Broken Leg

I woke up early this morning and headed out to the garden to get some weeding done.  I heard some of the kids wake up around  8 and head out to the trampoline.  Awhile later I heard Carson crying, but it didn't sound like a hurt cry so I wasn't too worried, about 10 minutes later he started crying again and this time I could tell he was hurt.  I walked over to the tramp and Brady was holding him and jumping, every time he landed Carson would cry out in pain.  I yelled at Brady to stop jumping at ran over to see what happened.  According to Brady the 3 boys were jumping and he had gone inside for a minute to get something, he came back out and Carson was crying.  Beckett doesn't have a story that stays the same, so who knows what actually happened.  Anyway poor little guy.  I called around for advice and then decided to wait a couple of hours to see if he would start using it again, (he wouldn't walk on it.)  Around 12 I was feeling around his leg and noticed that it was pretty warm and definitely swollen, so I decided I should take him in.  We went to the Urgent Care place here in town, I really like Dr. Leone, and he said, " Yep pretty sure it is broken," and sent us up to hospital to get x-rays.  We got in pretty quick actually and they confirmed the break, made an appt. on Monday for a cast and sent us home.  No splint, or cast or anything.  It was a long day and night.  I called the orthopedic clinic where they were going to cast it and told them I thought it needed a splint or something, anyway to make a long story short, they agreed it needed to be casted that day and we went in at 1.  Now he has a pretty blue cast that he has drawn all over with sharpie.  He has been a trooper, totally not loving no mobility though, and neither am I, but hopefully the 3 weeks will go by fast!  Anyway there's our first broken bone story of the family! Awesome!  I will get some pictures soon!

Outside time

The kids made mud pies today while I weeded the garden.  They helped me with a couple of rows and then I told them they could go off and play.  I loved listening to them play together.  Brady was the store manager and he made mud pies, the two little ones would pick "money" (grass) to pay for how big a mud pie they wanted, so hilarious! Carson decided to get in on the action and sat down right in their mud making pit.  I love listening to them play.

Fun Family Weekend!

So this weekend we had a blast! Brady had his first baseball tournament which was in Boise.  It was at a park that also had a splash pad and a super fun park for the little kids to play on.  Can it get any better?  The little kids loved playing in the water, Chas,  Brooklyn and I loved watching Brady play and he loved playing.  We really don't do things like that very often, the whole weekend just hanging out together and relaxing.  It was so enjoyable, the most fun we have had in a long time.  I have decided that Chas and I need to chill out on the "work" thing.  It was just so fun, not to have anything to do, but enjoy each other.
This was Brady's first time playing with these boys, they have all been playing together since April, travelling all over,  so he was mostly on the bench, but did earn a spot to be the E.H. (extra hitter.)  He has come so far from last year, as he only hit the ball one time!  He had some great hits, an RBI, and a triple! We are so proud of him and how much he has progressed.  The team he is on is pretty fun to watch, some good baseball games!! IT was an exciting weekend, we ended up getting second, not too bad for a small town playing down in Boise! So fun!! I could get used to this!! Way to go Brady!

All Stars

Brady found out he made the allstar team today, he is way excited.  He has been anxious and waiting all weekend to hear! Congrats buddy! It 's going to be a fun couple of weeks!!

Some more baseball...

Here are some videos of Brady pitching he had an awesome game last night, they will be in the finals tomorrow!

Baseball Playoffs

This year has been a great year of baseball for Brady.  He is the only one that decided to play and that has been really nice! They won their first round of playoffs last night.  Brady got 5 R.B.I.'s and did really well pitching for 2 innings with only 2 walks.  It is so fun to watch him play and excel.  So our next game is Monday.  Good Luck! So proud of you!
On another note I sprayed the orchard yesterday. All by myself! I was pretty proud of myself, I have previously left that job up to Chas, one of the many that I am having to now learn how to do and just do it.  With him having a hurt back I realize there is a lot of things that I depend of him for.  I need to be better at just figuring out how to do them myself.  It also makes me realize how much he does for us, we are really hoping he gets better soon!
I made an appt. with the ESD to get Carson assessed about his speech, he is really having a hard time, he doesn't talk much at all and it is getting very frustrating, he has started crying a lot and we are going crazy around here!  I really don't think there is anything wrong, but I would really like some pointers on things I can do to help him move along!