Zeke & St Paul

Just got home from St Paul. Since it's already almost midnight, here are the highlights, with details and pictures tomorrow...

 

• We left Brookings at 8:30am
• My mom went with us :)
• Zeke got his cast removed
• Everything is healing well
• Zeke's been ok'd to begin walking again
• It rained, sleeted and snowed on our way back
• We safely arrived home a few minutes ago.

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This and That

I'm feeling guilty about my lack of blogging lately. It's not for lack of anything to say. There just aren't enough hours in the day right now. Zeke's cast is coming off on Wednesday so I'm making a quick trip to St Paul. Thankfully, my mom has offered to go with me. Steve and a lot of good friends and my dad are trying to finish the downstairs bathroom we tore apart a few months ago. We're refinancing the house because of the low interest rate and have an appraisal on Thursday, hence the quick finish to the bathroom.

The little one is really excited about potty training, which is great except for having to run to the bathroom every time she yells, "Potty!" I try to keep the bathroom door shut so she doesn't play in there and tonight for some reason, she was convinced her friend Sara was in there. So she kept knocking on the door and hollering, "Sara!" I finally had to stop what I was doing and open the door to the bathroom just so she would understand that Sara wasn't there.

Brittney has missed the last two gymnastics meets because of an accident at cheer practice where the girls on the bottom didn't catch her correctly and Brittney ended up being thrown over their shoulders. She landed on her neck and back and now the athletic trainers won't let her practice or compete in either sport for at least two weeks. She's hoping to be allowed to compete on Dec 3 in Sioux Falls.

Taylor and Riley are both still taking piano lessons and Riley is wanting to start playing the drums. They are both signed up to play basketball soon too. Zeke's next Special Olympics sport is basketball, if he's cleared by the doctor to be able to play this soon after surgery. I guess we'll find out later this week.

Most of the kids are already in bed but I really should get the little one tucked in now :)
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Brittney Says

When Steve and I were discussing Black Friday, Brittney piped up and asked, "Isn't that the day Jesus died?"
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My friend Rick shared this and I thought it worth repeating!

"Ungrateful people live under the deception that they are always entitled to more. The food is never prepared well. The weather is never to their liking. The policies are inadequate, and the leadership is incompetent.

True gratefulness is more than token appreciation after receiving a gift. It's the state of your heart before anybody does anything for you."    ~Wayne Cordeiro

Thanksgiving Pictures

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We're heading to my folks for the day for some good food and great company. It only takes about 20 minutes to get there so don't really have a specific time this morning we're leaving. The kids are still  practicing our little play that we'll be performing this afternoon. I'll try to video it and post it but no guarentees. It's called Soup Opera. My friend lent me the book and CD. Should be a lot of fun.
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Today I'm especially thankful for:

A family who sticks together
A warm house with enough beds for all our children
A God who loves me inspite of my failings and never leaves me
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It's easy to complain about what I don't have or what I think I need. But today is a day to help us all realize and remember that we have so much to be thankful for!
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You Might Live in South Dakota...

South Dakota... through the eyes of Jeff Foxworthy:

• If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you might live in South Dakota...
• If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't even work there, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you've worn shorts and a jacket at the same time, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in South Dakota...
• If "vacation" means going to Sioux Falls for the weekend, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you measure distance in hours, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day and back again, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both doors unlocked, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you might live in South Dakota...
• If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you might live in South Dakota...
• If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you might live in South Dakota...
• If you know how to pronounce Ipswich, Belle Fouche and Pierre you might live in South Dakota...
• If you actually understand these jokes, you might live in South Dakota!

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