Hello everyone,
Can you believe Christmas is only a few weeks away?
Tuesday I went to the new Orthopedic dr. in Lewisville, he gave me a cortisone shoot in my wrist. OUCH The ones I had in my hip were not bad at all but the one in the wrist WOW. I need to give it a few weeks to see if the pain goes away. If not the only alternative is surgery. The best option is that they can repair the tear and be done. The not so good option is that its torn from the bone and they will have to drill a hole in the bone and pull the cartilage thru the hole and secure it from the other side. And then have a pin sticking out of my arm and a cast for 6 to 8 weeks. That night Halie and I worked the concession stand at the High school Basketball games since I couldnt do much with my hand she had a friend come help we actually had fun and offered to help out again if they needed us. Wednesday was Ryans birthday,he got his stitches out that day also. His hand is doing good. Brent treated all of us to dinner that night for his birthday.
Friday morning Ryan and Charlie took off for Muenster for the last man standing race. Which was a big upset the guy thats won the last two years and was expected to win again LOST some guy from Poland won.
Friday night Barbara, Tripp, Sierra and I went to Frisco for dinner and to walk around the mall.
Saturday Sierra and I went to a local high school to their craft show, while Halie was still at her friends house we picked them up on the way home and got ready to go to Six Flags.
We got there when it opened and stayed till it closed and it was crowded. I did a lot of sitting and waiting will the kids rode, at least it wasnt cold. We hit a IHOP on the way home for a late dinner. I think I got to bed around 12:30.
Sunday my mom,sister,Barbara and Miranda went on our annul shopping trip to buy all the grand kids a gift from Barbara and Granny Belle ( shes not able to keep up anymore). Ryan got home that morning after we left and took Halie to Grapevine to met Jordan and then took Sierra and her friend to lunch and headed home for some much needed rest. I got home around 6:30 very tired.
We got the girls report cards this week Sierra made A's and B's. Halie made all A's except for one C in Geometry. We are extremely proud of both of them.
I did forget to write about something that happened a few weeks ago with Sierra. It was a bad week and I need time to process it all. Sierra has had a very hard time this year. Kids are cruel as we all know but this year has been a little more than normal. She has friends that love to come over and spend the night, go out with us and even go on vacation with us. But when it comes to carrying over that friend ship at school thats a different thing. Being in special ed classes is like a leper sign on her forehead. And she has been told I can be your friend at your house but not a school. (Ouch) Anyway she has had a girl bullying her and even threatened to hit her if she talked to one of her friends. And telling her she needed to go sit with the weird kids table at lunch. We also realized that Sierra wasnt doing as well in school as we had been told. On her report card it has her on a 5th/6th grade level but when I looked at the papers coming home with her I noticed they were not 5th and 6th grade work, I talked to the principle about it and shes not actually on a 5th and 6th grade level its what shes working towards. Basically they are trying to make it look like the kids are doing better than they are mainly because of state regulations and the No child left Behind system. I told her principal that they had given us false hope last year and that we feel like we have been kick down the mountain we thought we had been climbing the last few years. So she is actually still on a 3rd to 4th grade level. So Ryan and I are looking into other options for Sierra next year. Middle school is hard for anyone I think it could be horrible for her. And during this same week Sierra decided to trim her eye brows with a brow trimmer. And needless to say it didnt turn out well. She shaved about 90% off. We have been putting makeup on the to try to make them look better. That was about 2 weeks ago and you barely notice or we are just used to it. So everyone please pray for us and guidance to do the right thing for her.
I looks like its going to be a dreary week so I am sure we will be hanging out at home alot this week.
Pictures are of The kids at six flags and all of us on Ryans birthday.
