(side note: this story ends fine, just sharing an experience)

A few weeks ago Jeremy took Trevor in for his sports physical. He was otherwise fine, but the doctor wouldn't sign him off because of a heart murmur. Trev would have to see a cardiologist before the doctor would sign him off for football. Jeremy and I scoffed. Who doesn't have a heart murmur? I've heard of tons of people who do. So we made an appointment with Primary Children's Riverton office (so we could get in sooner. The main hospital couldn't get us in until after football would have already started). We decided to make a day of it since we were driving all that way so we piled all the kids in and headed to see the doctor. The doctor was really nice, but after a couple of initial tests he explained that he didn't like what he was hearing. He went into detail, saying an innocent murmur wasn't common in a child as old as Trev, and it sounded like the type of thing, he didn't say this in so many words, but implied that it could basically make a child drop dead if they are being too active. At this point Jeremy and I were both getting a little nervous. The doctor sent Trev in for an ultrasound. After that we were brought back into our little room and waited. And waited. And waited. After nearly an hour, the doctor reappeared. Now, a little advice to you doctors out there: After you have just told me my child quite possibly has a very serious heart condition, done further tests and made us wait for an hour before reappearing, don't come back into the room escorted by two other doctors. Or if you must, at least poke your head in the door first and say that you have two residents following you around observing. It was a terrifying few seconds until he casually told us that it was an innocent murmur after all and Trev was just fine.

After that lovely experience we went to try out a big waterpark in the area called Cowabunga Bay. I can't believe how much fun we had. I'm always a little skeptical to take all the kids to a water place, but it worked out pretty well. There were a lot of slides they could all go on, even the little ones, and the water is never very deep. It was such a fun day. After a hectic summer it was pretty much the first time in several weeks we had gotten to spend quality time together. It's definitely something we need to work on doing more. The only damper on the day was missing Corben because he was at scout camp, but I stopped feeling bad when he got home and told me it had been the best week of his life. Uh, don't know exactly how I feel about that.

My two cents about Cowabunga Bay: We did the cheapest deal they offer, which is two hours at the end of the day, and it still costed $65. They are way overpriced. Though it was a lot of fun, it definitely does not offer enough to justify what they charge.

Here are the kids all tuckered out at the end of the day: