I know it's been awhile since I last wrote. We have been very busy with getting ready for school and just trying to enjoy the rest of summer.
We are still waiting to see what is wrong with Ericka's leg. We took her in to see a ortho and he referred us to an ortho surgeon. The ortho surgeon wanted to get a tumor specialists opinion. We take her back in this Thursday to find out more. It is very frustrating having to shuttle her to each doctor just to have them say " see us in two weeks, blah blah blah". She is getting pretty irritated herself. She won't ride her bike or run. She can skate but it's painful and she gets mad and cries. She is really worried she might not be able to start the new season at the end of this month. She wants to skate more than anything.
Our friend Shaun is forming a new team up here in Spokane and has invited her to join. He is the original coach from Federal Way who got her started 3 years ago. His uncle owned the rink here in town. Shaun moved here last year and bought it. He is now settled enough that he is comfortable starting a team. She will miss skating for CDA and coach Joe but it's just so far to drive. Shaun's rink is only 20 minutes away. This will be her first year that she will actually go to ALL the practices. The first year we drove up once a week for practice. This last season she was only able to make half the practices (yet still made it to Nationals YIPPEE). She is really excited and is hoping things with her leg clear up soon.
She turned 10 Sunday and I can't believe it! She has grown so much the last few months. She is still short but I keep having to buy bigger clothes. She will be taller than me soon, no surprise. We just hung out with some good friends, ordered pizza and let her open a couple of presents. Her big birthday party is this coming Saturday. We are driving down to Kennewick and having it at Nana's house. She can't wait and is hoping to see a couple of friends from Hawthorne.
Today was her first day of 5th grade. She was nervous this morning but seemed to get over it quickly. Her teacher is only in her second year of teaching so she's younger than any other teacher she has had so far. Her name is Mrs Jamison. Ericka says that Sunset is much better than Betz and is glad she is going there now. She is happy she doesn't have to ride the bus this year. I have to say I am too, she was getting an "education" that I didn't care much for ( she rode with high school kids). She says she met several other girls and has already made some new friends. Other than getting lost at the beginning of the day she says her first day was fun.
We are still waiting to see what is wrong with Ericka's leg. We took her in to see a ortho and he referred us to an ortho surgeon. The ortho surgeon wanted to get a tumor specialists opinion. We take her back in this Thursday to find out more. It is very frustrating having to shuttle her to each doctor just to have them say " see us in two weeks, blah blah blah". She is getting pretty irritated herself. She won't ride her bike or run. She can skate but it's painful and she gets mad and cries. She is really worried she might not be able to start the new season at the end of this month. She wants to skate more than anything.
Our friend Shaun is forming a new team up here in Spokane and has invited her to join. He is the original coach from Federal Way who got her started 3 years ago. His uncle owned the rink here in town. Shaun moved here last year and bought it. He is now settled enough that he is comfortable starting a team. She will miss skating for CDA and coach Joe but it's just so far to drive. Shaun's rink is only 20 minutes away. This will be her first year that she will actually go to ALL the practices. The first year we drove up once a week for practice. This last season she was only able to make half the practices (yet still made it to Nationals YIPPEE). She is really excited and is hoping things with her leg clear up soon.
She turned 10 Sunday and I can't believe it! She has grown so much the last few months. She is still short but I keep having to buy bigger clothes. She will be taller than me soon, no surprise. We just hung out with some good friends, ordered pizza and let her open a couple of presents. Her big birthday party is this coming Saturday. We are driving down to Kennewick and having it at Nana's house. She can't wait and is hoping to see a couple of friends from Hawthorne.
Today was her first day of 5th grade. She was nervous this morning but seemed to get over it quickly. Her teacher is only in her second year of teaching so she's younger than any other teacher she has had so far. Her name is Mrs Jamison. Ericka says that Sunset is much better than Betz and is glad she is going there now. She is happy she doesn't have to ride the bus this year. I have to say I am too, she was getting an "education" that I didn't care much for ( she rode with high school kids). She says she met several other girls and has already made some new friends. Other than getting lost at the beginning of the day she says her first day was fun.
