He's Free

Of the extra weight from his cast anyway. He's moving slow...as expected. I'm beginning to think it was easier to have the cast on...getting him to stretch and get used to using his leg again is more challenging than I thought it would be. But the good news is we get to spend lots of time in the pool...doctor's orders!

Finally something worth posting

I am pleased to relinquish the title of "Slave Driver" to none other than my youngest son...

Please don't report to me to child protective services...I can explain!

Before I start, for those of you who didn't know, in February I took a new position as the school secretary for a brand new elementary school that is currently still under construction and will open in August. That meant that I would be working at a different school for the rest of the school year than the one Chad currently attends.

Yesterday Chad's 3rd grade class went on a field trip to a one room school house. Afterwards, like with most field trips in elementary school, they went to a park to eat their lunch and play. While on the see saw with a friend, the teacher announces it's time to get on the bus. So off jumps the friend and Chad's dangling leg got caught between the ground and the see saw. Immediately a chaperone called me to let me know what had happened and did I want to meet them at the school. The initial damage report is that he's got a pretty ugly bruise on the back of his calf, but no swelling. They asked if I wanted to meet them back at the school and what do I say...(keep in mind he is the youngest (and toughest) of my 3 wonderful sons) so of course I say "take him back to school and let the nurse check him out and then call me". Which they did. Then the nurse calls...remember, I worked with this nurse for 2 1/2 years and love her because she is the best at what she does. Knowing that Chad was in good hands, when she called me and said he could stay in the clinic the rest of the day with some ice, I was totally comfortable with that.

So after school I went and picked him up...yep, it was an ugly bruise, but still no swelling. He could not put any weight on it. I carried him to the car and took him home and carried him to the couch. Greg gets on the phone to the orthopediac doctor but he can't see us until noon the today so he makes the appt. In the mean time, Chad is shaking and feeling nausiated and wants the puke pan, just in case. We load him up and head to urgent care for x-rays. 1 1/2 hrs later, yep, he's broken his tibula AND fibula. Lovely! Greg heads to work and I stay up most the night with Chad who refuses to take medicine for the pain until 4:30AM.

So at noon today we head to the dr...yep, he's broken his fibula AND tibula...let's put a cast on him for 4 weeks, take and x-ray to make sure he doesn't need surgery immediately, come back Monday for another x-ray to double check he doesn't need surgery, and on June 10th (an eternity from now) come back and we'll take the full leg cast off and maybe put a knee high cast on, or a boot, or nothing at all and just do physical therapy to get him used to walking again...BEFORE our month long camping trip this summer!

Sounds like fun...I know you are all wishing you were in mine and Greg's shoes right now!

The Man Cave is complete

It's late and I have no clue how to put my photos into a slideshow! Oh well...here are a few ph

New Years Resolution

You may think one of my resolutions was to be a better blogger...but your wrong! It was to set a goal for each month and accomplish it. Greg and I have talked about building a bigger shed in the backyard for the last 5 years and in December we made it a goal for January to build that shed. We figured we would give ourselves 1 month. I'm happy to report we will reach that goal...but it's already February you say. You are right. Ya see, we didn't start until January 15th so it hasn't technically been a month yet! And take into consideration the size of the shed...12x16! Yes, it's a small house but big enough to clean out the garage so I can park the car in it! All we have left to do is build the 2 doors and put the shingles on the roof! We will be done by this weekend then take a much needed long weekend and go visit his mom in California. Stay tuned for the slide show results next week!

Happy Birthday Ty

14 years ago today our first son was born! Where did the time go? I have no idea!

Some things I remember clearly without reading the details from what I recorded in his baby book:

1)1st birthday party with 6 or 7 other 1 year olds and their moms.
2)the time we were sitting in Sacrament meeting for a missionary farwell when Ty was a little over a year old and I broke down in tears. Of course Greg thought I was crazy when I told him I was crying because 18 years from then Ty would be going on a mission. Now it's only 5 years away!
3)the day he busted his head open on the fireplace in our first home and needed a plastic surgeon to stitch him up. He was 22 months old.
4)his first day of kindergarten
5)the first time he pee'd standing up (camping trip in McCall, Idaho)
5)his baptism day
6)his first trip to the principal's office (for expressing his choice for President in the 2004 election with his friends in the restroom)
7)when he became a deacon
8)his first football game
9)his first crush on a girl

I'm glad I can remember the good times and not so many of the things he has done that haven't made us so happy at times!

Twice in their lifetime!

Yes, I'm referring to the snow that has been falling in Friendswood, Tx since about 6:00pm today...maybe it started earlier, but I wouldn't know it was because I didn't wake up from my nap until then!

But nothing will top the Christmas Eve snow of 2004!

And it was still on the ground Christmas morning!

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

The colder temperatures this week have helped to make it feel more like Christmas! It was 37 degrees one morning! We decorated the office at school Thursday and put up the tree and decorations at home that night as well.

Today I went to some Christmas boutiques with my mom and a friend!

And I even changed the background on the blog!

Now I'm off to have a date with my hubby while my mom is keeping all the boys overnight!