Texas Trip 2008

So, we survived the week w/my parents and sister & her kids...Nick nearly drowned (bro in law Cass jumped in & rescued him - spraining his ankle in the process); and Nat broke his left arm 24 hours before we were to get on the plane to come home! One of my sister's friends is an ER physician at Cooks Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, and agreed to see Nat in his home first to determine if we really needed to head someplace for real attention - sure enuf, we did. Small favors like that helped the process go faster, that is for sure! Instead of waiting in a random Urgent Care for 30 minutes to only get a splint, we spent that time driving to the ER where he had called ahead for us, so we got in almost immediately. Two hours later, we were on our way home w/a Dallas Cowboy blue cast. He & Bob left for camp Monday morning, cast & all...Nick & I have been home, just hanging out being mommy & son, enjoying the relative quiet...we spent most of Monday, driving all over town taking care of Brazil business trying to get a few final things ready to depart...honestly, I was ready to come home just cause its hard to live out of a suitcase & the 5 older kids were just about to the end of good time together...tired of each other & the heat.