Steve had his hernia surgery today. It was not the typical hernia surgery this one was very intense and pretty major.
He came through surgery fine but the poor guy is in a lot of pain today. When I brought Megan and Jason over tonight to say good night, he was looking much better. I was a little bugged that his dinner of jello and clear chicken soup came when I was gone with the kids. I wasn't there to force him to eat so he didn't and his tummy was bugging him tonight. It's the Portuguese in me, I sounded like my Aunt Lou tonight. "Are you hungry, you need to eat something, are you sure, just a bite."
Some small town stuff from today: We know Steve's nurse's father, One of the surgery nurses son plays baseball with Anthony, ran into Jason's Sunday school teacher from last year, ran into Megan's soccer coach twice on my way to the cafeteria and saw a friend rush into ER with his teenage daughter and I have not had time to get a hold of them to see if she is OK.
That is it for tonight. I am going to put the two youngest to bed and fall asleep in my chair waiting for Anthony's bus to get in. He had a baseball game in Idaho tonight.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Snow
It's the end of spring break. I can't believe how fast it went by. How are we going to spend the last day you ask? Doing nothing.
We had a major storm last night and got a couple of inches of snow. The wind was really bad and it was difficult to get a good night sleep. Well, at least for me and the boys. Steve and Megan had no trouble at all.
Needless to say, we won't be going far from home today. Snow tires have to be off our cars by this Tuesday. We got a little jump on the crowds and had it done yesterday. We can make the passes without the snow tires, but why. I am sure one more lazy day around the house will be fine.
Anthony has gotten his cast off and has been working all week trying to get all his strength back. I have all the bruises to prove how hard he has been working. He looks good and is excited to start batting practice this week.
Steve has to go in for surgery on Tuesday. He will spend a couple of days in the hospital and a couple weeks in bed. Of course, Tuesday happens to be the busiest day of the week for us. Jason will be receiving an award in Cub scouts. Soccer for Megan starts, Anthony will be out of town at a BB game. Jason will also start BB practice this week. Yes, it all happens on Tuesday. Yeahhhh for me.
I will post some pictures from our trip to the zoo later this week.
Have a good and lazy day today.
We had a major storm last night and got a couple of inches of snow. The wind was really bad and it was difficult to get a good night sleep. Well, at least for me and the boys. Steve and Megan had no trouble at all.
Needless to say, we won't be going far from home today. Snow tires have to be off our cars by this Tuesday. We got a little jump on the crowds and had it done yesterday. We can make the passes without the snow tires, but why. I am sure one more lazy day around the house will be fine.
Anthony has gotten his cast off and has been working all week trying to get all his strength back. I have all the bruises to prove how hard he has been working. He looks good and is excited to start batting practice this week.
Steve has to go in for surgery on Tuesday. He will spend a couple of days in the hospital and a couple weeks in bed. Of course, Tuesday happens to be the busiest day of the week for us. Jason will be receiving an award in Cub scouts. Soccer for Megan starts, Anthony will be out of town at a BB game. Jason will also start BB practice this week. Yes, it all happens on Tuesday. Yeahhhh for me.
I will post some pictures from our trip to the zoo later this week.
Have a good and lazy day today.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Megan's Confirmation
Here are the eagerly awaited pictures from last Saturday. Megan did really well and even answered some of the Bishops questions. The Bishop is a good guy and really good with the kids. Jason was introduced to the Bishop as a future priest. Megan really needs no introduction, she just has this way about her. Anthony, well we will talk about him in a minute.
I love the way the kids have a relationship with the priest's in our parish. They are completely comfortable talking and joking around with them. We miss Fr H., the only priest I have ever threatened to give a time out too if he didn't stop stealing Jason's Cheetos. Anthony really enjoys playing ping pong with them and comes home with some great stories.
This years Confirmation Class.
Megan and K her sponsor. K is an absolute sweetheart and Anthony's best friends sister. She regularly threatens Anthony with bodily harm. She, of course, would never do it herself. She is close friends with "M" a really big senior that loves to pick on freshmen. Anthony and M get along but Anthony knows where he belongs on the food chain.
Me and my baby.
Megan being confirmed
Anthony and the Bishop. Anthony's job was to hold the Bishops hat. It's one of those that pops open. Which Anthony kept popping open and closed during mass. We where waiting for him to accidentally let go and shoot it across the alter. He wasn't the only one. H, Anthony's best friend, was letting go of the Bishops staff and catching it lower and lower. Trying to see how far he could go before dropping it. D, our deacon, was breaking out in a cold sweet thinking what would happen if that staff hit the ground. He made eye contact with Anthony to tell him to stop, Anthony grabbed the hat like it was a Frisbee and pretended to through it at D.
Earlier in the evening Anthony and H where pretending to be Batman in the Sacristy when the Bishop came in. He has a good sense of humor and pretended to hit them with his staff. It might be the last time they are asked to help.
Megan and her friends. Girl on the end is one of her best friends. The funny thing about the boy at the end of the table, is he is a male version of her. They hated each other in 3rd grade and now are really good friends.
Megan and the Bishop.
I love the way the kids have a relationship with the priest's in our parish. They are completely comfortable talking and joking around with them. We miss Fr H., the only priest I have ever threatened to give a time out too if he didn't stop stealing Jason's Cheetos. Anthony really enjoys playing ping pong with them and comes home with some great stories.
This years Confirmation Class.
Megan and K her sponsor. K is an absolute sweetheart and Anthony's best friends sister. She regularly threatens Anthony with bodily harm. She, of course, would never do it herself. She is close friends with "M" a really big senior that loves to pick on freshmen. Anthony and M get along but Anthony knows where he belongs on the food chain.
Me and my baby.
Megan being confirmed
Anthony and the Bishop. Anthony's job was to hold the Bishops hat. It's one of those that pops open. Which Anthony kept popping open and closed during mass. We where waiting for him to accidentally let go and shoot it across the alter. He wasn't the only one. H, Anthony's best friend, was letting go of the Bishops staff and catching it lower and lower. Trying to see how far he could go before dropping it. D, our deacon, was breaking out in a cold sweet thinking what would happen if that staff hit the ground. He made eye contact with Anthony to tell him to stop, Anthony grabbed the hat like it was a Frisbee and pretended to through it at D.
Earlier in the evening Anthony and H where pretending to be Batman in the Sacristy when the Bishop came in. He has a good sense of humor and pretended to hit them with his staff. It might be the last time they are asked to help.
Megan and her friends. Girl on the end is one of her best friends. The funny thing about the boy at the end of the table, is he is a male version of her. They hated each other in 3rd grade and now are really good friends.
Megan and the Bishop.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
WOW!! It's been awhile
Megan will be celebrating her Confirmation this Saturday. We had to make a trip in Washington to find a dress for her. It's a two hour drive but it is the closest mall to us. There is also a Costo there as well. I think we beat our record for money spent. We needed everything.
Anyway, the Bishop will be here Saturday afternoon. Louise and I will be giving him a tour of our little preschool. Steve came up today to give us a hand rearranging bookshelves and things. The classroom looks great. Since it's the beginning of spring break, none of our students will be there. We decided to video tape them singing the Bishop a song. It turned out very cute. I am not even sure the kids know who the Bishop is. We only have one Catholic in the bunch.
Anyway, here is a couple of pictures of Megan. I will have a lot more after the weekend.
Anyway, the Bishop will be here Saturday afternoon. Louise and I will be giving him a tour of our little preschool. Steve came up today to give us a hand rearranging bookshelves and things. The classroom looks great. Since it's the beginning of spring break, none of our students will be there. We decided to video tape them singing the Bishop a song. It turned out very cute. I am not even sure the kids know who the Bishop is. We only have one Catholic in the bunch.
Anyway, here is a couple of pictures of Megan. I will have a lot more after the weekend.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
She Has Her Own Style
Megan has always had her own sense of style. Even when she was little. I would dress her in the cutest little dresses and she would insist on wearing hiking boats with them.
We went to a Estate sale and she found these. The vest she found at the Church rummage sale.
They tease me about being cheap, but she only spent $1.50. The funny thing is the jackets don't
belong to another kid, they belonged to a 90 year old woman. The yellow jacket is really pretty old.
Speaking of church rummage sale. Steve and I came home with some great finds. One was a cute desk for the kids room. It was kind of sad. We took down Jason's train table to make room for the desk. My baby isn't a baby anymore.
Here is one of Anthony and his cast. He gets it off on March 23rd. It is killing him that he is not practicing with his team. He also has to miss the world wrestling tournament in Reno. I wasn't real happy about that either.
Have a good Sunday.
We went to a Estate sale and she found these. The vest she found at the Church rummage sale.
They tease me about being cheap, but she only spent $1.50. The funny thing is the jackets don't
belong to another kid, they belonged to a 90 year old woman. The yellow jacket is really pretty old.
Speaking of church rummage sale. Steve and I came home with some great finds. One was a cute desk for the kids room. It was kind of sad. We took down Jason's train table to make room for the desk. My baby isn't a baby anymore.
Here is one of Anthony and his cast. He gets it off on March 23rd. It is killing him that he is not practicing with his team. He also has to miss the world wrestling tournament in Reno. I wasn't real happy about that either.
Have a good Sunday.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
What A Way To End The Season
Wrestling is over and possibly baseball too. During Friday nights match he pulled is fingers and we thought he sprained his hand. After a couple of days of not really improving Steve took him to the Doctor. Sure enough it is broken.
The break is in his pointer finger right below the middle knuckle. He sees the orthopedic surgeon tomorrow to see what happens next. The surgeon was Anthony's basketball coach last year. Small towns.
We are pretty sure that this will take him out of the first part of baseball season and not sure about the second part. He is really bummed, baseball is truly his favorite sport. Plus there is a little competition going on between him and the other 3rd basemen.
What kills me, is that his finger was broken and he still wrestled the next day. He did amazing, not good enough for state but maybe next year.
The break is in his pointer finger right below the middle knuckle. He sees the orthopedic surgeon tomorrow to see what happens next. The surgeon was Anthony's basketball coach last year. Small towns.
We are pretty sure that this will take him out of the first part of baseball season and not sure about the second part. He is really bummed, baseball is truly his favorite sport. Plus there is a little competition going on between him and the other 3rd basemen.
What kills me, is that his finger was broken and he still wrestled the next day. He did amazing, not good enough for state but maybe next year.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Almost Over
Yep, wrestling season is just about over. We head out tomorrow to watch the last tournament. He was nervous today because they upped his weight to 145. The kid only weights 138. If he does really well he could go on to state and earn his varsity letter. As much as I dislike this sport I have to admit the last couple of meets have been really fun. I am proud of his effort and how far he has come.
So you would think that with wrestling almost over we would be looking forward to our break from sports. Nahhhhh, not in this house. Baseball starts on Monday for Anthony, Little league for Jason in a couple of weeks and Megan will start spring soccer. Just for the record, high school football never ends. He is still working out in the mornings even though he doesn't have to.
With all the budget cuts they are making in Oregon, there is no money for sports. I am sure there is none for band, drama and all the other stuff as well. I just don't have any kids there. So we are also in a constant state of fund raising.
More important then sports our schools are in serious trouble. The state has been talking about closing the schools at the end of April. They are hoping that the Fed money will be enough to keep them open. My children have suddenly begun to believe in the power of prayer. Since the announcement of the possible early closures the kids have been praying regularly.
So you would think that with wrestling almost over we would be looking forward to our break from sports. Nahhhhh, not in this house. Baseball starts on Monday for Anthony, Little league for Jason in a couple of weeks and Megan will start spring soccer. Just for the record, high school football never ends. He is still working out in the mornings even though he doesn't have to.
With all the budget cuts they are making in Oregon, there is no money for sports. I am sure there is none for band, drama and all the other stuff as well. I just don't have any kids there. So we are also in a constant state of fund raising.
More important then sports our schools are in serious trouble. The state has been talking about closing the schools at the end of April. They are hoping that the Fed money will be enough to keep them open. My children have suddenly begun to believe in the power of prayer. Since the announcement of the possible early closures the kids have been praying regularly.
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