broken bones and pumpkin guts

Broken bones and pumpkin guts perfectly describes our weekend. It was a fabulous weekend for ALMOST all in our family.

Poor Andrew has not enjoyed this weekend too much. Thursday night he broke his humerus (not so humorous) bone in his right arm. It was so bad that the poor guy had to undergo surgery that night to get it fixed up. He stayed the night at the hospital and all of Friday too. Dave spent the night up there with him Friday night. They couldn't cast it because the break was too high, so he has to wear a sling and be very careful with it. The doctor even said no school for a week, so we will be picking up homework for him this week. He is doing better though, just a little crabby and maybe frustrated already. :(

I took Friday off of work and went to Norfolk to pick up grandma for our annual pumpkin carving party Saturday. A BIG THANK YOU to aunt Sharon for meeting me half way in Norfolk and another BIG THANK YOU to uncle Rod who helped on the trip home. It was no nice to have grandma here even if it was very short.

So, Saturday after the disappointing loss to Texas :( we went to uncle Mel and aunt Kathy's to carve pumpkins and eat lots of yummy treats. We started this party tradition about 4 or 5 years ago. The first year EVERYONE carved a pumpkin and proudly displayed their creations for a picture. Through the years and adding more children to our family...the number of carvers and pumpkins produced has drastically fallen. This year Katie, her friend Dezi and myself were the only pumpkin carvers around. OF COURSE the amount of yummy food and treats has not seen a decrease over the years. :) I carved Spongebob during the football game and Dora later that night. Emma is still freaked out about the smell and the feeling of the pumpkin guts so no help from her and Dave is definately NOT a detail person, so he kept Lauren corralled.

Mom brought cute Halloween bags for the little ones to decorate with foam Halloween stickers. That kept them busy for awhile even if it was to just chew on them. Thanks mom. AND thanks to uncle Mel and Aunt Kathy for hosting the party and for all the great treats.

Today, Lauren climbed four stairs to get into our Kitchen where the rest of us were. We literally can't keep up with her. She already has had two bruises on her head from bumping into furniture.

I made a HUGE grocery trip this morning by myself....yes, how nice is that. So I must go start my beer cheese soup for this evening. Dave is back to work tonight so it is just us girls unless he can make it home for dinner. Hope everyone had a great weekend too.