Sledding!

So we finally got our first real accumulating snow of the year, even if it didn't come until March 7th. The boys were so excited to be able to have a snowball fight, make snow forts and go sledding. Yippee! Damon made a huge snow fort; to let you know how serious this thing was, he used our wheelbarrow to transport the snow. We found a smallish, but fairly steep hill on the backside of our leave to go sledding down. We just had to dodge the briers, small trees and fence. It was all good fun until I had a "brain fart" and failed to put the brakes on (aka put my feet down) and ran full speed into the fence. No harm done to the fence; my family got a huge laugh as I apparently bounced off the fence and went flying backwards. Needless to say, my shins are a little bruised and sore, and I have a serious pain in my shoulder! I'm sure it could have been on America's Funniest Home Videos!

Stitches & Staples

I just had to show you a picture of the 3" hole that was in my son's leg. It got all patched up with 1 stitch and 20 staples. Just in case you were wondering, here's the story: It was Sunday evening. The temperature was about 70 degrees. (This was the first nice day in months.) We were all outside playing basketball. My oldest son, Jordan, went up for a layup and some how came down on the basketball pole which had a bolt sticking out. He caught the bolt just right and it ripped a huge hole in his leg. I have to say he was quite a trooper and totally calm through the whole ordeal.