A fight with the Blacktop!

Josh's first broken or to be precise "fractured" bone. He had a little incident while playing basketball at school on Thursday that ended with a big swollen nose and a fractured elbow and sprained wrist! Poor kid! Here's the story.
Hanks goes up for the dunk (the short hoops of course) is rejected (by that I mean he hits his arm on the rim), flies backward and flips over and lands on his face - OUCH! The call from the office goes a little something like this "Mrs. Hanks, Josh had a little accident out on the blacktop. His nose is really swollen - I don't know if it is broken. (AAHHH) His arm hurts and his knee is all scraped up." My heart starts racing - the panic sets in.

I raced over there and he was a mess. I felt so bad for him. After a day of him not using his left arm - it just hung by his side - I decided he should get it looked at. It is a small fracture so only 2 weeks in the splint and sling. That's the good news! And there's the story!

You can see how his eyes look a little farther apart than normal. His nose is still a bit swollen! Poor kid!

Spring Break - Moab

We had a great spring break in Moab. We were there on Monday and Tuesday and had great weather. We camped and hiked - it was awesome! Here is some of the fun we had!

Easter 2009

Easter was good this year as usual. Here are the highlights!
Decorating eggs!

Finding eggs!

Being adorable in her new Easter dress!

My 4 sweeties!

I wonder where they get their handsomeness? Oh yeah!

The traditional family Easter picture in front of the house!

Mommy and her girl!

Tannerism 04/08/09

Background: Tanner and Marissa have been going to a daycare at the gym while I work out a couple of days a week.

Mom: So Tanner, how was daycare today?
Tanner: Fine
Mom: What did you do?
Tanner: Played on that basketball hoop until Rissy started crying so I had to go and help her.
Mom: So you didn't get to play very long?
Tanner: No - Rissy needed me.
Mom: Tanner, I am so proud of you for always being so good to your sister and helping her feel happy when I'm not there. You are such a nice brother.
Tanner: (Very matter of factly) Well that's what brothers are for.

Lesson from a 5 year old!