Memorial Day weekend

Kari and Joel didn't have school Thursday or Friday (in-service and budget reduction day), so they had a extra long Memorial Day weekend. We got to see Grandma Andy who was in town for the weekend, got to see her a couple times actually. Greg and I went on a dinner and movie date Friday night, which hadn't happened in a while. It was nice, and we enjoyed our time out. We finished painting our bedroom on Saturday. It's been white since we moved in, and now it's a nice latte brown color. And since we'd been painting and working around the house, we decided to go to Arby's for dinner. That's where this happened.

She slipped/tripped (still don't understand exactly what happened) on the way to the restroom. Big bloody mess. Her lip was split in a few directions, and a sizable chunk of her tooth was missing. Yes, it was traumatic. I called our family dentists' emergency number and sent him this lovely photo. He said as long as she wasn't in horrible pain, it could wait a couple days. So, we iced her lip, gave her some ibuprofen, and convinced her it would all be ok. She even went to the church the next day.


On Sunday afternoon while Eric and Leah and cousins were over, our dentist called and offered to come in on Memorial Day (Monday) to fix Kari's tooth so she could go back to school in good shape. Such a nice dentist (and nice dental assistant) to come in on a holiday! Here she is--all put back together.

On Monday afternoon, after Kari's face was un-numb, Greg took the oldest three kids to Skateworld and met Eric and Sam and Maggie there.  Greg helped Aubrey learn to skate, and he said she was getting the hang of it by the end. They skated, played air hockey, and ate cotton candy. We had some very happy kids that afternoon! I stayed home with Grant who fell asleep just before they left and enjoyed 45 minutes of peace and quiet in our house. I sat in a chair in our newly furnished front room that I call my "ladies' sitting room" and read a book. It was a wonderful little treat!