Time to brag

Right before we left for TX we went to an award assembly at Isabel's school.  She received two awards.  One was a S.O.A.R. award, which meant with their behavior system she stayed at good or above the whole period.  The second one was for perfect attendance for the period.  Then, halfway through our 9 hour drive that day to TX, she was like..."wait, oh...I have something exciting to tell you."  This of course came out very randomly.  So she proceeded to tell us how she went to the highest level of their behavior chart, something she had not done yet, but really wanted to.  Needless to say we are pretty proud of our little girl. 

Road Trip

For spring break we decided to take a road trip to visit our dear friends/family in TX...and we drove...18 hours there, 18+ hours back (we got in a traffic jam on the way back).  Was it worth it...YES!  We had such a great time!  Our kids play well together, we love hanging out together, it's a good combo...and they are the kind of friends that aren't afraid of having 7 kids (under the age of 7) in the same house for a week. 

We went to parks (a lot of parks), we had donuts (a lot of donuts), we jumped on the trampoline (ok, the kids did...lots though), we did touristy stuff (a little bit) and just talked and laughed and stayed up way too late.  We were like, okay we have to stop pretending we are still in our 20s and go to bed, because the kids are going to be up at the crack of dawn ready to play...which they were.  However, we still stayed up late every night. 

We got to go out on a double date one night.  We put all the kids to bed and had a sitter come over.  We had a fun evening eating out at Chuy's and then had a friendly game of bowling.  I may be better at ping pong, but Lee's got me beat in bowling. 

I'm now addicted to Mango Tea and tres leches (a delicious Mexican cake), I just might have to learn how to make it.  

I personally wish we didn't live 18+ hours away from each other, because we love their family so very much, but I guess it makes the time with them when we are together that much sweeter.

Just a few highlights...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Klara update

So a lot has happened the last couple of weeks, including a whirlwind trip to TX to visit our dear family for spring break, but before I blog about that I wanted give a quick update on Klara. 

She was able to get her cast off this past Monday.  She only had to wear it for two weeks.  Thankfully, little ones heal quickly.  The x-ray at that appointment showed her fracture was in her knee area, I'm not sure of the correct medical term, so I'm glad they put her cast up over her knee, even though it was a little more inconvenient.

She still moves around/acts like she has her cast on.  She scoots on her bottom to get around.  She will stand now and "cruise" along furniture, but walks on her tiptoes and not flat footed.  I guess that is a common thing for awhile, at least what I've heard from a few people.  She won't walk on her own yet, which is a little hard to watch, mainly cause it's just "not her."  Prior to her injury she was a busy body always on the go and that was Klara.  Seeing her sitting and struggling to walk makes this momma sad for her.  Sometimes she stands and then will say, "boo, boo," in this pathetic voice and I know she wants to do more than she physically can right now.  I know she'll be that busy little girl again soon though. 

Anyway, what she is SOO extremely happy about is that she can take a bath.  It was like TORTURE for her not having a real bath.  So the first thing we did after she got it off was come home and give her a bath, which was also a good idea because I'm pretty sure she had TX mud stuck between her toes.  

Thank you if you prayed for her!  We really appreciate it! 

Oh Klara Jane

Saturday we were at church doing some last minute things to prepare for the Easter service.  The kids were doing what they always do, just hanging out while we did this and that.  Halfway during my "Nooo," Klara Jane stepped off a platform.  I quickly picked her up.  Her cries seemed a little harder than normal and she just wanted to cuddle.  I thought, like many toddler falls, she fell she'll be ok.  But as the minutes went on she didn't want me to put her down.  I tried and she wouldn't put any weight on her right leg, and would cry hard.  Lee had gone off to do some other things thinking she had calmed down, but then I knew I needed to go find him and tell him I thought we really needed to go get it checked out.  I really am thankful to the Lord because I felt like through it all he gave me a calm and Lee too even after I told him. 

We saw a Dr. and got a temporary splint on to get us through the weekend.  Today, we saw the Dr. again and Klara has what is called a Toddler fracture.  It's often not seen on an x-ray at first, but is known by the symptoms.  She has on a cute pink cast and am thankful she was a gem while the nurse put it on.  We are thankful for a great Dr., encouraging friends, and looking to see what the Lord wants us to learn through this all.

Even though the Dr. said she can crawl or stand if she wants with the cast on, she hasn't gotten the hang of that yet.  It makes life a bit more tricky having to move her from one sitting position to another, but we'll just take one day at a time.  And it's kind of weird to see my active little girl who NEVER stops moving just sitting around.  Even though she can't move, her mouth moves just as much...ha!:)  And we hear, "boo, boo...boo, boo," A LOT!:) 

Our Klara Jane with her pink cast...

A lovely afternoon

Friday was a wonderful family day!  We did an impromptu trip down to the river, walked the purple people bridge, and just explored.  We found a fun park (I'm sure many of my friends already know about it), but it was new to us.  It was one of those time, we had fun and then we realized...oh yea, we have to walk all the way back.  It was dinner time and the girls were tired, but we tried to make the walk back to the car fun counting steps and singing silly songs.  I could spend many afternoons like that. 

 

Couldn't get enough of this slide