More Broken Bones

It appears to be our year for broken bones. I hurt my ankle and thought it would be a good idea to walk around on it for a few days and hope it would get better. Turns out it's not a good idea to walk around on broken bones. After three days my entire leg, ankle, and foot were swollen to twice the normal size. I found out today that I have a broken ankle and I'm supposed to stay off of it, use crutches, and see an orthopedist. I really thought the doctor was kidding about the crutches. He'd obviously never been 32 weeks pregnant and tried to get around on crutches! Just when I was thinking this pregnancy couldn't get any longer or more painful, I added a little more excitement to it. I'm stuck on the coach with a broken ankle in the middle of summer vacation. I'll spare you the details of how I broke my ankle, but let's just say there must be quite a lot of truth to the clumsiness and balance problems that are said to accompany pregnancy.

I told a friend I'd post some pictures of my foot and cast to match up to the ones I had posted of Carter's broken leg a few months ago. Carter does think it's really great that I have a cast like him now (and like Grandpa) and Emily is coveting my crutches to the point that I think she is trying to think of a way to break her own ankle.

Here's my huge, swollen leg and foot. Pretty, huh?

Adorable

Carter was trying on a coat I had bought for him and I said, "You are adorable!"

Carter thought this was the funniest thing he'd ever heard and ran off laughing to tell his dad. He announced to his dad and sisters, "Mommy said I'm adorable. I'm not adorable. I'm Carter John."

It's been a couple of weeks now and every time I tell him he's adorable, he quickly tells me, "I'm not adorable. I'm Carter!"

Kelsie's Baptism

Today Kelsie was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was a very special day and we were lucky to be surrounded by lots of family and friends. We are grateful for our sweet Kelsie for making the decision to be baptized and for the good example she is to her little sister and brother.

Our family

Kelsie, her dad, and Grandpa Durrant

John, Kelsie, Grandma & Grandpa Durrant and Great Grandma Durrant

Kelsie was so excited that some of her best neighbor friends came for her baptism.

At the Stake Center Kelsie ran into a friend from her school class that was being baptized at the same time. She thought it was so cool--gotta love Utah!

John, me, Kelsie, Grandma and Grandpa Peterson

This is a really cute candy gram(that Kelsie LOVED) from Kelsie's old Primary teacher, Sr. Johnson. Our wards just split and Sr. Johnson is no longer her teacher or in our ward, but she volunteered to still come and give the talk on baptism. It meant a lot to Kelsie to have her there. She was an amazing teacher and Kelsie had her for two years.

That's my sweet Kelsie. After everyone went home she just sat down and wanted to read her new scriptures.

Side note: This memory just popped in my head as I was posting this so I thought I'd write it down. Prior to her baptism we were having an FHE lesson one night about agency. John gave "baptism" as an example for the kids and Kelsie's mouth dropped open and she said, "you mean I can choose whether to be baptized or not." She was very surprised, to say the least. I guess we hadn't explained that part very well, but is sure was funny. We are glad that she understands agency a little better now and that she made her own choice to be baptized.

Friend Party

Here's the crew from Kelsie's birthday party. We had her birthday party at Gymnastics Place. The girls got to use whatever they wanted in the gym and were jumping on the tramps and into the pit, playing in a bounce house, and swinging on the bars. They really wore themselves out and when we went into the party room for cake and pizza they hardly talked. They were so tired and calm that I felt like I needed to work really hard to be fun and rall them up--I got over that pretty quick and enjoyed the rest of the party--even if it seemed way to calm and quiet for a birthday party.