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.