Summer -- Take two

Let's try this again...hi summer, how are you? We would LOVE to come out and play, whatcha been doing?

Will is cast free...again. And we're hoping to keep it that way this time. The Dr. said he should be good to go now -- but to try and slow him down a little for a few more weeks to be safe. Of course right after he told us that Will said "I'm going to play soccer!" Todd and I figure that Dr. Epps is probably thinking he has just found the funding for his lake house...:)

First, a few pics of what we were doing to pass the time the last couple weeks. Not to be slowed down, Will discovered that he could get mom and dad to push him around on his bike in the house. Considering our recent history at the ER, we still made him wear his helmet. :)



Thanks to a great birthday present from his cousins, Will has (what seems like) a lifetime supply of sidewalk chalk. He loves to get it all out and pick out the different colors and ask us to draw stuff for him. This past weekend we were all pretty stir crazy so we spent a while in the morning sitting on the driveway drawing with his "sidewalk" and watching the mowers cut the grass in the neighborhood. Good thing he has an artist for a dad -- some of his requests were out of mommy's range of ability. :)



Working hard on his artwork...



But enough of the cast pics...let's look at this new and improved leg! Of course as soon as Will got his cast off Hurricane Alex came into the Gulf, so although we aren't being hit by the hurricane, we are getting tons of rain all week -- and not a lot of opportunities to get outside. We did get to squeeze in one night of backyard fun before the rain hit though and finally got to try out one of the water toys he got for his birthday. It was so fun to finally see him laughing and playing outside again -- and it was the first night that it has truly felt like summer around here!



He was determined to water the plants -- something he did with my dad in those short days in between casts. He has been asking about it and wanting to go out to water plants forever -- so it was the first thing on the to do list while we played in the sprinklers. He really didn't get any water in the can, but he must of walked back and forth between the sprinkler and the flowers a hundred times!



And then the rain came. And came. And is still coming. So we brought the outside in. We moved the furniture off our rug and it was Will's "grass" to play golf. We've got a long way to go before he's tour ready I think...



But it's not for a lack of concentration...



And then, the necessary skill in golf of "riding the horsey." Todd taught him that when you make a putt, you "ride the horsey." Great.



Thank you again to all who have been so supportive as we have gone through this challenging time. The gifts, the visits, the phone calls, they are all reminders of what wonderful people we have in our life. We love you all!