RJ playing pool
Jordan playing pool
RJ and Jordan trying to figure out a good move
Ed trying to be a pool shark
uh-oh, looks like Jordan wasn't too happy with her shot! lol
Friday, February 11, 2011
Feb 10, 2011
Wow, so much has happened since I posted last. We all had a nice Christmas. Bryce came out and spent the holiday with us. It was nice for all of us to be able to spend some time together. Since then our world has been turned upside down. The day after Christmas we lost Terry, he had been in Wichita in the hospital since the 7th of December with pnuemonia. We traveled back and forth to Wichita several times during the month of December to see him. We made our last trip on the 26th and got to see him. We thought he was doing a little better when we left late that afternoon, but by the time we got 4 miles from home the hospital called and his heart had stopped. We all took it very hard, Terry meant the world to all of us. He was such a big part of our family and it's never going to be the same without him. Ed of course was and still is devastated, him and his dad were more than just father/son - they were best friends. Terry's funeral plans had already been made several years ago and he was to be buried in Independence, MO. with Grandpa and Grandma. We all traveled to MO. to finish arrangements and the funeral was planned for the 30th. However, late the 29th our family was dealt another setback, Ed's sister Brenda suffered a heart attack while trying to finish up final arrangements for the services. It was mild, but she was in the hospital for a few days and the funeral was postponed until the 4th of January. We once again traveled back to MO. (came home just for the weekend to check on things at home, ect...) And as if we hadn't been through enough - the night before the services again (3rd) Brenda suffered another heart attack. Although still mild, it was worse than the first one and this was her 2nd heart attack in 5 days. She's only 43 years old and in excellent health. Very upsetting for all of us. There was no way to postpone the services again, so we had to have the funeral without Brenda. This was so very hard on her and on Ed. But we all made it through and she is doing very well now. Since then we've been very busy trying to get things gone through at Terry's house, everything done that needs to be done and of course trying to deal with our loss of our precious Dad/Grandpa. Things get a little more bearable day by day, but of course it will never be easy. The girls also took it really hard, they were very close to their Grandpa. Dakota wrote a beautiful poem for him and Ed read it at the services. I'm still not sure how he did it, there is no way I could have. We love you and miss you Dad and you will always be with us in our hearts. After trying to get back to a somewhat normal routine, the girls celebrated their 14th birthday on the 24th of January. It's so hard to believe that they are 14 years old now. They have also finished up basketball season for this year. They had a pretty good team this year. I don't remember what the overall record was, but they won several games. Dakota was out for 2 weeks with an injured knee and she was not very happy about that. But she's doing fine now and the girls have started running track now. Won't be long and track meets will be underway and we'll be on the go again! Also in January Jordan participated in a NRA pheasant hunt with her trap shooting group. It will be airing on TV (The Outdoor Channel) on March 27th at 9:30 p.m. The name of the show is Friends of the NRA. She was pretty excited and had a lot of fun that day. I'm so anxious to see the show, they got some great footage of Jordan and even had a mic attached to her, but not sure what all they'll actually use. Should be fun to watch though!! Of course there has been so much going on that I could literally write a book this time, but this covers the basics. I have some pics, I'll add a few posts with them next. Hopefully I should be able to at least get back to monthly updates after this. :o)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Awesome basketball game!
The girls played a hard, but awesome game last night (12/13/10) against Beaver. And although they ended up losing the game, they played so well!! The score was 38 to 20, but Dakota made 18 of those 20 points!!! I was so proud of her!! She did amazing!!! Jordan played a great game too! She had some great rebounds and she fought hard to hang on to the ball and took several good hits from the other team. She got knocked down a few times, once on her bad knee (cheerleading injury) and I just knew that was gonna be it for her, but nope......she got up and even though you could just tell that she was in major pain, she finished out the game hard and played like a trooper!! Very proud of her!! After the game, both of the girls were exhausted, they both played the entire game without coming out at all, but they got out there and cheered for the boys!! So very proud of my girls!!!! They are amazing young ladies and they always give their all to everything they do!!!
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