fractures and swabs...

 At Ryder's game on Saturday, September 11, a ball that was kicked at close range hit his hand and caused a fracture.  Initially, I thought that it was just a sprain, but when he woke up on Sunday, it was pretty painful.  So we headed to the urgent care and x-rays confirmed that his right wrist was fractured.  We were at urgent care for almost 2 hours waiting for the radiologist to read our images... 

Then on Tuesday the 14th, we were able to see the orthopedist.  We are to lay low for 3 weeks from intense scrimmages and physical education.  He is to wear is new brace for the next 6 weeks as it continues to heal...

He is a happy camper and I am so happy that he is on the mend!  He was SO happy to be able to practice!

I am reminded each and every time we have appointments like these how thankful and grateful we are for how healthy our family is.  It is a gift that we don't ever want to take for granted!

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Also, Eden had a high risk interaction with a covid positive kiddo.  She woke up on Sunday the 12th with a runny nose and mild cough.  So in the midst of all that was happening with Ryder, we also got our little miss swabbed and we were so happy to report that she was negative...

We are getting through all of it!

He will be home soon...

 

Kit is coming home from his backpacking trip tonight.  It's been over a week.  There has been lots of things happening. We are all ready to have him back home with us!

A new recipe favorite...

 I have been trying to come up with different recipes for the crockpot that we can have on game days or soccer practice days.  I primarily get them from Pinterest.  I recently tried one that we all loved. Here is the the link. 

We served it with rice pilaf and the kids LOVED it!

(One kiddo was at practice but when he got home, he really enjoyed it too!)

The only change i made to the recipe was tripling that salt and doubling the pepper and cinnamon.  It was so good!

tiny electricians

Before He left for his trip, Kit showed Ryder how to string the lights for our pergola.  I kept calling him my electrician.

Ryder did an amazing job...

We love this space so much!

Soccer family

 The kids both had their first official games of the season.

They both played so well.  They both had so much fun.  They both walked away with a win.

Also, we are an official soccer family because...

We got a wagon...

We are excited for this season!

Conversations with a middle schooler

 Last Friday, Eden had an after school playdate, so I got time alone with Ryder.  

We ended up making guacamole and talking about all sorts of things.  

Topics that we covered:

-Friends he loves and kids at school that he's learning what NOT to do from...

-Professional athletes and their travel schedules

-Kit and my different parenting styles

-How to delicately handle Eden when she cries

-How much he loves reading The Hunger Games

-How is fantasy league is going

-His class discussions on 9-11

-The bravery of our military, the police and the firefighters that first responded

-Talking after watching videos about flight 93 and crying while watching the recount of Todd Beamer and "Let's Roll"

-How In-N-Out is the best choice for dinner

-How Friday Movie nights are always a good idea...❤︎

And they're off!

 Kit left for his annual backpacking and hunting trip with his brother Andrew.  Kit looks forward to this trip every year. Here are some shots from their trip last year in September 2020:

I love how they get to connect doing something together that they love so much.  In light of losing Grandpa Pierce recently, this felt even more special for Kit...

So here is to these two having lots of adventures and making lots of fun memories!