...can only mean one thing...
Happy Independence Day from our family!
Our day started out like most other summer Mondays at our house:
Scooter happiness and joy!
Big smiles all around! (0:
10 minutes later there was a minor crash
and...
Rachel hurt her leg. She kept saying "Take me to the doctor! Take me to the doctor! Take me to the doctor!".
So I iced her leg for half an hour and let her calm down.
Then we trucked over to the ER.
Maybe I should let you know...
We live in a 2nd floor aparment.
So, I carried my 8-year-old up (iced her leg), then down the stairs,
walked past the other apartments to the parking lot,
then finally found my van.
THEN we trucked over to the ER...
Entertaining themselves...
So, Ms Rachel broke both her Tibia and Fibula.
(This picture makes me laugh. Rach was pretty happy most of the time, but Richard held up the picture to her face and she scowled!)
Rachel started with a splint below her knee which worked ok for the first few minutes.
(notice the happy face)
But after an afternoon of excruciating pain, she was given a wonderful Priesthood blessing that helped her finally calm down and sleep.
(I am so grateful for the power of the Priesthood!)
Richard and I decided to take her back to the ER the next morning to get a longer splint.
They sent us over to the orthopedist who agreed that she should have been splinted higher.
MUCH, much better!!
Richard was always taught to splint the joint above and below, why these guys didn't do it at first, who knows?
On Independence Day we went to that Ward Breakfast and kids parade.
Thanks to the Hebertsons for the wagon!
Go Sarah Go!
Thanks Daddy!
Emma and Carver enjoying the morning.
Fun to get together and celebrate! (0:
For FIREWORKS that evening we went to Richard's office.
He works on the 31st floor of a building overlooking a river they do HUGE fireworks..
While we waited for them to start,we played Skip-Bo in the waiting room.
We were SO HAPPY to have the Tanise and Kaia Colvin come down and visit for a few days!
And they are quite the Card Sharks!!!!!!!!
But we love them anyway! (0:
(this is a picture of Tanise laying down her winning 4)
God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand Beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the Mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam.
God bless America, My home sweet home.
Thank you Heavenly Father, for this choice land!
