Ence Family Reunion

Ence Family Trip Year 2: McCall, Idaho

One highlight of each year is the annual trip we take with my parents, siblings and their children. We are now LONELY in Seattle and honestly soaked up every second we had with them. We randomly chose McCall due to the location - 461 miles from SLC and 463 from Maple Valley. After having been, we can't wait to go back again. My children said they had as much fun in McCall as they did at Disneyland :()!

We left a day early to meet my brother Dylan for a night at Best Western and a day of swimming. My kids woke up at 6:30. They were the first to eat breakfast and the first in the pool .They swam for 4 hours straight. While they swam, I took a run around the quaint little town - no better way to get to know a place!

For dinner we ate at the highly recommended "My Father's Place". Prices were high but the food was truly out of this world. I ate a bite of Eliza's hamburger and couldn't put it down - first one I've had in 4 years. Their secret recipe? Dave says crack.

Off to check out Payette Lake and check into our cabin/house. The drive around the lake is 18 miles and absolutely gorgeous. Our cabin was located about 1 mile up the road from a public beach.

Day2 we spent at David Beach, the public swimming area located 1 mile from the cabin. It was actually very secluded and ended up being ideal day location for us to park. We spent 7 hours playing in the water and sand.

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Baby Charlotte

My official due date was August 17th or 15th depending on who you ask. Both Eden and Eliza were born exactly 13 days before their due date. So, when I went in for my 38th week appointment Monday morning, August 4th I reminded my doctor that not only do I come early but when my water breaks, I deliver lightning fast. He checked me. I was a 2 and 80% effaced. His last piece of advice was to rush to the hospital if I started contracting at all due to my VBAC risk. He also joked that he would most likely be seeing me next week...my contractions started 7 hours later... Driving Eliza to harp lessons they were 5 minutes apart. Came home for dinner at 7 and then varied from 5-7 minutes. Contractions stopped at 10:30 but woke me up at 12:30. Dave and I decided to go to the hospital at 1:30. Despite the intense pain, the nurses check revealed that I was still only a 2. She hooked me up to the monitor, and for one hour I suffered through some intense contractions spaced at exactly 1.5 minutes ...

Let's just call this paybacks

Dave got the heads up this morning that we were going to have a couple of "special" talks on reverence today as the Stake Presidency was a little concerned about how loud our sacrament meetings have become. I thought ~ great, let's prep the kids ~ I told them that they were to be on their best behavior, no snacks, no toys, no talking, you get the idea... The meeting went pretty smooth until the Bishop got up. He very tenderly started talking about how important it is that we teach our children about the sacrament...it was at that moment that my family fell a part. Eden and Luke started fighting and Liza and Tucker started screaming---did I mention we were on the second row? I grabbed Luke and put him in a body hold and motioned for Dave to get Tuck and Liza out. Dave left with Liza and Tuck (so I thought...) and next thing you know, Tucker is up on the stand running back and forth behind the Bishop. My sweet friend sitting next to me jumped up to get Tuck, but he of cours...

Lesson Learned

Have you ever been in a grocery or Target type store with all your kiddos and had a lovely employee tell your children to "please sit down in the cart!"? Well I have...several times. Each time I politely smile and say sorry, but all the while my brain is filled with smart aleck comments like "hey, last time I checked, I was their mother," or, "lady it's either standing up in the cart or pulling product off your shelves-you choose!" I have been sufficiently humbled. This morning, like all mornings, I put Eliza in her high chair to get her out of my hair for a moment so that I could make breakfast. She immediately climbed out and was about to stand on the table when she lost her balance and fell to the floor. I raced over to pick her up and noticed that while she was trying to scream nothing was coming out of her mouth. I picked her up and she started seizing, her eyes rolled back into her head and then she went limp. No words can describe the thoughts...

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