Dynamite

I am so glad I was feeling well enough to go to the girls' dance recital. They did a fabulous job!! Oh, and my rehab is coming along pretty well. My head is finally feeling back to normal and I have been using the stationary bike for a couple days. Now if we could just fast forward 2 weeks, so I don't have to use crutches anymore...

Worst. Day. Ever.

Tuesday was pretty rough. I managed to get up and to the hospital by 5:45am without too much getting in my way. Everything seemed to go well until I woke up from surgery!! I don't remember much...only I couldn't open my eyes and the room was spinning and I was throwing up over and over and over. Ugh, it was rough. My surgery was at 7:30am and I was supposed to be released at around noon, but at 6pm I was still so sick that they decided I needed to be admitted overnight. I remember thinking "I am NEVER having surgery EVER again!!" After a night full of vomiting, bed pans, and dizziness, I was finally starting to feel a little better. The anesthesiologist told me that he didn't think he had ever seen someone react so badly to medication before. Mike said I was white as a sheet!! The good news is that everything went well with my hip. The doctor said the surgery was a success and it doesn't hurt as bad as I thought it would...yet anyways. But I am still pretty light headed and I haven't been able to eat much. I can't believe I have to be on crutches for two weeks!! My arms and hands are getting sore already!! Anyways, waking up from general anesthetic was worse than delivering any babies!!! Never again....I hope.

Hallelujah!!

Yesterday was closing day for Softball and Tball. I really have LOVED to watch my kids play (Tyson is ready for coach pitch and Kya has learned to pitch!!), but here are a few things I WON'T miss:

1) Taking the kids to practice every Wednesday and Thursday.
2) Endless emails from the league.
3) Being asked for money constantly!!!
4) Searching frantically for uniforms (usually found at the bottom of the laundry basket).
5) Snack Stand Duty.
6) Being Team Mom.
7) Collecting money.
8) Schedule conflicts.
9) Team Drama.
10) Trying to keep my kids from buying candy at the snack stand every game.

Yeah, there is a lot of stuff I hated about softball. I am really happy it's over. But, I have to admit, if the kids really want to play again next year...I think I'll have to let them.

Kya's coach hasn't handed out their trophies yet, and Mike disconnected our external hard drive, so this is the best "softball" picture of Kya I have on my camera. At least she's wearing her uniform:)

Dancing Queens only 17...well 17 combined, thank goodness.

We got the girls all dolled up for their dance pictures. They look so grown up in make-up!! I'm so excited that they get to dance together in their recital next weekend:)

(The back of Jordan's hair was curled up nicely, but you can't see it in the picture, but don't worry, I forked out the $60 for them each to have individual professional pictures too. For that price, her curls better be in the picture!!)

I love shoe shopping...even when it's not for me:)

When in comes to kids clothes, I'm cheap! They are either going to grow out of it or stain it within a couple months, so why spend a lot of money on it?! Anyways, I am trying a different approach when it comes to shoes...we'll see how it turns out.

Since Tyson started Kindergarten in September, he has been through about 5 pairs of sneakers. This last pair I bought from Target and they lasted about 1 month. I finally decided to spend a little more money and get him something that hopefully won't fall apart before he outgrows them.

Here are his new digs:) He specifically asked for Nikes!

We also picked up these cute church sandals for Kya to wear after she gets baptized. Aren't they the cutest ever?!

34

I really thought by this age I would have everything figured out. I was wrong. The longer I live, the more I think I will never have it all figured out. Life keeps moving forward and I keep getting older...whether I like it or not. Hopefully I will just keep learning and growing closer to the person I want to be.

This year I got a little spoiled. Mike and the kids got me a kindle...although I have been stewing over what book to download first.

My new Kichenaid mixer is ordered and on its way (courtesy of my mom and dad)!

And I got to spend my day with my favorite people in the whole wide world.

Now if time could just slow down a little and let me enjoy my 30s...I'm in no hurry to get to my 40s!!

Summer of '96

Yesterday I was driving home from Walmart and turned my radio to the country station (something I don't do very often anymore). Alan Jackson's song Chattahoochee was on and it just about brought me to tears.

There was a summer...I think it was 1996. Tina and I were home from college and we had zero luck finding jobs. What a fabulous time we had listening to country music (Alan Jackson, John Michael Montgomery, Brooks and Dunn, Tim McGraw), suntanning (just about every day), painting the house, memorizing scriptures, taking pictures, doing aerobics in the living room...and the list goes on. I can barely remember those days of being so carefree! Even though we didn't make much money that summer, those memories are some of my best.

Love you and miss you Tina:)

At the murky Aldergrove lake last summer

Overscheduled

When my kids were little I watched this TV program about "over scheduled" kids and thought "that will NEVER be my kids!!" Well, little by little I (not sure about my kids) have become OVER SCHEDULED!! I have decided, when everything is over in the next month or two, we are going to have to cut down the amount of extra curricular activities the kids do AND the amount of volunteering I do. Here' what is making me so crazy:

Jordan has...piano, volleyball and jazz.

Kya has...gymnastics, softball and jazz.

Tyson has...tee ball and coach (after school sports class).

I have...Primary, Softball (team mom), 3 classrooms, not to mention driving around, taking care of the kids, and cleaning my house!!

When I break it down, it doesn't look so bad...but it is. Time management is tricky as well as keeping our bank account out of the red! So, come summer we have NOTHING!! I can't wait. AND come fall, I think we'll take it down to 2 things per kid. The hard part is giving something up. I want my kids to get a taste of everything, so they can find what they enjoy and what they are good at. I guess we'll just have to experience things 2 at a time:)

Sorry no pictures...our computer is having issues!!