UPDATE...

So I guess last night's post wasn't super clear...Annika, it wasn't actually my first time skiing, just the first run of the day. We have been skiing for several years now...

Now for the update... I had an 8:00 a.m. MRI and by 3:00 had been referred and scheduled to see an orthopedist. Apparently there are, and I quote "several torn ligaments" in my right knee. Yeah!!!! I can't wait for this next appointment, I can just hear it now... "Mr. Jones, we need to operate to repair the ligaments....." Awesome!!!

So it has been a while, but there are good reasons.... so last Monday, Nicholle and I dediced to go skiing for the first time this year. After the stress of finding a baby sitter for the entire day, and trying to organize everything we needed, we finally pulled it together and were off. After dropping the kids off at the sitter at 7:30 and the hour plus drive up the hill, we finally arrived and were anticipating some great spring skiing, as it had been 62 degrees the day before and was promising to be the same this day. After standing in line for twenty minutes to spend over ninety three dollars on lift tickets, we headed down the hill to the BEGINNERS chairlift. Once we got to the top, we stopped to talk to a friend we met on the way up the lift. Nicholle wanted to head down the right side of the lift, so away we went. because it was icy, I was a little tentative, but took off and in trying to make a turn, caught the back edge of my ski and went over the top. My left ski released, but the right one didn't, and I found myself kissing snow. I found it very difficult to stand back up. My knee was killing me, so we very gingerly made our way down the hill. (There was no way I was going to let ski patrol put me in a sled...)Unfortunately, we had to ride the chair up again to get back to the lodge. So we tried that, and my knee was killing me all the way, so we packed it up and came home. Two lift rides....$93, messing up my knee on the first run....Priceless!

That afternoon the doctor's examination indicated an acute MCL strain. She told me to wrap it, ice it and stay off of it, but I'm not so good at following directions. So I found myself back in the doctor's office again this morning and am scheduled for an MRI tomorrow morning first thing. I guess my ski season is over.....

Early Church....

So, for the last few months, the family has had church beginning at 1:00 in the afternoon, but beginning the first of January, They moved to 9:00 church. This may have been a blessing in disguise, at least for Nicholle. She now gets the kids up early enough that I can help get them ready for church. It adds a little stress to my morning, but relieves a lot from hers, at least I like to think it does. There are unintended consequences, like this morning.....

Luckily, he didn't fall over in his Fruit Loops! I love the everyday adventures we are facing, at least after the fact, when Nicholle and I can laugh about them! Just one more sleeping photo... Juan tends to sleep very warm, he will often wake up about an hour after going to bed in a sweat having nightmares caused by the heat, but insists on sleeping with a fleece blanket next to his skin, and then his covers over top of it. So the other night, when he woke up, I put just the fleece back on him, intending to put anther blanket over him before going to bed. I forgot, and here is the result.....

Maybe I will remember to cover him up next time to avoid turning a 4 year old into a fleece Mummy......