Simply said.......

I keep it to myself because

you either lack

interest, the time

or

the ability to care

to take a moment and listen.

My arm (insert sad face here)

Today I got my cast off. Only to replace the green, colored on one, with a hot pink, kid free one.

My 20 minutes of freedom included x-rays, in the most painful positions imaginable, picking weeks of skin off, the dr looking, and finally washing it. After that it was right back into a cast. UGH!

On a good note, he says everything looks great. My fingers have a good range of motion. Out of the 8 pins in my hand, 2 are pushing on my skin. He said that they may poke through, but no big deal! Are you kidding me? BIG DEAL! Not really though. I would be fine if they did but the thought terrifies me.

Lucky for you I took some pictures of my arm while waiting for the dr. I will explain them

This is my top incision. It is roughly 6-7 inches long. I expressed concern because that and my hand were numb when I touched them. The dr explained that is very common when you pull back the skin to work on your hand. O ok. If you noticed towards the top of the picture my arm looks crooked. Its not. That is the plate I now have in my arm.

This is a side shot. Again it is a 6-7 inch incision. Which holds a 6 inch plate and 6 screws.

This is the same thing just closer.

Im really not kidding when I say I have a hardware store in my arm. But on a serious note, I'm very glad to have such a great dr, and assistant. They have helped alot. Im very grateful to have such a great husband who is willing to help me, with minimal eye rolling. Im glad everything is healing well. I am however TERRIFIED for physical therapy

Fall screams FOOTBALL!

Raymond's football season is coming to an end. He loves it more than anything. He loves to be outside. To run around.

It was his first time playing. The goal of rec sports is to let everyone play every position. We quickly learned he is a very good blocker

The other team has a hard time getting through the line with Raymond there.

Its fun to see the smile on his face. He really does love it

Scoring a touchdown! He is a fast little runner

Every good football player needs a fan club. Raymond's sisters are more than happy to cheer for him. The are always shouting "go broder, go" or "get his flag". Its pretty stinking cute

Rain.

Kayann loves the rain. One morning it was raining. After breakfast she hurried, got her stuff on and wondered around in the rain. When I asked what she was doing, she responding "o nothing. Just feeling the rain"

Fall is here to stay

This year it went from summer to fall super fast. It was 90 one day and freezing the next day. Because of the drastic change Im having a hard time convincing the kids to dress appropriately.

Raymond thinks is far too cold. So he wears his hat and gloves. He always wants to wear flip flops. It takes alot to get him to put shoes on.

Kayann likes to dress herself. Thus explains the "grandma Ada" skirt (a traditional navajo skirt but made with cotton), the long sleeved heart shirt, rhinestones included, short sleeved pink sweater, and purple rain boots. She is quite a sight to see!

Kaylee does pretty good. She doesnt like wearing her coat, and with one had I cant really zip it. So there is a lot of "put that coat on"

Ashynn Loves to eat grass. She still doesnt like to wear a hat though.

The kids love to show off for her. Make her laugh. I love this picture. It captured her expression as Raymond ran buy.

HAPPY FALL!

I like big butts

The other day Kayann came up to me and says "mom, look! I have a big butt. A big one like you!" I could not stop laughing. Little stinker!

Is that REALLY what my butt looks like to a 3 year old?

PEACHES!

A friend of mine has a HUGE peach tree. She was kind enough to let the kids come pick some peaches. We ended up with 7 shopping bags full! 3 bags she had given me a week or so earlier.

We dehydrated most of them. We made peach raspberry crisp.

We kept plenty for Ashlynn to eat. She just loves them! She would eat a whole peach every morning. Or whenever she could.