More Pix from Christmas Eve

Here are a few pictures of me and the kids from Christmas Eve at my dad's. Trying to get them to take pictures with me is almost impossible. So here are a couple of bloopers of Chase and Chelsey and then we managed to get a couple of good ones!! Credit goes to my sister in law Gina Pollard for capturing the moments.

Ice Skating

Today I took Chelsey and two of her friends, Taylor and Myah to Jefferson City to the ice arena. None of us had ever been ice skating before, although I have wanted to go for a long time. The worst part of it was having to drive all the way to Jeff City but definitely worth it.

The girls pose for a picture not long after we got there. As you can see, they were all being "wall huggers" in the beginning. I stopped for a quick pose. Managed to stay upright all afternoon long.



As the afternoon went on, Chelsey got the hang of it as I knew she would.

The girls getting further out into the rink.

Setting down and taking a break.

Chelsey enjoying the day.

And as I said earlier tonight, 186 mile round trip to Jefferson City, $21 admission to the skating rink, but listening to the girls on the way home laughing and creating memories......priceless. It was a great day!!!!

Christmas Eve 2009

I didn't let Santa and Mrs. Claus get away from grandma and grandpa's house until I let them know how good I've been.

My wonderful children, Chelsey and Chase.

Some say we look just alike, honestly, I don't see the "just alike" but certainly some similarities.

Even setting down you can tell he's much taller than I am.

I didn't think we'd ever get Chase to smile. Even Chelsey showed us her braces.

Chase's Ankles

So I took Chase back to Macon last Friday and the therapists examined Chase further. What we found is that is ankles are quite rigid and have little range of motion side to side. Then combined with the fact that he walks on the outside of his feet and is pigeoned towed, we now see where the pain is coming from.

We had some orthotic inserts made to put in Chase's shoes to hopefully help counter act how he has been walking and was told to do some exercises. He hasn't gone back to playing basketball but I'm hoping that once practice starts on break he will resume practice and will be able to start playing after break.

My nephews

Lola and I took Rhett to Ben Franklin with us a couple of weeks ago and we thought the reindeer horns were funny I think Rhett did too!

Rhett cheesing.

Kale eating the reindeer horns off.

Kale sort a cheesing with Chelsey holding him.

Chase and Kelli - Snowball Dance

I was able to catch up with Chase and Kelli on Saturday night when they got to Fiddlesticks to take a quick picture. I wanted to see them all dressed up.

Chelsey's Birthday Party

So I posted some pictures on Chelsey's birthday but here are the pictures from her actual birthday party on the Saturday after her birthday. The girls came over on Saturday and we went to Moberly bowling and then to the Columbia Mall to hang out and eat Chinese. As soon as we got there the girls ran into 2 of their other friends who had come to shop for the evening so they all hooked up and hung out together. It was a fun time.


Taylor bowling.

Myah on a bear.

Myah bowling.

Kaytlynn bowling.

Jordan bowling.

Jessica bowling.

Hayley.

All the girls at the mall.

The girls at the bowling alley.

Taylor, Chelsey, Jessica and Myah. Not sure where Taylor and Jordan was.

Chelsey.

Chelsey bowling.

Bailey and Kaytlynn.

A Little Behind

As I looked back to see when my last post took place, I realized it had been a while. Guess there's lots of reasons why I haven't kept up.

Today, it was absolutely freezing. A cold 16 degrees with major wind. I said to somebody that if I didn't know better I would think that I lived in the windy city. Seems like this part of MO lucked out on the snow. I have realtives in IA and NE that weren't so lucky and have been digging out all day. I like a good snow every know and then, mostly I like it to come during the daylight hours when I can see it getting bad. I don't on the other hand enjoy having to drive in it.

Chase had a JV game Monday night but didn't play due to ankles that are hurting him. We had him to the physical therapists yesterday and they say that he runs on the outsides of his feet, which isn't what he is supposed to be doing which is attributing to the pain. We go back either tomorrow or Friday to have some inserts molded to put in his shoes to force him to walk / run correctly which I hope solves the problem.

I started working from home on Tuesday ( yesterday ). I have all my stuff moved here now. Still alot of adjustments to be made. Being the kind of person who likes to be around a lot of people this will take some getting used to, being at home by myself throughout the day. Don't get me wrong, this is what I dreamed of and worked towards but it still takes some getting used to.

I went Christmas shopping all day Saturday. If Quincy would get an Aeropostale, American Eagle and Hollister store I would be very happy. Otherwise, I love shopping in Quincy. They have most all the other stores you would want, decent resturants and you don't have to deal with the awful traffic of CoMO. I did take a short time out to travel back to Hannibal for a quick picture of Chase and his girlfriend Kelli as they were eating at Fiddlesticks before going back to the school for the Snowball Dance.

Sunday I got to spend some time with my nephew Rhett. He is so funny. Lola and I ran down to Monroe to Ben Franklin to get some material and we took him with us.

All last week I was in CoMO for training. It was a long week but I guess it was a productive one. Enjoyed the time with fellow co-workers from different states. Alot of laughs too.

Well, I had pictures to post but the camera and computer are both taking me to the brink of screaming so I will try to post them tomorrow.