Broken Nose

Usually when I take the kids to the gym some kind of disaster occurs, usually with Ella having an accident and my workout gets cut short and it is really frustrating. So yesterday I got through my whole work out and while we were leaving the gym, Elijah decided to run out of the kids club ahead of me and swing between the arms of 2 chairs, swinging his legs back and forth. On one of his swings his legs went too high and he went face first onto the tile floor below him. It was a direct hit on his nose and it was bleeding everywhere. Meanwhile back in the kids club where I was, putting Ella's shoes on, in comes Eli screaming and bleeding all over the place. All  I can say is at least I got my work out in before this happened, and I hope he learns a lesson not to run ahead of me (like he usually does)because that is how accidents happen. He is one tough cookie though and didn't cry for too long afterwards.

We left the gym and went straight to Rockwood urgent care and they looked at it and said come back in 5 days once the swelling goes down to see if they have to fix it or not.

We had soccer pictures at 3pm and we managed to get home from the doctor, drop off  Ella, change into our uniform and make it to pictures by 3:25pm and the coach was nice enough to wait for us. We will always have a lasting memory of Eli's first broken nose. He even wanted to play in his game and scored 2 goals.

I will update with pictures over the next 5 days as we watch the swelling go down to determine if we have to go back into the doctor.

 

 

at the doctor

 

icing his nose

Team Building for Hockey

Ethan went to team building at Eastern this past weekend with his hockey team. One of the coaches was nice enough to take pictures for me. 

log balance

Soccer for Eli

Elijah got off to a slow start last weekend not really sure what to expect in his first game. Yesterday he played much better and wasn't so nervous and ended up scoring 8 goals.  Here are some pictures from his game. Ella was there to cheer him on and tried taking some pictures for me.

Go Purple Blast!

Ella posing for the camera

getting ready to score

 score!

 water break

first sports interview

watching the game with his teamates

They won! I only saw Eli smile once during the game, he is all buisness

Video of one of his goals

Color Vibe

I did the color vibe race with my good friend Stephanie and had a blast! Next year I am going to add a lot more color.

Family

 

Chris' sister Chelsea and her fiance Matt, were in Trail for a short time before leaving for the Czech Republic were Matt is playing hockey this season. Here are some family pictures we attempted to capture.

Our kids and Chris' brother Ashton

 

 

The siblings and their better halves

 

 

Chris, Chelsea, Ashton with their dad Wayne

 

Chris, Ashton and Chelsea with their grandfather Dee

 

Ashton and his girlfriend Jessica with the kids

 

Siblings

First Day of School 9-4-2012

I was able to send all the kids off to school today which I love doing. Elijah was the only one not excited for school this morning so I didn't get a morning picture, but convinced him to take one with Ella after school which is why he isn't wearing a shirt.



Christina Lake Camping

We went camping at Christina lake this weekend to watch Chris play in the Grand Forks International baseball tournament. We had a great time, watching the games, playing at the camp site and just relaxing with friends around the camp fire hearing stories and having fun!!

 

 

 

  play area for the kids at the GFI

 

 

 team warming up for their first game

 

 

 mascots

 

 

 arts and crafts to keep the kids entertained

 

 

 wasn't too excited to see these webs all along the road leading to camp

 

Eli's first time sleeping in the tent

 

 

ella found a way to get around the campground with a friend

campsite

 

 

boys found a caterpillar

cliff jumping

cascade cove at the camp site

 

last game, it was pretty late so the kids didn't last long

 

The team ended up getting fifth place in the tournament, but we had a great weekened!