We spent Saturday night in the emergency room with our sweet Bethany!  A neighbor child came running to our door to tell us, "Bethany's been hurt!". She had been jumping on a trampoline with several other kids and fell off.  Kevin and I drove her straight to the hospital.  Her wrist looked awful!

They thought that perhaps she had severely dislocated the wrist.  Not so!  The x-rays told us the bones were broken! 

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Fortunately, we had two very good doctors who were skilled in setting bones which is apparently called a "reduction.". They put her to sleep, set the bones, and splinted it.  They used a portable x-ray machine so they could watch the bones throughout the whole procedure.  It was pretty high-tech and cool!  We were just really glad that she got the care she needed.  What a blessing!  She is already feeling better.

We had a pretty fun week before all that!  On Wednesday, Beth's kindergarten class put on a circus!  I got to watch Bethany be a tiger and a prancing pony!  She also did juggling!  It was so sweet and fun to watch.  Benjamin and I loved it!

On Thursday, Beth's kindergarten class celebrated summer birthdays!  So, Beth got a crown and a poster.  That was a pretty fun day, too!

Thursday was also the end-of-year track party for Megan and Mariah.  They got a bunch of ribbons between the two of them and had great fun being with their teammates and eating pizza!  They had a great season!

Friday was the last day of kindergarten!  So it was the last time that I was in charge of the walking group!  Aren't they cute?

That afternoon was the annual Author's Party at Brookside Elementary!  I got to hear writing from Beth, Cali, and Cheyenne. 

Before that, Cali and Cheye had already been having fun at their Fourth Grade Stores!  They earn play money during the year for good work and good behavior, then at the end of the year they work in pairs to provide goods or services for their friends to buy with the play money.  They all get really excited about it!  Cali and a friend provided games of miniature bowling and HiChews.  Cheyenne and a friend provided hair coloring with hair chalk.  They both came home loaded with fun stuff and had a great time!

Friday evening we had the privilege of attending an honors banquet for Megan due to the 4.0 she has maintained through all three years of junior high!  What a great accomplishment!  I can testify that she worked really hard for it, too!  We are super proud of her!

Saturday was our super busiest day!  Are you ready?  It was the day of the Young Women's yard sale.  So, Sarah, Megan, Mariah, and I helped sort and transport Friday night and then we were back at 5:30 am to set-up and sell stuff!  Sarah helped until 8am when she had a meeting at Funfinity.  Megan helped until 9:00 when Sarah and Savannah came back from their meeting and Kevin took Sarah and Megan to Provo for their YCC ropes course event.  Savannah came to the yard sale around 9:30 to sell jewelry she had made and donate the proceeds to girls' camp.  I left the sale at 10:30 so I could be home to babysit for a neighbor in need.  Mariah stayed until 12:30 when she left to go ice skating for a friend's birthday.  At 1:30, they called to have me come back to the sale so they could pack the non-sold goods on our trailer and Kevin could take it to DI.  This was just as Kevin was coming back from picking up Sarah and Megan from the ropes course and dropping Sarah off at Funfinity for her five hour shift at Funfinity with Savannah.  Kevin got back from DI, I took Meg to Spanish Fork for her fiddle lesson and was back before my neighbor came to pick up her kids at 4:30.  Deep breath!  It had been such a busy day, Kevin and I decided to go out to eat to wind down.  We thought we were done for the day! 

It's a good thing we got some sustenance and were back before we spent our evening in the ER!  The Lord is really looking out for us.  It all worked out perfect.  It's a tender mercy and we're so grateful!  :)