I got some good news and I got some bad news.....

hmmmmmm, what do you want first. I think the bad news then I can end on a high note. Ivan broke his finger at our family Easter Egg Hunt Saturday. He and some of his cousins were on the.... yes you guessed it.... trampoline. Ben who is 12 was trying to jump over Ivan's head, (a game called steamrollers, with a name like that what do you expect!!) but as Ben jumped Ivan stuck up his hand and it caught on Ben's clothes and snap. Ivan was really very tough about it, in fact we continued on with our day and I think I turned into my father because I told him we would wait a couple of days and if it still hurt we would take him in. As the party was drawing to a close I could see he was still in pain so we called Brother Cherry, a chiropractor in the ward to see if he would take x-rays. He did and yes it was broken, not just cracked it was all the way through. Ian took him to Urgent care and when the lady was rude about him bringing his own x-rays he left, we experienced with Abby that they just put a splint on and you go to an orthopaedic doctor the next day. He went to Walgreen's and got the goods to take care of the finger and came home. When Monday rolled around we took him to a Doctor and were told he would need surgery. Thank goodness Ian has the spirit and priesthood to know what is best for our family because he decided we should get a second opinion and this doctor along with his partner, who he consulted said there was no need for surgery. I feel much more at ease with this prognosis. So the bad news is that Ivan broke his finger and the good news is no surgery and he will get the cast off in 3 weeks. He will miss 6 baseball games but will still have 9 left.
Another bit of good news was Easter and General Conference. We were able to spend Saturday with my family and Sunday at Ian's sisters home. General Conference was awesome and gave me a desire to be a better mom. We shared the resurrection of Christ story with our kids from a book that mom Pietz gave us Easter morning before the kids, daddy and uncle Erik searched for their baskets. It was my favorite part of the whole weekend and will definitely become a tradition. All is well, all is well.
Ivan sporting his sea blue cast.

I love this picture from Saturday's hunt.

Davis and Bradford, best buds!!

Is Abby excited or what?

The younger Warren cousins, What good looking kids.



Erin and Charly's was WET, WET, WET, but FUN, FUN, FUN!!!