Tuesday Tid-bit

It is the first day of SPRING and it is showing around here! The weather for spring break was beautiful! I could not have asked for nicer weather. It stayed between 70-80* the whole week. We have a little sand pit in our backyard and if anyone knows my boys they know they will dig in that sand pit all day if I let them.

The pictures can do most of the talking. Spring that has sprung:

This weekend, actually over night, we got a TON of rain! The creek that runs behind our house sure filled up fast! Todd and I are guessing the water is about 4' or more deep. This is the same little creek that the boys play in all the time, catch frogs in, and Todd Tanner and I went exploring in.

The pipe that Todd, Max, and Tanner stood on when I took their picture in October. The water will go down quickly and the kids are not allowed to play in it right now. (Just so Grandmas know ;-) )With spring comes the crazy storm season. Last year was crazy so we'll see how this year goes. So many people have said they have lived here for YEARS and have never seen a tornado or been overly worried about the weather...I guess they didn't get/see the hail from last March. I don't mind though. I am getting more and more used to the crazy Texas weather!

Happy Spring!!

A bike, a boy and a broken arm.

A few weeks ago, (actually the day before Max died) TC was chasing Max on his bike when he crashed and broke his arm. I think, from what he told us, the brakes stuck on his bike and he flipped over the top. He landed on the top part of his wrist. He snapped both bones just above the wrist.

Here he is after going to the Insta-Care. He had just a brace on at this point. (pictures are so small because they are off my phone)

The bone was at about a 30* angle so the doctor decided he needed to straighten it out so that he wouldn't have a permanent curve and bump on his arm. In order to fix it TC had to have "surgery." There was no incisions, he just had to sleep while the Dr snapped it back into place. He woke up with a glow- in- the -dark cast and had all the kids (girls) at school sign it.

Todd took the picture of him at the surgical center, but I haven't got it off his phone yet, the above picture is him just after we got home. He is recovering well. He had a little pain for a few days but did great. He got his glow-in-the-dark cast off a week ago and it was replaced with a bright yellow one.

He will get that cast off in 1 week if everything is all healed. He can't wait! The hardest part of the whole thing for him is that he can't play the drums. He really misses it. I can't wait until he gets it off and he can wash is hand again :-)

I thought our record for having so many boys was pretty good. 1 set of stitches and 2 broken bones...but that has been shattered over the past 6 months. I sure hope that it's not a sign of what's to come. Guess you can expect as much with 5 boys running around all the time!

Valentines Day!

(Lable says Love Potion #9)

This year for Valentines Day we had the Fultons over for a pink and red dinner. I had a lot of fun decorating the table for it! It's not very often around here that I get to decorate with all pink and red. We had Baked Spaghetti, heart shaped rolls (thanks Kristi) salad, Love Potion #9 and Squeeze-it's to drink, and a heart shaped cake for dessert. It was all very yummy!

longest yet?

I'm not sure I have EVER gone this long with out blogging! What's become of me?! There just isn't much going on.

Life is pretty routine around here. I was called to be a counselor in the Primary Presidency. I am enjoying it. I still have my job of a Den Leader, which I don't mind too much. It's a little crazy at times, but it's a welcome busy. I am still plugging along in school. I am taking Math right now, and (I'd never thought I'd say this) I am liking it. I don't LOVE math and it still makes my head hurt to think about too much. But, compared with the last class, where no matter what I did I could not find a way to please the teacher, this is class is much better.

I enjoy the art classes a ton. I love they way they push me to go out of my comfort zone. So much of it is left to interpretation though, and math is absolute. If you don't do the math right you don't get the right answer. I think it's a welcome change is all. The art will be fun to get back into soon enough.

My hair business has picked up quite a bit and I am really enjoying that. I have enjoyed getting to know others. I especially love getting to know women in my ward. I have a fun time chatting with them when they come over. I have a pretty good non-LDS clientele as well and they are also fun to get to know.

The kids are just being kids. They play, go to school, scouts, homework, play some more. I see them mainly at meals and when they need something :-) They must be growing up a little. TC is growing like a weed! The kid eats me out of house and home and is growing out of his clothes like I cannot believe! He is counting down the days until he is taller than me.

Todd's just busy working. He installed some shelves above the washer and dryer a few weeks ago. I am so glad to have that extra storage space! I keep looking for projects to keep him busy. My honey-do list gets a little long some days, but I figure it's a win-win he needs things to keep him busy and I find them. I sure married a great guy!

The weather has been very spring like, and I can't wait to get out and work on some projects! Spring = color! I need to find some easy ways to incorporate a little color in the house, I have some ideas so I'll hopefully be working on them this week!

I do have a few things I need to blog about. Valentines Day, TC's broken arm, just some fun goings-on etc. I'll work on it, but for now TTFN!

Our Max....and a new addition

Our sweet, special, and very loved Max was hit by a car on Feb 2nd. He loved to roam the neighborhood and thought he was tough stuff. He had found a girlfriend up the street and loved to wander around with her. We had done almost everything we could think of to the back yard to keep him in. But he would get out regularly. He loved to head up to the Dollar General. He would get out and but a trip around the block and we would always find him. He was a sweet little thing, but he was a little stinker. On Tuesday I couldn't find him. He had a tag that had our phone number and his name on it so when he got out we would usually recieve a call. That day was differnt. After being gone all day I new something was wrong. Then we recieved the call...

A neighbor had found him up by the Dollar General. He had bit hit by a car and was dead. I was SO sad! The boys and I had a good cry. I called Todd becuase of course he was out of town. He made a call to our wonderful home teacher who came right over to help us burry him. Our neighboor and friend also helped out. I am SO greatful for the wonderful ward members and friends we have made here to helped us out when we needed it.

We gave him a nice grave and said a little prayer. We know our loved Max is in a good place. We all miss him!

The silver linging....This little, cute, pup found his way into our heart. His name is Diesel. He is a Staffordshire Terrier Mix. I had to look it up. He is a spunky little thing! He loves to chew...oh-boy, but so far is GREAT with the kids! I think we will be a little too big to dig under or around the fence, but too small to jump it.

I didn't expect to get a dog so soon after loosing Max. But he's a cuttie and we're glad we have him. I think he will be another good friend for the boys!