The fair went okay. Isabelle and Felix (the goat) placed 15th out of 45 so she was pleased since he's quite a bit younger than most the other goats. Isabelle did only average in her meet but we're happy that she did that well. Since her shoulder injury a year ago, she's had alot of problems and actually was adding time in her events. She's starting to drop seconds now so we're thrilled! The insurance company decided that, despite the top orthopedic surgeons (in the city) opinion, her injury has nothing to do with the car accident (that injured that very shoulder two weeks before the big injury) and has only offered us $250 for medical, pain and suffering. We've spent over $5000 for tests, appointments and physical therapy so far and the orthopedist thinks that she will end up needing surgery for this which will mean more rehab and pain and MONEY! We've actually called a lawyer to help out on this one.
Mikkel went to the dentist for his pre-mission check up, the dentist informed us that he (Mikkel) has 13 cavities and it will cost us at least $1200 to fill them all (that's our portion - stupid dental insurance!). So, Fred and Mikkel went to Arkansas for the weekend so Grampa could work on their teeth (by the way, 6 months ago, Mikkel only had 2 cavities, I think this new dentist might be over treating... gotta pay off the new equipment!). This trip will cost about $200 and all Mikkel's and Fred's problems (well, the ones with their teeth anyway!) will be taken care of in one visit with no other costs involved! I'm all for saving over a thousand dollars I never had in the first place! Thank goodness for having a dentist in the family that lives (sort of) close by.
Jacob started baseball and has been running the bases, catching, hitting and actually throwing the ball right from the start! The last two seasons, he wouldn't do any of those things, he just played in the dirt. He loves his coach and finally started playing baseball for real at the very end of last season. Thankfully, his coach will be moving up to coach the next age group in the spring so we can stay on his team. I'm not sure Jacob will ever play for anyone else... he LOVES Coach Ron, he talks about Coach Ron all the time, even in the off-season!
Some Jacob-isms:
Jacob - Abigail, you need surgery.
Abigail - What's surgery?
Jacob - Its when you cut open your belly and take your heart out.
Abigail - Oh.
Jacob was singing the Veggie-Tales song (any parent of young kids should know this song), he sang it like this "Celery, broccoli, lemonly, gatorade, veggietales"
Jacob - Abby, Isabelle's making brownies. Do you know how to make brownies?
Abigail - No.
Jacob - You pour the brownie mix into a bowl and then you add two tablespoons of eggs.
Abigail - Oh.
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