Chris' Arm

Well, some of you might be wondering about Chris' arm. If you're not, you are saying "What the heck?" about now. So, I'll tell you the whole story so you can all be "up to date". :)

Chris went hunting last weekend (as you all know) and shot an 8-point buck. Many other hunters up there were also successful in their hunting this year (great job, boys and girl!) so on Saturday evening, they decided to get the deer ready for the butcher. Chris was helping with this, of course, but ended up injuring his arm during the cleaning of the first deer. Basically, he was throwing the hind-quarters into the woods (about 40 pounds) and as he threw forward, the hip of the hind-quarters went back, therefore throwing-off Chris' throw. He was throwing with some force, so went the hips went back, it caused his arm to compensate. Chris heard a "ripping sound" come from his right bicep and he was in immediate pain. Within a day, his whole forearm was bruised and swollen. Also, when he would flex his bicep, a muscle that had never been there before would flex near his elbow. (Ewwww.....) So, Chris went to the doctor on Monday but could only get in to see a physicians assistant. That lady told Chris to squeeze her hand and when he did, she basically said that he was "fine". Chris said "Seriously?" to which she replied "Well, we could give you an xray..." which of course, turned up nothing since it doesn't show soft-tissue. Anyways, a couple more days went by and Chris' arm still looked really bad. He finally called his regular general practitioner and got in to see him yesterday. His doctor, like the physician's assistant, said that Chris would be fine but gave him more information. He said that it most likely WAS a bicep tear, but biceps heal very quickly so he should be fine. If it had been a tendon tear, THEN Chris would require surgery and he would have lost a lot more range-of-motion. Getting more information was exactly what we needed and it's so good to know that Chris is going to be okay!!!

To read more about the guys' hunting experience, read the SanChiJeBaNoBe blog and/or The Traveler's Blog.

Weekend Fun

This last weekend was so much fun for all of us. The kids had a blast at my parents house (and they even went down to Rochester to visit their great-grandpa---twice!!). Chris got the annual "deer hunting fever" out of his system and it was totally worth it: he got an 8-point buck! Whoo-hoo! (This also means that I didn't clean out the chest freezer last week for nothing---whew!) I was home while my family was having their own fun, but I, too, was doing something I enjoy. I was scrapbooking and having a fabulous "girls' weekend" with 4 of my favorite scrapping buddies. They stayed over from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon and we had a blast!!

Here are a couple pictures that were taken:

Ashely & myself (minus make-up and nice hair) :)


Sarah & Brittney



I didn't get as many scrapbook pages made this year as I did last year (17 pages done this year, about 25 made last year), but I got some other crafty projects finished and of course spent lots of time chatting. :) Thanks for a great weekend, girls! And thanks to my parents for making it possible by taking my kiddos for a couple days. I'm very blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. :)