How Many?

How many tools/gadgets does it take to get a pen cap out of a cast?



The answer: A LOT plus A LOT of patience!! :)

Austin came home from school with a pen cap stuck in his cast the other day. It took an hour to get that little thing out. We tried everything in the kitchen and bathroom. Finally, the plastic tweezers from the first aid kit did the trick.

Lesson learned: If you need to scratch your arm, don't use something that will come apart in the cast. :)

As I was trying to get the pen cap out, I was wondering just what kind of things the doctors and nurses have found in casts. I'm pretty sure it has been some very interesting things, to say the least.

The Grades Are In...

The first nine weeks at the boys new schools are over and the boys both brought home excellent report cards!!! Kamden had all S's and Austin had straight A's!!! We are so proud of them and how well they have adjusted to their new life. For Austin, the first part of the nine weeks started out a little rocky as far as grades go. Socially, he had NO problems but I guess just going into a new teacher's classroom and figuring out how she does things is a little difficult. At one point he had a couple of C's and even a D but he brought them all up to A's!!!!

Here is his picture with his certificate from the Honor's Assembly at school.


Kamden didn't have a Honor's Assembly so there are no pictures of him this time.

Austin turns 10!!!

We celebrated Austin's birthday in Louisiana. I can't believe he's in the double digits now! Next time I blink he'll be a teenager! He had a good birthday. Nonnie made him an LSU cake and he got to put the finishing touches on it.




The party guests. :) We decided not to have a party this year so we just had pizza and cake at Nonnie's house.

Since he has turned 10, he has had lots of new experiences.

The day after his birthday he went duck hunting for the first time and killed his first duck. Now he's hooked! :)


Also, while we were in LA he wrecked a four-wheeler and fractured his arm. So, now he has his first cast. :(