Ashlyn gets her cast off

Ashlyn got her cast off on February 13th.  She was so excited!
Joe and I took the girls swimming that weekend to celebrate and the girls both loved it!

 

The saw was noisy
 

She laughed the whole time they cut it off, she said it tickled a lot!
 

Kaelyn didn't like the noise of the saw
 

 

 

They wiped her arm with rubbing alcohol and she didn't like the smell
 

The doctor said she looks as good as new!
 

Happy 6th Anniversary!

Time sure has gone by fast!
We have had a great journey so far, can't wait to see what the future brings!
 

 

 

Happy Valentines Day!

The girls celebrated Valentines day by helping me bake cupcakes
and they decorated them with frosting and lots of sprinkles.

 

Ashlyn said she made the "best cupcake EVER!"

Guess what?!

Ice Fishing - Take 2

We went ice fishing last weekend on lake Washington again.  The lake was full of houses as usual. We went back to the same spot we went to a few weeks ago since we had such good luck there.  Although we didn't catch as many fish as last time, we still caught enough for the girls to have fun.

Our set up... we wait in the Tahoe while Joe gets everything ready
 

The girls get a little silly while waiting!
 

They like to sit on the top bunk
 

.... and have snacks :)
 

Playing with the minnows
  

Ashlyn using her "lucky" rod again :)
 

Ice Fishing - Take 1

We went ice fishing on Lake Washington a few weeks ago.

The girls had fun running around in the snow while dad got the house set up
 

 

Ashlyn with her "lucky" rod...
 

Kaelyn loves to reel the line in, good thing she caught a lot!
 

First catch of the day!
 

Kaelyn fell into one of the holes so she went without pants for most of the afternoon :(
Now we pack extra pants and socks!
 

Scooters

The girls love to scooter around the house. They must have been warm ;)

 

Cookies

When its freezing out, there is nothing like baking cookies to warm up the house.
My two little helpers love to taste test at every step!
 

Fun in the snow!

The girls enjoyed playing in the snow the morning of January 10th.  That afternoon, we got the rain that melted the snow and turned our driveway into an ice rink! It was only two days after Ashlyn broke her arm, but you wouldn't know it by the way she played!

All bundled up!
 

Adding snow to the bottom of the slide
 

  

Kaelyn wanted to go in her swing even thought she could get her boots in the foot holes
 

Then Ashlyn wanted to try it too....
 

They had fun on the tire swing too
 

 

Randoms

Kaelyn hiding in the fish house
 

the girls enjoying their Christmas presents in Ashlyn's room
 

Waiting patiently for our Tahoe to be fixed at Mankato Motors
 

Ashlyn broke her arm

Ashlyn fell off of her toy bouncy horse Tuesday morning at 7:30am while she was trying to get off... she fell with her arm stretched out to the side and behind her.  Kaelyn was sitting on my lap and we watched it happen. I knew she was in a lot of pain and cried an unusual cry for over an hour. I called the doctor and they thought it sounded like she probably dislocated her elbow so we made an appointment to come in and have them relocate it at 10am. Unfortunately, when he tried to do the magic move of bending and turning her arm to pop the bone back into place, it just about sent poor Ashlyn off the table. She SCREAMED and really cried... I felt so bad.  Then they sent her for x-rays and what do you know... she had a fracture :( So off to the Orthopedic and Fracture Clinic to see Dr. Kyle Swanson. He said that it is technically called a "Supracondylar Humerus Fracture". She needed to be put in a temporary cast till Friday when she could get a permanent cast. She was excited to be able to pick out a pink one :)  So they got her all wrapped up and sent us home with a sling. She really did amazing the whole day, from x-rays to being examined, answering questions and getting her cast. I'm really proud of how brave she is. She will need to wear her pink cast for 4.5 weeks.  Hopefully the time will fly by!

Just after getting her temporary cast

  

Hard to see in this picture, the fracture is between the yellow arrows
(the bright white "s" line is not the break)

Back on Friday to have the pink cast put on,
she was excited about that!

She didn't like the smell of the alcohol that they wiped her arm down with

Apparently they were short staffed,
I had to help hold her arm while they wrapped it

ta-da! Pink!

Double check to make sure everything still looked good, check!

Since grandma Ruth came with to help with Kaelyn and take some pictures, we decide to meet grandpa Tim and go out to eat at Boulder Tap after her appointment... yum!