The Long and the Short of It:

Part I

Connor's long hair and staples

Connor's short hair, 1 week after staple removal

We were really looking forward to Connor's trip back to Hopkins for staple removal. All 40 staples came out in less than 10 minutes with no problem. He brought along balloons and a basket of magazines, puzzle books and candy to share with the other teen patients at the hospital. It was an amazing blessing to be on "the other side" already and to be able to visit other kids, share his smile and story and wish them all a speedy recovery, just like his!

The scar is healing extremely well. You can see it on staple removal day above in green shirt, 2 weeks after accident, and then see how it has healed even more one week after that on haircut day in the blue shirt above, 3 weeks after accident. Now he's just waiting for medical clearance to start a little running and non-contact soccer practice this week. It is amazing how far he has come so quickly. We are so grateful.

The Long and the Short of It:
Part II

The Long Old Car:
R.I.P. Blown Head Gasket 2002 Chevy Caprice

The Short New Car:
Welcome to the Family 2008 Ford Focus!
Here's to more MP3s (it has a cool sound system) and MPGs!

Blast Off!
There were 100 "Cubs in Space" this week as Owen and Reilly attended Cub Scout Day Camp at the county fairgrounds. You can't really "attend" cub scout day camp, you kind of have to eat, sleep, breath and wear it, which is exactly what Owen and Reilly did! There is no end to the creativity, energy and resourcefulness of our scout leadership and the boys were busy every moment carving model rockets, fishing, shooting BB guns, firing arrows on the archery range, playing badminton, shaking bags of homemade ice cream, making recyclable crafts, learning about geodes, shopping at the trading post, praticing den cheers and skits.... and getting as dirty as possible in the process. I'd say it was the perfect week!