Buddy broke his right elbow

Last night I got home from taking photos of Crystal and her friends to find that Wes had taken Buddy to urgent care. Apparently he was trying to stop and then kick a soccer ball and he tripped over the ball and fell back on his arm. After 3 1/2 hours in the urgent care we found out that Buddy may have broken his elbow and so they put a splint on him. This morning I took him to the orthopedic surgeon where they confirmed that the inside of the elbow was indeed broken. He now has a cool red and black cast to cheer his Katy Cougar baseball team on. In two weeks he will go back in and they will x-ray it again to see if it still needs to be in a cast.

Wes played church basketball

Friday night Wes went up to the stake center to play basketball with our ward. The guys tried really hard but got beat pretty badly. The kids told Wes that he should stick to baseball and football. They didn't think he was very good. I personally thought that he did a great job.

Mardi Gras Tournament

A couple months ago our select baseball team broke off from the Westside Sluggers and we became the Katy Cougars. This weekend we played in our first tournament and the boys played awesome!!! Jackson played better than I have ever seen him play. He hit the ball so hard it hit the fence several times. All of the boys played great and had a blast playing together. This was our first tournament as a new team and we kicked butt!!! It was so much fun to watch. We were out there for 14 hours straight and it didn't even seem that long. Josie, Garrett, Blake and Ben came out there with us and they did so well. We only had one melt down all day. I was amazed at how well they did. It was so much fun to watch the boys have fun and finally take first place in a tournament. Buddy didn't play much but he was a great sport about it. He sat in the dugout and cheered on the other boys. When he went in he was as fast as lightning. He is such an amazing athlete. I think that everyone is shocked that I was the one in my family that ended up with such great athletes. I was a very proud mother this weekend.

Garrett's 1st T-Ball practice

Garrett is finally playing ball like the older boys. Yipee!!! He was so excited for his first practice. when he woke up that morning he got his baseball pants and cleats on. Later that day we went to the mall to walk around and he brought his baseball bag just in case we were running late. His practice wasn't until 5:30 but just in case, we were covered. :) Wes took him to the batting cages and he was able to hit every ball but one. We tried to get him into coach pitch but it was already full. Next year we will play him up to machine pitch. We are looking forward to a great season. He will be playing on the Red Sox with Coach Brown. At his first practice Buddy helped out by showing him how to hit properly. Garrett has a lot of great coaches in his older brothers.

Katy Rodeo

On Thursday night the kids got to participate in the Katy rodeo. Buddy and Josie rode the sheep, mutton bustin. Buddy stayed on for quite a while. He was hanging on the side of the sheep for over half of the ride. Josie on the other hand, barely made it out of the gate. I was taking a photo of Wes running back to me and luckly she was in the shot so I got at least one of her. By the time I looked up from my camera she was on the ground. In all fairness to her she didn't want to get on to begin with. Wes had to put her on the sheep because she was sobbing. She was a great sport once again. She sure did look cute as my little cowgirl. Garrett and Blake participated in the stickhorse race. Blake fell down at the very beginning of the race and fell apart. Luckly, Daddy was there to pick him up and help him finish the race. What would we do with out our Daddy? They were all very cute cowkids.

Valentines Day

On Valentines Day Wes gave me the most beautiful flowers and amazing card. Each of the kids made us a card and then we gave each of them a card and a little gift. Jack got Phase Ten and Buddy got SkipBo. After church we played cards all afternoon. Then we made heart shaped brownies for dessert. It was a lovely valentines day spent with the ones I love most.

Valentines Get Away!!!!

For Valentines Wes, Ben and I went up to the Woodlands and stayed at a resort for the night. We went with Mark & Karen Christensen and we had so much fun. We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and then went back to the resort and watched tv for a while. Poor Karen got really sick that night, poor thing so Wes, Ben and I watched tv for a while longer and then went to bed. The next day we went to the mall and walked around. That may not sound like much but it was so nice not having to keep track of 6 little ones while being out. I don't know if Wes and Mark had much fun, every time I looked at them they were on their phones checking scores and what not. Jill and Hannah were so sweet to watch our kids for us so that we could get away. It was so great to spend somewhat one on one time with my sweetheart. Next time we will have to leave Ben and it will be a dream come true. :) I don't know if I could spend more than a day or two away from my little ones though because I missed them like crazy. When I got home all I wanted to do was snuggle them.