Temporarily Out of Order...

I'm still here! First couple of weeks on the crutches I was just grouchy and grumpy (with a smile on my face) and now I'm annoyed by the cast and I just haven't felt like blogging. I don't think you really want to hear about me hopping to the kitchen for a drink or my graceful attempts to get into and out of our deep soaking tub!!! My days have been filled with elevating and icing!

I'm grateful to my mom for helping me with the children but I can't tell you how hard it was for me to give up control. I tried to stay in the loop for a day but quickly realized I couldn't do it. So I became a supervisor.

Doctor appointment last Friday. I get to walk on the cast. That lifted my spirits until I realized that I might have been faster on the crutches!! Whoa is me!!! Will this never end!!

Mike and I decided to do a "Lonesome Dove" marathon on Saturday and we watched 8-9 hours of this wonderful western saga! We would stop it for bathroom and food breaks! We are really wild party animals in our old age!

I did get a bit pumped up for a trip to Wal Mart on Sunday (Hey...I've been pretty much stuck at home for 2 weeks...Wal Mart sounded like the party of the year!). I had to cut my list short because my leg was hurting a bit and my other knee was hurting and I refused to use a wheelchair or those electric scooter things they have!!

It hasn't all been bad.....I've received some beautiful flowers, wonderful meals, lots of cards (that Mike always opens before me...he's such a kid!) I got to see what it was like to sit around all day doing nothing....(it's not as great as I thought it would be!) I got to spend the night with the kids while their mom was out murdering someone last Friday....(go to her blog for details of the Murder Mystery Reunion Party) **she had nothing to do with the REAL murder that happened on Saturday in Coshocton!!! Mike took me to Bob Evans for breakfast Sunday morning after church then I watched Madison's Elite Dance Dress Rehearsal....(it was awesome). I've been able to move around much better this week and did more with the children (almost putting my mom out of work...but not quite).

It's been a L O N G 2 1/2 weeks!

I must say....I will be excited to clean my house when I'm up and running again. I might even get excited about scouring the bathroom and polishing the furniture!

Good luck to the Elite Dancers who go to their first competition this weekend.

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers during my unfortunate and regrettable chair accident. May this miserable memory rush into your mind anytime you think about standing on a child's chair to do anything!

Happy March...don't forget to turn your clocks up Saturday night!

Fell down and went boom....

Last Monday my children were here and all was well. Two of my little ones were reading in the family room and the ceiling fan was running on low. I thought the air was too cool on them. I pulled over a Little Tykes plastic chair and stood on it to turn off the fan and my foot slipped and I fell. I broke the bone in my lower leg....I can't even remember the name of it right now. It was a clean break and the tendons and ligaments look good. Boot cast for 4-6 weeks.

The computer desk isn't very comfortable so not much emailing or blogging for a while.

Thanks to Cortney and Conner who helped me with the phone and phone numbers the morning I fell and to my families who, again, had to call their back ups. Thanks to my parents for taking me to the ER and to my husband & parents who, again, have to take care of me.

Oh, if I had it all to do over again.....




I looked so sad and pitiful in this picture that I refused to post my head! And my hair looked terrible!

Dinosaur snack!

I send out a weekly newsletter and photo album to my daycare families. Valerie called me over the weekend and said..."Mom! Look at the picture of Jimmy and Dayla in the playhut. It looks like the dinosaur on Jimmy's shirt is eating his poptart!"

She's right! lol I never even noticed it!



Dayla, Jimmy and a hungry dinosaur!

Chloe hug...

I was walking through the living room last week and caught Mike sleeping on the couch and Chloe was tucked in beside him with her paws over him. It was so cute! Of course, I grabbed the camera!


I think Chloe loves her "daddy."

KOPS (Kids Offering Praise & Songs)

The children sang in their pajamas on Sunday, January 27th! They were so cute! We had several singers sick that day and we missed them terribly! My grandchildren were out of town.

We sang "In the morning when the sun comes up up up to the evening when the sun goes down....the name of the Lord our God is to be praised!

So in the morning when I first wake up up up to the evening when my head lays down...I'm gonna praise the name of the Lord my God!"

Then we sang a wonderful contemporary song "In the Blink of an Eye!"

This month we are singing and celebrating love and friendships....We will be singing "With All My Heart" featuring Cortney Crabtree, Madison Miller, Grace Miller and "Hide" featuring Renae Wright, Marissa Sees and Conner Crabtree.

We sing the last Sunday of each month during morning worship!

back row..left to right...Sydney Zeman, Olivia Zeman(hidden by the front row)Victoria Cowden
front row...Connor Sutton, Marissa Sees, Taylor Hunter, Conner Crabtree, Cortney Crabtree

A few more Cleveland pics...

This was a view of our real seats from the seats where we watched Madison dance. We moved to the highest level. As I said below...it wasn't so bad. We had lots of fun up there!



This is picture that I lost in the Cleveland blog post. I wanted you to see some more of their moves. They were great!


I took this picture of the Goodyear blimp from our car window. When we first spotted it, we thought it was a balloon! The closer we got the BIGGER it became! It is huge! This was about noon....Mike said it was going to be very late for the Super Bowl in Arizona!

Cav's game

Mike and I traveled to Cleveland last weekend to watch Madison dance at the Cavs game! We had lots of fun and were very proud of Madison and the Elite dance team.

I didn't get the pictures uploaded in order.....hope it isn't too confusing!

Madison and her proud mom. We loved her costume and hair!



Each of the "mini" dancers is assigned a "big sister." This is Madison with her big sis, Taylor Burke. Taylor is an incredible dancer and a wonderful mentor for Maddie



I caught this picture of Madison waiting in line. I love her expression...



Along the Concourse you will find lots of fun things going on. These dancers were fantastic! They actually came up to our Grace and wanted her to rap into the microphone and dance but she wasn't having any of it. They were so good it was a little intimidating!




Time to dance! I got many of the pictures out of order!


This is the mini group lined up and ready to start.


This is a great picture of the entire team on the floor...Seniors, Juniors and Minis!






Dance is done....lots of loud applause....excited dancers running off the floor!


These pictures should have been before the dance...oops. This is a view from the area where we watched the dance. They were great seats!


Grace's close up...



Waiting patiently for the pre game program to begin. Our dancers are first at 7pm!




These guys walked around the Concourse and let the kids shoot hoops!




At every time out or break in the game...something exciting happened on the floor...great bands, dancers, cheerleaders and here was an American Gladiator challenging the Cav's mascot!



Sorry these are so out of order. Here.... the dancing is done and we are in our real seats...in the clouds....close to heaven!



Miller sisters....


Miller girls....



The view from our seats. They were very high but they were actually very good seats and we had lots of fun!!



We went back to the hotel after halftime so the girls could swim. Grandpa Mike had to try on Madison's hair piece!


Grace had to try it on too!



She was so HAPPY to finally get to swim!


Grandpa Mike had a painful shoulder and back but he wouldn't stay in the hottub....he just had to play in the pool with the kids! He's a fun Grandpa!


Packed up and ready to head home.


We actually followed Matt and Val to the Belden Village Mall area in Canton where we ate at Olive Garden and did a little shopping. What a fun weekend!!