Casting

Abby broke her leg in a fluke slip and fall accident taking dog out on Saturday. I hate seeing my kids get hurt. I wish it could have been me instead of her. She had a terrible weekend, but got a cast put on Monday and things seem to be getting better for her. She will have a 2 week x-ray and a 4 week x-ray. Possible a walking cast after 4 weeks. Sounds like 6-8 weeks process. Her spirits are up now, but many adjustments will need to be made especially when school begins. Trying to get positive attitudes can be challenging, but I think if it had to happen at least it wasn't right after school dismissed for the summer, right before vacation or middle of winter, etc.

Hiding the pain behind her smile. She had to wear a splint all weekend before she could have a cast put on.

Life is easier in a wheelchair (at least when you have a broken leg)

Autographs are piling up.

10 months old and having the time of his life.

Katie has been a great help for Abby. Playing games and helping her with stuff. Katie has a tender heart and really has suffered right along with Abby. She hates seeing others hurt. It breaks her heart. It makes me feel good that she cares so much for others.

Ahoy, I'm a sailor

A friend of mine took Dave Bayer and I fishing on Lake Michigan today. It was fun, but I still have this feeling that I am still on the lake. We fished in 4 foot swells. That does not sound like much until you get into a 22 foot boat and you're bouncing all over. We each caught one fish. We also had 3 get off the line. Oh well. It was fun anyway. We listened to the ship to shore radio and heard a distress call to the coast guard and it was close by. At that time the coast guard boat was next to us. He took off and a little later the chopper came. It was nothing too serious. A 40 ft sail boat had smoke filling the cabin. No fire, just smoke. They had to be towed in and fixed.

The rotors quit working on the chopper, but amazingly it kept right on going.

Chopper and Coast Guard boat.

Our boat.

The name of our boat.

The Salmon I caught. Approximately 20lbs. Good size one as I compared it to the others on shore at the cleaning station. It took 10-15 minutes to bring it in. He fought the entire time. So did I. I was more exhausted than the fish I think.

Showing off.

Vacation Pictures

Wow! It has been a long time since I posted. It has been a great summer and the time has flown by. I have a lot of photos from our vacation to Curtis in the U.P., eh! We had a wonderful time. Mom and dad Walker came the first 2 nights and they went to Pictured Rocks with us on Sunday. We took a boat cruise to see the rock formations up close and they were awesome. It was a long boat ride for the kids though. It rained most of Monday, but quit just before mom and dad left. We made an attempt to build a fire Saturday night, but it had rained and was too wet. Too windy for one on Sunday. We were finally able to get one going late Monday. It rained quite a bit up there, but it didn't put a damper on our time together. Poor Katie had over 120 bites all over her body and Abby had 60. We suspect spider bites so after 2 nights in the regular bed we put them in the hide-a-bed and they didn't get anymore, but it made for a miserable time for them when they were trying to sleep and itch at the same time.
We love to get away and focus on us and do fun things together. Life slows down up there and it really is refreshing. The girls swim most of the time and we also love to visit the ice cream shop. I could say a lot more. Hope you enjoy our pictures.

Called Lover's Leap, but the captain said you wouldn't want to jump because the water is only 2 feet deep.

Called Indian Head.

Katelyn bought some beautiful gems.

Good buddies in the water all week.

Good buddies next to the water all week.

Family photo.

Nice picture.

Beautiful Katie.

Abby's favorite ice cream shop in the whole world (mine, too)

Brady is getting the hang of it.

Great picture.

Adorable.

My queen and princesses.

Katie's Perch.

Abby's Bluegill.

Little swimmer.

I love this picture.

We went to Manistique, too. Played on the beach there. Walked the board walked. Checked out the lighthouse.

I love Molly!

Found these tee pee's.

New Macy webkinz.

We had hobo dinners 2 times. This was the last night. They turned out perfect and we enjoyed every bite.

Hope you enjoyed a little bit of our vacation, too.