Almost Friday

Nicholas went to CHKD yesterday for his Ortho referral.  They took the splint off and looked at his arm (it was swollen some still), took some more X-Rays, and decided to cast him for 2 weeks.  After the 2 weeks, they'll look at him again and go from there.  Initial estimate is 6-8 weeks.  Not looking good for his football season, but we'll wait and take one appointment at a time.  Definitely don't want to rush him, but he'll be heartbroken if his season is done.  We haven't really talked about that being a possibility, he's just thinking on the chance of being back to some practice at 4 weeks the Dr. mentioned.  Time will tell.

The kids started back to school on Tuesday.  Nicholas's 1st day wasn't so good....in his sling and having to write with his left hand is not his favorite!  Emma had a volleyball game Tuesday (w) and tonight (L) already.  She's on the Varsity team this year.  I guess the school they played tonight was a 1A school, but they played them really tough.

Loki is slowly getting accustomed to her new house.  She's starting to recognize her name and gets excited when everyone gets home.  If we can get her to sleep thru the night and not pee on the floor we'll be good!

1st Game Excitement

Today was the 1st game of the season for Nick's football team. It was quite the exciting day.  He was playing starting Linebacker and the defense took the ball away from the offense on their very 1st play.  The next time the defense went out on the field they stopped the opponent on the 1st 3 downs and then on 4th down Nicholas shot thru the gap and made the 4th down tackle behind the line of scrimmage! Hurray, clap, way to go.

Then he doesn't pop back up; then the coaches get around him, and then calls for 911 come.  Talk about parent stress kicking in to high gear!  Out to the field Angie & I run to be with him.  One of our players Dad is a Dr, and he's already out on the field taking care of Nick.  Probable dislocated right elbow and broken upper arm (just above elbow) is the initial suspension.  He tells us worse case it could require surgery and a couple pins if it is broken just above the elbow (how it looks at the moment). The elbow look pretty bad. Nicholas is doing so good, such a brave little man!

The ambulance makes it to the field and off he goes (with Angie in with, and me following) to the local hospital ER. After some waiting, lots of ice packs, X-Rays, and Dr review it's determined it looks like just a dislocation.  They get him ready in a room to pull the arm back in to place.  To do so, they are going to give him some medicine to put him out for just a couple minutes. The little guy doesn't go under!  Finally, they decide to just do it and the Dr. pulls it back into place.  Some crying initially but then better as the elbow is back in place!  More X-Rays to confirm it's back and to check again for any breaks.  The elbow is good and no breaks!

Some paperwork completed and he's discharged!  He's hungry so off we go to Cook Out for a shake and a burger!

Home now, feeling good but some pain as the drugs wear off from the hospital.  He's still doing great considering!

The elbow picture doesn't do it justice on how it looked at the field when it initially happened.

Thank you to all the friends for the prayers. We are so thankful it was just a dislocation and not a break requiring surgery.

Braces

Yesterday Katelyn and Nicholas got their initial portion of braces put on.  They'll get the rest on Monday.  Soup for supper last night due to sore mouths.  :(

Emma gets Invisalign in September

Highest Honors!

Drum roll please.........

Results from last year...our kids are awesome!

Camps

The kids have had several camps this year.  Katelyn started it out with a gymnastics camp at NC State.  They stayed in the dorms, I think most of them enjoyed that aspect...a sort of "pre-college" experience!

From there, Katelyn went to another camp over by Virginia Tech.  This was a day camp, so she went each day but then stayed in a hotel room with Angie each night. One of Katelyn's teammates stayed with them too.

After that it was time for our church (Next Level) to take the students to camp.  They (the girls - Nick isn't old enough yet) went to Anderson University in SC for Crossroads Camp.  Sounds like they had an amazing time!  Emma got to take her guitar (you can see her playing in the picture above). They slept in and stayed in their room the day after they got home...I think they were worn out!

From there, it was time for Nicholas's football camp at York High School.  The 1st day was too hot, so they had to cancel until the 2nd day, but after that he enjoyed each day.  They finished the last day of camp with a big relay race going around & thru obstacles.  

Summer Vacation, Part 2

 As the summer continued, we were able to go to Florida for 4th of July.  It's one of our favorite things to do as a family. We had a great time with Karen & Archie, and were able to spend some time with Angie's cousin Mallory and her husband Chase.

Driver in Training

I can't hardly type this...but Emma now has her driver's permit.  She got it right before we went on vacation to Florida.  A long ways to go, but hard to believe our first born will be driving on her own before we know it!

Summer Vacation - Part 1

We've had a busy summer, including some vacation time and long drives across country! In late May and early June we were able to drive out to Illinois for a few days to see family.  We made a habit of stopping at rest areas for lunch and breaks.  Some nice rest areas in some states.  We saw some nice flowers, a cool fire place, a couple playgrounds and some nice visitor centers.

We had a great time with all our parents even though the time was short with each visit.  We enjoyed the company, the food (tenderloins....yumm), and the conversation! We are blessed to have so many that love us and we thank you for allowing the KenneyKrewe to invade your houses for a couple days!

Linebacker Practice

and he makes the tackle!