B-ball bruising

Last night was our first night of intramural basketball. We started a team last year of teachers from the district who play the co-ed highschool intramural league. It's made up of mostly highschool boys, but we do have a couple of girls on the teachers team. I was super excited to get back to playing basketball again, but unfortunately my excitement got the best of me. I ended up going after a ball and ran into another teammate and we both decided to step in the same spot and my ankle decided to take a roll and a crunch,crunch,crunch. I thought I was going to be ok after sitting out and getting some range of motion, but that evening after icing and elevating it just seemed to get bigger. Sleeping doesn't help the range of motion out any so it's very difficult to get up in the morning and walk. I ended up going into work today only to get sent home halfway thru since I wasn't able to contribute and my coworkers were concerned. I did speak with the nurse at the school and I'm going to give it a couple days to let the swelling go down and if its still really swollen I will prolly need to go in and get it xrayed. I'm pretty bummed though that I have to miss our next game on Thursday. Keep me in your prayers for quick healing!

Ouch!!!



Let it Snow

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but my dear it's so delightful
And since we've no place to go, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!

The girls were so excited to finally get out their snowpants and boots and play in the snow. Makenzie noticed that our second lot had a great hill to slide down on with the sleds. Brezlyn decided she had enough of the frigid air, but Briella and Kenzie were still going strong. Needless to say, each of them slept very good that night!



Family Fun

I often feel sometimes like I don't get enough quality time with my girls, especially in the kitchen. It often seems like a hassle sometimes when you're trying to get so much done on top of dinner that you just would rather avoid having help in the kitchen. So I figured we had a perfect opportunity to explore my girls cooking skills last night. We ordered a Little Ceasars Pizza kit from a fundraiser opportunity from my nephew. It just so happened that Brezlyn also had a cookie set kit that she wanted to use from Christmas. The pizza kit was pretty simple for the girls. They love cheese pizza so it was just a matter of adding the sauce and cheese to the premade pizza dough. The kit came in a set of 3 pizzas so they will be able to do this again. The cookie kit was more steps,but eventually they ended up in the oven and ready to frost. I don't know how well the will taste considering it was a kit, but the girls sure had fun making them. I was especially happy being able to have some great quality time with my girls in the kitchen.

First the sauce...

Next, the cheese...

Finished pizza.

Ready to bake...

Brezlyn was a great helper...

Iced and ready to paint...

Painting the cookies and ready to eat!



Early Birthday fun!!!

With Brezlyn's birthday coming up in Febuary we got an early birthday gift. Andy,Crystal,and Brayden were able to come to our house to celebrate with us. Usually they are only able to send her gifts in the mail as they are back at home in Vermont. So fortunately this year they were able to stick around from our family christmas and join us for supper. It was so nice to spend some quality time with them and Brayden. He is such a ham!! I swear he is quite the mixture of Andy and Crystal both. He really knows how to hang with the big kids. Pro wrestling may be in his future. :) Family is so important to me and I feel blessed every second I get to spend with each and every one in my family. Love you all!!!

Briella usually gets beat up, so it was Andy this time!

Brezlyn was trying to help her cousin walk.

Best birthday pic!!



Happy Birthday!!!

So I tried for quite sometime yesterday on many computers to try and get this message up for Brayden's 1yr bday yesterday. I ended up just emailing Andy and Crystal so they could get this message ON his birthday. So finally tonight I got the pic upload to work so here is your belated birthday message Brayden:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Brayden,
Happy Birthday to you!

We love you bunches and can't wait to celebrate your one year birthday together!!!

I guess since I saved the draft yesterday the post date will be Tuesday Jan. 10th.

Daddy, daughter time.....

The girls got some good use out of their coloring books and markers that they received from Deb and Bryan for xmas. They were stuck to the kitchen table for a couple of days just coloring away!! Brock didn't get to spend too much quality time with them over the holiday since he had to work so he tried making up as much as he could before he went to work one night. Here he is helping them color. Are they great artists or what? Briella was the best colorer in her preschool class last year and I think Brezlyn may be next in line. The scribbles outside the lines, well, that's Brock for ya!! :) j/k

Brezlyn's

                                                                       

Briella's

Here you go Cissy as promised, I hope you enjoy!!

Banana Cake Recipe

1 box yellow cake mix
1/3 cup oil
1 cup water
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
2-3 mashed bananas
mix together and bake according to cake mix box

Frosting:
1 box banana cream pudding
1 cup cold milk
8 oz coo whip container
mix together and spread on cooled cake




The last few pieces, Kenzie was eating as I took the picture.



Can you hear me now???

Well it was a great start to the new year for Makenzie. After she recieved her $50 from her grandparents at Christmas and some money from babysitting on New Years, she realized she had an opportunity to buy something great. Brock and I discussed it and with all of her sports activities and other stuff going on we thought that now might be a good time for her to finally have......

After careful thought she was able to buy a trac phone. She purchased the LG phone, the first minutes, activated it, and made her first call to her best friend Paige. She's already wanting to decorate it and do all sorts of stuff to it, but for now she will just be able to play the games on it and use it for calls and texts. I think it will be a great way for her to learn responsibility as she needs to do her chores throughout the month and we will purchase more minutes for her each month. If she runs out she either needs to buy them herself with babysitting money or she will not be able to use her phone. I think it's a good start for her for a happy new year!!