Broken Kid.....

Last week I got a call from the school that every parent dreads, "Mrs. McClellan, we need you to come get Caleb and take him to the hospital."

I guess they were playing soccer in P.E. and Caleb and another boy were going for the ball at the same time when the other kid's shoulder collided with Caleb's collar bone. His collar bone lost that battle and snapped right in half. This just confirmed my belief that they should stick to measuring ball circumference and velocity in P.E. at the smart kids school and stay away from actual physical activity... :)

Once I got to the school, I found him lying on the soccer field surrounded by friends offering to make him cookies and bring him Slurpee's, AND having his head rubbed by a really cute girl. The counsellor got him all bound up and on the back of the golf cart, which was a really fun, bumpy ride, then we got him into the Jeep for another really fun, bumpy ride to the hospital where he was a very strange shade of green and telling the triage nurse the pain was a SEVEN!

The doctor came in, took one look at his collar bone and said "Yep, it's broke" . They still x-ray ed it and then put him in a sling. This is is first broken bone....

He had a really rough couple of days between the pain meds and the nausea that they caused, but we are 6 days later and he already has much more mobility and hardly any pain! He's just glad he got out of P.E. for the rest of the year!

St George Ironman

This last weekend I got to go volunteer at the St George Ironman. For those of you who may not know what the Ironman is, I'll tell you! It is the triathlon of all triathlons! It's a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and a full marathon (26.2 miles)!! I know, crazy! These people are amazing! My friend Heather has been training for it for the past year. She is amazing!!

I was lucky enough to get picked to be a finish line volunteer from 8 p.m. until midnight. Heather's predicted finish time was around 9:30 or 10, so it was perfect!

Since I didn't volunteer until later at night, I got to watch the whole swim, and then the bike transition. The swim was held at Sand Hollow Reservoir. The water temperature was only about 58 degrees....brrrr!!

Here are some of her support crew at the swim. Her mom's friend Carole is on the left end, then her brother Troy, her mom, her friend Janet from California, me, and her brother Chad

Then we headed down to watch her on the second loop of her bike, and the wind had picked up!

It's not a very good picture, but she's the first biker

She had an amazing family and support crew, here's her mom:

And her brother Chad, his wife Jordan, and their baby Garrett. Chad was playing the Rocky theme on the kazoo! Very inspirational!

The best spectator shirt ever!

And then it was time for a nap before I headed to the finish line. Another volunteer got this short video of Heather after she crossed the finish line (and me chasing her around). She was just smiling and giggling, so glad to be done! She completed 140 miles in 15 hours 8 minutes. She is absolutely amazing!

From now on when I introduce her or talk about her, I am going to call her Ironman Heather!