You've Had A Birthday, Shout, Hooray!

Friday was Aige's 5th birthday!! It really does seem like we just brought him home from the hospital. I absolutely LOVE this boy! He is still my cuddly little guy. He loves to climb into bed with me every morning, and many days will come and ask me to come cuddle with him on the couch. He loves to build and create things. And is actually a help when Lane is out working on a car or his sand rail. He figures things out that blow me away. He understands all things mechanical and his preschool teacher tells me he is one of the top two kids in his class! He is super funny and very caring and thoughtful. He's always drawing pictures of me and him with a heart next to us (and I just can't bring myself to throw any of them away, even though I have quite a few). He is such a good kid and hardly ever causes any trouble!

Thursday we took cupcakes to preschool and when I picked him up afterwards he was excitedly wearing a birthday crown his teacher had made him and she had even given him a gift! seriously...love her! She obviously "gets" him and knows what he likes because she gave him a trasformer. He didn't have one (yet...Evelyn was gonna get him one for Christmas) but he's talked about them...a lot. I'm so glad that she made a big deal out of his birthday. Lane and I have worried about it being so close to Christmas and we've tried to not let the two mesh and keep them both as exciting and special as they would be if they were six months apart.

Happy Birthday, Aige!

A little help....please.

This year I decided that I want to make most (remember I said want, not will) of the gifts we give to the kids for Christmas. So far some of my ideas are pjs, bingo, puzzles, fake make-up, hair clips, jewelry and a card table fort (seriously, I've seen so many cute ideas, that the only thing that might be difficult is knowing where to stop). I'm looking for ideas and wondered if any of you had any or have seen anything on some of the blogs that are out there? Thanks, gals! You're all awesome!

duh...duh...duh....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

So a week late, but, Lane doesn't check our blog regularly so he wouldn't have noticed! But .... it was his big three-0 birthday last Friday! The guys at work took him out to lunch at Hooters (think what you may...he doesn't really like the food... or the boobs:)). I totally wish I would have been there because the restaurant usually has the birthday person do something embarrassing. Lane got to waddle around the restaurant and quack like a duck at all the tables. (One of the guys took a video on his iPhone and so as soon as I get ahold of it it's going online for all the world to see!) Saturday he and some friends spent some time racing go-carts. From the sound of it, it was quite fun. I met Lane when he was 23 and I've been teasing him since that he was almost 30 (when you're 20 30 seams really old...yeah, not so much anymore and i guess i can't use that one anymore). So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LANE! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RENAE! Wish we could have been with you guys to celebrate the day together!

yes, there are 30 candles on the cake, I love how it shines, it also started melting the cool whip!

OctOber!

Oh, My! More than a month has gone by! We've had such a busy month...Aige played soccer, my sister came and played with me for a week while Lane was out of town, then I went to Rexburg to take her back and go to my niece's baptism. Plus we went to Bear World. Lane's parents came for a visit, my birthday, a field trip to the fire station with preschool, and of course, Halloween! I love October! Not just because it's my birthday month, but I LOVE fall! The colors, the smell, candy corn, and all the spooky-ness of the haunted holiday!

Once Aige figured out the game of soccer we had a blast! Our really awesome friends, the Fleshers, were the coaches. We've been friends for forever! Met them while we were in school and ended up living in the same apartments for almost a year in American Falls, and we are lucky enough to end up here together! I think I can safely say that Aige and Malee have been each other's oldest friends! They are only three weeks apart in age and many of the pics I have back in Aige's baby days have Malee in them too! So it was so fun to have them on the same team! And Aige even scored a goal! (of course, I got sick of recording and then he scored, but at least Rick and Terry were there to see it! )

Aige and Malee -we've been asked many times if they were twins!

Lane's parent came for a visit! We were so excited for them to come! I absolutely love Rick and Terry and we had so much fun while they were here! We carved pumpkins, and Terry made me a birthday cake!

And then half my month was consumed with making the costumes! That's right, this year I finally made them! I've been wanting to do it for a couple years. Aige was none other than Speed Racer! I wish you could see the "M" on his back. I think it looks better than the "M" on the helmet (which was purchased and a whole other long story).

Evelyn was dancing princess. Her favorite movie is Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses, and lately she has been all about being a princess. I kind of tried to copy parts of the dress of the main character on the show. This dress was quite a learning process for me. It's the first dress I've ever sewn, it's satin, and well, it's the first dress I've ever sewn. It did give me flash forwards of sewing a wedding dress....crazy, I know. But, I did it, and she looked beautiful! Just as I was about to take the pics and head us out to the ward trunk or treat the elastic on the sleeve broke, so I pinned it up and took the shot and fixed it later. Now I don't think she'll ever take the dress off. Oh, and can I say how fun it was to put make-up on her and curl her hair!

So, after all that, I'm ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas...and hopefully a little break from all the sewing!

Fear Factor!

Warning, it's a bit of a rambling type story, and a little long...

Well, a couple days ago I went out and picked our grapes. Actually, I attacked them because, mostly since it would be easier than trying to get through my massive tomato plant (no joke), and also because I knew in that area of the garden/yard there have been lots of spiders. And, as I had started cutting the grapes off, I'd noticed quite a few spiders nests, which, thankfully, must have already hatched. So, being somewhat already creeped out, I left the grapes in the garage during the night as my "just in case" plan. Yesterday, I went out to the garage to get the bowls of grapes to juice them and was happy that the garage wasn't covered in baby spiders. So, I brought in my first bowl, dumped them into the sink and started washing them and taking off the stems. I only had a couple of earwigs and a few lady bugs. I got the first bowl juicin' and brought in the second bowl and dumped them into the sink, when, I see big black movement, plus more movement. So, standing there at the sink trying to figure out what would be the best way to finish the grapes without getting attacked by a big black furry spider. I decided to fill the sink up with water, and hopefully, let all in it drown. I used a wooden spoon to get the drain stop turned and then watch it fill up. And then I see quite a few earwigs emerge, a few lady bugs, then a few more smaller spiders, and of course, the big black furry one. I slowly began to panic. How do I get rid of all these bugs? Then as each of them get closer to the sink wall, they try to climb up it! So I shoot them down with the sprayer. Then the spiders get near the earwigs and attacks them, and that would be the point that my rational mind left. I called my mom hoping that she knew of some type of chemical that I could use to kill the bugs and spiders but leave the grapes OK. But of course, she didn't. I call Lane, really hoping that he could just come home in the middle of the day to save me. Which, was completely unrealistic. Plus, to make it all worse, I notice in the garbage a spider trying to climb out. That means, that spider was at one point in my hands! Now, if you could all just picture me, standing in front of my sink, big wooden spoon in one hand, the other clutching the phone, staring at a sink full of grapes (I no longer care what happens to them) and earwigs, spiders, and poor little lady bugs. It feels like my skin is trying to crawl off my body. Have you ever heard of the fight or flight response? I did think maybe I could scoop out the insects and toss them in the garbage. That would be fighting my fear. My instinct when it comes to lots of spiders is flight. Yeah, I just want to run away. The more I stood there and watched the sink, the worse it got. But I couldn't just walk away as then they'd all climb out of the sink and then I'd be in a worse mess if I didn't know where they were. Realizing that I needed to talk to someone, I then call my sister, Ann, she doesn't like spiders and bugs either. And of course, since she is my loving, big sister, I start to cry. I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to do anything, but I HAD to do something. So, in talking with her, we came up with saran wrapping the sink, trapping everything in it until Lane could get home to take care of it for me. I also taped around the edges, but since the counter was wet from the first bowl of grapes it wasn't sticking very well, so I put knives around the sink to hold down the plastic. As the first stretch of saran wrap went across the sink, I immediately started to feel better. And of course, in the middle of this bug/human war, I thought, I should go post something right now! So now you all know my secret that has really never been a secret. I'm an arachnophobic person. I absolutely hate spiders. Now I'm a little more crazy about it. I told Lane that if he ever chased me with a spider on a tissue that would be our end (told him that when we were dating, and he is probably the only boy I know that has never done that to me!) So, here is my hero, saving me from the scary sink:

(isn't he cute! and yes, i need to update our kithcen project)

He thinks I'm silly. Maybe now he really knows how much I hate them. And look at him! With his hands in the sink full of spiders and earwigs! AGH! I could only stay in the kitchen to take the picture and then I had to leave. Oh, and that's not the end of my traumatic day. Cleaning up after dinner, I turn around to find a big black furry spider on the floor, that decides to then go into an offensive position! And, yes, there's an and, a little later, I find another earwig! At least I know these were brought into the house, and not just finding ways in! *sigh* I now have 9 cups of grape juice.

Uh, Lane, could you PAH-LEASE come home from work early?!

I'm still calming down! Any guesses as to why I would saran wrap the sink?

(and no cheating if you saw it on facebook!)

ABC-123!

So this post is a few weeks late! But, better late than never, right? Aige started up preschool again just after labor day. We were all pretty excited! It's with an LDS lady who teaches out of her home and she only lives a couple miles away. On the official first day of preschool the moms were invited to stay for part of class so I took advantage of that with the camera.

All the kids got their own school bag with their name on it!

Isn't he cute, and gosh, he's growing up so fast.

When the kids first arrive they get to practice writing their names.

Each child got their turn during share time (show and tell). Miss Cheri had given each of them a bag at our orientation meeting that they were to fill with things about them to share on the first day (hence, why all us moms got to stay). In Aige's bag we put: a red paint brush - since red is his favorite color and he loves to paint, the Speed Racer movie case - favorite movie, a plastic baggie filled with dirt - anywhere there is a sandbox or just dirt to dig in, it's his preferred choice of entertainment, then one of Lane's screwdrivers - he loves to help Lane when he's working on his sand rail, or wave runner or pretty much anything Lane's working on. And, the last thing was a picture of him and Evelyn. So, each kid got their turn to stand up and show all their things to the class. So here he is telling about him and Evelyn.

He did a great job with his share stuff. I thought this little activity was great. Aige is such a fun little boy, we had a hard time narrowing down everything we wanted to put in his "all about me-bag". He has been loving preschool, and I'm glad that I still have him for another year before he's off to REAL school.

5-6-7-8!

I have been so stinkin' excited for this post!!! A couple weeks ago I found (through a friend) a dance studio that has a Mommy and Me class and I got Evelyn signed up immediately. It works out to be right when Aige is at preschool! Anyone that knows Evelyn (and me), knows that we both love to dance. I've danced my entire life, literally. It's my passion, and I honestly get a little teary eyed to see Evelyn loving to dance as well. After I got us signed up, I told Evelyn that just she and I were gonna go dancing. She excitedly gives me a hug and says, "thank you, Mommy!" And every time we talked about leading up to the first class, she'd always say "YAY!" So here are a couple pics from our first dance class:

Right before we left for the studio, see that excitement!!

For part of the class, each of the little girls danced with a little ballerina teddy bear, which, also got to go bouncing on the parachute!

So, it was an awesome class, I love seeing how naturally she is picking things up and we are both excited to go to the next one.

Part of Summer! a small part...

So, I finally uploaded some pics from the summer, and picked out just a few of my favorites. I got Aige into swim lessons, not even thinking about Evelyn, (well, kind of, but that's a dumb long story), and of course it was all I could do to keep her out of the pool, and thankfully, they were able to put her in the class as well!!--thanks, Kara and Stacey! Of course they both loved swimming!

During the couple weeks we spent at Lane's parents house the kids had all sorts of fun like riding on the lawn mower with Grandpa!

This was actually the first time I'd been up in Fairfield to experience Swim Day! It's basically a town holiday with a parade, and games and food in the park to raise money for the swimming pool. This years theme was Dr. Seuss, and Aige got to be in the parade with his cousins Cooper and Ayden. When he joined up with us at the end of the parade he saw the last few floats throwing candy, and said to Terry, "Look! There just throwing candy on the ground!" I guess that's one thing you miss when your in the parade (throwing candy), instead of watching it. I almost had to tie him up to keep him from picking up every piece of candy he found on the ground!

And, when I can find the cord to my camera, or get my real computer working (so I can just put my card in it), I'll upload the rest of the pics from our trip!

Lucky Liz!

So this past weekend Lane and I have been at the annual company retreat up at Tamarack, and now I know what you all are already guessing, but you have to wait for it. A super huge thanks to our friends, Ryan and Tara, they happily took the kids for the weekend. Surprisingly, really, we had a really good time. This year, we got the master bedroom of the chalet, king size bed, fireplace in our room, couch and TV, big oval bathtub, plus all the other nice stuff about the place, like hot tub. It was super nice!! All the meals were catered, and so overall, we had a good time. Not to mention that this year, I won the plane tickets for anywhere in North America!! I know, I'm horribly lucky when it comes to drawings, maybe I should go buy a lottery ticket... We seriously just booked last years winning tickets a month ago, we're going to Alaska next May. So, I've been thinking about adding the kids to that trip, and a ton of other ideas that include taking the kids somewhere. Of course Lane feels bad that we've won tickets each year (at least this year they gave away two sets of two, so we weren't the only winners) And, ya, so I feel a little bad but not quite bad enough. :)

2 Weeks in Montana and Counting!!

So we are up in Montana and we've been here for almost 2 weeks and will be here for another week and a half!! Well, the kids and I are anyways! I'm feeling the need to reconnect with the blog-world, sorry no pictures as that will have to wait until we get back home, but with promises of a gazillion pics! We came for Lane's 10 year reunion, which turned out to be a lot of fun. Finally put some faces to people I've heard stories about. And it was good to see people I already knew. Next week we'll be going to a family reunion at Swan Lake for the week, hence why I chose to just to stay here the two weeks between reunions. After the drive up here (at least 11 hours) I was glad not to be making that trip more than I needed to. So we are having fun with grandparents and cousins, and missing Lane a whole lot! It's been 10 days since we saw him, and it'll be another 3 days until he'll be back here with us! Ah! So everybody leave me a comment so I don't feel like I'm too far from normal life!

Fourth of July Fun!

Nothing too extraordinary for the Fourth. We lit tonz of fireworks with our neighbors and watched quite a few illegals that people in our neighbor hood were shooting off. It was funner to watch the kids than the actual firework. Evelyn was hilarious. A little scared, then saw everyone excited, and so she was excited, too!

I love this one! I've been anxious to post it since I took it! Yep, that sums up the night, right there in that picture!

Oh My Apricots!

The other day I noticed a small orange-ish colored ball on the ground, only to be reminded as I looked up that it's time for apricots to be a ripening! Last year at this time, we were out of town, then I'd forgotten I had the tree, and when I came outside to see them, all but a couple were on the ground. Not this year! Here's my tree....look closely, it's jam packed with apricots!And here's a few, literally...I have tonz!
I'll be canning as much as I can, I've already made apricot ice cream, and plan on dehydrating some. Any other ideas?? They are so much better than any apricot I've ever bought at the store. And anyone that lives here, or would like to come visit, is welcome to come and get some. Seriously, I pick up at least a few dozen a day.

Oh, and have a happy 4th of July!!!

Mr. Smiles and a Pepper

T-ball is officially over. Our team won every game! (of course they did!) It was pretty fun to watch these 4 year olds "play ball". After the last game the coach gave each of the kids a trophy and a certificate, plus the organization gave all the kids free kids meals to Red Robin! Aige was pretty excited for his trophy! And he got the Mr. Smiles Award, since he could get kinda silly out there and was usually playing around. That's our happy guy!

We have been blessed with a home teacher who loves to garden and has a bit of know-how. After Lane broke his back, one of the things I was worrying about was getting our garden in. We have about a 600 square foot area for the garden and if you'd seen the before you'd know why I worried. Last fall as we were trying the level the yard and plant grass, all the weeds and rocks got dumped into the garden spot. It was a mess. But we had some awesome neighbors come and till it up for us back in May and then over Memorial Day weekend our home teacher came and helped me get it laid out and planted. I didn't know what to expect with all the crap that was dumped into it last fall. But, to mine and Aige's excitement things are growing extremely well. Remember, we planted only 4 weeks ago. Everything was from a seed except green peppers and tomatoes. And check out those beauties!

I picked one off the plant the other night and we ate it! (a darn good omelet!) Growing up my mom always had a big garden, but I guess this being my garden, and my first garden, it felt pretty good to go out and pick something fresh. Plus, today, I noticed the apricots on our tree are getting ripe, and found a good one to eat. I don't remember apricots tasting so good! I'm loving this! It's like getting free food, only better!

Typical

Today, Lane is off to Wisconsin - oh, on a side note, Lane's doing pretty good. No more meds, he flushed them down a toilet on our way to Rexburg a few weeks ago. And he's hoping that he can get his doctor to write him a prescription for a hot tub. They should pay 80%. Unfortunately, he won't be able to water ski this year since it takes at least 6 months to completely heal. And flying is pretty miserable for him. But, at least we've past the half way mark and he finally got the doors back on my cabinets - yeah, remember that project we started right before his accident? Anyways, enough of my rambling and back to my story.

Lane left today and I was feeling the need to leave the house and get the day moving faster. So the kids and I go to the library. Yay, we play and we have fun. Till we get to the car and I can't find my keys. I dig through my bag, I press my face against the windows hoping to see them, and I walk the block back to the library (horrible parking) and look there and ask every person sitting at a desk. So I head back to the car and call Lane, grateful he wasn't suppose to leave for another hour. He's coming to get me and in talking we realize that I took his set of keys for my car. He didn't have any key to my car. Where are mine (Liz's), he asks? I still don't know. Of course, he had to scold me, because the keys to his truck were on that ring and it's the only key, and how much it would cost to change the ignition. Blah, you think I care about that, well I do, but more importantly, I'm stuck out in the sun with two kids! I then start looking through my bag again and there they were, in a pocket that I had checked! I know there is someone somewhere who plays little jokes on me. I cancel Lane, then I realize, since these aren't the regular keys, they don't have a house key. And I call Lane, again, and he reminds me that we have one hidden. So I go home, find the key, and then we head back out as we were going to get a free lunch in the park. After the fun stuff there, we get back in the car (which I left unlocked, for fear of another prank) I picked up the key to make sure I still had it. And we come home. Where did that key go? I didn't see it back where I had originally put it, so I did the look all over for a key again. I was beginning to plot which window I was going to break to get into my house, when I found it sitting in the same slot I'd put it in, only on the other side. That's my life. I regularly misplace my keys. And since I regularly misplace them they are usually in the the same spots. That felt like the longest run-on sentence I've ever written. And now, I need to go find my keys, since we're meeting another temporarily husbandless friend at the park for dinner.

My Little Lynnos

So looking back at my last few posts, I realized that they've all been about Aige. Feeling a bit neglectful, I thought I needed to spend a little time on Evelyn. There are so many things I LUV about this little girl. She likes to get all cutesied up, and she likes to get me all cutesied up too. And for as girly as she is, she can definitely hold her own with the boys. Once, wrestling with Aige and Payton, she had them both pinned. She loves to dance, and I love watching her! She can talk so stinking well that sometimes I forget she's only 2. She's finally getting some hair (yippee)! I don't think there is a kid that loves dogs more than she does. And I could go on and on and on.

LOVE HER!

And her slobbery, boogery face!

T-ball and a Lilly!

Finally! Here's some pictures of Aige's T-ball game on Saturday. He only has 2 games left! I think he's enjoying himself. Of course, when your only 4, playing out in the field is a little boring. They've only been playing 2 innings, allowing everyone to bat, and last batter gets a home run. Here's my little baseball player!

Waiting with the team to bat.
Everytime he bats, it's with a different hand, which is awesome! But I think he's a little more of a natural lefty! Don't ya love those baseball helmets?! Just like all the rest of their uniform, it's a bit too big!


Yes, it can get a little boring out in the field, especially when it's the second game in 1 day (plus team pictures)! These kids (more like parents and coaches) were ready to go by the end of a long day!

Of course, we can't have all these cute little boys without Evelyn right in the middle of them!

And this is random, but beautiful! And it is growing at the side of our house, with many others, some in different colors, along with lots of roses and bleeding hearts! And we've already had our lilacs blooming, which I should have taken a picture of that bush, which is more like a tree. Sadly, Lane wants to tear it down, since it is right next to the house. Ah, but it smelled wonderful!

Where Went May?

The past few weeks have gone by so fast! We've had so many things going on! First, Aige started t-ball practice, first game is Saturday! So I'm only posting the one pic at practice, since I'm sure to take a gazillion at his first game! (I totally remember standing like he is with the mit on my head! - AH! I love baseball!)

I also went with Aige's preschool class to the zoo! Here he his petting a snake!

Wonder how much it'd cost to put a sandbox like this in my backyard, it has "dinosaur bones" in it for the kids to find!

Up close and personal with the tiger, he stood up right after I took this.

Of course, his class, with their lovely teacher, Miss Cathy!

We got ourselves a swing set! I'm so stinkin' excited about this. Sorry the pics are out of order, but I just wasn't in the mood to take the time and move them around. Lane hasn't finished it yet, since I took these pics, it now has a roof, ladder and slide. Yet to come, is a cute cottage area, picnic table, and a rock wall!

I couldn't resist posting this picture. For some reason, I totally can see just how much Evelyn looks like me. :)

My baby sis Debra was in town for the weekend so we got to play with her little baby, Isabelle, who is now two months old, and she sure looks a lot like her mom! Of course, my kids were lovin' on her the whole time.

Hopefully Not TOO Quickly!

Tonight before our family prayer, Lane and Aige were talking about what we should ask Heavenly Father for, like making good choices so when we die we can live with him again. Aige gave the prayer, and asked that we "come to Earth safely, and help us to die quickly". Try holding in the laugh for that one. Well, I guess when that time comes, and hopefully not too soon, maybe it'll be a quick departure.

Are you kidding?

Yesterday I received in the mail from Lane's insurance company a statement of what they have been billed so far for his accident. Any guesses on the total? I was a bit surprised. highlight to find out...
over $88,000!
And we're not even done! Good thing he's covered and we're not paying near that much!

Sorry, just can't think of a good title :)

So today it has been one month since Lane's accident. I was realizing that I haven't been keeping y'all up with what's been happening. He's been going to physical therapy 3 times a week- we joke because one of his first exercises was to squeeze his butt cheeks. He went back to work last week and worked two hours a day, and will gradually increase how long he goes each day. Totally doesn't sound like much, but he can't sit for longer than twenty minutes and he's not suppose to lift more than 5 pounds. I'd say he's doing pretty good. It's been nice having him home, I feel like this has been one long weekend. Now if only we could be out doing lots of fun things. I haven't watched this many movies.....ever!!
Oh, and I'm so very very excited because Aige was on a waiting list for a t-ball team, and last week they called and said they had a spot for him!! Yippee!!

Happy Birthday, Evelyn!

That's right! My "baby" is now officially two years old! So here's some funny things about little Evelyn Faye:
-She's a little chatterbox. I think she probably talks better than the average two year old. She's always been easy to communicate with, even before she was one I could ask her yes and no questions and she would answer with an "uh-huh" or "uh-uh". Really, she doesn't shut up.
-She loves to dance!! Her favorite movie is Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses. From the first time she watched it she dances along with it. She'll copy their moves. I've even taken time with her to teach her a few things, and she's very good at curtsies. Lane has become a choreographer, he'll tell her to do a few things like, put one hand behind your back, one above your head, then turn around, and now do jazz hands! And she'll do it all (funny that he's starting to learn some dance terminology). I'm so very excited to get her into lessons, I'd really like to do a mommy and me one.
-She is such a girl. IE- Getting my highlights touched up at a friends house, she walks into the kitchen where I'm sitting there with foil in my hair, she says to me, "You cute, mom!" One afternoon I'd touched up my foundation before we had company over, she noticed the change and once again, told me that "I cute" (I don't think Lane even notices when I have on eye liner-really, I think eye makeup is quite obvious ). I look forward to having shopping days and spa time with this girl, she'll make sure that I'm looking good, even when I get real old.
-As girly as she is, she can hold her own. Aige and Payton like to wrestle (as boys do), well, Evelyn gets right in there with them. The other day she had them both pinned at the same time.
-She adores Aige. When we're out and about and he's not with us she'll ask many times, "where Aige go".
-On her birthday I asked her what she wanted for breakfast and she replied, "cake!" And just before bed I told her "happy birthday, Evelyn" and she said, "happy my birthday, mommy".

Evelyn usually eats in the nake (her word for being naked, she thinks it is funny to be nake, and we somtimes call her the nake) it helps with laundry. Now I just need a dog so I don't have to clean the floor or her hands and face.

I couldn't resist making her a tutu for her b-day

So, Happy Evelyn's Birthday, everybody!

Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks!

The other night I bought a little t-ball set for the kids, ok, and me. We've had such crappy weather that we didn't pull it out until this morning. I had so much fun teaching Aige how to hold the bat, how to stand and where, and all about the game of baseball. He's a natural!! I'm super anxious to get him onto a team but am not having much luck finding something other than the little league (and I can't even get ahold of them and fear they'll want tons of money, as I know they aren't cheap). This was one of those days that I'm so glad we have a huge yard, we could spread out the bases and he was hitting the ball pretty far. Now if we can get him to remember to run to first base instead of where the ball went, we might have a pro on our hands!

We're home

We are still alive, in case any of you are wondering. It's been a crazy week and today has been the first day that I've even turned on my computer. Lane came home on Tuesday, but we shouldn't have left the hospital. They changed his pain meds as we were leaving. It was suppose to be stronger and instead made him nauseous and in more pain. I think/hope that we're finally now getting him comfortable again. Lane's mom, Terry, got here Thursday night and it's been great having her here to help. Some of the guys from work came on Saturday to help us with our cabinets. Remember we had just started that project? I really hope by the end of the week that I'll have a kitchen in the kitchen again. Right now, Evelyn's room has been designated as the cupboard. I've really been feeling so blessed by our ward, family, and friends. and I've been amazed at everyone's willingness to help us out. Really, you all are great!

Oh, Lane....

Just a few pics for ya'll, this was Sunday evening.And tonight, Monday evening:

And as I was going through the pics to choose for the blog, I found this:apparently he was bored when I went home to check on kids and grab a few more things. He was suppose to be sleeping. Lane is pretty happy on his meds. (sadly, I learned before this accident that he is really fun to be around when he's really drugged up) He'll be wearing that brace for at least the next 6 weeks when ever he's doing anything but laying down. He's been up walking around and feeling great. I almost feel like I'm in a movie. Walking hand in hand through the halls of the hospital with him walking slowly, in a hospital gown and in his back brace. But because he's been feeling so good he been up a lot and we think he's over done himself. Tonight he wasn't feeling very good at all. He's had some changes made to his meds and is now feeling better. I think there is a good chance he could come home on Tuesday, at least that's been the talk of the nurses. I'm a little nervous about it, obviously as I am not a nurse, even with my increase of spinal knowledge and vocabulary (they gave me a couple pamphlets that were very interesting). And I'm nervous how things will go with the kids. But it will be nice to be back home and thankfully my mom is here and Lane's mom will be here in a couple of days. I know we've got such a huge support group. Everyone keeps asking what they can do to help. I hardly know, I only have been focusing on the hour that we're in and what we've got going on. We're so thankful for all of you!!!