Honor Guard

Ben was chosen to be a part of the Honor Guard for Law Enforcement Memorial Day. He did a wonderful job! I am so proud of him and all his accomplishments. I have included a few pictures and I tried posting the video of it, but after 12 hours of "uploading" I am giving up. Sorry! Also, a few people have asked to see prego pictures so I included a picture of me with Ben at 8 months pregnant. Don't laugh too hard!

Birthday/Mother's Day

This last weekend we made the trip to Inkom to celebrate Braxton's Birthday and Mother's Day. I really can't travel very well, so we had to make a bed in the back and I had to lay down the whole time only getting up to make my many pit stops. Stents suck! Once we got there we had a good time. Braxton got spoiled and so did all the moms. We had a wonderful meal. My brother-in-law is king of the grill and so we always get plenty to eat. Ben was trying to show the kids how to shoot guns and hop on pogo sticks. However, I think the kids needed to show him how to hop on the pogo stick. Kyle was showing the boys how to play baseball. Look out MLB here they come! Braxton also got a Nintendo DS with the Mario Brother's game...I must have one now!

Mom hates pictures so I don't have any of her on here but I want her to know that she is the greatest mom in the world!

Cystoscopy

I had a cystoscopy surgery last Monday. They put a stent in my kidney and ran it down to my bladder. They said that the problems may not be caused by the pregnancy. Yipee! It is seriously the worst thing that I have ever had done! The surgery itself was a breeze because I had a spinal and didn't feel a thing, but my body is rejecting the stent so the next two months are going to be a nightmare. On top of it all my kidney is still not draining all the way so I have more added pain and discomfort. I was so emotional about it all, and then I got a phone call from the clinic saying that my sugar glucose test came back abnomal! Thanks for that phone call Jami!!!!!J/K I'm sure it was a fluke thing but now I get to do the 3 hour glucose test. I have really been avoiding that. After that phone call I had another ultra sound and found that I also have a kidney stone. Nothing can be done about any of this until the baby comes, so please keep me in your prayers!

Horse Racing

Local news 8 did a story on Les Bois Park and how they may not be doing live horse racing this year, which buy the way really sucks. However, it was cool because they came out to the barn and talked to my brother Kyle, and got some footage of him and my dad exercising the horses. Check it out at http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10233640&nav=menu554_1_1.

Easter/Baby Shower

Among the many events of our last weekend were several Easter egg hunts and a baby shower for my brother. Yep that's right for my brother. One of his horses had a new colt so we threw him a shower with gifts and goodies for the new colt. Here are some pictures of the events.

Mutton Bustin

Last weekend my nephew Braxton rode in the mutton bustin at the Dodge National Finals Rodeo. He was so excited!!! I tried to video tape it, but I basically missed the whole thing so I just have 2 pictures. I also included a picture of his little sister. She was so content to eat her potato chips and watch her big brother. Braxton did well. He was the only one who rode one handed. He scored a 77 and got a bag full of freebies. His two favorite things were a belt buckle and a free happy meal at McDonald's.

Dance

Last weekend my niece Taya had a dance recital in Pocatello so Ben and I decided to go watch her be a princess. At her last dance recital she was the only one who danced and all the other girls stood there and cried. Well this time it was the other way around. She is the one in the middle crying. It was soooo cute!