So first and foremost, Lily broke her ARM! It is not a great story nothing fantastic... she was playing at chickfila, and was running away from a game of tag, she ran up a little 2in. high ramp for babies and stepped too far on the edge, slipped and hit her elbow in just the right way. It is a really small break, couldnt even see the break on the x-ray, but the evidence of a break was there, so the dr.'s still insisted that she needed a cast but only for 2 weeks, and I think it is mostly for pain issues and for protecting the healing from the normal kid things that happen day to day. Which I am very glad for because she has already fallen down face first sooo many times since she got her cast that I couldnt imagine what the last week and a half would have been like without the cast! Anyways, she loved it at first, hates it now, says "MOM, I CANT LIVE WITH THIS CAST ANYMORE!!!" almost every night. She had all her class at school sign the cast, and has been very popular because of the whole event. Actually that has been my favorite part, because this whole time her brother and all the boys in her class were all very tender with her. The boys in the class at first were helping her up anytime she was sitting down or going outside, or doing anything!! Writing, coloring.. you name it they were all there to help her!! She loved it! Until a few days later when she came home and said "no one even helps me anymore, no one even notices except for Kailee!" She obviously was very spoiled due to the whole thing, but she has gotten really good at drawing and writing with her left hand! Thank goodness it comes off this wednesday! I will have new pics this next weekend of a very happy little girl showing off her arm!
I ran a 5k again with my friend Holly and her mom Donette. It was the same one I did last year, and both times it happened to be the HOTTEST day of September! and of course the race didnt start until 9:00! It was in upland, and the course is the worst, well maybe not the worst, but it has a gigantic hill for the first mile, and in the heat it looked almost impossible both times! but this year was a lot better than last, I didnt want to die afterwards, actually I felt pretty good at the end. It helps that they had a few houses with hoses out to spray all of us crazy runners going by! That and the water stops saved the day! I shaved 3 minutes off my time from last year, and was pretty proud of that since I didnt expect much since it was crazy Hot. It wasnt as good as Holly at 27 minutes!! WAY to go HOLLY!! but it wasnt bad! cant wait to do more later this year and next! Thanks Holly and Donette! Ready for a 10k or a half-marathon yet?
Last but not least Nephi's cousin came down to visit California and we are always lucky enough to be included in their plans! They are so great, they have great kids that are older than mine, but they are so sweet and they all play well together. We love seeing them, especially since it always means a guaranteed beach trip! Thanks guys for the fun! Sorry we had to cut it so short! Love you!
