Just a Wednesday afternoon in Orlando

Took the kids to Hollywood Studios after school today, formerly known as MGM Studios....

They wanted to see The Jonas Brothers in their afternoon parade. Which was all of 5 minutes, as they drove past in their cars...Yesterday we went to the Wide World of Sports complex to watch the Disney games, waited a few hours and got a bunch of autographs. Not much action on the field except some stars brothers, and occasional wave from Zach and Cody, a Jonas Brother or other people on disney channel that I have no idea who they are.

It was worth the hanging out yesterday because even though there were NO CAMERAS...They got The Jonas Brothers autographs...

So as I sat thru all this, of my own doing of course, I was thinking of all I really needed to be doing at home...blah, blah blah...I scored some MAJOR MOM POINTS. Because as we all know I don't have half as many "fun things" under my belt as Daddy does. Worth it though cause this is probably a memory they won't soon forget : )

Just a thought about field day

Ya know....I was just looking at the pictures from field day....and thought of something....that little skooter Kasey is riding around on......Well, when I was in school.....that thing was a peice of wood with 3 wheels screwed into the bottom!! As Kasey would say...."Back in the olden days" : )

awww my boys

Took this the other morning after I yelled at them for wrestling. Jack should not be having interaction with Harley, unless they are sitting still. Which means I'm yelling at them all day.

As with the girls....one of them could care less and the other showed a slight hint of having his feelings hurt. : )

Jack goes back on Thursday to have stitches removed...he chose to remove a few himself on Monday so...he also has to have 2 staples removed.

Now he's wearing this sorry looking cone. It does help in the wrestling area. Harles wants no part of it.

Pride and Joy Pet celebration

Today Kasey and I helped out at the Pride and Joy Pet Celebration...Friends of ours, David and Rick had a booth there promoting their business "Winter Park Pet Villa". We went to help out talking to people and passing out flyers and treats to the pups. Kasey had a ball all her own when we showed up and realized there were wild animals, horses and ponys, DOGS everywhere...she had a ball! She spent the first hour hanging out by the pony, Star and the horse, Jade. Of course I didn't rememer the names, she did : )

I swear if you ask her what was the name of a horse she rode 5 years ago...she'd remember.

She's going to Horse camp this summer with her cousin Chase....It is going to be an awesome experience for them.

Kasey Field Day

Here are some pictures from Kasey's field day. I requested to be taken off the water balloons so I monitered the darts, which was cake compared to the day before. I kept looking over at the water balloons and it probably was easier with the older kids but I wasn't taking ANY chances.

Erin...Field day

Erin had field day today...I helped out at the water balloon station....at first it was chaotic, but I took control after 2 classes or so. It was comical...I'd line them all up, hand out the balloons, yell for them to toss it and they'd just go at it...tossing back and forth, no order whatsoever....Needless to say (after 10 classes ) my already sore throat is a mess. Hopefully tomorrow the 4th and 5th graders will be a little more attentive and cooperative : )

Friends for more than 20 years

Just a picture of Kev and Steve and their kids and some fun times at Universal....we really enjoyed spending time this past weekend with them...

A trip to the Dentist/Jack

Yesterday Kasey and Erin went to the Dentist.....Erin had 4 baby eye teeth pulled to make room in her mouth. They say her mouth is not big enough for all her teeth. I don't buy it. ; )

Well, she was miserable yesterday. Her face was all numb for hours after the procedure and she chewed on the inside of her lip, because she couldn't feel it, she kept on biting it. Today it's a swollen, gross mess.

If it weren't for that, you can hardly notice the missing teeth since they were behind the front four ones. If you do look there are 4 nice size holes though!

Here's a picture of it....Not a great one but when I realized it was blurry...she refused to let me take another.

Jack went in for his second surgery today. I just got a call that they looked at the x-rays from the first leg and they don't like the way it's healing. The part they cut out of his leg is fusing together faster than they hoped so the second leg is going to have 2 peices cut out today. He probably has to have a third surgery in a few weeks. My Poor boy.

Well...it started out as a great day!!

Here's some pics from the beach and our day spent with the Smiths. The kids had a blast...it was so nice sitting and relaxing on the beach. Tina will kill me if I don't mention that it was VERY windy....so her hair is blowing in the wind : )

The Tudors

Anyone watching " The Tudors" on Showtime? I ordered Showtime only to be able to watch this series....And I'm so glad I did. It goes back to the book I read The Other Boelyn Girl....I wouldn't have had any interest in the series without reading this book...Check it out if you can...It's really good.
http://television.aol.com/show/the-tudors/1342027/main

Pirate Cruise

Yesterday we went on a Pirate Cruise in Clearwater. One of my friends organized it thru the moms group here and the kids had a blast!!

Best of all we got to spend time with The Smith's....Luckily they are spending Spring Break over on the Gulf Coast and were able to join us. Afterward we all went to lunch at Crabby Bills.

Tomorrow we're headed back over, this time with Kev, and spend more time with them. Tina and I haven't run together since they moved to Ohio so we'll try running on the beach tomorrow!!

Harley and Jacker are spending two nights with Grammy and Grampy.

Enjoy the pictures!

Jacks home

Jack came home today....His surgery as described by the Docter is " Left proximal segmental ulnar ostectomy and placement of a .062" kirshner wire as an intramedullary pin"

He goes back on Monday to remove the bandage. The other leg is scheduled for surgey in two weeks.

For now he's happy and we're happy that he's home.

So is Harley

Breaking my heart

This morning I brought Jack to the vet for his surgery. I meant to talk about this sooner but I've been working non-stop.

Jack got his shots about 2 weeks ago. The very next day or so afterward we noticed him limping. I didn't think much about it cause I thought it was just from the shots. Well 9 days later, he's still limping.... I call the vet and bring him in right away. Long story short, he doesn't like the feel or look of his front legs. We had commented in the past that he sometimes looked bow legged but just chalked it up to him "growing into himself". They took xrays and referred me to a specialist. I brought him there 2 days later and they said that in Jack's forearms of the two bones, one wasn't growing at the same pace as the other, causing him pain, limping and that bowed out look. It needs to be surgically fixed asap. In laymans terms...He will have a piece of the bone removed and a pin put along the bone so it will stretch with the other one. Hopefully this will heal properly and won't require more surgeries as he ages. He's having one leg done today and one leg done in 2 weeks. And I'm going to have to get a 3rd job. just kidding.

So.....I brought him this morning. He comes home tomorrow. No word yet about the surgery. He's probably in there right now.

And this brings my to my post....Harley is just the most pathetic looking sight right now and it's breaking my heart. He misses him.

Our poor little Jacker. He'll be home tomorrow.