Kids Quarry

Yesterday we took the boys to a kids day at the local quarry. It is a yearly event where the quarry brings in dozers, cranes, dump trucks, and all kinds of construction equipment and lets kids ride it with the operators. There are all kinds of things to do! They shuttle bused everyone in on school buses since the event is so large! There was one station where kids could take shovels and dig for gemstones. At another station they could use mortar and bricks to create their own wall. Another station simulated a quarry blast. There were 40 or so stations in all! It was absolutely amazing! They expected to make 800 thousand dollars at the event and they donate it all to a childrens cancer charity! My favorite part was when John said "Do you think that Shane will want to ride the bulldozer?". Then Shane took running toward the bulldozer without every looking back until the assistant lifted him into the bulldozer to drive! Uh Yeah he will! Our kids had a great time! After lunch John took Jonah to the bathroom and when he was finished Jonah came running out of the porta potty and tripped and fell on his FACE. He got a puncture cut next to his eyebrow that was bleeding pretty good (as well as some serious road rash on the rest of his face). We had an EMT and a doctor look at it and decided that he probably needed stitches so we had to leave. We took the other kids home and I took Jonah to the local ER where they decided to use surgical glue on his face instead of stitches. So he is all fixed up now. I am hoping that he will not have much of a scar, but we will not know for a while! Who would think that a porta potty could be so dangerous?!?!?