A year ago on October 19th 2008, Ellie broke her arm. Many of you may remember, we were at Mike and Karen's for Sunday dinner, and she went downstairs, climbed on the treadmill and turned it on. It flipped her off and she came up crying. Ray told her it wasn't broke, but after a day of crying I took her in only to find that it was indeed broke, and so began the journey of two casts. The first one was pink and had been put on too tight, so the Dr. cut it up the side and left it on for a few days until the swelling in her arm went down,
then we went in and had a purple cast put on for 6 weeks. After our six weeks was up we went in and she had a brace put on that she had to wear until the first of January. 
Notice the missing tooth in the above picture, and the below picture. Yes she lost her tooth a few days after her purple cast was put on, and the tooth still has not grown in yet. The dentist says we have no need to worry, she started late with loosing her teeth, and he says we could even possible go another year without seeing the big tooth come in. 
Now Fast forward to October 22 2009, I am in Brigham at a Dr. appointment when I get a call from the school telling me that Ellie fell from the monkey bars and is crying quite uncontrollably. The school nurse advised that we take her into the Dr, for an X Ray. I called Ray in a panic and asked him to go and pick Ellie up. When I got home she was still crying so I took her into the Dr here in town. They did an X Ray, but said he didn't think it was broke, so he wrapped it up and put it in a sling and sent us home. Well, the we went through the weekend with a crying Ellie who would not bend her arm at all. So Monday I called our Dr in Brigham and was able to take her in. He examined her arm, and then called the other Dr and asked that they send the results to him. We waited for about 20 minutes when he came in and said that after reviewing the results he along with another Dr felt that it was broke. 
then we went in and had a purple cast put on for 6 weeks. After our six weeks was up we went in and she had a brace put on that she had to wear until the first of January. Notice the missing tooth in the above picture, and the below picture. Yes she lost her tooth a few days after her purple cast was put on, and the tooth still has not grown in yet. The dentist says we have no need to worry, she started late with loosing her teeth, and he says we could even possible go another year without seeing the big tooth come in. Now Fast forward to October 22 2009, I am in Brigham at a Dr. appointment when I get a call from the school telling me that Ellie fell from the monkey bars and is crying quite uncontrollably. The school nurse advised that we take her into the Dr, for an X Ray. I called Ray in a panic and asked him to go and pick Ellie up. When I got home she was still crying so I took her into the Dr here in town. They did an X Ray, but said he didn't think it was broke, so he wrapped it up and put it in a sling and sent us home. Well, the we went through the weekend with a crying Ellie who would not bend her arm at all. So Monday I called our Dr in Brigham and was able to take her in. He examined her arm, and then called the other Dr and asked that they send the results to him. We waited for about 20 minutes when he came in and said that after reviewing the results he along with another Dr felt that it was broke. Ellie asked for a green cast, cut all they had left was pink, blue, or purple, so she went with another purple one. She also found out that she has a bronchial infection, and so the Dr sent us off to get some meds for her. I have now tried to explain to Ellie that breaking her arm is not a good tradition to make. I told her that next year I may put her in a padded room for the week of the of the 17th through the 23rd. I think we have seen enough casts in our family to last a long time, and it is now time to pass the cast torch off to someone else.
At our house we are Weber State University Wild Cat fans. We try to BLEED Purple whenever we get the chance, and enjoyed doing so at the football game against Montana State last night. Jake was more than happy to check out the mascot, as long as he kept his distance, and Ellie loved watching the cheer squads. 
Here is the Wild Cat waving at the kids. Jake would quickly hide behind me every time he thought the cougar was coming over to him. (he was convinced it was really wild because every time their was a good play the crowd would yell wildcats). 
We spent the day in Ogden feeding the ducks, and having fun at WSU. The kids were quite excited to see snow and fall leaves on the mountain.
Ellie put pieces of bread next to her and tried to be very quiet hoping that some ducks would come up close to her and eat the bread.
Can you spot Autumn or Winter in any of these next three pictures? Ellie and Jake hope that Grandma and Grandpa Oliphant enjoy the pictures with snow on the mountain, and fall leaves.
Ellie and Jake had fun playing outside, and doing lots of cartwheels. Ellie is quite a pro, and she was dead set on teaching her little brother her mad skills. Here they are stretching before they start their big lessons.
Here Ellie is showing Jake how to turn just right so you can have a perfect landing as she says it.
Sher did several cartwheels before she told Jake it was his turn. And then she stepped back and told him to give it a try.
Here is Jake giving it his best try. He practiced for quite a while, and then asked Ellie for help.
And here is Ellie helping Jake stand on his hands so that he can make the perfect turn. She is such a good teacher.
