Last day of We Wings !

Last Thursday was Evey and Briceson's last day of We Wings. That is the little pre-school program they go to that is on a bus. Mrs. Haley was there teacher ( the one on the right) and Mrs. V was the helper. Her first name is Sophia and I'm not sure why they call her Mrs.V. I'm not even sure if the other kids call her that or if it is just my two??? I can't remember the kid on the lefts name, but then the next boy is Bruce, than Evey who quickly wedged herself between him and Evan to her left. She had no intention of sitting with the other girls.  She's so over the whole go with the crowd thing.  Even is Elisa's twin who is sitting down at the end by Briceson who is obviously very excited to be there. He announced he was "all done smiling" after about the 3rd shot, and he wasn't kidding. Hope family pics rank higher on his list, or we will have to work very fast to get a smile out of him.

Our First Broken Bone!

Owen fell off the jungle gym at school when his hand slipped off the hand rail while trying to get down. He landed on his arm and also hit his head. The school nurse called me around 2:00 and said that she had Owen in her office and that his arm was definitely broken. I was in the middle of shopping at Sam's, so I had to leave my cart in the middle of the aisle and rush out to go get him. When I got to him he was in way too much pain for me to move him, so Brant came and got us both, along with Kamryn because Owen wanted his sissy, as always! 

I took this first pic on the way to the hospital after the school nurse had put a splint on it (she is wonderful). Yep, there is no way that strange crooked shape to his wrist could mean anything other than a broken bone or two! 

This pic was shortly after the x-rays, which they did before he had any pain meds. I had to stay outside while Brant held him and they moved his arm all around for pictures while he screamed in pain, constantly yelling "I want my Kamy!" Never mind Mommy outside the door, when this boy is hurt he always wants his sister! It was awful for me and even worse for Brant! He also had to have a cat scan for the bump on the head, and he couldn't have pain meds until we were sure his head was okay, so we spent two hours with him in agony with no pain medication! It was awful and drove his daddy to tears. The x-ray revealed 2 broken bones in his forearm near the wrist, and the cat scan came back fine, so they were able to give him some children's morphine. He was immediately high as a kite and feeling great! 

The orthopedist finally came in and they knocked him out briefly while they set the bones. The doctor said it set nicely, and he will be in a splint for 2 weeks and a hard cast for 4 weeks. This is a pic of him shortly after he woke up from the anesthesia. He was still very groggy, but he did not forget that Daddy had promised him pancakes at Ihop, and immediately asked if we could go because he hadn't eaten anything since lunch at 10:45 this morning, and it was 9p.m.! Needless to say, we ordered his pancakes to go and he is now home with a full belly and a dose of tylenol with codine. He is trying to sleep, but is not having much luck getting his arm in a comfortable position. It's going to be a LONG six weeks! We are also going to have to break the news to him that his baseball career has been cut short for this season! He is going to be heartbroken, he only got to play 3 games! 

2 Babies - Now 4

Four years ago this month two tiny babies came into the world ... a tiny baby boy with eyes the size of dinner plates, and a little girl with a headfull of hair that would one day be as silken and blonde as Rapunzel's. And although we didn't know it then, those two beautiful babies would be our grandchildren!    Our family cried together at times, and rejoiced together at others, always determined and hopeful that those two babies would forever be ours.

And in the end, what we all learned is what perhaps we knew all along ---- that all it takes to be a family is love. 

Happy Birthday Briceson and EveyLynn.  I love you both dearly. 

Nonnie 

Kamryn's writing journal

Kamryn filled up her writing journal at school so her teacher sent it home early and gave her a new one. She's a very good story teller, but she spells in a way that only her Aunt Lindsey and Roxie would understand! She got the family spelling gene for sure! I was looking back through it and found this Thanksgiving post about Ant Lise and her bowufrynd coming to town. The picture is of Nonnie's kitchen table covered in food and 9 empty chairs with Lindsey and Cody sitting at one end. It was too sweet!

In case your having trouble following, it actually reads:

SEEING MY FAMILY (they are learning to title a story)

This Thanksgiving my Aunt and her boyfriend flew to Arkansas (Arekinsol). Cody made me and him planes. They are artists. Lindsey tickled me. I gave Lindsey a hug. They left last night. I love my aunt Lindsey and her boyfriend.

She also wrote several stories about None and Papu, and one about how she was going to go visit her Ant Roxe in Nort Carulina and one about her Ant Mylu giving her a dog named Bar (uncle B was not mentioned at all in the giving of the dog!) She actually wrote several stories about her beloved dog Bear, including one about how he peed in the house and got in trouble- with a picture of the crime included!(nice Kam, real nice!) She wrote about her camping trip this summer, and about going to Branson where she watched lots of TV (what a nice vacation!) She wrote about how she got to see snails kiss on a video her mommy showed her about weird bugs (they were mating, but we called it "kissing" when she asked!) She even wrote one about the very special Pink Bear of North Carolina fame. She definitely got her Momma's love of the English language, even if she did get her Aunt Roxie's love of all things phonetic!

Blog Maintenance

I took the liberty of updating several of the kids pictures on the blog from my rather limited selection of family photos. So, if you don't care for the pic I used or just happen to have a better one, which I'm sure you do since they are your kids, feel free to replace anything you want! I took a long stroll down memory lane while I was at it and had a great time looking back on the last three years of our lives! The Olsen "twins" became a permanent fixture in our family right here on this blog, as did Charli Jo Pack! Somewhere between the midnight medivac flight, a hilarious picture of a toddler in safety goggles, and a video of babies first steps, I realized this blog is not quite as neglected as I thought...even if it did take 3 years to update the photos!

Grandpa Tanksley's Creek

We spent the day in Huntsville playing in Grandpa's creek.
This precious little guy insisted on wearing his overalls today,
and we ended up getting some GREAT photos!
 

Turns out trouble comes in threes!

                                                                                               Papa had his hands full. I love this shot!

 

the great olsen visit of 2012

some pictures from the sister adventure. (we missed our brother though!)
the little and middle kids making biscuit pizzas.















.............ali and evey all smiles.






--- yes sometimes it is best to do these things in your underwear.









zai doing what he does best - actually i know he can do some other things better, like ride the unicycle and walk on stilts.

gotta love them olsen circus kids.

kate said she hadn't done this in 15 years....
she said it was just like riding a bike.


hahahaha - i should write greeting cards.



and a so happy rox.

well that is apparently all the photos blogger would like for me to share at the moment.

thanks mom and dad! we miss you too.

love you all!

-love lin