~Surprise Day Out~

Jordan was supposed to race Friday night... he got to the track and got rained out.
If he rains out on Friday night, we generally can't race Saturday either.

Sure enough, we got up and saw the race was canceled.  I mentioned that I could have gone to the homeschool convention... Gregg said "GO"... I ran through the shower and packed a snack.  The big show in Harrisburg is an hour away.  I had no plans so I hit the ground shopping!  Whoohoo!

I was able to catch up with my friend Val who lives too far away.  I was also able to meet Crystal from Money Saving Mom!  It was a fun day :-)

My favorite find was a Bible curriculum... I can't wait to get started!

I spent a long time at Queens Homeschool.

Looked at this fun Cat and Dog Theology Bible study for the family.

Compared many language arts books and spelling/vocab books... still undecided.

It was a great day considering I had no plans ready!

I drove home in the pouring rain, but my family had supper ready and they all enjoyed their gifts... some new autographed Hank the Cow Dog audio books and two new Patch the Pirate stories... we heard them playing late into the night.

~Birthday Date~

I enjoy taking the boys out around their birthday for a special dinner. Jared wanted meat.  I asked around and Smokey Bones seemed like a nice place.  Jared enjoyed his ribs!  We stopped at Chick fil A for a milkshake too!

~My 2nd Teenager~

Jared is now a teenager! 

 

His birthday was on Saturday so he got to race in the afternoon... I think it may have been his favorite birthday!

 

Aaron put the candles on the cake for me...

 Jared wanted his normal cheese steaks and sour cream and onion chips for dinner... and, of course, chocolate cake with peanut butter icing.

He knew he was getting a bow... but we also got him a target, archery gloves and a bunch of arrows.

~First Race Day 2013~

I didn't get to stay at the track all day... but my racing team did a great job!

 

I dropped Kiersten off with friends for the day.  She loved being with Mr and Mrs Shirk.  She got to spray the hose when they cleaned lawn furniture, she took some walks, played games and took a good nap! I'm so glad I didn't need to watch her, it was a crazy day!

 

I set up the snack shack and got everyone signed in.  I even got the scoring sheets ready.  All our normal helpers have changed from last year and I needed to go over things with a lot of people.  I left the track before the kids got started racing.  A long story for another day:-)

 

This week was just practice... no points.  Eric and Jordan both won!

One of our members painted a backboard for our winner photos!  I think it looks great!

~Ouch~

Saturday nights are normally filled with showers and getting ready for Sunday.  Some of our boys showered and went back outside.  They made up a fun game with golf clubs and a soccer net that was too fun to stop playing. 

 

 

I had just gotten Kiersten clean and dry and heard Gregg bring Eric in the house who was "bleeding really bad."  Blood everywhere on his face and hands.  I got him clean enough to find the wound.  A nice slice right around the eye.  The neighbors came over to put the rest of the kids to bed while Gregg and I took a trip to the hospital... not a normal Saturday night... but what is normal anyway?!?!

 

Eric did a great job and ended up with one internal and three external stitches. 

We had to wake him up in the night because they were afraid of the head trauma.  He was just fine and never even took a pain med.  He was uncomfortable with the swelling, but that didn't last long. He didn't bruise too badly either. Stitches come out on Friday! 

~May~

~April at a Glance~

What a month!  We had a lot going on this month... way too much to do but a great time together.  I've got some photos trapped on my camera (I can't find my cord!) but most of the month wasn't photographed anyway.

Jared and Aaron had their testing, the three older boys enjoyed a few days of work with Dad, some spring cleaning, a missions conference, spring cleaning at church, dr and dentist appointments, and a few fun outings.

I was unable to see my grandparents over Christmas because our family got sick.  We promised to go visit as soon as we were well and not busy... well, that was this weekend.

Grandpa is 90 and Grandma... well, she isn't telling her age.  We had a nice visit in the morning and then we took them out to lunch.  After lunch we played boccie ball.  It was a new game to Grandpa and I think he enjoyed it.

Grandma told a few stories from her childhood.  I learned a little bit about her dad (an excellent marksman... he couldn't join the war so he did his part training men here) and that she broke her arm twice.  I really need to make it a point to visit more often!