Missin' me?

Hey there everyone... no I did not fall off the face of the earth! I've been busy at the house with the holidays, the weather and the farm. We had a great Christmas holiday with family and I hope everyone out there did too!

I can't believe that January is almost over. We've survived 27 days of 2010 and it just keeps flying by. Matthew celebrated his birthday on Jan. 11 with a small family party and papa and grandmas. He didn't have to go back to school until Jan. 12 because of the weather, so we celebrated with him in Mountain View.

Scott is supposed to have a doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon for another follow-up. He's still on crutches and not back to work, but I'm not sure he's ready. He still gets pretty tired after a long day of therapy and farm work, so I'm not sure how he'd handle a full day in the helicopter. We'll just have to see what they say tomorrow (if we get to go!)

They are predicting a major winter storm for our area. We are in an area that might get up to 12 inches of snow in the next few days. They have changed the forecast a little and have taken most of the freezing rain and ice out, but in its place they added more snow. We'll just have to wait it out and see what happens. I have tomorrow off for the doctor's appointment and we'll have to see what Friday brings.

I just had a few minutes here at the computer and I thought I'd add a new post and change up the background (since Christmas is now past!) Hope everything is well with everyone and you enjoy life to it's fullest! Happy Wednesday!!!

Steph

It's December!!!!

Hello everyone! We've made it to December. I can't believe how fast this year seemed to move along. Well, now it's Dec. 8 and the holidays are right around the corner. Of course I'm talking about Christmas, New Years and oh yeah, MY ANNIVERSARY. On Dec. 14 Scott and I will celebrate our 2nd anniversary.

The other day Matthew said, "Two years? Seems like forever!" From the mouths of children... but he is right. It does seem like I've known Scott forever, and I mean in a good way. We just seem to fit and compliment each other.

He's doing good after his accident. He's still on crutches and probably won't be back to work as early as he'd like, but he's not doing too bad. He has a doctor's appointment again next week and they'll take a look and see what they think about how he's healing.

I have really worked on my patience with Scott's accident. He is moving slower and I have to be patient and in general, I think I'm being a little more patient overall. Even though I know my family is reading this and thinking... yeah right? Who's she kidding....

We went to Pigeon Forge, TN for Thanksgiving and had a cabin with Jason, Jill and Jase and Mom and Dad. It was a wonderful trip and we had a good time visiting and enjoying Thanksgiving. It was a really long ways out there which calculated to a long trip home too, but it was fun. We were there for three full days and spent two on the road. The cabin was wonderful and having the space for us all to be in the same cabin but still separate when we needed to be was nice!

Last weekend I got most of my Christmas decorations out. We put up the Christmas tree and decorated it on Sunday afternoon. Brice even came over and helped out so that was really nice. We had fun that evening! Too bad it can't happen more often!

Just wanted to get back on here and say hello all. I'm looking forward to the holidays and they'll be here before we know it! God Bless everyone... stephanie

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello there... just a quick note to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family. It's been a busy month around here lately and I'm sorry I haven't written anything in a while.

Scott is doing well, though he's still on the road to full recovery. Matthew did well in football and is playing intramural basketball and I'm holding my own.

As I said it's been busy and I'm looking forward to this holiday time for some rest and relaxation.

God Bless!
Stephanie

God is Good!

Well as most of my family and friends already know, Scott was involved in a 2-vehicle crash on Friday, Sept. 25 at around 2:45 p.m. He had some lacerations to his head and arm and a broken left femur. He was flown by Air Evac to St. John's in Springfield where they checked him out in the ER and then sent him to ortho surgery for a nail and pins in his leg.

He had 18 staples in his head; 24 staples in his arm and small staples where they made the incision to put the nail in. Total he is supposed to be non weight bearing for 6 weeks (still have 4 to go!) and then they say recovery will take about six weeks after that. All in all, he's going to be fine.

I'm going to post some pictures of the truck and I think when you look at them you'll understand that someone was riding with him... meaning Jesus. He survived and the driver of the other car, who veered over the center line, wasn't so lucky. So I try to remind myself daily how lucky he was and that God must not be done with him here on Earth yet.

Thanks to everyone for their prayers and keep them coming. We still have a long recovery. He has his good days and his bad days, so we never know for sure how things are going. But again, overall he's still with us here on Earth and for that we are thankful.

September is almost gone?

Wow, where has this month gone? And what about this year? It's going to be 2010 before we know it... I can't believe how time flies. Whether you are having fun or not...

Trying to get ready for all sorts of events this fall. We are having a garage sale this weekend -- wish us luck! And then the next weekend I have to work. It's Air Evac Lifeteam's Homecoming event and awards dinner. Then the next weekend is the PH show at Arkansas State Fair and then we have the anniversary party for Grandma and Grandpa Barr. It's a busy month ahead!

First off I'm hoping to have a successful garage/yard sale this weekend. I'm going to try to sell stuff and after that, it's going away. So one way or the other, I'll be getting rid of and cleaning some stuff out! That's nice. Brice's fireman bed is going to go away soon too. He's too big for it now, so we're giving it back to the people who gave it to Scott. Once that's done, I hope to be able to clean and organize that room a little more.

Matthew is in the heart of Football Season. It was a miserable day last week and they lost their game. It rained ahead of time and as the 4th grade started it poured again. They lost, but they did score one touchdown and guess who made that run in? Correct... it was Matthew! It was pretty cool. Just too bad the whole team didn't do as well.

Sunday night last week, we traveled to Springfield and went to the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) event at JQH arena. It was awesome. By going on the final night, we got to see the BEST bulls in the short go. There were even a couple of 90+ point rides. Anyway, it was pretty cool. They are going to be back in Springfield next year and I'm sure we'll go again.

Well, I've got some other things to work on, so I guess I'll say have a great day! It's already Wednesday this week. WOW!
Steph

Salem 4th Mighty Mites beat Thayer!

Well, Matthew's fourth grade Mighty Mite football team beat Thayer on Saturday 12-0. It was a good victory to start the season, and it was against Thayer. That was really nice.

Of course before we could go to the game, I made Matthew pose in the front yard for some now traditional football pictures. They got new jerseys this year and I am very proud of them. The team looked sharp on Saturday. On this post are some of my favorites.

He plays again next Saturday in Salem around 11:30 a.m. They play Melbourne next week.... everyone is welcome to come cheer the Greyhounds on!

Have a great week!

Steph

Did you survive 9-9-09?

That's right... yesterday was 09-09-09.... kinda cool huh? When I wrote a check on Tuesday, I realized that Wednesday would be one of those cool days, kinda like 07-07-07. I wonder if anyone got married at 09:09 in the morning. Anyway, I ramble....

Matthew got stung by a red wasp on Monday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon his ankle was swollen three times its normal size. It was still swollen terribly yesterday morning, so I got him a doctor's appointment. They gave him some allergy medication, told him to be careful and told him that he would live. He got to spend the rest of yesterday with Grandma and Grandpa Barr, so I think he was pretty happy.

Today, he ankle was better. Still swollen, but not nearly as bad and he wasn't complaining of it itching nearly as much. He seemed more his old self and got up and got ready for school and even took the trash out without too much complaint! LOL

So, now here it is a Thursday already. He has football practice again tomorrow and then the first game is Saturday against Thayer, which is the only team they lost to last year. They split the games with them -- won one and lost one... so it will be a tough game. They've really been practicing a lot of defense and I hope it pays off.

Just wanted to give everyone an update on Matthew (aka Fred-- in case I ever call him that and you wonder!) Have a great upcoming weekend and Go Salem Greyhounds!
Steph

PS The Tigers play this weekend too... go MIZZOU!