Our First of Many.....

I am going to try and retell this story in the gory, traumatic way that it happened. So, you can fully have the experience with us :0)

It all started with the typical day...Rylee got home from school, we got her homework done and then she went off to play Mario with Luke on the Wii. Morgan arrives home about an hour later. She is upstairs doing homework, yelling for me to help. Joslyn asks for her 20th snack of the day. She settles in on the kitchen chair at the table eating a snack and watching Mario on the Ipad (can you tell me kids are obsessed with Mario lately). 

While, I am upstairs helping Morgan there is a crying, then screaming, then BLOODY murder screaming that comes from the kitchen. As I leap down the stairs, I think only touching 3 stairs of the 12, to see Jos on her knee's on the ground, covering her mouth...SCREAMING!!! As I scooped her up, trying assess the situation..by then the other kids running to see what happened. At this point we know it is the mouth region and there is a GROSS AMOUNT of blood, running from Joslyn's hand covering her mouth. At that point I am trying calm Joslyn down and still don't know where the blood was coming from. 

Rylee comes running up and asked what happened, I tell her I have no idea and am trying to figure that out...Rylee sees the amount of blood and starts screaming and yelling, that I need to do something..and points out how much blood is coming out of her mouth..while muttering is JOSLYN GOING TO DIE....Joslyn at that points starts crying even harder because she was GOING TO DIE.....SERIOUSLY PEOPLE WORK WITH ME . I send Rylee of to get the DARKEST colored rag (learned that from my Mom, so they don't see the amount of blood)..we sop up the blood and see that her top bottom lip is cut. So, we sit and cuddle for a minute letting Josyln suck on ice...but I noticed that there is still blood dripping down her chin...WHAT!?!?!? Where the heck is that coming from...as I assess the situation again, I notice that there is a cut on the outside of her bottom lip. Yep, you guessed it, her top teeth went through her entire bottom lip...it was a straight cut.

I had no idea where any urgent cares were, so I yelled for Morgan to come and hold Joslyn, so I could call around and get addresses and such...I totally not using the best judgement at this time, tell Morgan that her teeth had came all the way through her bottom lip and she would probably need stitches and she needed to hold her while I found out where to take her.....YUP, not smart telling her what happened. Morgan starts crying and freaking out...so, I looked her in the eye and as a sweet mother told her, " YOU NEED TO GET IT TOGETHER AND HOLD YOUR SISTER".....it took me about 10- 15 minutes to call and get all the info I needed to take Jos to the urgent care.

Luckly, Morgan was able to watch the kids, start dinner and put them to bed. Boomer was in town, but was at a meeting, missing all the fun action.

The next part I will spare you the LLLOOOONNNNGGGG details. After 2 hours waiting, the doctor said, they couldn't stitch it and that it would heal nicely in a few days. By the time we got home Jos and I were starving, this all happened at 5:30. We washed up the rest of her blood stain and sent her to bed. She woke up with a puffy lip, and her top tooth hurting (she keep touching her tooth to see if it still hurt throughout the day). We put medicine on her lip band aided her up and sent her to Preschool. because she was not about to miss VALENTINE'S day!!!

The part that helped the best, was the lady that checked us in at the urgent care, did the same thing when she was little and showed Joslyn the scar. So, Jos new what to expect. 

So, after all the crazy moments Jos has a sweet little mark, still healing. She was a trooper. Rylee called a few times while we were at the urgent care needing to talk to Joslyn to make sure was okay and not dying. Funny girl!!! She was greeted with lots of love and hugs when we got home.

OH, I forgot to write what she did for her teeth to come through her lip. I didn't find this out till we got to the urgent care, when Joslyn was finally calm and could talk. She was just scooting up on the chair and fell off hitting her chin on the arm of her chair. Obviously just perfect enough to send her teeth through her lip.

Here is her sweet little freckled face and a healing cut....

AH, The Smell of FUN!!!!

We had a fun evening roasting marshmallow's on our fire. It was sooooo YUMMY, I could do that every night :0) The kids had a blast!!! We need to get some metal hangers, probably not the best to use WOOD skewers on a FIRE!!! 

Boomer's First Race

Boomer has been getting back into racing. He has missed the sound of a motorcycle going around a track, the feeling of leaving the earth for just a minute flying over the doubles or the feel of tree branches smacking you in the face, racing down the mountain side. He doesn't have time for those types of races, YET. So, he decided to take advantage of this amazing track we have in town and race BMX bikes for now. He has so much fun on any kind of bikes, its in his blood!!!

Morgan's First YW Overnighter

Morgan and the Young Women of our church, went for an overnight to Ruidoso, NM. It's a quaint little city in the mountains, about 3 hour drive. She had so much fun, getting to know the other girls. They did projects, shopped and giggled the night away. Rylee of course had a hard time saying goodbye. Morgan was going to be away for 2 WHOLE NIGHTS!!!!

The picture with Joslyn and Lany (Redhead) she is one of Joslyn's high school teachers over at her Preschool. They just fall into each other's arms every Sunday!!

BMX

Rylee has recently gotten into BMXing and she is addicted, that little competitive spirit, she inherited from her father has kicked in...she LOVES IT!!! I took some pictures at her last practice, it was a brisk 41 degree's with the coldest breeze. The pictures were a little blurry because of the lighting....but at least you can see her in action. Her Dad is trailing behind her the whole time...

The cheering section, they would scream from the fence line, "GO RYLEE, GO RYLEE, GO RYLEE."

More Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving Day, is always so fun at Robbie's Parents home. They are so welcoming and open their home to us, AND THE FOOD IS YUMMY!!! Here is a picture of Boomer and Robbie eating the juicy skin off the turkey.

Robbie's Dad LOVES to decorate for Christmas!! He starts decorating the day after Halloween. He actually on the news with his house shown after we had left. Here are the boys helping him get Santa on the roof.

The kids had another fun day riding all the toys. Robbie brought some of his toys over on Thanksgiving, an ATV and a little 50s motorcycle. The golf cart actually died, because it ran out of charge, it has never been ridden that much.

Boomer and Robbie had fun playing on their 

jump they made a few days before.

Rylee really wanted to ride Remi's little 50 motorcycle. She got on and took off and didn't want to stop. She loved it. I have to tell you the funniest part, the picture of her driving away with her legs totally straight out. She didn't know there were pegs for her feet. It looked funny has she was riding away. She figured it out.

Boomer an Robbie got serious and put their helmets on and went at it...they would get a straight away to the jump and take off together and see who got to the jump first. It was really funny to watch!!

This is what Luke looked like by the end of a non stop, FUN, PLAYING all day!!!

The picture does NOT give Joe's decorations justice in how beautiful it is all lite up. The kids were so excited waiting for the lights and the decorations to blow up. It is so fun. My favorite is the smiley face on the bunker.

I really wanted to go see an old Plantation House. So, the next day Robbie took us to see one. It is the old "ROSEWOOD" place. The small house on the side, were the "HELPS" housing. It was pretty amazing. Someone I believe is restoring the Plantation. There was a lot of people moving around on the property. The crazy thing is we tried to look up the history on the place and couldn't find a lot. All we could see was this is a few plantation put together. It was a beautiful sight. Next time, I want to go through a tour at some of the other ones near by, there is even a HAUNTED one....

In the bottom picture check out the old carriage...

Another traditon we have going to Louisiana is going to PRO BASS SHOP, we take the kids to get a picture with Santa. The store sets up a winter wonderland for the kids, its pretty amazing. Look how awesome the carousel is..wildlife animals, it was so cool!!

Joslyn got to see another Alligator Gar, so exciting!!!

Joslyn is obsessed with Billy The Kid, we went to a museum last summer and she was hooked. Click HERE for the pictures of our trip. She really wanted to go to the place that Billy was shot and also wanted to see his grave sight. I know crazy, she is 4!! So, on our home we surprised her and took her to his grave sight the place they say he was shot. SHE WAS SOOOOOO EXCITED!! She got a billy the Kid postcard in her stocking, she couldn't wait to get it home and hang it up.

Thank you to Robbie and Remi for another FUN trip!! And to Pawpaw and Nana for opening their house once again to us. You are so WONDERFUL and make us feel right at home. Thanks you for ALL the great food!! WE LOVE Y'ALL!!

THANKSGIVING, Louisiana STYLE!!!

We went back to Louisiana for Thanksgiving to visit Boomer's buddy, Robbie and his daughter Remi. We were able to stay over a week and see a lot of Louisiana this time. It was a such a fun trip!! 

We were hanging out at Robbie's this day and playing with the four wheeler. The kids had so much fun taking turns riding with Boomer.

Robbie has a kitty, and he said that it never stopped it ran up the wall and around the house. While we were their the kitty was loved, hugged and kissed ALL DAY LONG!! The kitty slept and slept and slept. It was pretty funny that my kids wore the poor thing out.

The pond is in the backyard of his house. I love the water feature, very relaxing. BUT, NO ALLIGATORS, bummer!!!

We had to go to Robbie's parents house to say, "Hi", the kids were so excited to see them. They are the sweetest, nicest people I have met. They welcome us in their home with open arms.

They have all kinds of fun toys to play on. The kids NEVER stop at their house.  I love the lower picture, it shows all the toys going at once. They have a 3 acre lot that also connects to a churches lot, so lots of open space to ride.

One of the most favorite thing they have is an old bunker house.

One of my favorite pictures is the upper right, Nana went to go some chairs for us to sit on, so Luke followed her and picked up a chair and helped her. Such a big boy!! They have a big sand hill that kids loved to play on. The other thing they love to do is there is a bunch of tree's that got blown down from Hurricane Katrina, and Jos loved climbing and singing on the logs.

And, of course golfing was A LOT. Luke loved golfing with his Dad and Robbie. Look at that cute little bum in the air, teeing up!!!

Robbie's Dad made us some Jambalaya. OH MY GOODNESS, this stuff was absolutely YUMMY!!! We couldn't get enough of it. We took it home and ate it everyday for lunch. I got the recipe and can't wait to make it. Thanks, Daddy Vallot.

After everything had been ridden. Boomer and Robbie decided to hit the golf balls with a baseball bat. Funny, boys. The funny part is how SORE they were after the day...a couple of old men :0)

We went to New Orleans for a day. It was so fun. The history and HUGE old buildings was amazing. Our first stop was a fun mardi gras store, the kids loved it. They had fun trying all the face masks and funky hats on.

Robbie took us to a well known cafe that New Orleans is known for, its BEIGNETS. This place was huge and PACKED with people, no sitting anywhere. And all they serve is coffee and beignets. Which is somewhat like a donut, deep fried dough and thrown into powered sugar. The bag is half way full of powered sugar,  I couldn't imagine how much powered sugar they go through in a day.

This is one of the street statue guys. He was so funny. He came over and gave the kids a sucker. As he walked back over to his stage, Boomer and Robbie gave the girls a dollar to put in his bucket. Luke saw the girls putting something in his bucket, but didn't realized it was a dollar. So, he got up and went over and put the sucker in the guys bucket that he just gave him, he thought that was what everyone was giving back. The guy looked and just laughed, along with everyone else watching. It was so funny. The performer, bent down and grabbed a dollar out of the bucket and gave it to Luke. 

A little further down the street a lady had all kinds of instrument set up for the kids to play on, they LOVED it. We couldn't get them to stop, it was great. 

The church in the collage is the The St. Louis Cathedral was first built in 1789. It was added to 3 more times, the last was in 1850. It was such an amazing building.

We took a carriage ride around the French Quarters. 

The history was amazing, a house built for Napoleon as a refuge in 1797. Napoleon never made it to the home, but the name stuck. Now it is a famous bar in the French Quarters.  And of the course the famous Bourbon street. I only had to cover the kids eyes once and make them look away, thank goodness it was during the day.

All of this information, I had to look up online because, I couldn't understand our driver. The kids many times kept turning to me and ask if he was speaking ENGLISH, it was that bad. He kept telling us, "that each building is special in its own way"...but, it is only funny if you have Robbie or Boomer saying it. Good times. 

This is Jackson Square, it was a beautiful park in the heart of the French Quarters. Named after Andrew Jackson. Ya, don't ask about the picture in the upper right, I thought it was funny. I obviously had something funny to share and it got on camera.

We walked over to the Mississippi river. It was so beautiful and very busy with all kinds of boats.  It was fun watching all the different freight liners, steamboats, paddle wheelers and tug boats, cruising the water.

We walked down the river for awhile looking at the sights. Remi and Rylee stopped to dance in a pavilion. It was great,

Robbie took us to the Aquarium just off the river. Joslyn's number one goal coming to Louisiana was to see an alligator gar, for those who aren't familiar with an alligator gar, it is a fish that has an appearance of an alligator. Robbie made her dream come true showing her the alligator gars and the aquarium. Joslyn was sooooo excited.

One of my LEAST favorite things in the world is a "Bird Atrium"..why would you buy food and hold it for birds to fly on you...so creepy. The kids wanted to go to the atrium so bad, I tried to get out of going in, but they wouldn't let me stay out. I have to say the funniest part was when Robbie got pooped on his head (sorry Robbie) at least it was the bald guy and not in our hair :0) it wiped off quick with him :0) Rylee liked it as much as I did, she was a champ holding the food, but as soon as a bird jumped on she was done. Remi and Boomer I think were the ones with the most birds on them.

I have more pictures of Thanksgiving, they will be posted soon :0)