STOCKSHOW 2010

Well...another stockshow has come and gone. This time it won't come around again for D'Nae. This was her LAST County stockshow. A little bitter sweet in my opinion. This is NOT what she enjoys..according to her...the ONLY reason she participates is because I MAKE HER !! Anyway..we had a very good stockshow. D'Nae was 1st, Breed Champion, and Grand Champion. Rhaeden was 2nd (behind D'Nae), Reserve Breed Champion, and Reserve Champion. Maegen got to show in the Pee Wee Goat Show. We borrowed a goat and she got her trophy. Overall...a VERY GOOD YEAR !!!

D'Nae 1st place Heavy Weight Medium Wool

Rhaeden 2nd place Heavy Weight Medium Wool

D'Nae Breed Champion Medium Wool

Rhaeden Reserve Champion Medium Wool

D'Nae Grand Champion

D'Nae and Rhaeden with Grand Champion Banner

Jody Clem, Mark Clem (breeders) Rhaeden, D'Nae and Mike

D'Nae and Rhaeden with Reserve Champion Banner


Jody, Mark, D'Nae, Rhaeden and Mike


Maegen and D'Nae in the Pee Wee Goat Show
Maegen and D'Nae really concentrating on the Judge

Maegen with her Trophy

D'Nae and Maegen attempting to get a picture under the banner

Most of the Pee Wee Goat Showers


CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE EXHIBITORS ON A GREAT 2010 GARZA COUNTY STOCKSHOW

NIGHT IN ER

Well...Tuesday night D'Nae injured her left shoulder AGAIN in the basketball game. She said it didn't feel the same as when she injured it three years ago. She kept saying it felt like bone. She couldn't move it at all...NONE...and a "knot" was forming on her collar bone. The EMT's and Paramedic decided that she needed to be taken to the Emergency Room to have it X-Rayed. Since there was only one Paramedic in the County that night and she was stable, other than in excruciating pain, I drove her to Lubbock instead of them taking her by ambulance. Mom drove D'Nae's pick-up to the house and I dropped off Rhaeden and Maegen so they could get homework, baths, and then off to bed as much to their normal time as could be. Mom rode with us and when we arrived at the ER we didn't have to wait long at all. We had X-Rays and there was no broken bones and no obvious dislocation of the shoulder. They gave her some pain medicine and an immobilizer and sent us home. She is to wear the immobilizer or the sling they gave (I bought) us for one week and NO BASKETBALL !!! She informed the Dr. that District basketball started Friday and she was going to play. He said "NO you're not !!" Nicely, of course. He even put in the paperwork that she has to be released by a Dr. BEFORE she can play.

She had a note to stay home from school yesterday, but she didn't want to stay at home and about 11am went to school. She was still hurting and by the time she got home last night, the first thing she did was take a pain pill. She called before she left Gail and I could just tell in her voice that she wasn't doing well at all. She said she took some ibuprofen before she left to get her home and it did NOTHING for the pain. She ate supper, took a slow difficult shower (one handed) and went straight to bed. She made the comment that it hurt just to sit on the couch and watch tv. Not even moving it and it still hurt.

This morning, she went to school at the normal time. She was moving the lower part of her arm from the elbow towards the hand pretty easily...but...the shoulder NOT SO MUCH. She could move it about 3 inches out from her body which is a GREAT improvement but not across her body AT ALL !! She took her pain pills with her and we will see how she manages today at school.

CHRISTMAS 2009

Christmas 2009 is behind us and the year 2010 is fast approaching. I hope everyone had a Safe and Merry Chirstmas. I'm not going to bore you with many details because the pictures are what you actually want to see:

Christmas Eve morning: The kids playing in the snow at the house.

D'Nae, Rhaeden and Gemma

D'Nae throwing snow on Rhaeden

D'Nae, Rhaeden, Maegen and Gemma

D'Nae Sliding down the slide

Maegen and Gemma


Christmas Eve at Nana and Pops


Rhaeden and the new Rubics Cube

LaShae and D'Nae

Maegen trying on her shirt

Pop helping Maegen with the tape on the box

Rhaeden and his flying helicopter

D'Nae, Maegen, PaPa and Granny

D'Nae

NaNa

Granny and PaPa

Whit, LaShae and D'Nae

Christmas Morning:

Maegen and her pajamas

D'Nae putting on Maegen's Pajamas

Madden 10...yeah !!!

Printer for the new laptop Santa brought

Christmas Night:

Jarrett and Diggs

D'Nae and Keylan

Rhaeden, Cooper, Colt and Kutter

Uncle Monkey and Aunt Tanna

Grandpa John

Cooper Playing the guitar and dancing

Sunday at John and Shirley's for family pictures:

John And Shirley

John, Shirley, Tanya, Mike, Lance, Jarrett, and Jeremy

The Grandkids: Colt, Kadie, Jorden, D'Nae, Keylan, Rhaeden, Kacy, Kutter, Maegen, Shawn, Cooper and Diggs

John, Shirley, Danny, Tanya, Colt, Kadie and Jorden

John, Shirley, Mike, Tammy, D'Nae, Rhaeden, and Maegen

John, Shirley, Tina, Lance, Keylan, Kacy, and Kutter

John, Shirley, Jarrett, LaRinda and Shawn

John, Shirley, Toni, Jeremy, Cooper and Diggs

The WHOLE BUNCH: John, Shirley, Danny, Tanya, Mike, Tammy, Tina, Lance, Jarrett, LaRinda, Toni, Jeremy, Colt, Kadie, Jorden, D'Nae, Keylan, Rhaeden, Kacy, Kutter, Maegen, Shawn, Cooper and Diggs

Santa brought Rhaeden a "Calf Tying Dummy"...here is Mike showing him how to tye the calf..

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!

SPORTS !!!

The basketball girls played in the Borden County Invitational Christmas Tournament last weekend (Thursday and Friday ONLY) it had to be cut down to two days because the boys were playing in the State 6-man Division II State Championship Football game on Saturday. Anyway, they played Southland on Thursday night and won. Friday @ 12:30 they played Colorado City and won. That brought them to the Championship game Friday night against Forsan. We had beat Forsan three days prior to this meeting in a tough fight, so we knew this was NOT going to be an easy task. They would be out for revenge and we better be ready. We started the game REALLY slow and found ourself down in a big hole !! I will give credit the girls did NOT give up and continued to fight. When the final buzzer sounded..our girls were on top !!! First time they have won the tournament since 2003. They fought for it and won. D'Nae had a very good game. She was leading scorer with 15 points. I'm not sure the rest of the stats but she had several steals also. CONGRATULATIONS !!! ***Check back for a pic***

As I stated before the boys played in the State 6-Man Division II Championship game Saturday in Abilene against # 2 ranked Highland. We came in as the defending State Champions and the # 1 ranked team. The pressure was on us. Since the Divison splits 4 years ago, no one had repeated as Champions. The game was close and it was a very hard fought defensive battle. It came down to the 4th quarter. Very nerve racking ball game. But...we won 28-14 !!! Back-to-Back Division II State Champions !!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!

This week D'Nae and Rhaeden have been taking Semester tests. It has not been the most pleasant around the house. Nerves are on end. Everyone needs to do good. Stress has taken over. Poor Maegen...who has been in quite a bit of trouble this week...she has just been playing. NO semester tests for her. So, why can't she tumble ? Why can't she be loud ? Why can't she play video games ? BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO ARE TRYING TO STUDY !!! Now...think about this for a moment...if she was trying to study..would it really matter what the other two were doing ? Would they care if they were doing what she wanted to be doing ? Needless to say...STRESS NEEDS TO LEAVE !!!

Shirley got some different medicine on Monday. Last night, she looked good !! She said she was feeling MUCH better !!!

Tonight we have the Annual Band Concert. Tomorrow basketball game. Saturday, I'm busy. So, my question is: When am I going to go Christmas shopping ? Good Question !!!

If I don't get to update before Christmas...MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !!!

POSTING DELAYS !!

Ok..The Borden County Coyotes are still in the Six-Man Division II Play-offs. They play Motley County Saturday in Lubbock for the State Semi-Finals. GO COYOTES !!!

D'Nae was sent home yesterday from school sick. She was complaining about her eye yesterday morning and thought she would be ok at school. I was going to call and get an appt with the eye dr anyway when he arrived in town around 9:30 but she beat him to Post. It seems she has an ulcer on her cornea and m0re than likely strep throat. The Dr. gave her some eye drops that she had to put in her eye every hour yesterday and now 5 times a day for the next 7 days. She also has to take an antibiotic 4 times a day for 10 days. That means NO CONTACTS. Normally that isn't a problem because she wears her glasses a lot....but...Maegen stepped on them and had broken them. So, Mom took off of work to take her to Lubbock so that she could get her some new glasses. Maegen had gymnastics from 4pm-5pm in Gail so someone had to be there to pick her up. I couldn't be in two places at once...and I didn't have time to get D'Nae to Lubbock, wait an hour (or more) on her glasses and get back to Gail before 5pm. Sooo THANK YOU Nana !!! Now...here comes the tricky part...she has a basketball tournament this weekend, a game on Tuesday, and another tournament next weekend so that is like 9 games in the next 7 -10 days. So...is she going to play basketball in her glasses or play blind ? Only time will tell. I hate to speculate on what SHE may or may not do. It's anyone's guess.

Rhaeden participated in the Jr. High UIL competition two weeks ago. He placed 3rd individually in Maps, Graphs and Charts and 1st place team. He also competed in Music Memory. He didn't place individually but was a part of the 1st place team. WAY TO GO !! I am sooo PROUD of you !!

Thanksgiving (also my birthday) lunch we spent with the Blands. Shirley was released from the hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday night she looked really good and said she felt good. Thursday after lunch, she was hurting and took a pain pill. She took a nap and when she got up from her nap she said she was feeling better. Everyone was able to be there for lunch and it was definately a time and a reason to be THANKFUL !! Around 4pm we went to Mom and Dads house to see them. Mike, Stacy and the girls had already left for Glen Rose, so we didn't get to see them, but I did get pictures of the girls. Thank You !!! Mom, Dad, LaShae, Whit, Granny and PaPa were there so we got to visit with them and spend some time with them. Rhaeden and Maegen twisted (doesn't take much) Pops' arm to play dominoes with them. I think Rhaeden won one game and Maegen won the next. Pop was completely shut out !! Grandad was suppose to come but Ronnie had to be hospitlized last week and someone was having to stay with him 24 hours a day, so he stayed to take a shift at the hospital.

Shirley had to go back to the Dr. on Tuesday. It seems her incision is infected and some of the staples had to be removed and the wound opened up and drained. It will have to be packed and unpacked everyday so that it will heal from the inside out. It will take longer, but the tissue looks very healthy. Her spirits are down a bit with this latest obstacle. She just needs to keep eating right and getting stronger. The remaining staples will be removed tomorrow (Friday).

Shirley Surgery

Ok..Where to begin. I know I asked you to keep Shirley in your thoughts and Prayers and I now I ask you to lift her up and the entire family.

Shirley has a large mass in her colon and 2 lesions on her liver. The Dr's are perfoming surgery on her this morning at 11am. Please give Shirley the courage and peace and the Dr's the wisdom to perform the surgery. Please give John, her husband, the 5 kids and 10 grandkids the strength and patience to endure today and everyday after as this will be a battle.

Thank You in Advance for all the prayers !!!

QUICK UPDATE

Ok...just a quick update. I don't have a lot of time.


Rhaeden finished his last year in Pee-Wee football. They went 8-1 and were the Orange Bowl Champions (3rd place). Anyway, it was a good year and everyone had a great time with few injuries...nothing serious. That's always a plus.





D'Nae has started basketball. Her Sr. year. The last year she will play High School Basketball. It's going to be a very emotional year for mom I can already tell ya. She has played in 2 scrimmages with 3 teams and 1 game. They won their game. They had to cancel the Friday night game because the football team is in the play-offs. Pictures will follow eventually !!! Give me time, PLEASE !!!


Maegen is still in gymnastics and loving every minute of it. She is always tumbling somewhere in the house and it always has a "watch me" somewhere in between the cart wheel or the roll....Hence I call her the "watch-me kid"

The Borden County Coyotes are in the 6-man Div II Play-Offs again this year. They beat Loop Friday night 62-6 at Half for the Bi-District Championship. This week we will play Balmorhea for the Area Championship. I'm just not sure where yet. I hope its around Midland and NOT PECOS !!!!


I ask that you send prayers up for my mother-in-law, Shirley Bland. She is currently in the hospital having some tests run. It's a difficult time when you are left wondering with many questions and no answers. Pray that the Dr.'s find the wisdom to find the problem. For Shirley and the whole family to find the Strength to endure.