Month in Review: August 2007

Welcome to Month in Review: August 2007, documenting key events for our family history. This is a great way to catch up with the Clarks. Most of the following events have been covered on the blog (quite a few of them were added just recently), but as always, there are a few new moments and photos.

• The First day of August was Tommy's First day of First Grade. He is enjoying the year so far--he is reading chapter books, excelling at math, and has already taken a field trip (to see "real frogs" at a museum exhibit).
• Chris started off the month with a trip to the ER for some stomach pain, which fortunately was not serious. Little did he know that it would be the first of four ER/Urgent Care visits by our family this month (keep reading...).
• David learned to walk. He still uses crawling to get around, but walks occasionally. Pictures and videos forthcoming
  
• We got a new camera, so we can finally start taking videos!
  
• Tommy and Michael finished up their swimming lessons, which they took at a backyard pool owned by a "friend of a friend," who did a great job!
  
• We attended a Worth Family Reunion in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. This was for my father's siblings and their families. We packed a lot of fun into less than two days.
• After the reunion, my parents and a few of my siblings came down to Salt Lake for a few days. We stayed busy with big meals, birthday celebrations, and lots more.
• David was stung by a bee in his mouth! (Urgent Care Visit #2)
  
• Chris is now the Elders Quorum President at church.
  
• Tommy celebrated his 6th birthday. He is looking forward to a party with his school friends, which will be in the upcoming weeks. There I said it. Now I have to do it.
  
• We went to Boise to attend the wedding of Tim Cannon, one of Chris's childhood friends from New Jersey. We spent the night at Phil and Lisa's--Chris's aunt and uncle--who were nice enough to watch our children and introduce us to a new favorite treat (stay tuned for a future post...)
  
• I am sporting a new short hairstyle with bangs.
  
• Chris and I went to Jordanelle reservoir with some friends. Chris suffered a pretty bad injury when he attempted to jump from a rope swing, got his foot tangled in the rope, couldn't let go, and slammed into a stump back on the shore (more details and a possibly disappointing video here). Neither the X-Ray at the instacare (3rd Visit this month) nor the CT-Scan at the ER (visit #4) revealed any broken bones. He is now doing ok, but still has severe pain in his hip and can't bear weight on his leg. They haven't found anything specific wrong, so hopefully it is just general (but major) soreness, and he will continue to heal well. He has graduated from the crutches:
  and is now using a cane:
• Michael turned 3. He got a tool set, which he is now obsessed with. Here he is in his tool belt (not pictured: the toolbox).
• Chris and I are discussing whether or not I should get a cell phone, and if so what kind of device and plan I should get. At Chris's request, I wrote a list of reasons why I want a Phone/PDA, not knowing he would be publishing it to his blog, and asking his readers to vote. I listed some more reasons here. So far the vote is in my favor :).

All in all, a pretty crazy month. We'll see if we can't calm it down a notch in September...