Table for Eight

Sunday afternoon we were all sitting at our kitchen table when Lu said, "Oh, I want a pear"--followed by a quick move to grab said-pear from a basket on the table. And somehow (seriously, we don't know how), she bonked her pinky on the hardwood table in a weird way when she went to reach for the pear. And immediately she flinched and said, "I think I broke my pinky." I couldn't imagine it; it seemed like a small bonk. But sure enough, her pinky finger got chubby and immediately hurt. And 24 hours later, the x-ray from the ER showed the pinky is, in fact, fractured. What the what?   It's wacky, I tell ya: breaking your pinky finger reaching for a pear. Fortunately it is a small fracture and it is likely to heal in about 2-3 weeks. Sometimes life is so nutty. Poor Lu and her pinky. Blasted pears! (PS: We were able to be online at the same time as our missionary son, Jay, yesterday--so we told him about Lu's finger. He's...

Bam, Papaya, Lu, and Janae's kiddos at the park. Labor Day weekend was soooooooooooooooooo nice! We didn't do anything spectacular, but we did get to check out a new park by our home and have a fun BBQ Monday night (cooked entirely by Dave--yayhoo!). (The only downside to the holiday is that we didn't get any mail delivery--so no update from Elder Meehan. Drats.) I hope you had a great holiday weekend.  And Happy Labor Day--today--to my Canadian friends. Jr and Papaya having a pull-up contest. The girls on a spinning thingy. This park is incredible. The equipment, the layout, the landscaping and rockscaping, the brook running through it--are all incredible! This brook flows into a nearby lake. Dave and Bam. Zu, Lu, Jr, Papaya, and Janae's kiddos.   There's a drill and conveyor belt in the sand area. Along with volleyball courts. Our weather has been between 85-95 this week. The clouds were bea...