Gymnastics & Sprained Ankle

Mark was having a great time at gymnastics camp the first couple weeks of summer, then he sprained his ankle. But we're not sure that it happened at gymnastics.

Physical Therapy Exercises

We just noticed that he was limping, and when we questioned him he said he wasn't sure what happened or why he couldn't walk right. We took him to Rob's physical therapist at Athletic Performance Center in Raleigh and he had Mark do a whole slew of exercises to try to pinpoint the problem. One exercise in particular Mark obviously could not do, and that's when he knew Mark had sprained the ankle.

So, no more gymnastics for a couple of weeks. He has to walk slowly and not jump. And every night we have to ice the ankle and do physical therapy. The good thing is that swimming is ok, so he has been able to continue with swim lessons and fun time in the pool.

Here is a video of him doing his gymnastics.

First Grade End of Year Party at Jellybeans

Some pics from Mark's end of the year party. We had it at Jellybeans, the local rollerskating rink!

The Hokey-Pokey

Mark and his buddy Caleb

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Happy 41st Anniversary

My parents have been married 41 years today!

Congratulations Ron and Patsy Gantt!

First and Last Day

Every year since Mark began his first year of preschool, I've taken a photo on the last day of the school year as well as the first day. It has always been interesting to me to see how he had physically matured and changed during that 9 months. So this is Mark on his first day of first grade and last day of first grade, which ended on June 2.

First Day

I didn't mean it to be this way, but it just turned out that he was wearing his Star Wars shirt on the first day of school - what he was really "into" back then. On the last day, you can see Silly Bands on the hearth beside him on the left, which is what he's "into" now. That's kinda cool.

Last Day

Ok, so when I did this post it got me wanting to look back at the old photos. Thought you might like to see them too.

First Day 3 year old preschool

Last Day 3 year old Preschool

I guess I forgot this year, but this was taken the same month 4 year old preschool began

Last Day 4 year old Preschool

First Day of Kindergarten

Last Day of Kindergarten