Games and more games

Still couch potatoes here. I ended up going in to Urgent Care due to increasing pain and difficulty walking. Not to mention a friend of mine told me I had to...:) Turns out, my tailbone is broke. A non-displaced fracture which he hopes should heal just nicely. Two weeks minimum healing time if not longer. Ross says his pain is not as bad as mine...that or I am a big wimp! We think his is probably broken too, but he didn't want an x-ray to find out! Kids have been doing great. They attend to our needs nicely as we lay on the couch. Ross has been able to get up more and move around. I can do small amounts before I get really sore. To pass the time and avoid fighting we have been playing LOTS of games. Ross even taught Grace and Charlie how to play football and baseball on the playstation. Not sure that is a good thing or not!

(ps. these pictures were taken on the 1st. I forgot to take picutes today. So in case you are wondering how Ross can sit so well, this was before the accident!)

Down and out!

Although the kids had a fun time sledding yesterday, Ross and I did not. We decided to pretend we are still young and went down together on a sled. We ended up going over a large rock, which we both believe to have either broken or severely bruised our tailbone. So, instead of haveing a fun weekend with the kids, Ross and I are bumming it on the couch. Luckily we both have off from work till Monday. Praying for fast healing. We don't do well not being mobile and active. Thank goodness the kids have been understnding and helpful. We are also very thankful for the wonderful friends we have made. April and Rebecca helped me to the truck while the guys packed up our sleds and kids and the Sydows took our kids overnight so we could get some relief. It was a blessing.

Sledding Fun!

It was a beautiful day out! The sun was shining and it wasn't too cold. So after, we watched the WI Badgers win the Outback Bowl, we took the kids to Pinehurst sledding with some friends. William did not want to stop and go home. He could of gone all day. He actually kept telling us it was still morning out and we couldn't leave yet!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! As I thought about my new year resolutions, I wanted to make ones that I could keep. So my first one was to take more pictures of our family. I remembered I had this blog and I kept forgetting to keep it up to date, so my goal is to take a picture everyday and post it on here! Every year I am make a shutterfly book for the kids and as I was going through my pictures of last year, I realized I had large gaps in months where I didn't take any pictures, but I knew we had done something fun! I am determined to keep this resolution to document all the fun things we do as a family! So to ring in the new year, Ross and I decided to have some friends over. Turned out is was a Sawyers birthday on the 1st, so we combined the parties. I think this is the first time we have ever gotten a picture of all our kids together!

Softball practice

It's that time of year again! Grace is in coach pitch softball. Here she is practicing catching. She is the one on the right!

Grocery shopping

Took the boys grocery shopping today. These carts are nice, however they only sit in them for 10 minutes or they start fighting. Someday I will learn.

Disney on Ice

We took the kids to see Disney on Ice in the cities. We didn't tell tgem about it, so they were pretty excited and suprised. Afterwards we headed to the Waterpark of America for some swimming fun!