spent one day on the strip and had fun. We were not on it for to long but just long enough. The girls didn't get cranky and enjoyed the few things we did and saw. 

We went to the M&M world and watched a fun 3D movie. Meg kept reaching forward trying to grab them. The best part of the movie was the worker who kept yelling at Eric. Eric did everything wrong and the guy was so intense. It was hilarious! 

The Chatterley family!

Me with the girls

Meg and I in front of "Simba's dad" as Ayden put it.

Meg and I looking at the lions.

Meg and Eric, she was trying so hard to see the lions.

They had little baby lions the the girls just loved them! And so did I, they were so cute.

Our sweet hats.

After the strip we decided to do a little shopping. That did not go as well. Meg does not like shopping. She did okay at the first but was pretty angry by the end.

Ayden was getting a little tired.

Meg just had to push Ayden. It was fun at first, but she can only push not steer and will not let you help her push. She only pushed for a few minutes.

When we got back from shopping we had a little fashion show that Ayden was dying to do. She got a few new shirts that she wanted to try on and show off.

I picked out the hot pink shirt. I just thought it would be so cute on her dark Cuban skin.

Meg loved her shirt....well she loved the sticker on the shirt

Ayden the model.

Eric is the best model for his new shoes.

The girls also discoverd Otter Pops. They were in heaven. They loved them so much and always wanted one. That is all Meg would eat. She would go to the freezer point and yell "help, pop" It was so cute.

We had to eat the Otter Pops in the kitchen since they can get a little messy!

That was my amazing weekend with the Chatterelys. I had so much fun and loved being with them and helping with the little ones. Thanks for taking me! The only down side was that I didn't see Greg for a week. He was on a dirtbiking trip with his dad for the week so it kind of worked perfect that we would be gone the same week. I still missed him a ton, and loved when he would call me. I would post pictures of that trip, but he doesnt have any. He has tons of video but no pictures. I will have to get some from his dad to post. So beware for another super long post!! One crazy thing that happend on his trip was that his dad had to get stiches! He was standing on a 10 ft ledge over lava rock when it gave out and he fell and cut his leg open. I guess it was pretty bad and blood was leaking out of his boot, so they wrapped him up and rode to the nearest hospital on their bikes. He was a little cut up but nothing serious. He was lucky that he only cut himself up and not hit his head. He was very lucky! But that was our week. We both had so much fun but not together. We now need a fun trip together!