Injured & Not Injured

I HAD to post this!! I wanted to post the picture of Nathan a while back but didn't have the picture of my dad & brother. Well, my dad just emailed me this picture of him & my brother.

This year my dad fell and injured his right leg, it was suggested he wear this boot to help with his healing
This summer my brother broke his ankle, sliding into base while playing baseball, he had surgery & it was recommended that he wear this boot



We went to visit my family while they were wearing these boots & when we got home THIS was Nathan for a few weeks (he is wearing an inner boot to some skate we have) pretending to have a "hurt" ankle.

Some pictures

This summer we went to the Yellowstone River to enjoy the outdoors/sun, search for agates, & the kids brought buckets & shovels to do some digging





Here is Nathan his 1st day of preschool
1st one taken at home NERVOUS about going

2nd one taken at preschool CRYING

So I'm falling

It seems I am falling behind. I still haven't posted pictures of Nathan from his FIRST day of preschool. Which wasn't as traumatic as I thought it would be.
But here is a picture of Nate & Jess for his 2nd day of preschool.

Monday will be Nathan's 5th day of preschool. I think he WILL march right in there & NOT feel bad about being away from ME for 3 hours!! Once I pry his hands off of my arm & leave, he does just fine & is actually LOVING it!! I'm enjoying listening to him sing the songs he is learning - such as I'm a little tea pot, 5 little monkeys swinging from a tree, & thumbkin. I'll have to get him to sing them for me on camera!!

Today we went fishing didn't catch anything worth keeping - here is my baby holding the baby fish I reeled in on Nathan's pole - he threw it back.

Days of School

I found a few pics on my cell phone that I took. These are of Jessica from the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd days of school.

BEFORE the float

Here is a picture of ALL of us that floated the Missouri River this week.



Back: Kayleen, Peggy Ann, Bonnie
Middle: Melissa
Front: Lorraine, ME, Sharon, and Sarah holding baby Jimmy

Come & Gone & now kids are SICK

Jessica's first day of 1st grade has come & gone. I took pictures & had every intention on posting about it. But yet I haven't done it. Nathan doesn't start preschool until Sept 9th. Jessica really LOVES school. Her teacher is Mrs. Beyer. She has a few good friends from last year in her class. Jessica was coughing a week before school started. I was thinking it was allergies. Not really sure she has allergies - just guessing. I'd been giving her benadryl. Well she isn't getting any better. And in fact she was running a fever. So I made her a DR appt yesterday Wednesday, Sept 2. She has pnuemonia. The PA heard it in her lungs & it showed in her chest xray. It is probably viral but he still gave antibiotics. We are also doing nebulizer treatments. She is going to miss the rest of the week of school to get some rest. Last night Nathan started coughing. So he is going to start nebs as well, before he gets any worse.

It is just frustrating. Pnuemonia. That was Nathan's diagnosis before he got sick & was sent to Children's Hospital in 2008. He was hospitalized twice with "pnuemonia". And now here this is Jessica's 3rd bout of "pnuemonia" in less than a year.

Totally off subject, I floated the Missouri River this week with my church friends. Nathan was upset about going to a sitter. BUT one of the mom's I floated with, her husband volunteered to watch ALL our kids!!! Crazy??!!?? He watched Nathan, Zander, Howie, Anna, Brian, & Daniel. PLUS he had his one (Callista) home too. All 7 are under 4 yrs old. We plan on floating again as a group with our families this next weekend. I'm hoping the sun will be shining bright on that day for us. The sun kept going behind clouds making for a chilly time. It took 2 1/2 hrs to float probably 2 1/1 miles. My innertube was a little small for my butt but I managed. I had never done that before & now I know what to expect for next time!! Looking forward to it. I will post pictures as soon as I get some.

Yesterday was my brother BRIAN's 29th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU!! BRIAN!!

Today is Neil's brother CHRIS's ? birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU!! CHRIS!!