We Don't Sell Lemonade!

The kids made a stand the other day on our front porch. it was not for lemondae though! You could buy a broken plastic rollerblade, a shovel, some rocks, a bike helmet, wooden puzzle blocks, plastic tools, balls, and other such things. You really didn't need any money either. You could purchase things with a cool rock, another toy or something good to eat!

Makenna's new glasses

Makenaa got new glasses the other day. She picked out some purplish pink ones. I think she looks really cute in them. I think she likes them too.

Rules of a Three Year Old

1. You only have to say excuse me when you burp, not when you toot.

2. It's okay to wear your boots without socks and on the wrong feet.

3. Don't ride the same bucky horse that Daddy rode.

4. You can wear your clothes backwards if you want to.

5. It's fun to be first the worst.

6. It's not fun to be last the best of all the game.

7. Mommy does not have girl worms.

8. Just because my underwear is wet does not mean I had an accident.

9. I don't tattle, I just have things to tell you.

10. Gum is for your teeth, not your throat.

The Future of a Three Year Old

Right now I am 3 and I am Superman.
When I am 4 I am going to ride a horse.
When I am 5 I am going to drive a school bus.
When I am 6 I am going to ride a bucky horse no-handed and never fall off!
When I am 7 - I'm not going to be 7, only girls are 7.
When I am 8 I am going to ride a bucky pig.
When I am 9 I am going to ride a bucky bull.
When I am 10 I am going to ride a bucky buffalo.
I don't want to be 11 or 12, just 4,5,6, not 7, 8,9,10!

New Puppy!

Last week we got a new puppy. She is a Jack Russell and almost 5 months old. Her previous owners named her Sassy and the kids liked that name so we stuck with it. She loves to run and jump and play with the balls. All the kids will run with her when she is out. Some of them are running because it is fun and they like it, others are running because they are scared of her and are trying to get away! Either way, they are all running and Sassy loves it! She thinks she is my dog. She will come to me whenever I am out (unless she thinks I am going to put her in the kennel). This is new to me. I am NOT a dog person, Michael is usually the one with the dogs. It's kind of fun though. I'm hoping as she gets older that she will be able to go out with me when I go running and walking. I have always wanted a dog that could do that.

Special Visitors!

Last weekend, Joyce and Stacey came for a visit. The kids could hardly wait. We had a countdown on the calendar and they made cards and got prizes for them for when they got here. We had a really fun time with them. They got to see all four of the oldest play ball, they went on special outings, we went to the light show, grilled hotdogs, went on a wagon ride, went to a parade and had a movie and pizza night. Michael adn I even got to go on a date! Saturday night and Sunday brought many tears, but we were glad they came. It's always hard to see family go, but we are so glad that they come.

Another Michael update

Michael had a doctor appointment this morning. They discovered he has 4 broken ribs not 3. His lung is better. He can lift up to 10 pounds now. The doctor had all sorts of people coming in to look at Michael this morning because he has never seen anyone who has so many broken ribs and a bruised lung like that, that doesn't have something punctured or something else broken. Maybe he should start charging admission and make some money off this!

Michael Update

Michael had another doctor appointment this morning. Much to his dismay - his ribs are still broken and he is still on restriction! His left lung isn't working properly. Probably just bruising but he has to see the doctor every week to make sure it doesn't turn into pnuemonia. He also has to try to take a deep breath every hour - which hurts alot - to keep the air flowing through the lung. He says he can tell it is different when he takes those breaths. Hopefully that will heal without any problems. He went to work today and to the ballgames tonight but he is pretty sore tonight. We'll see what tomorrow brings. He also has to start putting medicine on his road rash to keep it from getting infected. Poor guy. He's still sleeping in the chair wit his heating pad being moved from body part to body part. His back looks even worse now than it did in the picture I posted earlier. I didn't get another picture of it but I did take a picture of part of his road rash. It's hard for me. I know that sounds selfish and whiney but you don't realize how much you depend on some one until they aren't able to help. He's here and he does all he can, but most things involving the kids he can't do. Plus I worry about him overdoing it and there's nothing I can do to stop him. It's hard for him too. Not only does he have the pain of it all, but he wants to play with them and hold them and he can't. He claims he's already two weeks into the healing. He hurt himself Friday so that was last week and now it's a different week so he is done with 2 of his 6 weeks. Always pushing!

Daddy was in a rodeo!

That's what Zeke tells everyone when they ask what happened to Michael. He rode a bucky horse and got bucked off! Yes he did. Three broken ribs, a little bruise on his back and road rash up his left arm. It happened Friday afternoon. He had jsut come home and gotten a cupcake and then went to go saddle up some horses to go ride. He had ridden this one many times and never had a problem. Well, something set it off, it started bucking, Michael's foot came out of the stirrup, he still managed to ride it quite a ways, then it turned one way and Michael went off the other. When he first got home Friday it was horrible. I was scared. He couldn't talk, could hardly breathe and walk. He didn't want me to call the doctor but I did anyways. They were full so told me to take him to the ER. He said no. Luckily his boss made him. He is on restrictions for 6 weeks - no lifting over 5 lbs, bending or twisting. It's only been 2 days and he's going crazy. He is doing better though, but still can't do much of anything. I took a picture of the little bruise on his back. He's says it's almost better. When he wears pants though he says it feels like he has a baseball in his pocket from all the swelling. He has to sleep on the couch, he walks really slow and one shoulder is much higher than the other when he stands but he is 99% better and will be going to work on Tuesday!

Olivia turns 2!

Friday was Olivia's 2nd birthday! I can't belive how big she is! She had a fun day. We opened presents before Michael went to work. Then we spent the rest of the day playing. She loves Dora the Explorer right now so all the kids watched a Dora movie with her before nap time. That evening we ate pizza and then had Dora cupcakes and ice cream. Her favorite thing of the day was the birthday card Dillon picked out for her. It was a musical one with Dora and Boots singing happy birthday. She carried that everywhere with her. When we would start to sing along with the card she owuld close it so it would stop singing. Once we stopped then she would open it again. If we started singing again she would close it again until we stopped. Obviously she only wanted to hear Dora and Boots!