Halloween

Halloween was great this year. We had a wizard, a karate kid, and Supergirl!

Mom and Dad are Darth and Mrs. Vader.

Boosterthon

Evan and Maiya ran in their school's Boosterthon fundraiser. They did a great job and ran over 35 laps!

The Cast

Maiya picked a green cast. She got one cast, and then, a week later, got another cast since the swelling had gone down and the first cast had become loose. 

The second cast was the one she wore for the rest of her cast time (about 5 weeks total) and she had some friends and teachers sign it.

Apple Picking

We decided that sitting around the house with a girl with a broken arm would be frustrating and boring, so hopped in the car and drove up to the mountains to pick some apples.

Little Miss One-Arm even got to help pick some apples.

Maiya's Broken Arm

On October 23, 2015, our streak of no children with broken bones ended.

We got a call from the school that Maiya had fallen from the monkey bars and had landed wrong on her arm. They were quite sure that it was broken. We jumped in the car and headed over top pick her up from school. Her arm was in pretty bad shape and we went right to the ER. She was brave, even though I'm sure it hurt a lot!

On the hospital bed heading to get x-rays done.

After x-rays, waiting for the official diagnosis.

Yep. It's broken. Now we wait for them to come and give her a temporary cast.

All of the excitement from the afternoon wore her out and she crashed for about 30 minutes in the hospital. It was a much needed rest.

She woke up just in time to get a temporary cast and sling and be on our way.

And, if you break your arm and miss lunch and dinner, you get to have ice cream on the way home from the hospital.

First night sleeping with her cast.

Family Pictures

We had our family pictures taken this fall.

Pumpkin Patch

We visited our favorite pumpkin patch again this year.

Grandad came with us and picked out his pumpkin, too!