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My parents took us on a cruise to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas! It was awesome!!! We ate like kings, enjoyed a show every night, laughed a ton and experienced what it is like to be childless again! It was so fun to go on dates!!! It's been a while since we could do that! I missed the boys but they were in great hands!!!

Shawn loved watching the ocean! He would check it out all through the day and night!

We played mini golf a couple times on the ship... I even got a hole in one!!!

We went snorkling in the freezing cold water in Cabo. (I practically got hypothermia)

We went on tours to see wales and sea lions...

Amber held and played with iguanas, baby tigers, and parrots!

This was the best snorkeling but the waves were horrible!

This in the beautiful arch in Cabo

We had a really scary experience the other night... My mom was in town visiting from Arizona and watching the boys with Shawn. I was at mutual helping the beehive class paint pumpkins. My phone was dead so I left it on the charger assuming I wouldn't be needed in the hour I would be gone... Boy was I wrong!

At about 7:45 My neighbor came running into the church, (some what calmly) and said that Kyle had pinched Kaden's finger in the door and that I needed to meet Shawn at urgent care as soon as I could. She was calm and helped me get my stuff together... all the while I was thinking it must not be that big of a deal...

When I got to Urgent care I saw Shawn walking out towards me with Kaden in his arms and half wondered if we were already on our way home.

Until I saw Shawn's face. Blood was all over him! It covered his t-shirt, from his neck down his sleeve and across to the blood soaked towel Shawn was using to keep Kaden's hand stationary.

Shawn jumped in the passenger side door and said, "We've gotta go to the ER." Instantly I obeyed and drove toward the freeway. I could hear Shawn Gently comforting Kaden saying, "It's ok, I know it hurts. Shh, It's ok." Kaden sat quietly biting his other fingers, occasionally letting out a whimper of pain.

I could barely look at my little boy. The thought of what happened was horrible!

I drove in a daze not even sure where to go... I'd never been to the ER and adding to the confusion I didn't know if the new hospital ER was up and running or if we should go to the old hospital.

We got off the exit and came to the Y where we either went Right to the old hospital or Left to the new one. We had made the decision to go to the old Emergency Room until Shawn changed his mind and said, "Go to the new hospital." Quickly I changed lanes and followed the road around for a couple of miles, until I could see the Lights of the hospital.

I dropped Shawn and the baby off at the front, parked and ran inside. We only waited a few minutes before they brought us back to a room. The nurse wanted to bandage Kaden's hand to slow the bleeding and keep him from messing with it, but the idea back fired! As quickly as she wrapped the hand Kaden snacked the gauze off pulling the finger tip back and exposing the severity of his wound. His little fingertip right below the nail bed was cut completely off, hanging on the underside by a small piece of flesh. We realized at that moment it was best to just sit and wait for the doctor who would do the X-Ray.

After the x-ray we were happy to hear that a specialist was on his way... a plastic surgeon specializing in severe wounds to the hand.

When he got there he explained that the bone had been fragmented but luckily it was the tip of his finger and wouldn't effect the growth plate.

After prepping for surgery, the doc sedated Kaden and began sewing his finger back on. I watched as the doctor removed the rest of the fingertip... took the nail off of the little piece of flesh, sewed the flesh back on his finger and then replaced the fingernail. Shawn and I tried to comfort Kaden through it all... although our attempts seemed to be futile. It took about an hour from when they sedated Kaden to when they bandaged him back up.

We are grateful to the many people who helped out that night and offered prayers for our family and especially for Kaden. He seems to be doing well and we are excited to go to the doctor on Thursday to see how everything has healed up.