Another Specialist Appointment

We went to Calgary this morning for another appointment with Dr. White to check on Lennard's wrist.  Thankfully, my parents stayed over last night so that they could watch the kids for us so that we could be on the road just before 7:00.  We were a little worried about the road conditions as it had snowed lots yesterday, but once we got past Claresholm the roads were good.  We made good time and were able to get in for his CT scan a bit early.  As usual, we ended up waiting for Dr. White though.  In his own words - "I'm always running behind!".

He looked at the CT scan and after reviewing all the different views, he said that it looks like Lennard's wrist is starting to bridge on the one side and that he can see some calcification.  Dr. White says that it's about 25% healed.  So... another cast went on!  He has to go back in 5 weeks to see where it's at and then they'll decide where to go from there.

It's been 5 months since his accident!  So crazy to have had a splint/cast for that amount of time.  At least it's beginning to heal this time.  Here's hoping it continues!!

After we got done at the hospital, we popped over to the passport office to get our passports renewed. We were a little worried when we got there because the waiting room was full of people.  Amazingly we were in and out of the office in about ten minutes!  We'd barely sat down when they called us up.  Hooray!  We should have them back before the middle of March.  We're hoping/planning on attending our 20 year mission reunion.  (Yikes!)  Not sure how it's been that long already.  Makes me feel 'old'!  lol

Where Are We Going to Put it All?!

Last night the moving truck with a bunch of Lennard's dad stuff arrived!  This morning, we loaded all the boxes for us into the house and started unpacking.  He gave us a LOT of kitchen stuff (we now have Corelle dishes to serve 40+).  We managed to get the majority of it put away and it looks a whole lot better than what it did in this picture!

 We also got a new-to-us couch that the kids (and their friends) are in love with!

In the afternoon, we went in to Lethbridge and got a bunch of errands done. We were going to go bowling or something, but the day got away from us, so we just got bins to organize the kids stuff and another organizer for out at the hangar.

Thanks for sharing Dad!  The kids love their new dressers!!

Family Day and a Week Off School

Keeping the kids 'entertained' became a little easier when I decided to try out making Flubber.  It's white glue mixed with water and then borax (dissolved in water) all mixed together.  It makes a big ball of flubber that can be rolled out or just played with.  Ben's favorite thing was making huge bubbles with it.  The nice thing with it is that it's super easy to clean up!

 Friends decided to join in on the fun in the afternoon and they enjoyed playing with it too.

We are so blessed to have such good neighbors that are good friends to our kids!

Cuteness Overload

Emma was so excited to get to wear her new dress today.  She requested french braids for her hairdo. I had to laugh when she started strutting around and looking at herself in the mirror.  I made her stand  for a photo and she did her own poses!  (She melts my heart!)

Then, I asked Ben to stand for a photo... he informed me that he wanted to do his own 'man' pose... and this is what I got!  lol  What a cute boy!  Seriously could give him kisses all day long!

Literacy Day

The kids got to wear their pajamas to school today and the entire school had a huge Literacy Day.  I was excited to find pictures of both Emma and Ben that were taken that day and posted on the school's page!  I love that Ben and his 'reading buddy' have matching pajamas!  Emma was thrilled that she even got to wear her slippers at school!

 

Valentine's Day

Emma has been so excited for Valentine's Day that we've had multiple cards drawn for us throughout the past two weeks.  Emma gave me this one on Sunday.  I love finding notes and cards from her... especially with her 'words of wisdom' in them!  She is such an amazing little girl and I am blessed to be her mommy. 

(FE = From Emma)

It was a super, crazy, busy day today!  I was in charge of Tasting Tuesday at the Elementary School this morning, so I had to be at the school (with the kids) by 8:00.  I got everything set up in good time and we were done by just after 9:00 since we were doing grape tomatoes and didn't have to cut/prep anything.

Then, I had to go get Elaine H so we could go visiting teaching.  We got done just in time for me to run to Extra Foods and buy some treats for Emma's class party this afternoon (since I didn't have time to make anything).  I raced back up to the school, dropped off the treats, and picked Ben up from kindergarten.

We got lunch and then had to go get groceries and the mail.  On the way back, we stopped in at the shop to see Lennard for a few minutes.  After I got everything put away, I had a few minutes to breath while making Valentine treats up for Emma's dance class!

It was my turn to drive for carpooling to dance class, so as soon as Emma was dressed and ready to go after getting home from school, we were on the road to pick up kids and get them to dance.  I then had one whole hour by myself sitting in the van!  Silence is golden!

We didn't get home until 5:30 and by then I was done.  I'd taken stuff out for dinner, but I just couldn't make myself put everything together knowing that it would be another hour before I could get everything done and the kids were already complaining that they were starving!  We ended up going out for Chinese food and thankfully both kids ate well.  I was so tired that, once the kids were in bed, I was more than happy to call it an early night.

Another Project

My parents arrived at the airport this afternoon with another project!!  They got everything to start building another RV-10 (four seater airplane!).  We helped them unload all the crates into their hangar and then they couldn't wait to crack open some of the crates!  The kids were just as excited and got to be the first one to try out the seat cushion foams.  So much fun (and so much work!)

Can't Stop Laughing!

I seriously can't stop laughing!  I was in the kitchen and could hear Emma and Ben playing 'house', but when I started hearing them say something about feeding the baby I peeked in and this is what I saw!  LOL  Too funny!  Ben was giggling the whole time and Emma was shushing him.  Ha! Ha!  Definite blackmail picture right here!  Such funny kids.

Crazy Snow!

The snow started falling Sunday and pretty well hasn't stopped!  It's nuts!  We've got over two feet of snow!  School was cancelled yesterday and because school was cancelled so was gymnastics. Unfortunately, Lennard had to go back to work!  Boo!  He's been off for the last four weeks since his surgery on his wrist and it has been wonderful having him home.  I think in some ways he was ready to go back to work, but in lots of ways he wasn't.  He still can't do much there, so it's pretty frustrating for him.

The kids and I hung out in our pajamas for most of the morning.  We had German pancakes for breakfast and just enjoyed a lazy day.  Pretty soon the doorbell rang and the neighbor kids were asking for Emma and Ben to come out and play in all the snow!  They threw on their winter gear and headed outside.  There is so much snow that it's hard for them to walk in it.  They played for quite a while and then all came inside our house to warm up.

It's been a super chill day - without a whole lot getting accomplished.  Sometimes, you just need days like that... right?!  lol

School was on today, but our street is so packed with snow I was worried I'd get stuck in the van, so I walked the kids to school.  It's a good thing we walked too because they were clearing snow in front of the school and there were huge windrows of snow that the kids would have attempted to climb.  We ended up walking to the end of the block where it was plowed and got in to the school that way.  It was really cold too!  I managed to get the van out and get Ben from kindergarten and then I picked Emma up a bit early from school so that she could get changed and get to her dance class in Mountain View.  They usually don't have classes when school is cancelled (which Mountain View school was again today), but Stephanie decided to have one big class at 3:00-4:30.  The only issue is that the Cardston kids don't get out of school until 3:00!  I got Emma changed and ready for her ride... and then they were a little later getting here than expected - and then they got stuck!  I'm sure she'll only get about 45 minutes of the 1 1/2 hour class, but at least we tried!

Ben's martial arts registration night is coming up next week.  We have to decide whether or not we'll put him in for one or two nights a week.  Lennard really wants to put him in twice a week so that he'll learn and remember the moves a bit better.  I'm just not sure I'm ready for another activity going on twice a week.  Yikes.

Our ward temple night was supposed to be tonight, but with all the snow, the bishop cancelled it and it will probably be next week sometime.  At least that frees up our evening.  I attempted to shovel our driveway this afternoon, but I only got about 1/3 done before I was too cold to keep going.  It was about -22 and then the windchill on top of that.  Brrrr!

Anyways - that's our life in a nutshell the last little while.

Ben's off playing at the neighbor's house.  Emma's at dance class.  Lennard's picking up airplane stuff from Babb... and I should be cleaning up and getting dinner on the table.  Oh well... I'm updating the blog instead!

More Time at the Hangar

Spent some more time out at the hangar today.  We picked up lunch and ate there and then got some more riveting done.  The kids got to improvise a chess board to keep entertained!  It ends up being more of a chance for them to fight with each other, but they are catching on to the game.