Update

Friday we went back to the doctor again for the 4th time in a week. It was a pretty long appointment. They removed the hard stint, put on a new hard cast and took more X-rays.  This time the doctor helped out on the cast. He wanted it positioned (molded) just right so it would heal with no problems. My little girl did amazing! I'm serious, she couldn't have done any better. The doctor had me stand on the other side of the table to keep her distracted. He was bending her arm which looked like it would be so painful but she didn't even flinch. She just kept watching me do silly things with a plastic glove. I blew it up, made it fart, milked it, high fived her and whatever I could think of.

Lance did great during the appointment too. Since we are now regulars at the doctors office, we are well known and as soon as everyone sees us they turn cartoons on for Lance and help make him comfortable. Since we don't have cable or anything at home all of the cartoons are new to him, which keeps him pretty interested.

This weekend Andrew had to work. He was working at the gold mine which means 12 hour shifts and 2 hours of drive time. No fun, but amazing pay. It wasn't so bad since this was the first weekend he has had to work since moving here. 

Saturday was beautiful. The temperature got up to 54! The kids and I went to feed the ducks before they head south. 

We Did some walking around at Pioneer park where I will be doing a booth for a special Halloween event next Saturday. Pioneer park is over 40 acres and is so neat. It has several play grounds, a small train and lots of old cabins that are apart of Fairbanks history. 

After we visited the park we headed south to North Pole to meet a lady who has a male Golden Retriever. I have been looking and looking for a registered male to breed Happy to when the time comes again. This dog is absolutely beautiful and him & Happy hit it off great! It won't be time again for a couple months, but I am so glad to have found her a mate.

Yesterday was a pretty low key Sunday. We did a quick trip to Walmart and spent the day playing and baking. I noticed Lance was getting a little stuffy so we didn't venture outside to play. The kids loved helping me practice a new show demo for some upcoming cooking shows. They also helped me make some pumpkin purée and then bake up some pumpkin bread. We made two big loaves. One we are taking to the surgery center to the wonderful nurses that took care of Lexie. 

Andrew didn't get in till after 7 and the night before wasn't home till after the kids were asleep, So when daddy got in last night they were super super excited to see him. 

We didn't have our normal family fun weekend, but we made the most of it and had fun anyway. We have less than a month till we head to Missouri which we all are so excited about! This will be Andrew's first trip out of Alaska in over a year!