Hangin' with the siblings

Friday night it definitely felt like we had 4 kids. Mary Grace hurt her ankle at school, and it was quite swollen, so Shannon took her to the hospital to get an x-ray. Our good friends Mo and Tona were spending their last night in HK and we wanted them to see the church office. So I, Brett, took them to the office on a double-decker bus, along with Zane, It was youth group night, so I dropped off Abby and Abby's best friend, Erica, at the church as well. Meanwhile, Hudson was at his school fair to working the booktable.

Gracie has a very bad sprain, and the doctor offered Shannon two metal crutches for 3 days. The crutches were bigger than Gracie. Shannon declined, saying, "I have a 10 year old hyper-active boy, a 4 year old with a bleeding disorder, and I don't think we really want large, metal, sword-like objects in our home". He smiled, and Shannon carried Gracie out of the hospital, with a really good ace bandage. She is on 3 days of piggy-back rides and loving it.

The upshot (among many) of having 4 kids is that they help each other. Gracie has her two older siblings trained quite well in how and when to carry her, and thus maintain her "princess status".