Thanksgiving Weekend

It has been a great weekend!  We had fun celebrating Thanksgiving and my birthday with family.

First, we went to dinner on Wednesday night to my favorite teppanyaki restaurant.  Jonathan wanted to wear the dragon head so I let him.  Everyone thought it was his birthday so it was less embarrassing for me.

My birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year.  Michael got me this double layer cookie cake--yum!  It was more popular than the pies.

Unfortunately, little Aaron got sick so Betsy and Geoff had to leave early.  We didn't get a group picture this year.

On Friday night, Michael and I went to the David Archuleta concert.  He has such an amazing voice and it was a wonderful concert.  He sang mostly Christmas music along with some of his popular songs.

I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving!

Jonathan's Field Trip

The good news is, I was able to chaperone Jonathan's field trip today.  The bad news is, he thought it was boring.  I still had fun with him.  They learned about American history from the Revolutionary War to World War II.  They also learned about what life was like for the Pilgrims and people living during all those times.  I had a group of seven children to manage, including Jonathan, but they were all really good.  They had a packet of questions to answer, and they did a great job.

Here is the Civil War battle re-enactment

I'm so glad I got to go!

Andrew's Broken Arm

Poor Andrew.  First he fractured his tail bone.  That took four weeks to heal and he was finally able to play football again, but they still didn't put him in a game.  Now it's too late, because in practice last Wednesday another player hit him in the arm with his helmet.  The Urgent Care didn't do a very good job because they said there was no fracture.  He was still in a lot of pain.  We took the advice of a retired pediatrician at church and took him to an orthopedic surgeon.  It turns out there is a fracture and he needed a cast.  He has to wear the cast for a month and then a brace for another month and will not be able to play football for the rest of the season.  He is loyal, though, and continues to attend practices and games and works as an assistant to the coach.  This is after his first day at school with his cast and it's already filled with signatures.  We're so sorry you got hurt, Andrew!