Bone Scan results

Brittons bone scan results came back NORMAL. Hallelujah! I'm so glad to know that I have not dwarfed my child with his lack of fruits and veggies. He is actually doing really well. We are going to check his height and weight every two weeks. Mostly because I am so curious. It's been a lot of work but he is trying so hard to have a good attitude about all of this. I'm very proud of him.

3 v 3 tournament

Saturday was Britton's soccer tournament that we have all been waiting so long for. Tyler and I got up about 5:40 am to start getting everything ready. We had a lot of food and drinks to pack for the LOOONNNGGG day. We got the kids up at 6:00 am and were on our way at 6:40 am.
The kids didn't do as well as we thought they would. I don't know what happened for sure but we think they just had too much soccer the week before. They all had soccer clinic from 9:00 - 12:00 Monday through Friday and they also had there twice a week evening practices and then the all day tournament with four games...they were wiped. We ended up taking fourth place.
But it was still a fun day. The boy's had fun and that is all that mattered. Out of the four games they played Britton had 5 goals.

We got home around five. Then we had the RSL game and USA game to watch. We got done watching those games around 10:30 pm. Tyler and I were the only ones that lasted. Shay fell asleep around 9:00 and we finally made Britton go to bed at 10:00. His legs were so sore and they kept cramping up on him. We rubbed him down with icy hot and I gave him a dose of ibuprofen and sent him off to bed.

Thank you Mom and Dad for bringing food and shade to share with everyone. We really appreciate you sitting out in the HOT windy weather ALL.DAY.LONG.

Oh.my.freaking.gosh.

I can't believe it! Britton ate a half cup of Veggies with dinner last night. And some red potatoes AND he also had cheese on his taco. I'm SHOCKED! Quite the variety of food but we are trying to figure what he can handle. Yes there was whining and a little arguing but he did it and we all got through it alive. YIPPEE!

And this morning my Mom got him to eat a strawberry, one whole strawberry! Lot's of tears from all three of them (Britton, Shayna and Mom) but he did it.

We are taking baby steps with him. It has been very hard on him, (and every one else involved) but we are doing it. It's only been two days but this is a HUGE success.

Thank you Mom for hanging in there. I know it is incredibly difficult for you to watch him go through this but we will all be better for it in the end.

Keep up the hard work Britton. I know you can do it!

Some much needed time off

I took a couple of days off for a little mini vacation we were supposed to take. It didn't end up happening but I took the days off any way. And I ENJOYED it!
Friday was filled with normal Friday errand running. But I found out that we were doing our Father's day dinner on Saturday so I needed to pick up some items for my Dad's gift. Tyler took Britton to his friends Birthday party and Shayna and I ran to Michaels craft store. That's where Shayna and I had a front row seat to a show we were not expecting.
We heard screeching tires and then the loudest scream you have ever heard. A toddler had run out of the store doors and into the parking lot where a truck happened to be driving by. Luckily he stopped in time and his passenger yelled something out her window to the Mom. This is when the show began.
What ever the passenger yelled was the wrong thing to say to this particular Mother. She told the passenger if she wanted to say something to her she should get out of the truck and say it to her face. Lot's of swearing was involved. And pretty soon the Mom was charging full speed at the truck. The passenger hurried and rolled up her window and locked the door. The Mom was trying with all her might to get in the door. She started banging on the window as hard as she could. I'm really surprised it didn't break. When she couldn't get to the passenger she walked back into the store. Then the driver got out and ran to the door and stood in the doorway yelling at her. He said if you go after my wife or hit my truck again I will knock you out. She ran right back to him and bumped chests with him. She kept saying do it, do it. The whole thing was quite comical. I really can't believe people act like that. Where do they get the guts? If that would have happened to me I would have grabbed my kid and went home. The Mom went back in the store and finished her shopping...C.R.A.Z.Y.
Shayna asked me why they kept saying funky. Ha ha. I'm so glad she heard it that way.

Saturday Britton and Shay had a Birthday party to go to in Ogden for their cousin Sonny. They went swimming at the outdoor rec center they have there. We had to leave early because Britton had a soccer scrimmage in Murray that we had to get to. It was the first time his new team played together.

They did a great job. I think this is going to be a really strong team. I can't wait until their actual games start. The scrimmage lasted for two hours. By the time they were done playing Britton was exhausted but we headed over to my parents house for Father's day dinner. Happy Father's day Ty and Dad. Your two of the BEST Dad's in the WHOLE world.

Sunday for the actual Father's Day event my Dad took us all to see Super 8. It scared Shayna and she sat with her eyes covered for most of it but what she did see she really liked. Britton thought it was a cool movie and the rest of us REALLY liked. I think it makes it so much more fun when your watching someone you know.

I mentioned before that we pulled Shay out of tumbling and put her in soccer. She is loving it. I'm so glad we did it. Since I had Monday off of work I was able to watch the kids at soccer and tennis. I am so impressed with these two. And I think Shay is so dang cute in her soccer clothes.

When that was over we went home and packed a picnic and drove up the mountain to watch the helicopter work on the pipeline. It was so neat to see. I was actually surprised at how close they let us get.

When the picnic was over the kids wanted to go home to play with friends. Tyler mowed the lawn so I had no choice but to clean the house.

I also took Tuesday off of work. It's a good thing to because we ended up being very busy. We had to get Shay to and from Ballet, then we went to wallmart for some needed items. My Mom was with us so afterwards we decided to go back to her house for some lunch. After we finished lunch I had to take Britton to his Dr. Appointment. We scheduled this appointment for a physical. Just because he is so active we wanted to make sure he was as healthy as could be. We were also very concerned about Britton's eating habits and wanted to talk to the Dr. about that. We have been struggling with Britton's eating since day 1. We have a lot of adjustments we have to make. Like MAKING him eat fruits and veggies...wish us luck. And adding more fats to his diet. We have to go back to whole milk and we are to give him an instant breakfast twice a day with his meals. In six months the Dr wants to see a two inch height gain. I really hope it works, I just want him to be healthy. Right now Britton weighs 49 pounds and is 49 inches tall. He's a perfect square! We also have to have a bone scan. Just to make sure nothing was compromised during the 9 years of his eating issues. We have both promised to work harder to deal with his eating issues. It's going to be hard but I know we can do it. We should have the results back from the scan sometime next week.

After the Doctor appointment Britton had a soccer practice so we headed over there for an hour and a half then he had a soccer party to go to. The soccer party was for his old team. Their coach had a prize for them and wanted to let them get together for one last time. They will never all play as a team together again....how sad.

Britton getting his medal from coach Doug

The whole gang...minus Kaden

And now it's back to work....YUCK!

Summer Rec

Britton chose to play tennis this year. He is actually really good. Tyler took the kids to their summer rec activities and was shocked at how well Britton played. This was his first time ever. I guess he is a natural. I can't wait to see for myself.

Shayna was so excited to do tumbling again this year but when she got there she was so disappointed. All they were doing were somersaults and cartwheels.

She was SOOOO BORED.

The tumbling coach asked Tyler if we wanted to put her with the 11 and 12 year olds but she said Shay was still to advanced to even be with them.

So we took her out of tumbling and put her in soccer. It will be really good for her to have this kind of exposure before she starts playing for real in the fall. She is really excited about it. Tyler took her to get new soccer shoes. They are bright pink and so, so cute. I can't wait to watch her play.

Britton's rescheduled Birthday Party

Finally! It was a success. Tyler and I decorated the cake....again.

And then I decided it would be fun to make soccer ball cake pops. When I got done dipping them in chocolate I decided it wasn't worth the time to decorate each one to look like a soccer ball so this is what I ended up with. Don't you just love how I left them in the fridge for the photo.

This sign was a huge deal to Britton. After he saw that Shay got a personalized sign for her birthday he just had to have one. To bad this sign was TWENTY BUCKS more then hers. How annoying.

As the kids were arriving we gave them pizza. We bought five large pizza's and came home with five slices. Growing boys can eat A LOT!

Britton's soccer coach stayed for the party and so did his Uncle Kelley (Ty's brother). It was a good thing they did. They helped Ty entertain all of the boys.

After a vigorous game of soccer, Adults against kids, we had our cake and donuts. Britton isn't a huge fan of cake so I made him a cake out of donuts...no picture. We tried to blow out candles but we couldn't get the candles to light. It was just breezy enough to make it difficult so we sang Happy Birthday and he pretended to blow out the candles.

Then we played games. We played enough games that every boy there won a prize.

Britton and Julion showing off their prizes.

Of course we had to have a soccer ball pinata. We forgot the blind fold so we decided if we got the kids super dizzy that would work just as well.

This is Tyler showing the kids what they had to do.

The Birthday boy got to go first.

And when it broke it was total chaos!

And then it was time for presents.

Julion and Britton (Pokemon)

Britton and Prince (water gun)

Britton and Kaden (water gun)

Britton and Jake (water gun)

Britton and Dallen (water gun)
This is when Britton said "this is the gunniest party I have ever had, and I LOVE it!"

Britton and Zach. Zach is Dallen's cousin and the three of them are on the gold team together. Zach and Dallen both gave Britton the water gun.

Britton and Riley (legos)

Britton and Miles (Bakugan)

Britton and Kurtis (Rubiks Cube)

Sonny and Britton...Best cousins. (Sling shot and water balloons)

Britton and Garrett (Bakugan)

Britton and Adam (mouse trap board game)

And now you can see how little Britton really is.

We missed getting pictures with Alex and Thomas. Both had to leave before Britton was done opening his Gifts.

All the loot.

Britton wanted to play with all of his water guns when we got home. I looked out the window and saw what he was doing. I thought it was HILARIOUS! So of course I took a picture.

He had one gun loaded and another ready to go.

Re-loading

And now all the Bee's are dead.

It was a successful day.