Granny

Amy's Granny is having trouble. They think that she may have had a stroke. All the folks that can get there to Payson have, others have been talking to her on the phone. There is a pretty good chance that this will be the end for her.

She has lived a pretty rough life. It has been some 40+ years since her husband died. He was a Korean War Vet. Yes, Granny was home with kids while he was over there. She has lost two children over the years. She is an amazing woman. Amy loves her soooo much. Granny has been her North Star. It is sad to see Amy's heart breaking.

It looks like we will be headed to Utah soon to take care of this business. I will try to keep an update posted as we find out what is going on.

Space Odyssey Camp at SCMIA

This is a video of part of the Space Odyssey skate camp that both Lexy and Isaac attended the first week of August. It was a camp that they attended from 9am to noon for a week. It was put on by the same coaches that do learn to skate, power skating, and half of the private lessons. A great bunch of people.

Little Lexy is in the pink skating dress. This clip is just the girls that CAN skate.

Poor Isaac got stuck with the kids that "have skated before" because he doesn't do the spins and such that the girls do. He looked like a penned up tiger skating behind those kids.

Bugatti at Indy Speedway

Here is a picture from our trip in July that I have been needing to get loaded up on the blog. It is of Isaac at the Indianapolis International Speedway in from of a Bugatti. He was soooo excited to see one. He likes the newer Bugatti Veyron, in his Road and Track Magazine he read an article that said that the Veyron at top speed will burn through the 25 gallon tank of gas in 12.5 minutes. It is pretty much a huge engine with a shell of car wrapped around it.

Charleston Distance Run

This morning we participated in the Charleston Distance Run. Well, I did the shortest part, the 5K... Amy and Isaac did the 5K walk. It was pretty fun. We went down to the Capital Building on Friday night to get our packets and shirts. Then on Saturday morning we got up loaded the kids up and off we went. We got to the start line with just enough time to get our stretches done. I bailed on the family and took off running once the cannon when off. I was a nice flat course. We started in front of the Capital Building and ran north along the river. Then we cut one block to the east and doubled back, worked our way through the blocks and ended in the University of Charleston's football stadium. Once I got across the finish line I backtracked to finish the walk with Amy and Isaac, pushing Lexy in a stroller. Isaac was having a great time. He has been walking in the evening to train for this and his training paid off.

Here is my tubby butt after we finished. Here is our walking team.

We've got the bug now, we are looking for another 5K in the next few weeks.

Lexy's Hospital Stay

So, Lexy ended up being admitted to the hospital the other night. Pretty sad. She had a head cold, that turned into an asthma attack. An asthma attack that we couldn't get on top of at home. Amy took her to the ER on Wednesday night. After a few hours in there on an albuterol nebulizer continuously they moved her upstairs to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). They put here in there because they wanted to be able to keep the albuterol on all the time. She then tested positive for MRSA infection. Scary.

Lexy and I were having fun with silly picture effects.

Amy was able to get out of school for a few days and stayed at the hospital with Lexy. I popped in when I could, Isaac and I were both fighting the head cold too. He hasn't been to school since Wednesday either.

On Friday Lexy was released from the hospital and we all when home. She had a good night and is doing even better today. She is starting to bounce around the house. I seem to no be slowing her now anymore.

Here she is with her balloons, flowers and stuffed animals that she was sent. She also got gift bags from the neighbors and Amy's study buddy.Thanks for all the thoughts, gifts, phone calls, and prayers.

Lexy in the Hospital

Lexy's head cold turned into more that we could deal with at home...

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Working on a New Routine

Lexy is working on a new skating routine for a competition in Pittsburgh that will be in September. We worked thought the music a few times trying to pick something that worked of everyone, parents, Lexy, and her coach. We settled on 'Under the Sea' from 'The Little Mermaid'. I have cut the music down to 1 minute for the routine. I can't wait to post some video of her in this new routine, she has some waltz jumps, and very fancy footwork for this one. Fun Fun...

Racing Pictures

We when racing again this weekend. It was 3 in a row, it's starting to feel like last summer again. Isaac always loves to ride. I wish that I could take him more. He did a lot more shifting that he has been doing in the past. He got good starts, much better than he has been. It must be the fact that he is riding more than once a month.

Here he is waiting to 'drop in' to the start area.Amy got this nice picture of him jumping the finish line table top. See the sweat... Yep, riding dirtbikes is a work out. Good picture.

Isaac's number plate on the front of his bike. It's always been there, but Amy decided to take a picture of it this weekend. Turned out great. The last series race is September 18th. Come join us. You can watch, or better yet bring your bike and race...!!

Isaac got some Cub Scout Beltloops

Isaac set a goal of earning 10 Cub Scout Beltloops over the summer. For those of you unfamiliar, it's like merit badges for the younger boys. There are two main categories, Athletic and Academic. Well, he earned 14.
He got: Baseball, Softball, Bicycling, Communication, Family Travel, Fishing, Good Manors, Hiking, Hockey, Pet Care, Reading and Writing, Swimming, Ultimate Frisbee, Video Games. (He wanted to be the first one in the Pack to earn the Video Game Beltloop, it is new this year. No one else in the Pack has earned it yet.)

He also earned he also earned 10 pins, which are continuations of the Beltloops. The boy has to earn the belt loop and complete 4 or 5 more tasks in the same subject.

He earned his Whittling Chip Card, which allows a Cub Scout to carry a pocket knife to Scouting functions.

AND, two Silver Arrow Points to go under his Bear rank.

It was quite the night for him, that is a lot of awards. He call Trisha on the ride home to thank her for all of the help this summer meeting his goal. (Me too, THANKS Trisha..!!)

We do have more pictures from Pack Meeting, I will have to post them later.

Happy Birthday Amy

Yesterday was Amy's 29th birthday, again. Isaac decorated the fireplace with a "Happy Birthday Mom" sign, and Silly Bandz streamer, and some eyes. I don't have a picture of it, sorry. The poor girl was sick and after driving to Beckley she ended up driving back to the house. She went back to bed at 9:00am and got back up at 12:30pm, perfect for her. Except that she was sick. I got out of work at 4:00pm raced home and got dinner and cake going. We made her a Red Velvet cake with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting. Different, but really good.

The Fluffy Frosting was very thin and didn't stick to the cake very well. It tasted pretty good, but not the best for frosting and cake, let alone decorating a cake.

Amy sure has been working hard for us. Her days start and 5:30am and she is out the door by 5:50am to drive the Beckley and be in the O.R. by 7:00am. I tell people that she gets off of work between noon and 8:00pm. But it seems like most of the time she is getting off around 3:30pm to 4:30pm. So, we get home about the same time. But, she then has 2 to 3 hours of school charting, care plans, reading, and homework questions to do. It's a tough deal and she is working hard for our future. I love you babe...!!! Happy Birthday...!!!