Carson's Birthday Dog

This year Carson's Uncle Shad and Aunt Julia decided to get him a new dog! He has been wanting a new dog for a really long time now and I keep putting him off since I do not like dogs.

So this is Grendall. He was Julia's brother's dog and he ended up moving and could not take his dog with him so they were looking for a good home for him and they thought of Carson. So Julia called me and told me she had the perfect birthday present for Carson. She also told me she wanted me to be really excited about it. I told her I would be, and then she told me that it was a dog, and I said "Oh heck no!" I felt bad because I totally shot her down. But you know me, I am always a sucker and give in, so look who ended up getting the dog! He is actually a really well behaved dog and knows some tricks which the kids love. But... if anyone knows how to cats and dogs to like each other...PLEASE let me know. We are having some issues with that!

Birthday Bowling Party

Wow, I can't believe that I have an 8 year old! Where has the time gone? This year for Carson's birthday he really wanted to go bowling. Ok, easy enough I thought. So I started with only 2 friends. So any of you who know me know that I can't say no. So needless to say, we filled up the van with kids. What was I thinking??? Me with 6 kids? Ya, it was a VERY crazy time. But the kids had fun and that was all that mattered. We drove over to Richfield and went bowling, then we went out for pizza afterwards, and then headed back home. The hour ride over and back was definately interesting, and there was not a dull moment, or a quiet one for that matter!

Not Again!

This week Carson started complaining of a sore throat, but he said it wasn't too bad. We had wrestling on Thursday night, and after his match he started just laying around and saying he didn't feel good. So he came home, went to bed, got up in the morning and said he felt fine. His fever was gone, so I let him go to school (since he was begging to go). I decided that since it was a Friday, I would get him into the dr. just in case it was something. So they do the strep test, and what do you know... it's possitive! That kid and strep! I think that this is the 5th or 6th time he has had it this winter alone. It has been less than a month since he had it last time. So we will go back in two weeks and see how he is doing, and then most likely schedule a tonsilectomy, after my cruise and girls weekend of course :) He heard the word surgery and started freaking out, but I would rather just get them out and be done with it. So we'll see in two weeks what the doc says!

Baseball Team's Tribute to Jeremy

This year is going to be a different one for us not having Jeremy coaching the baseball team. His assistant coach, Jason Bullock is awesome for taking over and dealing with all the "crap" that goes with the job.


These are the hats that Coach Bullock had designed for the team this year. When he told me what he was having done, it almost made me cry. If you can't tell in the pictures, there is a yellow ribbon sewn into the hat with the initials JT in the ribbon.


As a team, they are wearing these hats to show their support to Jeremy as a coach, and also to show their support of where he is, and what he is fighting for.

So before I sent this hat to Jeremy, I thought it would be cute for the kids to all have their pictures taken in it. They had fun doing this and were excited to send it to their dad. Carson was quite the little poser for me, really getting into it. Who knows, maybe we have a little model in the making :)