Ankle update

This is Ben's leg four days after breaking his ankle.  Bruised and swollen.  He is doing okay for the most part, but the Lortab makes him tired at work and then it is hard to concentrate.  It should be nice this weekend when he can nap and do nothing.  I on the other hand will be busy keeping everything going.  He usually does a lot around the house and having him out of commission is difficult.

Cup drawer

This is the drawer Sophie has always been able to play in because it has all the plastic kid cups in it.  The other day she decided to get in it.  She loves to climb on and in everything!

Sophia also figured out how to open any door in our house.  Yesterday was very hard because she kept opening the pantry to get snacks and whenever you say the word no she cries and throws a huge fit.  Today we have a lock on it.

Peek-a-boo!

Sophia's new favorite game is peek-a-boo.  It's funny because she pushes her fingers into her face so hard and you never know how hard she will hold them there.  I love it!

Father's Day

Ben is very hard to shop for and doesn't want or need much, so this year for Father's Day we got him some M&M's with a note that said M&M (many and many) thanks for being such a great dad!

He is so nice that he shared his candy with everyone!  Since he just broke his ankle the day before we didn't do anything special, so this week we are going out to dinner and a movie.

 Here are some pictures from the past.  Ben has always been good with kids and lets them do whatever he is doing in their own way.  He makes up the best games to gets the kids laughing, and late night snacks with dad are the best!

I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband and amazing daddy to our kids.  He keeps life fun and always gets us to where we need to be with his awesome sense of direction.  I would literally be lost without him!  Happy Father's Day honey, I love you!

Camping at Ririe Dam

We went camping with a bunch of our friends that Ben works with at Melaleuca.  It's still kind of cold here, so we made sure to bring warm clothes, coats and hot chocolate.  The kids had lots of fun making smores and roasting starburst, but it was hard not to let Sophia have any of our treats because they were too hot.  She was eventually satisfied with a graham cracker and some chocolate.

One of Ben's friends brought his power kite and Ben had fun trying it out.  The bad thing is we don't usually have steady winds here, just big gusts.

A different friend brought his dad's boat up for the weekend.  This was one of the first sunny days of the year, so the water was FREEZING cold!  The kids still wanted to go tubing, so as soon as the boat was ready Ben took Sara and Brandon out on the water.

Brandon and Sara both loved being in the tube, but Brandon wanted to go fast and Sara was scared so they went very slow for her.  While the first half of the day was warm and sunny a storm blew in, so we didn't want to be out in the boat if it started raining and the wind picked up.
With nothing to do the boys got out the power kite again.  It was pretty windy and they were having fun until the wind totally died down.  They were about to put the kite away when the wind picked up again. There was a big gust when Ben was flying the kite and when he jumped the wind dragged him about 15 feet across the field.

This is Ben in massive pain in the back of the truck.  We knew we had to get him to the Urgent Care, so I ran around packing up all our camping stuff and shoving it in the van and the back of the truck.  Brandon stayed with some friends and Ben, Sara, Sophia and I drove back to town.  Luckily we were close so it only took about 30 minutes.  I dropped Sara and Sophia off at a friends house in town and got Ben to Urgent Care as fast as I could.

After they took x-rays we found out that he broke his ankle.  His fibula is shattered into five pieces with six different breaks.  Since it's the weekend they sent us home with his ankle in a big black boot and a prescription for loritab.  Ben goes in for surgery tomorrow and then starts on the long road to recovery.  What a fun filled weekend!

Pitching machine

Brandon is playing pitching machine this year and loves it!  All the games are in June, so they are done pretty quick, but he has a game every  Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.  He gets five pitches and usually gets a hit every time he bats.

He likes playing a base, but it's hard for him not to chase after the ball if it comes close to him.

At his last game he got to play catcher.  I don't know if he liked it or not- he said he got hit with the ball a lot.  I like having the games in June because it's not too hot, but sometimes we get rained on :(

Dirt and a snow cone

It was actually warm and sunny, so I had no excuse for weeds in my flowerbeds.  As soon as I put Sophia down for her nap I went outside and started pulling weeds.  When she woke up I took her out with me and she had so much fun playing with (and eating) the dirt.

Brandon came over and tried teaching her how to use the shovel, but she wanted to do it her way. She would get dirt out onto the sidewalk with her hands, then put it on the shovel and dump it off all over herself.  I love summer, but it's a lot of work bathing the kids every night because they are dirty and smelly!

Brandon is playing pitching machine this year and sometimes while we are watching the games Sara will bring some of her money and get a snow cone.  Sophie loves it of course and we have a hard time keeping the cup away from her.