A couple weeks ago, Hyrum and I took a little trip. We traveled back to Austin for five days. Hyrum went on business and I went to play. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa H. I went childless. The weather was sunny albeit a little chilly with the wind but it was so nice to see sun and feel it's warmth on occasion. I unfortunately only took one picture the whole time and it was terrible, so there are no photos but I promise we were there.
We left on Moday, February 25th and had an uneventful flight to Dallas. However, shortly into our flight from Pittsburgh to Dallas, we found out we'd been grounded for our flight from Dallas to Austin. We have made the drive so many times over the past six years we decided that driving the 3 1/2 hours to Austin was way better than sitting in the airport for 9 hours. It ended up being a really good decision since they ended up cancelling the flight we'd been re-booked to anyway. We were able to enjoy a great lunch with Hyrum's mom and then headed to Austin where we enjoyed dinner with good friends.
The week was pretty much spent shopping--such a different expereince without three or four kids in tow--, eating tasty food, sitting on Reianna's couch and just enjoying a break. We did a lot of reminiscing and we are thankful to have seen so many good friends. Friday we were homeward bound after a stop at the university. Thankfully we didn't have any problems this time. We found all well at home and we glad to be back in our own space.
It was a great trip and in a lot of ways brought some closure to moving. While there are a lot of things that haven't changed, they will soon and if nothing else, we've changed a little. It was also good to reminisce and realize what a special place Austin will hold in our hearts as we remember great friends and great times for our family.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Broken Arm
I never thought this would be how we would experience a broken bone in our family. I imagined it would Jonathan with lots of blood and gore. Well it wasn't. Hannah broke her arm Sunday night and here's the story.
Sunday night we were at some friends' house for dinner. They live just down the street so we walked down in the rain and had a lovely dinner while their older children entertained ours for a while. Pretty soon Hannah came up to ask if she could take her tights off. I said, "no", simply because I didn't want her to get cold and I really didn't want to have to track down teh tights and out them back on when we left.
Well pretty soon, I hear a strange cry and didn't think much of it. Then Hannah came upstairs in the arms of our friend. She was hysterical. They had taken her tights off and in the process she fell and put her arm behind her to break her fall. Note: Always sit down when taking off tights, pants, anything like that.
I didn't out much stock in the crying because Hannah can be quite dramatic. I looked at her arm and there seemed to be an odd bump so I took her to Scott, our host and figured he'd tell us what to do seeing as he is a doctor. He took a look and thought it was alright and just bruised. He suggested having her sleep on it and then if she was still in pain to take her in.
Sunday we put her to bed with some tylenol and I told her there was nothing we would do until the morning and to try and get some sleep. I went in once, at about 10 when she woke up in pain, but other than that I thought she slept fine.
In the morning she claimed to be in a lot of pain still so, I found someone to take the little kids for an indefinite period of time and we headed to the Urgent Care clinic since I still didn't think it was broken and I didn't want to to sit in the ER for them to tell me that. The doctor saw us and put on a splint to immobilize the arm. Then she sent us home with a call in to a orthopedist saying that she didn't see a break in the x-ray but we should make sure. So much for my trying to save time.
The Urgent Care doctor called to say the radiologist had seen a break so we made sure to get an appointment with the orthopedist. We couldn't get in until today after school so off to school she went with her splint and her sling. We went to the doctor this afternoon and sure enough it was broken. (The top of her radius for those anatomically minded individuals) Her arm is also pretty swollen from fluid but it should heal nicely.
She was a brave girl and was really excited to get a pink cast. She'll have it for four weeks and then we'll have to work hard to strengthen her muscles and work our the stiffness. For a while though, she gets to be the star with her cast.
Sunday night we were at some friends' house for dinner. They live just down the street so we walked down in the rain and had a lovely dinner while their older children entertained ours for a while. Pretty soon Hannah came up to ask if she could take her tights off. I said, "no", simply because I didn't want her to get cold and I really didn't want to have to track down teh tights and out them back on when we left.
Well pretty soon, I hear a strange cry and didn't think much of it. Then Hannah came upstairs in the arms of our friend. She was hysterical. They had taken her tights off and in the process she fell and put her arm behind her to break her fall. Note: Always sit down when taking off tights, pants, anything like that.
I didn't out much stock in the crying because Hannah can be quite dramatic. I looked at her arm and there seemed to be an odd bump so I took her to Scott, our host and figured he'd tell us what to do seeing as he is a doctor. He took a look and thought it was alright and just bruised. He suggested having her sleep on it and then if she was still in pain to take her in.
Sunday we put her to bed with some tylenol and I told her there was nothing we would do until the morning and to try and get some sleep. I went in once, at about 10 when she woke up in pain, but other than that I thought she slept fine.
In the morning she claimed to be in a lot of pain still so, I found someone to take the little kids for an indefinite period of time and we headed to the Urgent Care clinic since I still didn't think it was broken and I didn't want to to sit in the ER for them to tell me that. The doctor saw us and put on a splint to immobilize the arm. Then she sent us home with a call in to a orthopedist saying that she didn't see a break in the x-ray but we should make sure. So much for my trying to save time.
The Urgent Care doctor called to say the radiologist had seen a break so we made sure to get an appointment with the orthopedist. We couldn't get in until today after school so off to school she went with her splint and her sling. We went to the doctor this afternoon and sure enough it was broken. (The top of her radius for those anatomically minded individuals) Her arm is also pretty swollen from fluid but it should heal nicely.
She was a brave girl and was really excited to get a pink cast. She'll have it for four weeks and then we'll have to work hard to strengthen her muscles and work our the stiffness. For a while though, she gets to be the star with her cast.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Corn Maze
Yesterday we found ourselves with a free Saturday. Since there are so many farms around there are also a lot of corn mazes. I have never been to a corn maze so we decided to change all that. Our day started our great. The kids let us sleep in until about 8:30 and then we hustled to get everyone ready.
We packed our picnic, winter coats, hats and gloves and then we were off. Spencer was in the wrap and fell asleep pretty quick. He slept almost the whole time. It was about 48 degrees but having him wrapped up against me and my sweatshirt over him, he kept toasty warm. The kids were pretty excited and kept fighting about who got to lead the way.
The theme was space exploration so there were stations where the kids had to find answers to questions, do crayon rubbings and look at a top secret map of the maze in a little booklet they got. I have done this before but it was fun. It took us about an hour and a half to get through the maze and then we went on a hayride, did a "astronaut training" obstacle course, and ended at a corn box (think sandbox only filled with dry corn kernels). We ate lunch there and the kids played some more while it lightly rained.
We came home a little muddy and tired but it was fun to spend some time together as a family.
A Picture is worth 1,000 words
Here are some pictures of our recent exploits, at least what's happened since getting to Pittsburgh.
Life is busy but we're enjoy it.
Visited Cousins in Columbus
Celebrated Hannah's Birthday
Celebrated some more birthday with a baseball game with Dad.
My friend, Katie was visiting her family while we were visiting mine so we got to say Hello.
Went to the Warren County Fair with Grandma and Grandpa.
Hannah started her first day of 1st grade.
Here comes the bus.
We celebrated Jonathan's Birthday.
We've done a lot of bird watching with the bird feeder Grandma Wright gave us.
Above is a female cardinal and below is the male. Cardinal mate for life and are very territorial so we see this pair of birds often.
Watching the birds.
We have plenty of leaves right now. Come and play!
Life is busy but we're enjoy it.
Presently . . .
Hannah is enjoying school. She is doing well and I am so
impressed with her improvement with reading. We started piano. I am
teaching her and sometimes it's good and other times it's terrible but
she is doing well and I think she enjoys having a skill like that.
Jonathan is a bit lonely. We haven't really found any friends for him yet and he's having a hard time with that. He is doing well with his letters and things. We are still hoping to get him into kindergarten next year and he is excited about that prospect.
Charlotte is doing great. She is hilarious and oh so cute. She's a little mischievous but is so good to her little brother. She is learning to talk more and more and soon we will celebrate her 2nd birthday.
Spencer is so fun. He loves to smile and laugh. He is really pretty easy going. I was raking leaves the other day and he enjoyed sitting in a baby swing. He is rolling all over the place and eating solids. He will be six months soon and I'm sure he[ll be crawling in time to wreak havoc on our Christmas presents and decorations.
Hyrum is enjoying work. It has been a difficult transition in some ways but he is making progress with his projects. He was just called to serve as an assistant to the High Priest Group Leader at church and hopes to be involved with the scouts as well.
I am keeping very busy trying to keep up with the house and the kids. I have a million sewing projects in the works so I have plenty to do. I love being here. This is my favorite time of year and I realize how much I've missed a true fall. The leaves, the geese flying south, the chill in the air, apples and pumpkins everywhere and the smell of rotting leaves, I love it all. We've been able to see my parents a few times and that is really fun. I am a primary teacher and currently teach the 4 going on 5 year olds at church. It's pretty crazy.
We miss our old friends but are looking for new ones. We've no idea how long we'll be here but right now it's where we need to be. Our ward or congregation at church has been so great. We're excited what comes and what adventures we can have here.
Jonathan is a bit lonely. We haven't really found any friends for him yet and he's having a hard time with that. He is doing well with his letters and things. We are still hoping to get him into kindergarten next year and he is excited about that prospect.
Charlotte is doing great. She is hilarious and oh so cute. She's a little mischievous but is so good to her little brother. She is learning to talk more and more and soon we will celebrate her 2nd birthday.
Spencer is so fun. He loves to smile and laugh. He is really pretty easy going. I was raking leaves the other day and he enjoyed sitting in a baby swing. He is rolling all over the place and eating solids. He will be six months soon and I'm sure he[ll be crawling in time to wreak havoc on our Christmas presents and decorations.
Hyrum is enjoying work. It has been a difficult transition in some ways but he is making progress with his projects. He was just called to serve as an assistant to the High Priest Group Leader at church and hopes to be involved with the scouts as well.
I am keeping very busy trying to keep up with the house and the kids. I have a million sewing projects in the works so I have plenty to do. I love being here. This is my favorite time of year and I realize how much I've missed a true fall. The leaves, the geese flying south, the chill in the air, apples and pumpkins everywhere and the smell of rotting leaves, I love it all. We've been able to see my parents a few times and that is really fun. I am a primary teacher and currently teach the 4 going on 5 year olds at church. It's pretty crazy.
We miss our old friends but are looking for new ones. We've no idea how long we'll be here but right now it's where we need to be. Our ward or congregation at church has been so great. We're excited what comes and what adventures we can have here.
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