Jason's Ankle

On January 9th, Jason sprained his ankle playing basketball at church. He was able to walk out to his truck and drive home, but when he got here, he called me to come help him get inside. We went to the doctor the next day to make sure nothing was broken. He was told to wear a walking boot for 6 weeks, but that really only lasted a couple of days. He's been limping around and walking gingerly on it ever since. They say that high ankle spains like his take forever to "heal" and then they are never quite the same. I think Jason can agree with that. Poor guy.

OUCH! This picture was taken the night it happened after a couple of hours of ice and elavation.

We were both amazed how quickly it swelled.

The next day, major swelling.

Two days after the swelling is going into his lower leg.


5 days after and there is some bruising around his toes. Jason NEVER bruises.

About 2 weeks after, much less swelling.

About 3 weeks after - much better, but definitely still swollen.

About 4 weeks. It looks the same to me, but he is walking better.

A little over 6 weeks. I guess this will be as good as it gets for a while.

The take home lesson here, boys and girls, is: DON'T SPRAIN YOUR ANKLE! :)

Let it Snow! (and stay for a while)

It was freezing last week to say the least!

We had alot of snow - 5 inches (well, that's alot for us). And since it didn't get above 20 degrees for about 4 days, the snow had a nice long stay.

I've got some pictures, of course. It was Brenna's first snow!

They wanted to go out first thing, but it was WAY too cold...like 11 degrees. This was Tuesday morning.

We made snow icecream later that day.

It was a big hit! We made some everyday, but the kids still liked it! Notice Gracie's still in PJ's.

We waited until Jason got home to go play in the snow, per his request.

We bundled them up in everything they had! It was still super cold and they didn't last too long outside.

But they loved it! This is the next afternoon. I didn't want Brenna outside, so they had to wait for daddy to get home to play in the snow each day.

Brenna's first time to see snow, we didn't let her get in it because it was so cold. She was outside a whole 2 minutes at the most.

He brought this huge icicle from his office.

Our street. As you can imagine, the kids and I didn't do any driving.

Our house

Jason was sure to make one of these every night.

By Thursday we were all getting CABIN FEVER!!!

Crazy Kids! ( I think I was worse off then they were :)

Poor Brenna started with a runny nose on Wed and by Thursday night had a fever of 102. I'm glad it warmed up on Friday so we could take her to the doctor - she had the flu. It took us 30 minutes to drive accross town to get the doctor's office, but I think the kids were so ready to be out of the house they didn't care. They liked driving in the bumpy snow.

My cuties!

Snow angel time!

He can be an angel when he wants to. :)

By Saturday afternoon it was almost 50 degrees and it felt pretty warm compared to what we've been through. Jason let them go out in shorts!

Ready to build a snowman. It was a really powdery snow that you couldn't play with very much. After it melted a little, it would pack into a good snowball... or snowman.

He's just a big kid, especially when it comes to snow!

She was proud that she made the snowman's head all by herself.

This will come in handy someday :)

Throwing snowballs!

Frosty!!

A crazy week, a long week, but a fun one too!

Lets Go To The Zoo!

This past Saturday was the first really pretty day in a while, so we decided that we would have a picnic at the zoo to enjoy it more.

Caden's ready!

Gracie's ready!

Brenna's ...well she had to eat a bottle on the way to the zoo to get ready.

I think he was deep in thought, but definitely ready :)

I'm ready!

They look so cute in their hats! I love how cute Caden looksin his rain boots and hat that pushes his ears out!

Sandwiches, chips, apples sauce and cookies. Not a bad lunch!

On to see the animals!

My little monkeys!

They LOVE the bridge over the giraffe's home. (who doesn't?)

Brenna saw everything from her stroller and was so good. She was happy the whole time!

It was a bit windy, but they didn't care at all!

The lion family. There are 5 cubs along with the parents.

Caden likes to help out with the stoller.

It was such a nice day and we really enjoyed being outside looking at the animals. We'll have to get a season pass so we can do it more often! :)

So far...

I haven't gotten just a whole lot of pictures this year (it's only 1/11/11 hehe) but I wanted to share a few.

4 of my favorite people!


Please excuse the fact that I'm not dressed and have no make up on. I don't argue when Jason offers to take our picture. As you can see, I'm pretty proud of my kiddos!

My pretty girl!

Who knows what he's thinking. :)

She likes to stand up on her own for a few seconds at a time. She likes her walker OK, but she loves to hold mom's fingers and walk around the house. She is SUCH a momma's girl right now. If I walk by her and don't pick her up, she starts crying. When she's playing in the floor happily and I leave the room, she cries. If Jason is holding her and she sees me go by and I don't get her, she cries. I'm in trouble.

This is her Christmas dress, not her texas tech dress ... just so ya know, Mandi... and Holly... and Steph.. and, we have too many tech friends! jk :)

I love her little red coat!

Poor Jason! He sprained his ankle playing basketball at church! He couldn't walk on it at all, I had to help him get inside the house. Thankfully, Wes and Holly let us borrow some crutches so he could get around. Thanks guys! He is NOT one of those people who doesn't mind sitting around, even for an evening.


This is the first night after a couple of hours of elevation and ice. We had to get an x-ray the next day to make sure it wasn't broken. He's already doing better today. I'm sure he won't wear his cast/walking boot for a whole 6 weeks like he's supposed to.