April 2013

Well since April will be over next week I thought I should post about what we have been up to this month. 

We signed Zach up for basketball and he has enjoyed it. He only played 5 games but had 7 weeks of practice 2 days a week. 

He played on a 1st/2nd grade team. So there were kids who were 6 and some who were almost 8/9. So the skill level is all over the place. I missed his last game so while Travis was assistant coaching from the sideline he snapped a few pictures!

Guarding! We had to work on this with him a lot. And by the last game he got pretty good. 

A few more action shots. We are glad that he had fun. The problem we had is that he always gets put on the crap teams. Or as we like to call it "The Bad News Bears," kind of teams. You are not allowed to request a coach or certain players to be put on the team. However there were a few teams that were playing like the NBA and didn't follow the rules. But that's how it goes on the city league team. He wants to play soccer again in the Fall or maybe flag football. We'll see!

Well April is also my birthday month and boy was I spoiled for my 32nd year of life!!

This is what Travis and the kids got me! I got to open this up first thing in the morning! I got to sleep in and Travis got the kids ready for school!

Later that evening we went to Red Robin's like we do every year! I am enrolled in the birthday club so my dinner was free!

My mom got me this wonderful cook book! I can't wait to try the recipes! She also sent a necklace and a metzaluna to use in the kitchen!

My dad and step-mom sent a beautiful card reminding me how special I am and a nice monetary gift inside! Never too old for that!! 

From my best friend Janelle I got an Amazon gift card to use with my new Kindle. I got flowers from Bailey and Ryleigh, they are still alive and beautiful!

Thanks for all the birthday wished and texts that I received from family and friends. 

On a side note. My foot is feeling better. I just started week 4 in my boot. I have gotten used to it. I can walk without my boot around the house. So I am making progress. 

Happy Spring! 

Spring Break 2013 Anventure

This year for spring break I decided to take the kids (Travis had to work), to Pocatello, Idaho to visit our friends the Boyer's. They moved from here about 2 years ago and a few of our kids are the same age and were pretty good friends. We loaded up on Tuesday morning and headed out. 

We had lots of fun catching up and just letting the kids play! Madison and Lasey picked up right where they left off. It was like nothing had changed!

These two were connected at the hip!

On Wednesday it was warm enough to walk over to the park. The kids needed to get out and so did we!! I took more pictures but I can't find them? Maybe they got deleted!? Oops!

Lasey also has 3 brothers. Josh (10), Aaron (5) and Lucas (3). 7 kids in all! It was a wild 3 days!!

Then we come to Thursday where the trip ended badly!!

I was loading up the van to come home and I wanted to get on the road by at least 10am. So I was taking a load of sleeping bags out and I tripped...... and fell hard!!! I heard a snap and a pop and screamed!! My left foot turned sideways and my full weight went down on the side of my ankle! 

I immediately remembered R.I.C.E (rest, ice, compression, elevation! Thanks to my sports days!). My friend called her mom and she came to watch the kids and Rachel took me to Urgent Care! Luckily it was only about 2 miles from her house. 

This is where I spent the next two hours. Apparently this Urgent Care is not very Urgent. 

So after from poking and prodding, and a very painful series of x-rays I was released! They said it wasn't a break but a bad sprain.

They didn't have any crutches or a boot, so I got this. Now remember I still had a 4 hour drive home with 3 kids!!!! 

We got back to the house and Rachel helped me finish load up and we were off! After the shock and adrenaline wore off it started to hurt. 

We got home at about 6p and by 7p our friend who is an Orthopedist came over to check me out and to look at my x-rays. He wasn't sure if it was broken, so he took them and checked them out at work the next day. 

I got a call the next evening, and found out it was indeed broke! 

I was put in a boot and was told 4-6 weeks! Even though it was a break, it the treatment plan was the same. So no cast for me just an annoying boot!! 

Can you see it? There just in the middle below the tip of the pen. There is a tendon connected to that bone and the tendon pulled the bone away from itself! OUCH! So I have a break and a very bad sprain. essentially 2 injuries that will take their own time to heal!

So I am slowly getting around and can now walk without crutches or my scooter! It's still painful and swells at the end of the day. Advil and ice are my new friends! We have great friends, who have brought us dinner or have run errands for me!! We are truly blessed!