Visiting the Beak Lady

You never really know what's going to happen next - one wouldn't think to oneself, "today I'm going to fall off my horse"...these sorts of things tend to be more accidental. I am referring not to myself, but to Rachel - panic and prayer stations were all alerted with "Rachel's had an accident" yesterday morning. The story as Josh tells it is that Moose stumbled, Rachel was thrown off and landed face first on the ground. Rachel doesn't remember any of it so the only account is from our trusty eyewitness! She was rushed off to hospital for a full cat scan but seems to be fine after some major reconstruction with four stitches inside the lip and four stitches on the outside to piece it all together. Praise the Lord that it wasn't more serious - it could have been really REALLY bad!! This morning after Aaron's ukulele lesson (which has been shifted to Saturdays) we popped on to see how Rachy was doing - the boys were unsure about the extent of the amnesia and worried that she wouldn't remember them, so we were all relieved to see her looking bright and intact. We were under strict instructions not to make her laugh, for obvious reasons! Stayed for a cuppa and chatted - Matt and the boys were out, so Caleb and Aaron had to just listen to our yackety-yak. Back home for lunch of leftover pizza and paninis, then spent the afternoon in the waaaaarm lounge with a DVD. The sun broke through a little during the afternoon and the boys grabbed the opportunity to be outdoors, taking turns in the go-kart. Had a music practice with Bron at 5 in the really cold church, and then were back at the Camerons for tea. We've been well looked after by so many people during Nick's absence! The boys watched their own DVD after tea of sausages, wedges, crudites and dip and salad, and Rachel and I had a chick-flick. That left Matt to wander about and entertain himself and bring us popcorn and fresh fruit in bite-size pieces and take photographs. We have decided that Rachel is distinctly parrot-looking - hope you don't find the new nickname offensive buddy :)