Skating!

We spent some time skating this winter. Someone gave us skates and I picked up a pair at the Salvation Army. We went to the Veldstra's once to play on their pond too. Thanks Kathy for the pictures.

The Hockey team! It was the first skate of the year and the blisters were forming fast, so Jayce played with his boots for a little while. The girls playing on the ice. Look at all those smiles!We had a skating party on our pond with our small group. Warren built a fire by the ice to keep us warm.
Alexis and Alectra had fun with Hunter eating cookies.
What a fun bunch of kids.
This was the party that I fell and broke my ankle. I was carrying a pot of soup up to eat and slipped and fell. I slipped, felt my ankle snap and then hit the ice, very nicely setting the pot of soup on the ice without spilling a drop. This is the x-ray taken at the ER, notice the shattered fibula and the two pieces off the tibia. It was also dislocated, no surprise! They sent me home with a splint and lots of pain medicine.
I went to Soldotna to an orthopedic surgeon on Wed before Thanksgiving, and he operated that day. Office visit at 10 am, check into the hospital at 1 pm, surgery from 3-6 pm and I was on the way home by 7 pm. Thanks to Stacey and Niki,who kept the kids for the day. This is how it looked when I left.Eleven screws, a plate and a stabilizer through the two bones. Those are the two little round things on the side of the leg bones. My staples are all out and the incisions are healing well. Jan. 5, Jayce's birthday, I have to go back to the Dr so he can tell me if I can start putting weight on my leg. It still swells and hurts if I'm up much, but for the most part it feels o.k. I'll be glad to get off the couch one of these days, it is getting a hole in it from my bottom. Keep praying for healing and that I would have no lasting effects. Pray for the rest of the family too, they have a lot of stuff to take care of without me.