On Wednesday since there was a snow day from school we took the extra time to carve our pumpkins. These are pictures of the gang at the kitchen table cleaning out the pumpkins.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Alexis' 3rd Grade Music Program
Tonight Was Alexis' 3rd Grade Music Program!
The entire elementary school had a special visitor from Australia a few weeks ago and
the 3rd graders incorporated what they learned from him into their music program. As you
can see they all looked like true Aussie's with their hats!
Alexis is a ham on stage and loves to perform!
(Click on the grid for a closer look of the pictures)
The entire elementary school had a special visitor from Australia a few weeks ago and
the 3rd graders incorporated what they learned from him into their music program. As you
can see they all looked like true Aussie's with their hats!
Alexis is a ham on stage and loves to perform!
(Click on the grid for a closer look of the pictures)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
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Every year Jessup Elementary has a pumpkin decorating contest and for the past 3 years Alexis has won first place! Each year I tell her "Alexis, we can't win first every year." She stays positive and says "Yes, we can!"
"The Swimmer" is this years decoration. Wish her luck!
Past Winning Decorations:
Kindergarten: Lady Bug
1st Grade: Hamburger
2nd Grade: Gumball Machine
Update on Joe's Hand
The news wasn't what we were hoping from Joe's CT of his hand. It turns out the he definitely broke a piece of his hand and he now has to see a hand specialist for surgery.
To make it worse his appointment isn't until December 1st. That was the earliest we could get him in. He is still currently playing football, the playoffs started today. He played with his brace on. He is also going to baseball practice he just isn't able to catch for now. Please keep him in your prayers, he is so bummed as we are too. We hope for a speedy recovery and he can get back to what he loves - Catching!
To make it worse his appointment isn't until December 1st. That was the earliest we could get him in. He is still currently playing football, the playoffs started today. He played with his brace on. He is also going to baseball practice he just isn't able to catch for now. Please keep him in your prayers, he is so bummed as we are too. We hope for a speedy recovery and he can get back to what he loves - Catching!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Happy 12th Birthday Hailey
Since I was already on the blog posting Joe's Swine Flu news I decided to take a second to wish an early Happy 12th Birthday to Hailey tomorrow on Tuesday, October 20th - She is growing so quickly.
No longer a little girl but a young lady - a PRE-TEEN!
I will post some pictures as she is at our house this weekend!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROWN EYED GIRL!
No longer a little girl but a young lady - a PRE-TEEN!
I will post some pictures as she is at our house this weekend!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROWN EYED GIRL!
When it rains it pours with Joe
Joe has never been a normal kid - when he does something it is always bigger and better than the rest. I think since he was born he has always been sick during Christmas or Thanksgiving each year.
Last week we felt terrible for him because of his broken thumb/hand/wrist....But it just gets better! (We had a CT Scan on his hand today and should get the results tomorrow)
On Friday evening Joe was feeling pretty rotten and had a fever. I made him stay home Saturday morning from Alexis' gymnastics meet not knowing what was wrong with him. By the time I got home from the meet he was feeling even worse. He had fever, coughing and was really congested. They did a Flu Test and it came back negative. (The kids had the nasal flu "shot" a few weeks ago) They told me to have him drink lots of fluids and just watch him. That night he spiked a 103 degree fever and I couldn't keep it under 101 even with constant meds. Today Clint took him to Children's Clinic since he was worse than on Saturday and looked terrible and still had a bad fever and constant cough. He was tested for the flu again and guess what! It is positive for H1N1 - That's right ~ The swine flu. The poor guy has been miserable and we feel terrible for him. He is already many days into it so there is nothing that can be done for him to decrease the symptoms. To make things even worse, he is supposed to go to the Teton Science Center in Jackson, WY tomorrow with his 6th grade class and stay 2 nights and return Friday night. It is supposed to be a great learning experience. He isn't able to do that either.
Please keep him in your prayers - and the rest of us too. Joe has been coughing nonstop on me and Clint for days now. I am hoping that we don't get it. Chances are: We will.
I thought this joke was appropriate for this post:
How to get swine flu!
Some good news: Alexis won 3rd place overall for her Team Level/Age Group in her Gymnastics meet on Saturday. She was so proud (we were too)!
Last week we felt terrible for him because of his broken thumb/hand/wrist....But it just gets better! (We had a CT Scan on his hand today and should get the results tomorrow)
On Friday evening Joe was feeling pretty rotten and had a fever. I made him stay home Saturday morning from Alexis' gymnastics meet not knowing what was wrong with him. By the time I got home from the meet he was feeling even worse. He had fever, coughing and was really congested. They did a Flu Test and it came back negative. (The kids had the nasal flu "shot" a few weeks ago) They told me to have him drink lots of fluids and just watch him. That night he spiked a 103 degree fever and I couldn't keep it under 101 even with constant meds. Today Clint took him to Children's Clinic since he was worse than on Saturday and looked terrible and still had a bad fever and constant cough. He was tested for the flu again and guess what! It is positive for H1N1 - That's right ~ The swine flu. The poor guy has been miserable and we feel terrible for him. He is already many days into it so there is nothing that can be done for him to decrease the symptoms. To make things even worse, he is supposed to go to the Teton Science Center in Jackson, WY tomorrow with his 6th grade class and stay 2 nights and return Friday night. It is supposed to be a great learning experience. He isn't able to do that either.
Please keep him in your prayers - and the rest of us too. Joe has been coughing nonstop on me and Clint for days now. I am hoping that we don't get it. Chances are: We will.
I thought this joke was appropriate for this post:
How to get swine flu!
Some good news: Alexis won 3rd place overall for her Team Level/Age Group in her Gymnastics meet on Saturday. She was so proud (we were too)!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Joe's Hand Problems
Last Spring during baseball I remember Joe hurting his hand while he was playing catcher. He ended up sitting out the rest of the game and was in tears because of it. We iced it up when we got home, he took some ibuprofen and after a few days it seemed some better.
Last Sunday was his first practice for the next baseball season. He was stoked because he got to catch. But, unfortunately after catching he was in pain. He said that his thumb hurt really badly and that he couldn't really move it much. We again iced it up and told him he would be fine.
By the middle of this week he was still nursing a sore thumb and we decided to get it checked just in case. We took him to a sports medicine Doctor and they took xrays. Amazingly they found an avulsion (which is a broken piece of bone possibly torn away from bone or a tendon) sitting in his thumb/wrist area. They currently aren't sure where it came from but he does have a broken bone! So, we get a CT Scan of his hand and wrist on Monday afternoon so they can pinpoint where it popped off.
Joe was freaked out at first (I think we all were). His main concern was that he wouldn't get to play baseball but we are all sure that he will defiantly be able to do that once it is corrected. I will keep you informed. Please keep him in your prayers.
Last Sunday was his first practice for the next baseball season. He was stoked because he got to catch. But, unfortunately after catching he was in pain. He said that his thumb hurt really badly and that he couldn't really move it much. We again iced it up and told him he would be fine.
By the middle of this week he was still nursing a sore thumb and we decided to get it checked just in case. We took him to a sports medicine Doctor and they took xrays. Amazingly they found an avulsion (which is a broken piece of bone possibly torn away from bone or a tendon) sitting in his thumb/wrist area. They currently aren't sure where it came from but he does have a broken bone! So, we get a CT Scan of his hand and wrist on Monday afternoon so they can pinpoint where it popped off.
Joe was freaked out at first (I think we all were). His main concern was that he wouldn't get to play baseball but we are all sure that he will defiantly be able to do that once it is corrected. I will keep you informed. Please keep him in your prayers.
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