Dealing with the Unexpected

April 27, 2008

1. What a week! Most of you remember Marisa’s bike accident a couple of years ago when she had to go to the hospital in an ambulance and get several stitches on her face. Last year, we could not talk Marisa into getting back on a bike. This year she decided to try again. Tuesday night she was racing down and hill, didn’t slow down for the turn, laid her bike in the process, and skidded for several feet on her side. Thank goodness we had just gotten her a cell phone for her birthday! Kayla called, told us she was hurt, and we picked her up in the car. She has some serious road rash on the side of her body. I couldn’t get the pictures to show how bad it really is. We cleaned her and wrapped her up. By Thursday night, her wounds were covered with pus, quite lovely. We had to take her into the walk-in clinic. The doc said her infection was spreading. So, now we have her on oral antibiotics, so she should be feeling better soon. Its hard for her to walk, so she missed 3 days of school again this week. Yikes!!

2. My friend had a c-section on Tuesday. So, we took her kids overnight. I was reminded why I am not having any more children. The 3 year old wouldn’t go to bed until midnight and then cried from 1:30-2:00. Thank goodness I didn’t have to work the next morning! We have watched them every day after school until bedtime.

3. I came home Tuesday to several unexpected surprises. Bob and I had our 15th anniversary this week! He left a beautiful bouquet of roses on the table. In the fridge, he actually hand dipped strawberries in chocolate and decorated frosted brownies with them. Does he know me well or what?? We weren’t able to go out and celebrate since we were babysitting and Marisa chose to crash her bike (just kidding). Hopefully we can swing a lunch next week!

4. We had Family Fun Night at Linn Grove on Friday night. We took my friends kids again so we had a big family! They had walking tacos for dinner (one of my favorite meals) and lots of carnival games.

5. Kayla went to “take your child to work day” at Rockwell. Bob was actually her group leader. She said she had a great time. Hopefully she will take a minute to write up her experience.

6. Alayna played “fashion show” yesterday. Apparently she found some of my makeup and decided to do her own. It looked like she got punched in both eyes, but it was a nice try.

7. Marisa and Kayla went to the Beehive and Deacon Party since they had to be 14 to attend the Stake Youth Activity. They played lots of games, including kick the can. Next month Marisa will be old enough to go to the Stake Dances!

8. We have another very busy week ahead of us. The weather has been gorgeous! We are soaking up the sun! Tyler made a homemade birdfeeder, but no birds have taken advantage of the free food yet. Kayla finished her science inquiry project seeing what fruit conducts the most electricity. Again, maybe I can get her to hop on and tell the results.