We took Cheyenne back to the doctor this week.  She was so excited to get that cast off!  She had been counting days for two weeks.  This story has a sad ending, though.  When we got the cast off, it was immediately apparent that her arm was bent -- and not at the elbow.  The new x-rays confirmed our suspicions.  The bone in her arm that the doctor had pushed back into place was back out of place and healing all wrong.  Dr. Larsen said I could leave it and it would correct itself -- mostly -- within a year or so.  Ideally, though, he'd like to do surgery, straighten the bone and put in pins.  *Sigh*  I asked Cheyenne, who if you remember, REALLY wanted that cast off and would have to be in a cast again if we did surgery.  She had no hesitation.  "I want it fixed, Mom."  We had surgery the next morning.

What an adventure that was!  Actually everyone was really, really nice at the surgical center and everything went as smoothly as it could possibly go.  We showed up at 6:30 in the morning and were back home around 11am.  That was Thursday.  Cheyenne didn't go to school the rest of the week.  She is a quiet little girl on most days as it is, but the surgery made her even quieter.  They gave her a lot of pain medication, but it still hurt quite a lot.  We know it is a sign that she is feeling better now that she is getting her volume back.  She is even chasing her brother again and being silly with Calianne, so all is well.

In other news, Mariah made her poster for student council, received the second most amount of votes and is now Vice President at Brookside Elementary School!

She also played in two soccer games this week.  They lost one and won one.

Savannah worked three days this week, had a cross country meet on Saturday, and watched the entire first season of Voyager which she found available on her computer.

Sarah's tennis team held a tennis clinic for a fund-raiser on Saturday, so we sent Calianne (Chey was sad to miss that, too!).  Cali had a great time and asked Sarah when they could do it again?  Sarah says she is going to turn Cali into a star tennis player!  "Stick with me, kid!"

Megan had two tennis meets this week.  I got to go to the one she had on Monday.  It was stormy, but it stopped raining long enough to sweep off the courts and play some games.  It's a good thing because it was a good 25 minute drive to get there!  She's worth it, though.  Plus, Ben, Beth, Megan, and I shared breadsticks from Little Caesars while we waited for her turn to play.  :)

Bethany had preschool again this week.  Her friends also came over quite often to play.  She makes up stories all the time now.  She is quite humorous.  After preschool on Wednesday, I asked her "How was preschool?"  "Bad!" she says with big eyes.  "What happened?"  "Well . . . ." long pause while she thinks, "I was just wearing the prettiest clothes and everybody was mad because their clothes were not as pretty as mine.  So everybody else took off their clothes, and then I was the only one with clothes on!  Then they put me in the dungeon -- the preschool dungeon -- but then I just escaped and I came home."   Her life is just one big fantasy adventure!

Benjamin continues to get very dirty everyday and have plenty of adventures of his own, most of which go on inside his own head.   Cute boy.

On Saturday Mariah and her friend, Jessica, planned a huge activity for twenty some kids to re-enact the Hunger Games.  Jessica's parents and myself then were then committed to spend our afternoon up the canyon in the bushes and trees to keep them safe while they all tried to "kill" each other -- by pulling each others' flags.  They had a ton of fun and credit has to be handed to the imagination and planning skills of Mariah and Jessica.  Megan and several of her friends participated, too, and they all had great fun.

Here they are after we counted down from ten and then they all ran to the cornucopia to grab their backpacks and get to the trees before their flags were taken!

Providentially, the odds were ever in their favor.