Today is going to be a day full of cleaning, okay well maybe only this morning. I got up early this morning to start tackeling rooms that seem to get neglected during the busy week. I went and got myself a cup of coffee to get me rollin. As I walk out of the pantry I relize that I still have some Christmas decorations up in the great room. Hmmm anyone else find this a problem?? Add that on the to do list today :)

Fun Pics

We went from having a crazy busy hockey weekend with Austin in Pierre and the other boys in Sioux Center today. That all got cancelled due to the freezing rain that we have been having. Let me say it was sure nice sleeping in this morning. Not a lot on the agenda today but housework and maybe do some baking. Tomorrows games are still on in Yankton as far as we know. So we will take advantage of this little break we have today.

HI VAL T. GAME ON!!!!!

Sean had this on his phone and it made me smile. Sean the kids and I had so much fun playing out in the snow over Christmas vacation. We all need to take more time and act like a kid once in awhile it is a lot of fun!!

Happy Birthday Grandma

The 18th would of been Grandmas birthday. I love her so much and I miss her everyday. I sure wish Miss Grace would of gotten to know her as well as her brothers did. But we will tell her all sorts of stories about her Great Grandma Lil (also her name sake) Absolutely an amazing lady she was that is for sure.

Shirley Cross, Grandmas best friend passed away on Grandmas birthday after a long battle with cancer. Now they are laughing just like they used to together.

Hunter had his one week check up today with his orthopedic doctor. They did an xray and that was really interesting to see how the pins are in his hand. Okay I will be honest it was really kind of strange to see them. The great thing is he is on the right road for recovery. We will go back again in two weeks for yet another xray. The Dr will be out the week he is supposed to get his cast off. So he will either get it off in two weeks or have it an extra week. To be honest I guess I would rather have it on an extra week to be safe. I know if it is off we yes including me will be wanting him to skate at the state tourney. So for Hunter sake I hope it stays on so we know he is completely healed. But I am not the Dr and I will leave it all up to his judgement.

On another note I was supposed to go to S. Falls today for my three month check up with my Endocrinologist. Sean and I both agreed with the fog and slick roads it would be best to reschedule. With that said I had no idea the next available appt was the end of June. So I guess the end of June it is for my 3 month check up or should we say my 3 month that is now going to be a 9 month check up. Good thing I have been feeling pretty good lately.

What a fun family weekend we had in Minnesota. The boys or I should say Logan had three hockey games. Hunter was "assisting" the coach for the games. I am thinking he was happy too after the boys got their butts chewed in the locker room after game two. They lost the first two games on saturday, which meant they had an 8 o'clock game on Sunday. Whatever the coach said on Saturday after game two worked thats for sure. The boys came out and played very hard. Logan had two goals which lead to a winning score of 7-2. GO RANGERS!! We are away again next weekend for the Pee Wee's and the Mites. Gotta love hockey season I know we are really enjoying it this year.

Things have been awesome here!! Hunter is such a trooper and went to school on Wednesday. His pain isn't extremely high but would say there is discomfort. He said it hurts where they put the pins in and if he bumps it then it really hurts.
We are off again this weekend for hockey we are going to have a great family weekend. Thank you Heath for staying at our house and taking care of Zoey and Gage this weekend we truly appreciate it.

With Him

We are now back in the room with him now. He is barely awake, Sean is trying to talk to him now. But definately not getting much of a response from him. His complaint is his headache, they did tell us he said he was nauseated they gave him something for that and two narcotics for the pain. Makes me sad seeing him just lay here in a hospital bed. He is on his second bag of IV fluid.

His cast is almost to his elbow and he has three fingers showing. The cast is white, yikes scared to see how nasty it will be by the time 4 weeks is up.

While walking back to see him the nurse said that he is such a polite young man and kept telling her he is sorry. :(

Still Waiting....

The nurse just came out and said it will be a good half hour before we can go see him. He did complain of a bad headache and said it was worse then him hand. Poor little guy, they gave him some long lasting pain meds and hopefully that will kick the headache. So thats all I got for now and will post again once we get to see him.

He's Done

We just talked to the Dr and he is done. Overall was about 45 minutes and two pins later. He will be in a sling for a couple of days. It will be some time before we can go back and see him. He told us before he went back he would surprise us with the color of his cast, wonder what color he did? Again will keep ya posted!!! Oh and thank you Tracey for coming and seeing us here at the surgical center!!

Before Surgery

Hunter Man before going back for surgery. He was in good spirits for the most part all morning. He went back at 1:15 they said surgery will take about 45 minutes then the first recovery room will be about 1.5 hours so will be awhile before we get to see him. He looked a little nervous but of course he would never admit to something like that.

The Verdict Is.....

I took Hunter to see the Orthopedic Dr today in SF. After viewing the xrays we were told that Hunter will need a pin put in his hand. So tomorrow we will be checking in late morning and he will have surgery at 1:00. His reaction when the Dr told him is YES I get to sleep finally!! He has had some sleepless nights since he broke his hand. Last night he was up at 2:30 A.M. so we watched water boy on HBO. Overall I have to say he has been a trooper about this. Will keep you posted.

Hunter had an okay day but was in quite a bit of discomfort. We kept the Motrin and Tylenol going like clock work. As of this morning I had yet seen him cry about his hand. But while sitting in church I looked at Hunter and tears were rolling down his cheeks. I asked him if he was okay (DA he is crying of course he is not) he said his hand was throbbing =( of course then I got teary eyed. It is so hard to see your child in pain and pain that you as a Mom can't make go away. He did manage to get some sleep in this afternoon considering he had a pretty sleepless night on Saturday. He is fast asleep now and pray that he gets some good rest in. We will go see the orthopedic Dr tomorrow and see what they have to say.

ER trip

We had a little knee hockey going on upstairs in the bonus room this evening that ended with a trip to the ER. Hunter Man broke his hand, I'm sure your asking yourself the same question we asked ourselves. How in the heck can you do that?? I guess they were in a shoot out and it got a little crazy. He is in a splint cast now until we go see the ortho Dr on Monday. Had some sorrow faces here this evening considering we are number 1 team in the state and can't help them possibly win a state tournament.......

My Hubby =)

Sean & G.O.

Sean went to New Mexico December 30th, he went with Steve, G.O. and Wooley. Day 2 of hunting for mule deer Sean shot a "BIG" one. Sean said it was his favorite bow hunt he has ever done. Way to go Lesnar we have another "BIG" one for our trophy wall!!!!