Braden and Basketball

Braden's team won the championship in their basketball league (5th and 6th grades). They got to play against the first place team in the other league. Even though Braden's team went undefeated the entire season, when we walked into the gym we knew that we would be killed. The other team was HUGE!



This is the guy Braden got to guard. Braden is averaged sized for a kid his age, but this was amazing.

I'm Tired

I was at P/T Conferences yesterday, when I received a page to go to the office. Rachel was on the phone that Adam had gotten hurt. So I rushed home so that we could go to the ER where Adam got 8 stitches in his forehead.

During the middle of last night, both Braden and Jon woke up with fevers so Eric went to Wal-Mart at 2 AM since we were out of pain medication.

Today I got to take Adam back to the ER because his stitches came loose. Four of the stitches had come out, so the doctor pulled the rest tight again, and then ster-stripped the rest of the wound close. *sigh* There goes another 3 hours of my time sitting in ER because now he's not an emergency, and our regular doctor won't take it because it was a mistake of the ER. *sigh*

The good news is that Braden and Jon are fever-less this afternoon.

This is a picture of the amazing ster-stripping job and of Adam's hospital bracelet, which was his favorite part. Remind me to tell you about about the conversation where he named his owie and called it his best friend.

"This and That" or "The day I downloaded my phone"

I just downloaded my cell phone and found some great stuff I've been meaning to blog about, so here goes.


Jon was upstairs in the bathroom and I asked him what he was doing. He said "going potty." I ran upstairs to get this picture of him on the potty.




The next picture is one of Jon contemplating the universe.




Braden is getting his Webelos badge here:




We love to play "American Idol 1 and 2" for the Wii. Here is Jon and Eric singing together and a video of Eric and Adam singing "Stayin Alive"





And just so Emma doesn't feel left out, her news is that she got a part in the her school musical. For those of you acquainted with Eric's childhood, the irony of her winning a part in "The Jungle Book" should amuse you.

I hate Parent Teacher Conference day

I doubt that I have mentioned that I hate Parent Teacher Conference day. I don't mind visiting with the teachers, but I hate that Eric is gone all day. For some reason, the kids' school and Eric's school got on the same schedule and both hold P/T conferences on the same day. This complicates things when you add the fact that I'm the yearbook rep and I need to be at the school during P/T conferences to sell yearbooks too. Yes, I'm wondering the same thing. What about the kids?

One Hour Mommy Dates

On Monday, Eric came up with a great idea. Each child got a one hour date with Mom. We put each name in a bowl and drew them out. Emma was chosen first. She chose to go downtown to Funfinity toy store and to go to SOS drug store to fill a bag with $1 of "penny" candy. We also browsed some of the other shops downtown. Jon-Jon was next and we went to McDonald's for a Happy Meal and some time in the playland. Braden wanted to go to the mall to browse the bookstore, the shoe store and some of the game shops. He got a small treat at Yummies custard stand. Adam decided that he too wanted a Happy Meal, so back to McDonald's we went. It was a lot of fun and everyone seemed to have a good time.

Wednesday update

OK.. It's taken a couple of weeks to get jump-started in our weight loss goals. Eric is down 4 pounds and I have lost 3. Yeah!