Some Summer Fun

Earlier this week the babysitter asked if she could keep the boys a few hours longer on Thursday night. She wanted to take all of her daycare kids to a friends house to swim. Of course the boys were super excited. Nathan had never been in a pool bigger than our blue stock tank that's chest deep on him.
Blake has been to pools at hotels with his grandparents a couple times but isn't a good swimmer (which really bugs me but I have a plan to change that). So we sent the boys to daycare with their swim attire and knew they would have fun. Was I nervous about them both being at a big pool with out me yes but I knew they were in good hands.

A little after 6 last night I started getting pictures and videos sent to me of the boys swimming. Blake went down the slide and loved it. Nathan jumped off the side of the pool if he held on to someones hand. I was proud of them and they had tons to tell us when they got home after 8 last night.

I am glad they had a good time and I think there will be more evening trips and hopefully I will be able to go along next time.

We have a friend who has a big above ground pool and we plan on taking the boys there some next weekend to swim. I think Blake will catch on quick in a decent size pool that is deeper than our tiny one.

I was a fish when I was a kid always swimming and in the water and I hope my kids enjoy it as much as I always did.

Nathan picked those goggles out last weekend when he went to the store with his dad... They are a bit big but he likes them and looks pretty cute in them.

 

Random Things.......

Its been a LONG time since I posted.. didn't think anyone would want to hear about how boring my last few weeks have been.

So I will post some random things that's happened lately and what's coming up.

*I have 8 days 18 min and 25 seconds until my doctor appointment July 2. Yes I created a countdown reminder on my phone.

*Blake will be 8 in less than a month where the heck has time gone!!!!!!!!! I need to start planning for his birthday party and creating the menu. Need some new fun things to try. I get tired of the same rut of the same side dishes each party...


*Who knew that every muscle in your body could be angry all at once?? Apparently using crutches can make muscles you didn't know you had hurt. Guess the only way to look at it is its a workout.. Would rather be outside running or using my weights or bowflex but hey maybe I will get some killer defined arms after all this.

*Also if anyone hears me complaining about my big calf muscles ever again smack me... I have always disliked them because I thought they were to big ugly etc. And couldn't wear the cute knee high boots you see in the store an online. However those strong calf muscles (and big thigh muscles) have helped me get around with fairly little discomfort the last few weeks.

*And who knew that in 4 weeks you could lose a lot of muscle mass. I really should take a picture of my legs side by side to see the huge difference in my calf muscles!

*Miss my Independence and being able to drive like crazy. However my husband said today he sort of likes riding to work with me and the kids and may continue... I gave him a look and he rephrased it saying maybe a couple days a week.

*Nathan has been growing like a little weed and is a big story teller. He will talk your ear off and tell you all about everything. We picked the kids up a couple weeks ago from my parents house and he told me guess what bubba did. I said what. He proceeded to tell me about them hitting a big bump and jumping a hill on the buggy thing (similar to a John Deere Gator). I was like really hmm. Blake gets in the car and Nathan says tell mommy what you did today when we were riding in the buggy. Blake goes oh nothing happened we ran over a mole hill and it was rough...

*I am really really missing working on the ambulance.  Hadn't really talked to anyone I worked with since I broke the bone. Actually figured none of them knew. I had told my captain, boss and one other girl. And I guess they all have heard by now. I talked to one medic via texting Friday and he teased me telling me I was the first at the base to ever be put on the fugitive injured list.

*Still have nightmares about my jump. Still worried that I won't be able to get back to working out and doing races. Know that once I get the ok to train that I need to sign up for a couple races to get back out there. And I think I will sign up for a mud run or a all girls mud/obstacle course race. I WILL NOT do the fugitive run again. I may go cheer friends on that want to try it but I won't get out there.

*Very ready to getting back to being able to cook and to eat more than quick fix dinners like hotdogs, fish sticks and frozen pizzas. I have to give hubby credit he's trying but can't multi task. Laundry gets piled up and we won't even discuss the kitchen disaster with dishes and stuff everywhere.... But he's getting a huge taste of what I did daily and was expected to cook dinner after long day of work get kids fed bathed, laundry done keep up with dishes and cleaning all week.

*We both took a vacation day for Blake's bday next month and are taking the boys to the zoo and it will be kept as a surprise until the day of. I also took the day before that off so I can have some time with just the kids and we can play outside in their pool and they can be well rested for the zoo trip.

Counting the days.......

I am counting the days until  my next Dr. Appt...... 22 left and I hope he tells me its healed and I can get back to my normal routine and busy life.

Never ever do I ever want to break another bone or fracture anything the rest of my life. I don't do well being told sorry you can't drive you can't work your emt job and well you can't do much of anything you normally do.

Who would have thought a person would miss working out and miss getting runs/walks in on lunch breaks. Now all those days that I opted not to go I wish I would have just went because now I can't and it sucks.

Then there's the little things like not being able to carry much of anything oh and missing out on my occasional morning fountain dr peppers. My husband don't get that fountain soda is better than the bottle or why I am picky on which gas station my fountain drink comes from. Maybe its just me and I am weird who knows.

My mood has been really really blah the last two weeks and lots of the negative thoughts that I had worked so hard to block out came flooding back. On top of that there's eating and trying to make myself eat. In my mind if I eat and can't move around and exercise I will gain tons of weight.

I haven't been on a scale since May 28 and its making me crazy not knowing my weight. I honestly think its the first time since I was probably 10 that I have went this long without weighing.. Yes that's 20 years...

This last week I begged and pleaded to get to go to the auction on Saturday. Most people thought it was a dumb idea even though it was no different sitting in a lawn chair than on the couch alone at home. By Friday my husband told me that if I could find a ride there and home I could go but that he wasn't happy about it. Of course was no problem finding a ride so at 5:45 am I got out of the house for a whole day for the auction and got home after 7 that night.

Who knew getting out and with friends could improve your mood and attitude I behaved myself and stayed in the lawn chair 98% of the day. Friends that were real close to me knew how much I needed to get out and do the auction and knew it would help my mood. I still hated having to ask anyone to bring me something to drink or eat which was silly. They all asked me tons of times the whole day if I needed something. Made me realize that I have some pretty great friends.

I am getting steadier on the crutches but they still SUCK big time my underarms no longer hurt but the palms of my hands do but I am no longer dying when I get to where I am going. Makes me sooooo glad that I had been working out and had done lots of cardio and glad for all the pushups I had been doing.

I did get some sun on Saturday so I will have a nice tan on one whole leg and upper part of the other and all of my arms well once the red goes away.

I had been told for months that I needed to slow down that I was trying to do way to much maybe if I would have listened to them I wouldn't be where I am now. I know everything happens for a reason but well not sure about this reason. One friend tells me its to learn patience and to let go and let others help (I am still failing in this area) and one friend told me its good for my husband to see what I really do and how much I do. However the stuff that's not getting done that I normally do is piling up and driving me crazy. But I am trying not to worry about it to much.

Very ready for July 2nd to get here and I will be counting down the days and have already decided that my time of obstacle course racing is probably over. May try a mud run next year but thinking the foam runs or color runs may just have to be my "fun" races.

Memorial Weekend

I haven't been in the mood to blog lately in fact haven't been in much of a mood for anything.. However I had never taken time to post about the fun parts of Memorial weekend and the annual pig roast.  The boys had a blast as usual and were very very worn out by the end of the 3 day weekend. But they had fun made friends and were happy to play in the dirt run ride bikes oh and have soda.

I have no pictures from them going to shoot the pig since I wasn't there but heard they had a good time. I got there late Saturday afternoon not long before the fish fry was to start.

Would have loved to have a more close up picture but that would have involved walking across the field. I am not sure how many kids were on the tractor with Dwayne both of mine were and I think at least 6 others. Of course the kids thought it was awesome and I was surprised by boys were ok with sharing their Dwayne and tractor with others :)

All of the kids loved getting in these pieces of pipe and being pushed all over. This was pretty late at night and Nathan was doing what ever he could to stay awake. I got both kids laid down and asleep by around 11pm and they both slept sound in the back of the durango until around 7 the next morning. We stayed up the whole night "watching" the pig cook. Kenny and Nate didn't think I could hang with them and stay up and I was out to prove them wrong! I dozed off a couple times for about an hour total the whole night and they never said anything but I think they were shocked I lasted out there with them.

The boys had picked out bright orange Duck Dynasty shirts from Walmart to wear on Sunday for the pig roast. I am a big of an odd parent when there are over 30 kids running around I like to have mine in bright shirts so I can see them quickly from a distance. Or know if my kids are behaving.

The shirts were tshirts with sleeves and well the boys just didnt like that. They had to be like the "big" guys and have cut off shirts. So yes I took their brand new shirts over to Chad and Todd and  had them cut the sleeves off. The boys were super happy and well I figured after a day in the dirt and playing they would be stained and never look the same again.

I don't know how many miles Nathan rode his bike but he rode it non stop day and night from Saturday until Monday afternoon! As soon as I am back to my normal and get the ok to workout I am heading to walmart and buying a bike! Two boys that love to ride I wont pass up that opportunity. Riding a bike was all I lived for when I was a kid rode everyday in summer from time I woke up til I went to bed. Happy to see my boys love it too.

Nathan in the pipe again. I had heard two adults got in this the night before but I missed it or I would have taken pictures or videos. Neither of the two that were in there were small guys would have made for a good picture for the paper when they were turning 50 :)

Getting the pig off the grill about two seconds after this picture was taken the table was surrounded by guys cutting the pig up and it was very yummy this year.

Nathan found him a new friend and she loves corn on the cob as much as him. They both ate like 3 or 4 ears during dinner. She is only a month or two older than him and a super sweet little girl. Nathan ate about 3 more ears after lunch! Sure hope our 7 rows of corn in our garden produce I have a boy who loves corn as much as me!!!!

This was almost all the kids that were at the pig roast this year we counted about 6 or 7 that wasn't in the picture. Saturday night we counted 30 that were at least age of 2 or over and there were several little ones and babies as well. Neat to see this picture and wonder if they will carry on the tradition of the annual pig roast. Those of us in our late 20's and 30's are carrying it on and I hope that our kids do the same when we get older.

Nathan told me he wasn't tired. But he climbed up in my chair and when I turned around he was out! We went home to sleep in our beds on Sunday night even though the boys didn't want to but they woke up full of energy and ready to go on Monday.

It was a great weekend full of fun times getting to sit and talk with people you sometimes only see once a year. Most all of the people there live fairly local but with busy lives kids work and life we rarely get to see many of them. Hope this tradition continues for years to come!!