The Cast

Well....Nathan went to the orthopedic doctor today and they put a cast on his hand. He is a little out of sorts right now. Concerned how he is going to write at school and do baths and things. I'm sure time will prove itself that it's really not all that bad. It's just going to take some getting used to. We have to go back in a week for another set of x-rays to make sure it's setting properly and if everything is still fine, then we will return in 4 or 5 more weeks for the removal.

Puppy Love

Back to Granny's we went this past Saturday. My sister's family was all there for my brother-in-law's grandfather's funeral. So we went up for it as well. My sister got a new puppy for their family and he is so cute. His name is Cooper. I think he's about 9 weeks old and was a lot bigger than I thought he'd be. He was still so much fun to play with. The kids had a blast. Now all we hear is...."When can we get a dog?" I think we'll just go visit Cooper more often.

Sticks & Stones may break my bones....and Nerf Footballs too

Well it's official. Nathan is the first Branch to have a broken bone. He was at school on Wednesday playing football with his friends. They were using a "Nerf" football, so you'd think everything would be okay. It must have just caught him right. He was trying to catch the ball and it hit him really hard and bent his finger back or jammed it or something. He was in a lot of pain and went to the nurses office at school. They gave him some ice and sent him back to class. It was at the end of the day, but by the time he got home his finger & hand was really swollen. I called the school nurse and she suggested getting a splint at the pharmacy for it. Robert and I both thought that it was just a really bad sprain, but the next day when I took Nathan back to school, the school nurse took a look at it and suggested that I take him to get some x-rays. I thought "you've got to be kidding". But I thought better safe than sorry. Sure enough after we got the x-rays it was confirmed. Nathan broke his pinky finger on his right hand. Was I ever glad that I took him in for x-rays. Now we have to wait until tomorrow (tuesday) to see the Orthopedic Dr. I don't think they will do anything more than what we've done and that is to splint the finger. We'll see though.

Another one "BITES" the dust

Well..... another tooth "BITES" the dust at our house. Last night Kayla's second baby tooth came out. She is so thrilled. She got up this morning showing me that she has gotten bigger(grown overnight) because of it. She is measuring herself up against everything. She is so sweet.

When she lost her first tooth she was so excited and kept holding it and holding it. We tried to warn her of the impending possibility of it becoming lost. We put it in a ziploc bag to try to protect it, but she knew better (right?). Well...within minutes of the happy event, there was complete sadness through the whole family as Kayla couldn't find her tooth to leave for the tooth fairy. We all searched and searched but no luck finding the tooth.

Nathan is so sweet. He quietly went into the kitchen and wrote the sweetest letter to the tooth fairy on behalf of Kayla.

This is what it said.....and no I didn't spell the words wrong. That's how he spelled them in the letter. I think it makes it all the more endearing.

Dear Tooth Fairy,
Kayla lost her tooth. She was going to put it under her pellow for you to come, but when she opened it, it was gone. So she is rilly sad that she lost her tooth and I was wondring if you could still leave something for her.
Thanks

Nathan is so sweet and so very thoughtful. He melts my heart on a daily basis with his kindness towards others.

Thanks Nathan for always being so thoughtful and kind.

SMORES

Who doesn't love a good smore on a cold day by a warm fire. Well at Granny's house we have them on cold days around a warm fire and even on hot summer days sometimes. But this trip was a cold winter day and a great fire in Papa's shed. My dad built a shed where he could keep his tools and things. He put a Pot Belly Stove in the shed and Granny has made it into our Marshmallow Roasting Stove. The kids absolutely love and look forward to making smores with Granny.

Nathan loves to help cut the wood for the fire and Kyle is so very helpful with starting the fire. Kyle reminds me that he is a "Boy Scout" and knows how to start a fire. And then of course they're all great helpers when it comes to eating the smores. Great childhood memories are made at Granny's house.

Thanks Granny, we all love you.

Thank Heaven the cousins have a Quad

This weekend Robert was gone out of town for work, so I decided to load up the kids and head to my mothers house to visit. Everytime I tell the kids that we are going to Granny's then Kyle has to ask "Can we go to Joy & Ladd's to ride their Quad?" He just about drives you crazy with the question over and over. He absolutely loves riding them. My cousin is always so nice to let him and Nathan take turns ridding it around by their house. The live on the top of a hill and have lots of room to ride it. Kayla also is not to be left out. She gets her turn in as well. Usually Robert takes her, but since he wasn't here, Kyle stepped in to help out. Mommy surely wasn't going to get on it. No thanks.






Nathan riding the Quad






Kyle and Kayla on the Quad. Kyle lives to be on a Quad. He lives and breaths these machines. He wants us to get one so he can ride around our backyard. I don't think so.....

FALL.......Finally?

I know for those of you who don't live in Arizona, your leaves probably fell long ago. But for us here, at least at my house, the leaves are just beginning to fall. There were finally enough to rake into a pile and have some fun with.

Never Mind....I think.....

I think after many, many hours (which probably could've been better spent) I've finally started to get the hang of this. I'm sure more changes will come later. I found a web sit that gives directions of how to do this. I'm working it out slowly but surely.


Be kind with any comments on the new design. Remember I've just started.

Can anyone help

I would really like to change the background on my blog page, but haven't been able to figure out how to do that. Can anyone give me a crash course in it?