Oh no----------Ruth

I wanted to add that my wonderful mother in law fractured her left arm right below the shoulder in 3 places a week ago.
My in-laws were coming over for dinner on Saturday the 18th and stopped at Trader Joe's to pick up dessert. On the way out of the store Ruth slipped, on what we don't know - she is blaming her tennies - and she fell. Some wonderful patrons helped her. Of course she being the person she is, just asked them to put her purse on the other arm and went to the car. She then preceeded to drive to our house, don't you think she could have called us? We got Ernie and his oxygen inside and all set and then I took her to the emergency room. After not too long actually, we had x-rays done and a sling since the area can't be casted.

She is quite a bit of pain but is doing ok. Lauren spent the night with them on that Saturday to help them and stayed all day Sunday, I drove them home of course and stayed to help Ruth change and get Ernie's breathing treatments done. Kippy came out the next day and stayed until Tuesday night. The guards changed and Leslie pretty much moved in. She has been there since last Tuesday and plans to stay until Ruth is feeling less pain and can get off the vicodin a bit since she can't drive. The orthopedic doctor looked at the x-rays and said there were 3 fractures when the emergency room doctor only said one. So as usual, when Ruth does it she does it good.

There you go. We thought we were done with 3 hits to the family for this year already with Honey passing, Lewis passing and Ernie in the hospital but nooooooo. Maybe the 4th is the charm for us this year. Let's hope so.

Love to all,
Kim

Tennessee Spring Break

Tennessee you might ask. Why? I know it's not a top destination spot for Spring break but that's where we headed. Actually my dad lives in Tennessee, about an hour south and a bit west of Nashville. I haven't seen him in 12 years and hadn't spoken to him in about 6 years before this past Christmas. I sent him a picture Christmas card of the kids and that's how we re-connected. After talking with him over the past few months we decided to go see his farm. We've always wanted to see Nashville, remember we're the country music lovers. So why not go do both???? We were definitely nervous, the last time I saw him I was 28 and now I'm 40, what a shocker that must have been for him :-)

We all had a great time, it was such fun and sooooo relaxing. In fact I'm planning another visit in June when the kids get out of school.

Here is a picture of the farm from a flattened area up a hill where his house will be built at some point. Quite a farm huh?
Here is my lovely family. The kids got to ride (well sit on and walk around) on a horse a couple of times. The building in the background is a garage for a semi truck and motor home on the right half and one of the stables on the first floor of the left half and the second floor has 4 one bedroom apts and a 4 bedroom apt. We stayed in the 4 bedroom one on the far left end with a great balcony. Alan sat on the balcony and did lots of reading.

This is my dad...

Roman taught Ryan to drive the tractor and a Kobuto (which is some other type of little farm truck). Ryan loved it to say the least.

This is the apartment we stayed in looking into the living room from our bedroom. On the left side are three more bedrooms. This place is bigger than my house and it's an apt.

We hung out at the farm and visited the horses a bunch, there are lots there. The kids rode, got to know their Opa. We took a tour at the Jack Daniels Distillery, saw a show at the Grand Ole Opry which was amazing. The kids and me all got cowboy boots too.

Keep reading below on the next post for some more stuff.

Hugs to all, Kim

Long time no post

Let's start with SOCCER - my life is not complete without soccer soccer soccer. We went to the opening game of the Womens Professional Soccer game for the LA Sol team. This is part of Lauren's tournament soccer team. The girls had fun as always.
and our three coaches had fun too. The beer was a flowing.....

Now onto Ryan. He has been busy with his first year in Cub Scouts. Here is a picture of him at the Irwindale Speedway for a Nascar evening. The boys had a great time. Lauren and I thought it was a bit cold and very loud, but still fun.

Here is Ryan as the Sun in his 3rd grade play. He sang beautifully and had some great moves to boot

Lastly, this is a picture of him getting his bobcat badge in his scout den. He has since earned his bear badge but that has not been presented yet. I think they only do the big "paint your face" ceremony for the bobcat badge so the rest should be a bit cleaner.

Hope everyone is well. Love and hugs to all,

Kim