Condo vacation continued and the scariest thing to ever happen to me

My parents kept the kids with them for an extra day. Tyler and I had to get back to work and the kids didn't have anything planned until Tuesday evening so they were lucky enough to stay an extra day. I got my Mom's camera so I could see the pictures that they took while Tyler and I were gone, however I found some other cute ones and had to add them.

This is Grandma Donna out on the desert. We were just getting ready for our picnic.

Grandma Donna and Shane or the Mountain Man as I like to call him.

Some more fishing pictures.

We weren't planning on keeping any of the fish that we caught so we didn't really go prepared. Britton insisted on keeping his fish so here he is on the way back to the condo holding his fish in a Tupperware we just happened to have with us.

On the horse back ride.

The rest of these pictures were taken while Ty and I were gone. Britton decided he wanted to build a fort so he worked all day on it. It looks like a good little fort. I hope it is still there for him when we go back. He put so much time and effort into it.


While Britton was building Shayna was modeling. I love all of her made up poses.








Getting ready for bed.

Thank you Mom and Dad for keeping the kids. They really enjoyed it.

I decided I would write down the scariest thing that has EVER happened to me. Not that I will ever forget it but it might be something interesting for the kids to read when they get older. Who knows what they will remember.....

Anyway, the first day that we were there the kids were outside playing while Tyler was building their swing. I was in the condo helping my Mom get ready for dinner. And I heard Britton say Mom. So I went to the door and he was standing there holding his throat with drool running down his face. I knew he was choking on a mint because he had asked me if he could have it. He started coughing a little so I kept telling him to just keep coughing to work it out. I was saying over and over don't panic, stay calm, we will get it out, it's going to be ok. I'm not sure if I was trying to convince him or myself. All of a sudden he stopped coughing, and stopped breathing. His little face was so red and strained I could see the veins in his forehead getting bigger. I kept thinking to myself, I have to be the one to get this out. I have to do it no matter what, we were too far from a hospital I knew I couldn't count on getting help from an ambulance. I grabbed him and started doing the Heimlich maneuver on him. It took two try's and then it shot out. He took a long deep breath and started breathing again. The whole process probably last about 15 seconds but it was the longest 15 seconds of my life. My hands were shaking like crazy when all was said and done. Britton thanked me for saving his life and gave me big hug. I am so thankful it turned out the way it did.