Our Life Lessons: Week 14 - Surprise Visitors and Chipped Ankle Bone

We celebrated Easter in Pagosa Springs. We enjoyed LDS General conference at the hotel. We were grateful for a beautiful ride home.

On our ride home we discussed the plans for what we will accomplish this coming summer. The boys will participate in the swim team, mommy school, and 4-H.

The boys returned to school for their standardized testing. They enjoyed most not having to have homework and have more time to play. They felt good about their testing.

Hurricane and Sweetheart completed the Pine Wood derby car on Tuesday evening. They took it to be weighed in at the leader's house.

The races were on Wednesday. Sweetheart and I were asked to help with loading the cars into their heat for the track. Hurricane had hoped he would take the place so he could go to district pinewood derby. First and second place go to district Pine Wood Derby, and Hurricane took third place our pack.

We had the Pine Wood Derby with another pack who made car stands for each of the boys.

On Tuesday, Hurricane's friend's mom called in the middle of the day, and asked if Hurricane would be part of a birthday surprise for her son. She invited to take Hurricane to a trampoline gym so he and her son could play for his birthday. I kept it a surprise for Hurricane too. The boys had a lot of fun jumping and playing together.

We had a visit from Aunt Mimi and Bug, our aunt and cousin. They decided to come during Sara's spring break.

While they were here we talked, tried different apple types, ate fun fruit dips, and made homemade pizza. We were very grateful for their visit and that they would be willing to come and be with us. It was a complete surprise for the boys.

We decided to join 4-H. This summer the boys will be doing different projects. We are in a club called the V.I.P.'s. Elections were held at the meeting and each of the boys were elected to positions. They are excited for having a club.

I have felt for some time that we need to find a trampoline and looked on Craigslist for almost 2 weeks. I contacted a person selling the trampoline and made arrangements to get the trampoline. The person emailed me and asked if my sons went to a specific school because she was a teacher at that school and thought that our boys were her students. We bought their Spanish teacher's trampoline. Now we have to dig a hole in our backyard to put the trampoline in.

Our medical report follows. On Monday I decided to try out yoga. I went to a Silver Sneakers class. It was chair yoga and fun. The instructor was a bit odd. Sweetheart went and had his final check up for his surgery with the ENT doctor. He is good to go. Hurricane has one more month with his braces and will then get a retainer. The braces were to bring his top teeth over his bottom teeth. I started with acupuncture to help with the concussion. Avi the acupuncturist said I was really tight I am that he was going to hope after the session I felt a lot better.

He did cupping on my back to help.

I met with an endocrinologist this week to find out why my pituitary gland was producing more than it needed. We took blood work, and my levels were in appropriate ranges. It looks like the body is heal itself. She ordered another test to suppress one hormone for a double assurance that things are OK.

Hurricane came home from school one day saying his ankle hurt. He had been playing soccer at recess and got hit in the ankle. He kept complaining and limping about the house. We decided to take him to the urgent care where he got an x-ray and found that his ankle bone had been chipped. He was told to do ice baths and see if we could find crutches and use them for the next week. There is a family in our neighborhood who had a pair of crutches that he could use. He had to have his ankle wrapped and isn't able to play in soccer at school or on his soccer team.

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