Fun with InstaCare

The Alpine Slide in Park City and the children enjoying the Heber Creeper.

We've had quite a year and there is still so much of it left. We've sold a house, moved twice, and now, today, for the third time this year, we've gone to an InstaCare Clinic for some pediatric malady. Back in February we took Lauren to have her chin stitched up when she fell off a toilet in my parents house. Then, of course, a few weeks ago Caleb had his appendix removed. Now, Lauren has hurt her foot. She proclaimed on Sunday she had "sprained her leg" after breaking all kinds of rules and ignoring all kinds of warnings while jumping on cousin Eden's bed. We didn't think too much of it thinking in the morning she would forget all about it. She woke up in the morning still complaining of pain and limping when she walked. Later in the afternoon, she and Caleb were again breaking rules by jumping off furniture into a beanbag. The laughing turned to horrible crying. She had again hurt her foot and the limping got worse. She cried in pain with any weight she put on it. So Clifton took her to the InstaCare, got an x-ray, and found that she had only sprained her foot. But, ya know, it would have been broken if we had decided not to take her, and some would have said we should have taken her. So we took her anyway. Let's hope Eva doesn't need any emergency medical attention. I worry, though. She has a new activity she enjoys tremendously: climbing up chairs to get to the top of the kitchen table and dancing atop the table. Yes, there is an accident waiting to happen.