hat trick-not today

I got a few pictures today at the hockey game. #8 is the little guy of the Blog. He scored twice fairly quickly and we waited in anticipation that he would get his hat trick. But, not today. Raised stick indicates you got a goal.

Quiet weekend. Gage spent the night Friday. We didn't get him long. He came over around 6:30pm and left by 8:30am on Sat. They went in the hot tub, played games and ate pizza. Bridger announced after Gage left that they stayed up all night. As much as Bridger slept mid-day and into the afternoon I bet they did stay up quite late.

Darin worked on the exhaust fan area. Still not complete, but it is a great deal closer. Shasta managed to get into the hot tub today. He is now banned to the kennel if Bridger is alone in the tub. Bridger swears he didn't coax him in. HMMM! Not sure if I believe that one. Darin used the pool net to get the hair out. Very frustrating.

It has only been one week of having the tub, but it sure seems like we have had it much longer. Bridger has hardly missed a day. They are out there now.

100 days

Next week will be the event of 100 days of school. Bridger's grade was to make a poster with 100 items on it. The posters will be on the hallways around their classrooms. We cut this deadline a little close. I discovered yesterday morning the project was due today. We had not agreed on what to put on the poster. Bridger wanted to put rocks on. Darin came up with the idea of Bandaids. Last night we went to Walmart and bought 5 boxes of bandaids. Bridger and I counted them out and he put them on. Each and every one of them all by himself. OH-wait, I did the 100 in the middle. You can really see the texturizing on the wall in the background, huh?

Darin was part of a ceremony for the Firemen on Monday. The awards were presented at the Evansville town council meeting. I liked this picture with them all holding their awards in front of the truck. Darin has had a busy week with an awards dinner Sunday night with the firemen. Monday night was the council meeting. He was on TV as you all got his email for a presentation. I haven't seen the TV thing. And he had FD meeting last night.

Bridger and I have been hanging out. We have been putting more effort into reading. We had 3 pages of homework last night besides the poster. There was also one of those books that he is supposed to have supervised reading with. He got it all done after hockey practice. I made dinner while he "band-aided". He wanted to hot tub, but by the time everything got done it was way past bed time. He is up already today! He has PE club this morning. Last night of swim lessons for this session. He is excited because they can ride the waterslides at the end. Next week he starts basketball 2 nights a week. He is excited about that also. AHHHH!!! Friday tomorrow.

FREEDOM

By the title you probably wondered if we had gone patriotic here or if it was some political statement. No, I have had 2 hours all to myself on a Sat morning. I can't say I capitalized on the time, but for you grandparents eager to hear how your grandson faired this week-here I am.

The big news would appear to be the hot tub. It arrived on Thursday. It would have been warm enough to get in around 1am, but no one was up. So yesterday was the christening of the hot tub. We invited Melines' over for pizza and a soak. We had a hard time getting the little girls back out of the tub when the pizza was ready. I can't really tell you much about the hot tub.

I am glad that the cover slides off the way it does as it blocks the view of the TWINS. The east side neighbors dogs were let out while we out and they proceeded to bark and bark. Someone let them back in fairly quickly. It was a nice evening to soak. The stars were out.

The other BIG news-brace yourselves..... UH-H ready..... OK it isn't that big. Just teasing. Bridger has a loose tooth, one of his front teeth. He asked before going to Linnea's if SHE could pull it. Who knows what the reasoning for that one is. I called this morning to see how it was going and no announcement that he had his tooth pulled. I will do some quick errands soon and then go get him. You got that he had a sleepover, right?

Darin is doing a FD thing. Actually a county awareness for teenagers on the effects of drunk driving. They do mock scenarios of horrible accidents and the hospital experiences. He's pumped to traumatize them.

My friend, Barbie, from Gillette and her family are coming tonight. They want to stay at a motel so their 5 year old can swim. She wants to attend a Toastmasters presentation. She asked me if I would join her. Darin gets along with Tom, her husband, and Bridger likes Mia (Mya). So they should do alright together. Besides, I am sure they will be at the motel letting the kids swim. If I timed it right-I might not even have to clean-up my house. HA!

height

Grandpa Roger sent Bridger an alarm clock that is shaped like a camera. He also wondered how tall Bridger is these days. I don't know if that is leading into something else. Bridger has been very excited about the clock. He tried to set the alarm for Sunday AM, but I turned it off after he went to sleep. He was quite displeased about that. He was insistent that he have the alarm set for this AM. We kept telling him he could sleep in today as there is no school. We thought he would compromise and let it go for 7:30am. He kept saying, "but I will wake-up before then!"

He probably would just out of the excitement of getting to hear his alarm. I don't remember what time Darin finally set it for.

Quiet weekend here. Bridger went to his bowling party and had a great time. We discovered a "free bowling" coupon on the back of a popcorn box. We looked up online participating centers and both of ours are. Bridger and I went and washed off the Expedition. Bridger got a haircut and then we headed to the grocery store. Yesterday Darin had FD stuff. Bridger got stuck with me for hockey practice. I grabbed the wrong skates.... It just didn't start out well. Anyway we got through that and he wanted DQ for lunch. He decided he wanted a shrimp basket. Sounds funny from a child, huh? He also got a blizzard. After lunch it wasn't too long before Darin came home. Darin missed out on seeing the Vikings beat the Cowboys.

Last night we cooked dinner together and then watched some TV. They get today off for MLK day. I do not. Need I say more!

You know you're old when....

your child starts out a conversation with, "back in the olden days did...."

He was going to ask me if Spongebob was around when I was his age. I had to say no.

Below is a family collage we made for school.

First week back at school ends tomorrow. I realized tonight at dinner I forgot to take Bridger to PE club this morning. Oh well. He didn't seem too upset. Bridger has invited another little boy, Matthew, home after school tomorrow. Darin will be in charge of the after school snack. There are still neon green frosted cupcakes, lucky for him.

Lucky for me, Darin agreed to stay home and finish dinner while I took Bridger to swim practice. A roast, mashed pots and green beans.

Bridger has a bowling bday party on Sat. I am a tad embarassed that he "invited" himself. The mother only handed out 8 invitations and Bridger saw one of the invitations to someone else. So from what I can determine, he approached the mother with, "is so and so having a bday party?" What could she say, if she is nice person. So she told him he could come. I tried to apologize to her the next day and that he certainly didn't need to come, but again, what is she supposed to say, if she is a nice person. It's not like he would be mooching, after all he will bring a present.

friends

Gage Porter was able to come over this afternoon after school. The boys are sharing the chair to play Wii. My son is being bossy and getting some scolding from me. I got home early enough that I made them some cupcakes. It was fun to see them squirm trying to figure out or not if the cupcakes were for them or not. It was also nice to hear Gage say something smells good when he walked through the front door. I had put a roast into the oven when I got home also.

In looking at the picture you can see how wet Gage's pants are. He wouldn't let me talk him into a pair of Bridger's sweats. As you can see I did get his socks off of him. They are in the dryer. Gage gets to stay until his mom comes to get him sometime after 5pm. I don't think they will be done playing Wii by then. She will probably have to drag him out of here.

Bridger seems to have jumped back into school just fine. It is hard trying to remember boots, gloves and hats these last two mornings, though. I had to run back home this morning after dropping him off at daycare to get those necessities.

Darin has gotten a good report from the doctor. He has taken off the brace now. He still has physical therapy. The doctor wants one more visit in 6 weeks to see if reconstructive surgery is necessary. HMMM, don't know about that one. The vein doctor wanted to see him in 6 weeks also to consider doing the other leg. Could be we will meet Darin's medical deductible again in 2010.

winter fun

We got up today in Pinedale to a beautiful almost cloudless sky. It started out around 7 degrees, but quickly rose up into the 20's. Bridger went on a walk around the subdivision with Jami. Shasta got high kudos for being behaved. The shovel got brought out after they got back to the driveway. Jami DID NOT drag him around the road in the shovel. Bridger wouldn't have minded, of course.




Bridger and I went skiing at White Pine (Bridger is in blue, me, yellow). We had a wonderful day for no wind and lots of sun. Bridger started off being nervous, but by the last runs of the day he was not. He asked at the end to go up and down by himself. He did fine. We watched one little boy, about his size, fall off the chair right after they had gotten on it. The dad had to jump off from about 4 feet. Bridger was always happy to bring the bar down when we rode together. He couldn't reach it by himself. Darin stayed at the lodge and read a book and took some pictures. He actually met a teacher at the lodge and recertified him in CPR (it was planned).


It kept him busy today while we played. We got back and had green chilis. Bridger has kept Jami up to 7:30pm. I am waiting for the going to bed announcement any moment. We head home tomorrow. Bridger had so much fun he asked if we couldn't do it again tomorrow either in Pinedale or at home. I did really enjoy my time with my son. He never tripped me once!!!!!

God has a sense of humor

I know the blog is supposed to be focused toward Bridger, but I did give birth to him.


I found out God has a sense of humor today. My first patients of the day were "THE TWINS". If I have to explain to anyone who "THE TWINS" are, then you haven't paid any attention over the last year and half.


I sent my nurse in and had her ask if they knew they were seeing me and if that was OK. Unfortunately, it was. So I made it through it and I even ended up helping my nurse give them their shots. They were ornery and left the room when she came in with the shots. I had no qualms getting after them and shooing them back in. I refused to put up with their nonsense and they got their shots. Overall, I was pleasant and friendly. Just like I was raised to be.


I did have my nurse go to the head scheduler and remove my name as their main provider. Will see if it works. I did discover that the parents of the twins maybe divorcing and they may be moving by the time school starts next fall. It couldn't even possible-who knows who would replace them, though. Weird how life is sometimes.


It is already Friday tomorrow. Hurrah!!! Bridger made it to swim lessons tonight. The kids in the group are closer in age than they have been before. A family from church we know has one son in Bridger's class. We sat and visited with them while the boys swam.


Sounds like we have plans to journey to Pinedale after I get off work tomorrow. Bridger doesn't start hockey until next week. It will be the last FREE weekend for awhile. When R/J left on Monday Bridger asked Rollie if he could come see his house sometime. I am sure it sounded odd, but it made me realize Bridger has finally got it in his head he has to be invited to someone's home. We did talk to him about Rollie and Judi's invitation for him to spend the week with them. He thought it sounded like a pretty good idea until we said the whole week. His response was priceless. "The WHOLE week, that is too long, maybe 3 days, but a WHOLE week, I don't think so." I still won't be cutting the apron strings, maybe at 18, but will see then. He didn't even like the idea of Darin and I having a couple of days in Jackson to ourselves and he stay in Pinedale. He told us in no uncertain terms we were being selfish not taking him. "He went everywhere we did". I will have to remember this when he doesn't want to spend any time with us as a teenager.


See I worked a Bridger story in. Have a good weekend. By the way, Rollie and Judi-are you going to be home this weekend?

a year ago

OK I am grasping here using year old photos. I checked the date and Bridger lost a tooth on Jan 4, 2009. He lost one more shortly after and now it has been a year.

We enjoyed Annie, the musical last night. We let Bridger take in a small pair of binoculars and he enjoyed himself even more. He got pretty tired near the end and snoozed on my arm. I felt it was the best of any of the musicals we had seen for the last 3 years. Bridger didn't get to sleep until near 11 pm. I was very reluctant to get him going this morning, but he got going pretty good. I have no idea why, but the last two days we have done well and got to daycare earlier than ever.

We also called Mikayla a day early and wished her Happy Birthday-a day early. OOPS. Better ahead than behind, right? Bridger sang her Happy Birthday in English and Spanish. Nice to know something from Kindergarten stuck. So Mikayla, who won't be reading this, hope you had a wonderful day today turning 6.

Darin stayed home tonight with us from fire dept. He said his leg has been hurting last couple of days. I have finally looked at the right one and I do think the varicose veins are less noticeable.

We have finalized who we want for the concrete and the electrician. I just need to get them called and arrange for the services. They are for the hot tub. It would be so GREAT to be hot tubbing tonight. It is below zero. Then I think about having to get from the hot tub back into the house-BBRRRR!!!! Someone remind why I think it is so great to live in Wyoming? I have drove around in 4wheel drive for 2 weeks, missed a hockey game because WYOMING roads were closed and now pray the vehicles will start in the morning. Oh yeah and it snowed another 3" today. Rollie/Judi probably got it worse, though, over on the West side. Just think the worst days of winter are ahead still, not behind.

climbing

You compare- Do you think the technique is the same? I think they look like they could be related.

A New Year

I hope this man's new year goes better than the last half of 2009. Doesn't he look like he is ready to have a wonderful New Year's Eve party. You will notice the shorts and compression 30 stockings. They work though. I have never seen his legs "slimmer". He was so thrilled to have taken his shower last evening. He still has to wear the stockings for 2 weeks during the day. I just noticed they are not on yet.



Rumor has it that I spent around 6 hours in or near the hot tub. This ended up beinging the kick-off photo. We hosted a New Year's Eve party at the C'mon Inn. I think it is the greatest for parties. There is a pool set off completely from the rooms and 4 hot tubs separated by scenery like this in a commons area. There is a waterway from a waterfall behind Bridger. It is noisy with the hot tubs and waterfall, but it drowns out everyone else. This hot tub was about 15 feet from our room's door. There were tables and chairs just outside the door between the rooms and hot tubs.

We were visited by our friends' Kevin and Sara-their two girls, Linnea-minus the girls, Linnea's brother, Ben and his wife Sophie. Darin held down things in the room and I held down things at the hot tub. I decided I didn't want to lose the hot tub to other party-goers' so I stayed. Linnea stayed the entire time with me, Sara drifted in and out, the kids were ever present-but needed refueling-often. The hotel was packed with partiers. Darin made it around to rooms on different floors. Teenagers that he has coached stopped by. I actually never saw anyone I knew. That was nice! Around 11pm the noise really got going. Bridger and the girls started around with the parade of horn blowers wearing their New Year celebrating finery. I suppose the hotel seemed more like a huge apartment complex. 3 levels of rooms on two sides all open to the commons area in the middle. It was a wonderful time. Bridger asked as he was going to sleep if we could do it all again next year.

Almost forgot----Happy Anniversary to Rollie and Judi!!! If my math is right-#46. Can hardly wait to celebrate that #50 for them! HA!!! Maybe all the kids could get together, atleast it is over Christmas breaks. We could pick somewhere warmer than Wyoming for everyone.

And our news. We are in the process of getting a hot tub ourselves. Have to finalize the location outside and get the electricity to it. But, it is picked out and waiting for us.

Happy New Year everyone.