Unexpected

So in a nutshell our weekend at the lake didn't go as planned. My friend Hannah and I decided we would go down a day early with the kids and get everything set up for the weekend. Six kids and two moms and a load of manly labor to do. I have to say that we managed to get the boat and seadoo out without the loss of any children. I had no idea it was going to be so difficult. This was also a weekend of great injury. Hannah broke her toe the first night, when the boys arrived on Friday they got everything set up for their bike ride the next morning. They returned from the bike ride with a Kevin hurt and bleeding. Oh yes, he crashed. So a shower and a couple of Aleve later we were ready to get out on the water. That is when the mother of the accidents occurred. Karson tripped over the boat tie up and landed on her elbow. She is one tough cookie and it didn't take very long to see that something was really wrong with her arm. So after an afternoon spent in Eufala ER we were told that she had broken her elbow and we would need to see a surgeon on Monday. Are you effin kidding me!!! We already had a heart appt. and a neuro appt. set for Monday because school starts this week. Now we had this too. Anyway, we received pretty good news at both the heart and neuro appointments. Today we went to see the surgeon. More x-rays and we were told that she had broke her elbow and there is a crack in her growth plate. The surgeon asks if he can try to straighten it out right there and see if he can get it into place without surgery. He got is straight and wrapped it in a bright pink cast (picked out by Karson). He feels that her bones should fuse back over the next four to six weeks. Thank goodness, no surgery. School starts on Thursday and she is set with a package of Sharpies. This girl is AMAZING. She did not even shed a tear today, and you know that is had to hurt like a mother. We picked up her best friend Victoria on the way home and Matt took the two of them to see a movie. They even had their picture made in a photo booth. A great end to a not so great weekend.