My Love/Hate Relationship with Church Basketball

If you know my husband then you know he loves to play basketball and most of the time he plays at the church early in the morning or late at night in pick up games. While I don't normally mind this activity it has at times caused some "pain" in our household. I never could understand how he could get up at 4:45am to be on time to play early morning ball at 5:00 am but then have a hard time getting up so we could be on time to our 9:00 am college classes. Then their have been the times when basketball schedules and my plans would overlap and one of us had to sacrifice personal time so the kids wouldn't be left to fend for themselves. All in all not to big of a deal. But this past week the biggest "pain" has come from those late night games. Cris came down with the ball heard a loud pop and fell to the ground only to realize his Achilles had ruptured. So on this Thurs exactly two years from the last basketball required surgery (broken orbital bone under the eye/repair deviated septum in the nose) he will be going under the knife again and then a fun recovery to follow. The timing of it all is rather inconvenient as we again have to push back our trip to Phoenix one week and he will be on crutches for 6 weeks. In the last week of him being on crutches and hopping around I have come to realize how much I depend on him. Having said all of this, I do love church basketball for one big reason. I probably wouldn't have met Cris as that is how he met the missionaries. He found out some guys played ball at this church on Mondays. He studied, learned, gained a testimony, served a mission, went to Ricks College met a girl from Burley and the rest is history.

 

 

 

I politely explained if he really wanted to watch football all day on Saturdays and not mow the lawn and do honeydo's he didn't have to go to such extremes.

Venting

So I have spent the last 48 min and 15 sec on the phone with Sprint (still on hold) to resolve what seems to be a monthly occurrence for my cell phone bill. It seems what I am told and what happens are two extremely different things and each time I am told it will be resolved once and for all. I should be more sympathetic from my days at Schwab but I am not and know that it shouldn't take 5 phone calls to make a situation correct. I am also known as a "low talker" and I assure you there has been no low talking going on this morning on the phone. No need to turn the volume up today. Doesn't help when you can't understand the person you are talking to because of their thick accent. They would tease me at work that I spoke in a "normal" (loud to me) voice when I was pregnant. I must have been frequently annoyed. At any rate hopefully this will be my last hour long phone call to Sprint. Jafet in Mexico just assured me it would be and then he added that Mexico was South of America. Don't make the red head speak louder Jafet!!!! The sad thing is I still have to call Cable One - bill is $15 higher than normal and I got a random bill ($175) from Cris' face/nose surgery that happened two years ago. What? I know. The office said they had some billing issues. Really -- two years later. Should have cancelled my forwarding address.

Well I do feel much better blogging this as Mason and Syd didn't care to hear me vent. Off to call Cable One and Cigna.

What we've been up to!

Nothing too exciting has been going on at our house lately and we kind of like it that way. We have been able to work on our never ending To Do List and enjoy some cooler weather. Last Saturday we had a fun rain storm that came and went all day. It was enough to cancel Zach's soccer game and then came back again in the late afternoon. The kids had fun playing outside in it and Alex played football in the backyard. For some reason he has been dying to play football in the rain. Two out of our three fav college teams won so it was a good day.

Last week Syd, Zach and I broke out the wheat grinder and made flour. It is amazing to them and to me to! Then we made these cute heart shaped waffles and froze them for future breafasts. Hopefully, this is a healthier alternative to the Eggos we have been eating. Here is the recipe if you want to try it. I think they are great and just pop them in your toaster when it is time to eat. I found this recipe while blog surfing late one night. The flax seed meal just adds some good nutrition.

Whole Wheat Waffles

2 c. wheat or white flour (or use 1/2 and 1/2)
1/2 c. flax seed meal
1 T. baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 T. sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. oil

Mix together well, allow to thicken a little before cooking. May need to thin with more milk.

 

 

 

My other project I recently bought,started and completed in a two week period (this is rare for me) is this cute apron. I have seen lots of cute aprons designs out there and desided my bargain 4th of July Old Navy one just wasn't cutting it when it comes to looking cute. I saw this fabric and decided to try it out. My put together pattern needs a few adjustments but I like the end result.

 

Alex has been working hard to earn his Bobcat in Scouts and received his award tonight. Thankfully, we got there just before they called him up. For whatever reason I was sure Packmeeting was on Thurs not Tues but we made it. But since I was unprepared I didn't have the my camera.

Out of place

I ran errands today and quickly noticed how out of place I looked. I was not wearing the Bronco Blue or Orange and did not have flags flying off of my mini van. It is game day here and the fans are loyal. Even the Walmart employees showed their Bronco colors.

Zach and Cris just walked in from the game. Zach looks very tired but has a big smile on his face. He played another great soccer game today and played a tougher team but did great. All our college teams were victorious today and that is good because when certain teams lose (BYU & Notre Dame) we have some grumpy boys in the house.

Here are some pics before the game.

What time is it? Game Time!

This past weekend Zach had his first soccer game. He was just a "little" excited. Two o'clock couldn't come soon enough. He did awesome and scored 3 out of the 7 goals. He is rather aggressive on the field. I think it is from playing some ball with his very competative brother. I am excited to see him play this weekend as I missed his first game. Bad mom I know but I was in Time Out. Aunt Peggy, Steph and I spent the day hearing fabulous speakers and music and enjoying a Time Out from life. Good food and shopping made the day even better. Thanks for a fun day ladies!

 

 

 

Syd has a new favorite outfit. Aunt Peggy and Steph brought a little surprise for Syd and she wants to wear it everyday.

Be Prepared

 

Alex started Cub Scouts this week and was so excited. He went and got his uniform on Sat and had is fist meeting on Wed. He looked pretty darn cute, I mean handsome. Scouts is somewhat foriegn to me. I have heard all of the terms but the don't mean much to me so I have some reading to do. Thankfully, Cris had some knowledge of Boy Scouts.

Labor Day Weekend Roadtrip

This past weekend Zach, Syd and I set out for a road trip across Southeast Idaho. We left Sat morning drove to Grandpa and Grandma's and then loaded into their car for a drive to Rexburg. We saw Erick and Audra and wished Myelle a Happy 2nd Birthday and had us a burger and were on the to the next town. It had been a very long time since I had been to Rexburg (12 years) and I didn't recognize very much. The temple is beautiful as it sits up on the hill. Our journey continued and took us through lots of small towns in Idaho and Wyoming. Beautiful places I could visit but too small for me to live in. We made it to Aunt Peggy's in Montpelier and were happy to get out of the car. Especially since it smelled of Syd's throw up! She lost her lunch about 20 min before we got there. It didn't seem to phase her and she happy the rest of the evening. We went to Montpelier to celebrate Cousin Kyle and Sarah's upcoming wedding. It was a beautiful evening and perfect for an outdoor open house. It was nice to visit with family and get away. I had been fighting a cold all week so in some ways it was nice to just lay in the back seat and read during our many hours of driving. We headed home Sunday morning, ate some yummy lunch, loaded the car seats in the van and headed back home to Boise. Cris and Alex enjoyed some good father/son bonding time. Cris worked Sat morning and then they went to the BSU game. It was cute to see how much the kids missed being together. Once we were all home the disappeared and played till bed time. Zach said it was fun just too many cities to visit! Here are pictures from the Open house.

 

Myelle, Zach and Syd