Another knee surgery

Today Madison and I were up early for another knee surgery. I can't believe she has had two knee surgeries before she is 18. Before she went into surgery we knew that things might be different from the last surgery but I didn't expect her to be on crutches for 6 weeks again. When the surgeon came out to tell me how the surgery went he told me when he got in there the cartilage damage was worse then he thought. He cleaned it up the best he could but cartilage damage is worse then what we were originally thinking with a meniscus tear. The meniscus tear was not repairable like last time so that is why didn't think she would be on crutches. It is going to be a long six weeks for her.

Madison is resting comfortably. I hope she can tolerate the pain meds this time.

Recovery buddies

Madison and Allison have enjoyed our new bed. It is the best to recover in after surgery or an allergic reaction.

I am hoping Allison will be up to going to school tomorrow. Today the swelling in her face had gone down and I am hoping it will be normal tomorrow. I know Madison enjoys the company but Allison needs to go back to school.

Interesting day

This morning Allison woke up and had hives all over her face.

We were not sure what was causing the hives so we gave her benedryl and watched them. We went about our day and the hives seemed to be getting better. Since things were getting better we decided to let her go to the church dance this evening. Throughout the evening we checked in on Allison to make sure things were still going good but they weren't. The hives had returned and they were in her mouth now. Her asthma was also acting up so we felt it best to pick her up from the dance early and take her to the ER.

They gave her some epi and made sure the hives went away and then sent us on our way. It makes me nervous not knowing what is causing the hives. We are suspicious that it might be skin related so we are heading to the dermatologist next week.

BSU girls basketball game

A friend was able to get us some BSU basketball tickets. It has been awhile since we have been able to go to a game so it was fun to get these tickets. The BSU girls played Wyoming. Since all our girls play ball it was fun for them to see some college ball.

Ashley dancing

Ashley loves to do anything that is presented to her. We have several friends that are on the dance team at Meridian High so we thought it might be fun for her do their dance camp. She practiced this morning and learned the dance and then preformed it tonight during halftime of the girls basketball game. It was fun watching her dance and she had so much fun while doing it.

Watching this girl makes me tired. She has so much energy.

Soccer practice

Ashley has loved playing soccer with the chicas. She was disappointed when they decided to pull her down to play with her age group. First of all she is going to miss playing with her old PAL team and most of all she is going to miss playing with Kinnlie. There are some thing to look forward to though. She has loved playing chicas but hasn't always enjoyed the coached on U11. Last night we went to a U10 practice and she came home so excited to practice soccer. These U10 coaches are great and I think this move is going to be a good thing. This morning Ashley woke up and wanted to go outside and practice like they told her at practice.

She is so cute out there practicing.

Hot springs

After spending the day in Twin Falls we stopped at a hot spring with grandpa on the way home tonight. Not everyone brought their suits so Allison and sat in the car with Macie while everyone else swam.

It was cold outside but we kept warm and Macie had her coats to keep her warm. Everyone else seemed to have a good time in the water.

The water was nice and warm so the outside cold air didn't seem to bother them.