Not Again...

Russell gave us another scare on Saturday. He was playing at his friends house and decided to climb the orange tree in their backyard (and like I said in my last post, he loved to climb). They were picking oranges to make juice. Well when he reached for what he thought was "a good one" the branch he was holding on to broke...and down he went...right on his head. He fell a good 12-15 feet. When I went to go pick him up I could definitely tell things weren't right. So, I took him into the urgent care. From there they transported us to Maricopa Medical Center via ambulance. They took him there because they have a trauma unit and when a child falls from over twice their height, it's considered a trauma 1. Anyways, so after they cut his clothes off, took chest x-rays, CT scans...we find that he has a concussion and some pretty nice scrapes and bruises. I'm so grateful that's all it was. And Russell has promised to keep his feet on the ground for the next few days at least.

London's Run

Oh gosh...I'm really not very good at updating this thing. Things have been busy, no surprises there! On Saturday, the 2nd, we went out to Schnepf Farms to participate in London's Run. I ran the 10K with my brother Joel, his wife Nicole, Chad's sister Alisa and her husband Jason.
Well...I didn't really run with them...more behind them! I'm certainly not a fast runner, but I always finish...eventually! There was so much going on out there for the family. My kids had a blast eating ice cream, making necklaces, climbing rock walls and getting lots of free stuff! Russell loved the rock wall. Apparently he scaled it 3 times while I was running. He's my climber.

Russell was the "Super Star" in his class last week. We made him a cool poster of pictures and stuff to show off to his classmates. Janey is loving preschool. She got her shots this week for kindergarten, which totally freaks me out. She cannot be old enough for that! Parker is doing good. He's been seeing a speech therapist for the past month or so and I am seeing some big improvements. For those of you who don't know...Parker is not much of a talker. He's a crier, all the time!!! But since we've been doing speech therapy he is learning to use other ways to communicate with others (me primarily). He is a much happier boy, which makes me a happier mom. Chad & I are doing great. I have another run planned in April, then Chad & I will take another trip to Havasupai in the summer. Chad's been playing a lot of paintball lately. He's got a good group from the ward that gets together a few times a month. Business is picking up. We've had a slow winter, but things are definitely turning around.
I love hearing from all of you and getting to read up on your families & the happenings in your lives!

P.S. Many of you have been asking about my friend Charlene who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She is doing great. For more updates, you can visit her blog. (I love the new family pics Char.)