Where does the time go?

I know it has been over a week since I posted.  I have gotten a few emails wondering what is going on. Thanks so much for caring.   All I can say is that life has been pretty hectic lately.  Last week, during Alex's strep illness, we found out that she was allergic to her medicine.    Not fun.  She is not one to sit around when she is sick, so adding this obstacle to it, was a lot to deal with:0)  We did survive, but I am praying that this is it for a while.   (at the time, I thought we were done with medical dramas)   Now on to the weekend...........  

We were able to go camping this weekend with friends. I know that does not sound like us at all. It was a first for both Gareth and I.  We borrowed a tent and sleeping bags and off we went. We really were clueless.  The first night, we froze.   By the second night, I figured the heater out along with bundling everyone in their own sleeping bags.  Gareth became an expert fire maker.  He became a little obsessive about it, but he sure kept us all warm.  We were able to go on our friends boat on Sunday. It was a BEAUTIFUL fall day.  We had such a great time and haven't been that relaxed in a long time. All of the kids were so well behaved and just had lots of fun!!  We ended up getting rained on on Monday, but we stuck it out and took the kids fishing in the rain.  Alex caught a cat fish all on her own. She was thrilled!!!  Now the amazing part, she caught it with a fractured arm.  Yes, you read that right. On Sunday, we went for a walk around the camp grounds and she fell. We thought maybe it was just sprained and she would survive.  She is such a trooper. You could tell it hurt her, but she rarely complained.  She was too worried about having fun and not missing out on anything.  Yesterday, (Tuesday)  I ended up taking her to the doctor because it was more swollen than it had been. The Dr. ordered x-rays.  They called later in the day to tell us that she has an appointment today to get it casted.  She fractured her radial bone right on the growth plate. It had to be casted, or as she grows, it will continue to bow/crack and it will be a mess.  

Today at the Dr. she was messing around. The doctor looked at her, looked at her x-ray, looked back at her and said, "if she was an adult, she would have been in here 2 hours after this happened. She must be in pain."   Well, that is our Alex.  She is one tough cookie:0)

She selected a BRIGHT pink cast and is sporting it beautifully.  Did anyone actually think that us city people could go out camping and not have any drama attached? (giggle, giggle)

Hopefully that will be all of the drama for now.  It has been a crazy week so far. Thanks to all that have helped out with the boys as I have been running her around to the different places. I really appreciate it!!!  My camera is charging and then I will share some pics of the weekend:0)

Now, let's see if we can get through Halloween.  Liam isn't too interested in his costume, (and skunk, so I can't really blame him) and he is a bit afraid of what he has seen so far. Callum is excited to be a fire fighter, and Alex is going to be a vet.  Should be lots of fun!!!!