A new look

This is the new look to our house, and oh how lovely it is. This is the back side of the house. All the outside walls are up, and tomorrow they start on the inside. Last night Jody and I had to try to decide on all the doors to put everywhere. I can't believe how many decisions we're going to have to make and agree on. Could be interesting. This is the new look for Paige. She went from a pink cast to a red one. The orthopedic doctor told us that after she's in this one for 4 weeks they will take it off to x-ray it, and then put cast #3 on for 2 more weeks. The sad thing is that all of them have to be above the elbow, and that just doesn't seem to allow the freedom I was hoping she'd have for school to start.

She practice writing with her left hand today while making a card for Jody's birthday, and she wrote Love-evoL. Things will be very confusing for awhile.

And Yes, today is my sweet husbands 35th birthday. Just wanted to tell you how much I love you Jo. Happy Birthday!

Never a dull moment

So guess what you get if you do a front hand spring on the trampoline and land on the springs before falling off to the ground... On Saturday afternoon, I heard a very loud yell from outside followed by Kaden running in the house yelling that Paige's arm was broke. I ran outside, and sure enough, you could tell instantly that her arm was broken. As Kaden put it, "I knew it was broken because it wasn't straight like mine." We ran her to the Preston hospital, where they did X-Rays, and sent us to Logan because they don't put bones back into place in Preston, they send you to an orthopedic specialist. Anyway, after a long and interesting day, we got back home and all crashed.

During the night I kept going and checking on Paige, and her fingers were always SO cold. In the morning they were swolen so big, and were cold and purple. I called back down to Logan, and they told us to come back down. It was the same doctor that casted it, and he told us he was going to cut a slit down both sides the day before, but it just didn't look that swolen. Of course now he wished he just would have done it then, but oh-well. He cut the cast down both sides to relieve some pressure, and instantly her fingers looked much better.

Tomorrow we go and see the actual orthopedic doctor to see what he thinks. We are hoping that the bones are set back into place enough that we don't have to do anymore adjusting. In the mean time, we are just trying to sooth her worries of having to write left handed at school, not riding a bike, and how am I suppose to do cheer? Poor little thing.

Service with a Smile

Last week I told my kids (except for Ali who was vacationing with a friend in McCall) that if they would help me weed the flower beds, I would take them to rent some movies. We did pretty well during the morning, but still had 2 left to go. While I was getting Danica to sleep, the kids asked if they could go out and play. After a while they came and got me to show me some sort of a surprise. I went outside to see that they had weeded the bigger of the last 2 flower beds. What FABULOUS children. I was so happy with them, that we left the other flower bed for another day. How blessed could one mom be?

This is my house as of today. They put up the bearing walls in the basement, and today they got the supports for the floor which will go in tomorrow. We are very happy with the progress. It looks a lot more like a house now and that makes me happy. A little funny thing Tyce said today. We had gone out to see the progress being made, and our builder, Sheldon, picked up his nail gun (which is a pretty big one) and Tyce said, "Whoa Sheldon, you better be careful with that!" Sheldon got a huge kick out of it.
Now, upcoming events for the Shumway's include, a vacation to Salt Lake with a possible trip to Lagoon, and whatever other fun things we can find. A friend of Jody's thinks he can get us discount tickets to Lagoon. I sure hope so, because it's so expensive without them. We are all looking forward to a little FUN together before school starts.

We also have back to school nights and Jr. High orientation coming up. I can't believe that school is already here. I'm not sure I'm ready for it this year.

The Saturday after school starts, our ward is going to Bear Lake for a ward party. My kids are SO EXCITED that they get to go to Bear Lake twice in one summer! Should be fun.

Finally, I entered Danica into the Baby Contest that Preston does at their fair every year. That will be on Saturday. Paige was in it when she was a baby, and they are kind of fun. So thats it for now. More later I'm sure!

Buckaroo

So here we have the long awaited sheep ride. Tyce had so many people there to watch him and he was very excited. We were really worried that he would not get on the sheep once he got down the the chutes, but Jody said he climbed right on like it was no big deal. Unfortunately, he did not stay on for long, and so I missed the entire ride videotaping the wrong chute. Natalie took this picture for me. This is Tyce getting up after he fell off. He is the little orange looking thing in the dirt.This is Tyce coming back to the bleachers with his prize. He was so proud of himself. He got a really nice belt buckle that says mutton bustin champion, and a bandana that says the same. At the end of the rodeo, he said to me, "mom, by favorite part of the rodeo is when I rode a sheep." And guess what... that was my favorite part as well! So proud of him!

Now for the house update. This picture is of the digging out of our backyard for the walk-out basement. The mound of dirt you see left in the picture is a very small amount compared with the huge hill in front of the house. We removed a lot of dirt.

Today they poured the garage floor, and Friday (crossing our fingers it doesn't rain) they will pour the basement floor. Then next week it's up up up with the walls. Can't wait!