Spring sports begin

Well, our spring sport season begins this week. Brian has his first high school baseball game on Wednesday here in town. Sayre travels to Phoenix for tennis on Thursday. No, she's not playing yet. She will go as the manager. She has her final back injections on Friday. I will be taking pictures this time. She said no the first time and I didn't try the second. I think I've shown great restraint in not doing it before now. I need to document this part of our life. It has been a part of our life for the last few months, so it deserves to be remembered. We'll see what happens.

Valentine's Day

Well, another Valentine's Day has come and almost gone. We mostly hung around the house and did Saturday things. Sayre did go out with D.J. and some friends. She baked him brownies in cupcake liners and wrote a scrambled message on them. As soon as he saw the letters he knew it said "Always & Forever". He got her a stuffed dog (a tradition) and some flowers. At dinner he have her a pretty diamond necklace. Here's a picture of them before they left:

Brad and I are going to go to the movies later and see The International. We haven't been in a while so this should be nice.

Sayre had her second set of back injections on Thursday. Brad was there this time. He commented to me how large the needles were. Gee, ya think? I could have told him that. I'm used to watching people have this done. I'll be glad when it's all over. I'm sure that Sayre will be too. Her back is still tender, but there has been some improvement. Just one more to get through. Brian went to the eye doctor on Thursday. The doctor cleared him to play ball again. He said most everything looks good except for some blood still on the eye. He wants to see him again next week and then hopefully the whole thing will be done. Brian went back to practice yesterday and hit in the batting cage today.

Snowy Day again

Yesterday around 11:00 we got some unexpected snow. It continued all afternoon and the schools were released an hour early. As soon as they sent the kids home the snow stopped. But around 4:45 it started again and this time it really didn't stop until late in the evening. It was beautiful. At 10:00 it was still light enough outside that Brad thought he could go out and play catch. The kids are on a two hour late start today. I have to go in at the regular time :( Here are a few pictures of the scene last night:


It looks a little snowier this morning. It is truly beautiful (at least for right now). I am going to enjoy it while it lasts.

Eye update

We saw the eye doctor today and he diagnosed two minor, temporary problems with Brian's eye. He has comotio retinea and traumatic iritis. Basically, he has bruises to the iris and retina of his left eye. He will be prone to earlier cataracts in the left eye, but there should be no real problems right now. That was a relief. He will be fine. He sees the doctor next and hopefully he will release him to play ball again shortly after that.

We appreciate all the good thoughts and prayers. We definitely were blessed with this one.

Brian's Eye

Well, what a day/night! Brad called me at work from baseball practice. Brian had been hit in the eye with a line drive and they were going to the hospital. He would meet me there. Well good grief! I grabbed my stuff, told a few people and left. Sayre called while I was headed there and I told her. She was there first. I was at the light at the hospital and Brad and Brian turned in just before me. We got right in. The doctor looked at his eye and the cut below it. He didn't like how the eye looked inside. It was shadowy. His nose didn't look broken. He wasn't sure about the orbit of his eye, so he wanted to get a CT scan. That took a while. While we waited Gramma, Poppa, Visha (the girlfriend), her mom and brother, Mark Olivas, Jim Bailey, another fireman, Jess Kellum, and Rick Olivas (baseball coaches) visited. He was quite popular. The CT tech was really nice and said he did a great job. He didn't move at all. Then we had to wait for the CT results. The doctor came in and put Dermabond on the cut below his eye. He checked his eye again and said it looked a little better, but he still wanted us to see an opthamologist tomorrow. Then we waited again for the official results of the CT. When we finally got those results, Brian had a broken nose, an eye contusion, and a skin laceration. We see the eye doctor tomorrow, the ENT sometime soon and got to take Brian home. He is now resting quietly on the couch, sleeping on and off. What a stressful afternoon! I am doing well, Brad is pretty upset. He does not like the idea that he was there (actually just a few feet from Brian when it happened) and couldn't stop it. He would be happy if Brian quit all sports right now. I'll update everyone with any new information. Here's what he looked like:

Just another Sunday

We've had a busy week. Brian played his final two soccer games for the season this week. Tuesday's game was great. I got lots of good pictures that I put into a digital layout.

It was a cold game and my fingers were telling me so. My two pinkies were yellow. It was too weird!

Then on Friday Sayre had the first injection in her back. We had a 1:30 appointment. Brad left work to be there. The doctor's office did not send the orders so they asked us to come back at 4:15. We got there and didn't have to wait long. They took Sayre back and did the CT scan. Then she had to wait for the doctor to get there. It seemed like forever. He finally got there, but had two sets of orders. One said just the left side. One said both sides. He asked me what I wanted to do. I couldn't decide. Fortunately Judy came back down the hall and I was able to tell him to do both. Poor Sayre. She had to lay on the CT scanner this whole time. He went in and told her. Judy went in for the first three attempts (there were a total of four) and I was there for the last. It was hard. Sayre cried the whole time. She was so scared, and they told her not to move. She came through it ok. She was muscle-sore for the first two days, but the pain in her back is already back. We know it takes more than one to work completely. She only has two more to endure.

Sunday saw me grocery shopping and scrapbooking. The Cardinals were in the Super Bowl so I had to scrapbook. I had to be in the house alone. I had to eat leftover El Palacio alone. I had to scream and scare Molly. I did all that, but unfortunately the Cardinals lost in the last minute. It was a great game. No one can say they didn't deserve to be there. They came so close. That's ok. They still made it when no one thought they would.