Who gets more use?

I had to post this. The kids absolutely love to play on the treadmill. I would have to honestly say that they are getting more use out of it than I am. (Although, I am using it too!) They love to "swing" from the handles.

Day at the park

Friday, we got to spend an unexpected day at the park. It started out as a normal morning, and then Caden was running a low grade fever, so we decided to take him in, since it could possibly be related to the surgery last week. (it wasn't - just a laryngitis - but we did get antibiotic, just in case). We were backing out of the parking space at the clinic, when I heard a clunk in the van.
I went to put the van in drive, and had no power steering. It turned out to be a drive belt. Very easy to fix - but the part had to come from about 1 1/2 hours away :>(
We had at least 3 hours to "waste" so the kids and I went out to dinner and then walked (a long way) to the park.
This day reminded me of how thankful I am for a vehicle that I can drive around it when I need to. It was also a good time to just take our time on the walk. We saw lots of "creatures (bugs)" on the trip. Of course this mom didn't take her camera along because we were just "going to the dr."
On the positive side, it was a beautiful day - and we got to spend most of it outside!

Homemade Ice Cream

Also on Monday, we went to Grandpa Wayne's house and "helped" make homemade ice cream. It was very good!

Labor Day parade

On Monday, we went to the parade in town. We sat with Grandpa and Grandma and Aunt Tami. We had a lot of fun picking up candy and other goodies that were thrown out.

"Spiders"

Caden's finger is looking really good. We took the bandages off this morning. The only band-aid that we really need is the one to cover the middle of his finger - where the wire was. The stitches on the palm of his hand and also the finger bother him. He says "I don't want those spiders on it."
So rather than have him be upset about the "spiders", we put Mater and Lightning bandaids on those areas.

Snack with Grandpa and Grandma "Dis"

This morning we went to visit one set of Caden and Allyson's Great Grandparents. We ate donuts with sprinkles on them, or cookies.
The second pictures is of the alligator cookie jar - when you open the lid, the alligator says "Mmm, Mmm. Those sure are some tasty cookies."
All the great grandkids really love this.
Thanks grandpa and grandma for a fun morning!

Making Cards

Caden and Ally were using stamps that Grandma Kay gave us and also some of mom's to make some cards.

New Shoes

Ally got a new pair of shoes and wanted to show them off.

Update on Surgery today

I wanted to give you all an update again on the surgery Caden had this morning. We left home about 4:15 to be at the hospital at 5:30. (That is way too early for this mom!)
Surgery went really well. The dr seemed very happy with the way things looked.
We will have to keep his finger covered for the weekend - especially the area where the bone was wired down - to make sure that no infection can get to the bone. Once that area scabs over, then the infection risk decreases considerably and we can pretty much keep the bandages off and take a normal bath. The nurse in me is very curious and wants to peek under the bandages, but I will wait until tomorrow like we were told.
Thanks again for all your prayers!

Derby Car

On Saturday, Broc and Caden helped out with working on a derby car for this coming weekend.
Caden and Jace (a friend) got to play most of the day.
Mom and Allyson got to go shopping with the girls.