Just another brick in the wall.

So the Thomson household had a very eventful weekend. I was sick on Friday and decided to stay in bed all day and rest. I read the entire Twilight book and started New Moon. I was feeling better Saturday, but not 100%. However, I decided we would spend the day running errands as a family. We drove all over and accomplished a lot. We had dinner together, fed the ducks, and the kids had a blast playing at the park by the duck pond. In this pic, the older two are "trying" to be grumpy. Strange talent they have. Hattie looks shockingly like her mother in this picture... Hmmmm....


When we got home, it was about 415, and the neighbors were out riding bikes. The kids decided to stay out and play... I went into the house for about 10 minutes to rest a bit, leaving everyone else outside. As I was walking out to check on them all, I hear lots of screaming and crying (Okay, mostly Hattie) and "Jason broke his arm!". Here's the pic I took on the xray table:

Oh my goodness. I look down at Jason's arm, and it is hanging limp from about the middle of the forearm. Our neighbors volunteer to watch our two blondies, and Rick, Hattie, Jane and I accompany Jason to the ER. Apparently, Saturday was the busiest day of the year for ERs. Other hospitals were casting patients away and sending them down to Menifee. Oh my gosh. And my 5 year old sits with a broken arm!! The evening dragged on as Jason was called back to see and nurse, and then told to wait in the lobby again... called back for an x-ray, then told to wait again... called into a room to wait (and wait and wait) for a doctor (the one doctor assigned to the ER!!!) to see us. No pain medication whatsoever. And I asked everyone we met from about the 1.5 hour point to get him something. Nope. No one can call my Jason a wimp again! Finally the doctor sees us. Yes, it's broken (duh!) and yes, it needs to be fixed tonight (again, duh!!). But Menifee Medical Center does not do pediatrics and they'll have to transfer him. (What??? Couldn't you have told me that when I brought my 5yo in with a broken arm???) 20 more minutes pass. Doctor returns. Turns out that the orthopedist happens to be in the hospital as we speak, and he will fix Jason up tonight! Yay! Heavenly Father has been looking out for us. The (real) Doctor comes, talks to us, sets it all up. What a great guy... Sooo, finally, four hours after arriving at the ER (it was about 8:45pm) my sweet baby boy is wheeled away to get casted up. Whew. They had to put him under. Both bones in him forearm were broken clean through. (Wish I had pics of the xrays to show! So amazing looking!) And now Jason has a white cast.

He'll get a black one at his follow-up appointment on Friday. So much for resting up and Mommy getting better.

An uneventful Sunday led to a busy Monday with Rick on a trek to get a job. One job we've been working toward wanted him to interview (in San Pedro) so we decided to split up. He drove off to Long Beach, and I stayed in town running errands. We met up in the evening for dinner with my parents in La Habra. Sooo tired we all were!

Today we've been trying to catch up (with school - the kids managed to skip Friday and Monday) (with the house - always always cleaning!!) with everything around here. Field trip tomorrow http://www.rileysfarm.com/ for school. Super fun - we are really looking forward to it. Also, we've ordered our stereo/etc. for the van and are hoping to get that all installed on Thursday. Exciting and eventful week! Enjoy the pictures of my son's rubber arm. Hopefully I'll continue to keep this blog updated!

So much to say!

And not enough time...

New year's day we went sailing with Grandma Cyn and Papa Bill. You would think all of these kids do not fit on one sailboat, but we did it and managed to take 2 additional adults along as well (Cindy and her son Chris). It was a great day. Well, I was grumpy, but other than that, everyone else had a great time.



After sailing we went back and did some laundry since our dryer was still out of commission. (There are still two baskets of laundry there to this day - we'll have to pick them up on our next trip, Thanks Grandma!)

January 2nd was a busy day of running errands. Our friends (the family of one of our babysitters) had an extra dryer they weren't using and were nice enough to give it to us! We also went to the swap meet in Riverside and looked for seat covers for the new van. Didn't find them, but mom got sunglasses and a purse. Hattie got 2 pairs of shoes! And each of the children got to spend $1 on a little toy. It was fun. We went back in the evening for the Drive-In movie. It was our family's first experience at the drive-in and I think we survived it well. The kids watched The Princess and the Frog while mom, dad and Janey slept in the back. Then we switched for The Blind Side. The boys eventually fell asleep in the back, while Dad and the girls all stayed up for the movie.

Sunday was full with church and hanging around the house. And here we are on Monday. We were smart enough to make a list of things to do (last night) and have made it most of the way through! Feeling productive. It's our first day back at school after the Christmas break. So we are easing into action...

I hope this post made a little sense as I was trying to post a lot in a short amount of time. OH yes! We also got new next-door neighbors. They have an 8 year old girl, a young boy (maybe 4 or 5??) and a baby boy, 7 months. I think we can usually match most families child for child... We look forward to getting to know them more.