That sums up our Memorial Day - We leave on Friday for Ohio for Ed's parent's 40th party and so Ed had planned to get lots of projects done this week with the prospect of not having to study for Sunday. We got the house organized and cleaned in areas to help put the shed contents in the basement and provide working space for Ed to finish my pantry and grout my floors. Things are all over the house and Abigail commented this morning - 'it's just like when we moved in, Mom!' - yep...
Ed took the 2 youngest to a tree sale in Utica and brought home 2 beautiful sugar maple and 1 crimson king maples home to plant. Sky worked on the farm cleaning out very heavy and packed sheep pens only to come home and dig the holes for the trees which are about 10-12 feet tall so needed fairly good sized holes. Good thing he's strong and muscular! I was tired for him but he said he was fine and did great! They look so homey and we love looking out the window and seeing them. Now if the wind will leave them be.... time will tell. Katelyn arrived at the farm from a friend's house after she stayed Sunday night and  met up with Sky but only to really ride the horse - learning to post and trot. She was talking non-stop about that when she got home. We had friends here in the afternoon - I took a walk with my encourager partner and then we both got back in time to get family ready and food cooked. We ate late due to the projects but in the end had about 7 guests for an impromtu celebration. The kid's played hard and the adults enjoyed the coffee and fellowship. 9:30 came and everyone started to talk about getting home...then Katelyn came in - in her usual hysteria when she gets hurt..complaining about her wrist...she fell backwards..used it to brace herself...landed on it with her body weight...(sob, scream, sniff) - at this point I was beyond any mood for drama and her propensity to exaggerate her symptoms, pain, etc. But alas, the movement and pain was reminiscent of the broken leg scenario we encountered with the young girl at our sledding party. The crowd dispersed...I couldn't blame them..I wanted to go somewhere else, too..and then we packed Kate up, tucking in the 3 others and headed to the ER. The ride always seems SOOO long when every bump causes the injury to shoot pain through the patient but Kate had calmed down and was able to get to the ER, get xrays and even have them move it around without the previous hysteria. .In the end, it was a fracture - splint was put on her hand and we got home around 1:30 am. The staff is beyond great in Cooperstown and I can't say enough about them. With the swelling, she will not see the orthopedic doctor to determine cast or not until we return from OH next week. Kate was exhausted before, during and after the incident from her late night at the sleepover and long day of riding and working... - she didn't move all night in her bed - something she was worried about but exhaustion kept her still. She got up and doesn't seem to have much pain - did some school but fell asleep at 11:30 am and at 2 pm, she's still asleep. With the fracture on her right hand, I'm SOO thankful we are almost done school and that we tested before this all happened....showing sheep, swimming at the upcoming pool, water park days planned, and riding her beloved horses all will be put aside for 6-8 weeks...not to mention writing....
I'm waiting for Ed to get the grout going in the livingroom so we can get that set for tomorrow when we will pull the kitchen apart to finish the floor before we leave on Friday. So exciting! Boys are both in baseball now - Sky is practicing for the first time with his Babe Ruth team tomorrow and Ethan has games and practices to fit into all this work and drama. Ethan is doing horse club today and Katelyn plans to attend to just do the book work with them - no riding for her.
Well...off I go to work before Ethan's class...hope everyone's Memorial Day was not as memorable as ours was....

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