Pup Wrestling 2015

Last night was the pup wrestling tournament. After two weeks of learning and practicing, the boys got to show off what they had learned. Carson and Travis were both really looking forward to getting to wrestle. Sadly, Travis got sick Thursday night and wasn't able to wrestle! He was heart broken and in tears when he realized that he wasn't going to be able to wrestle. He felt a little better when he heard that two of his good friends were sick also and weren't going to be wrestling either.

 

Carson did really well and only lost one match. He wrestled 7 times and was super tired by the time the night was over. He started the night having to wrestle a girl, which was his fear going that night because she was one of just a few kids around his height and weight. I was super nervous for him having to do it and just wanted him to win and be done with her (I know that sounds bad, but it was the truth).

Here he is wrestling the girl.

Match 2:

 

 

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Match 4:

 

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 Match 6:

 

Match 7:

 

All the wrestlers.

With his medal for the tournament.

Poor Travis. This is how he spent the day he was sick and had to miss wrestling. We took him to the Dr. today and found out that he has strep. He is on antibiotics now and seems to be starting to feel better.

Consultation

Today, Carson had his consultation with Dr. Grosso, a plastic surgeon, in Billings. We have decided to have his birthmark removed this summer and this was the first step. The Dr. was super nice and said he felt like the surgery would take about and hour and that they would probably be able to remove everything in one appointment. So, Carson is scheduled for surgery June 25th to have his birthmark removed. I think he is excited to have it gone, but nervous to have surgery. It sounds like the recovery time will be minimal and won't interfere with his sports and summer activities hardly at all (minus waiting for some glue to wear off so that he can swim). Who would have thought that my 9 year old would be the one to have plastic surgery?

Two thumbs up from this guy. And, we are hoping for warmer weather SOON so we can be done with the apparent flood pants and wear shorts! YIKES...when did he decide to grow so much?

Last week

Well, it's official...we are boring! We had a beautiful week last week! It was in the 50's and 60's every day last week and we LOVED every last minute of it. We even had our first weenie roast of the season. We built a fire in our pit and roasted hot dogs and then marshmallows for dessert. It was great and makes me excited for summer to come!

 

 

 

 

Most of our evenings last week took place in the wrestling room. The boys are in the middle of their pup wrestling camp and are excited about their tournament this Friday. It's fun to watch them learn and improve each practice!

Carson and Travis wrestling (towards the back wall)

Carson practicing some of his moves.

Doing the duck walk race for warm up.

UPdate!

I have been a looser blogger lately. It seems that we haven't been up to much due to being sick. I think (fingers crossed) that we are all finally on the mend! Here are some things we have caught with our phone cameras recently!

 

We went to dinner at  a new pizza place in Cody with grandpa and grandma Foulger. The pizza was really good and the kids LOVED the arcade games that they were able to get tickets at and then turn in for prizes.

We made a trip to Billings this weekend to purchase a tub and a few other things for our basement project. We borrowed my dad's truck to make the trip and apparently, tub shopping is hard on little boys! All three fell asleep on the way home. Not having a tv in the truck may have had something to do with it too!

 A few weeks ago, the elementary school had breakfast with buddies. We got to visit each of the boys classrooms and have muffins and juice and read books. Christian was out of town and we missed having him there with us.

 

The last week of February, the Co-op did their annual customer appreciation luncheon in each of their locations. We went over to Powell when they had theirs and had lunch with Christian. This year, his job was to hand out chips and he did a pretty good job.

The boys got to help grandpa Asay bottle feed a calf one night after school. It was pretty dark and cold, but they enjoyed it!

 This Saturday, we went to an 80th birthday party for Christian's grandpa Monk. We met at his uncle Dave's house for pie and ice cream and family fun.

Grandpa Monk and his girls: Diane, Jan, Renee and Sherie (sister-in-law)

With the grandkids that were there: Christian and Charlie, Matthew, Grandpa Monk, Lauren and Peyton.

And with most of the great grandkids!

Christian's mom and grandpa!

Our whole group! Not too bad of a picture for just taking a video and then cutting it down for a picture!

 

They had a movie from some time in the 1960's of Christian's grandpa and some of his friends that we watched.

Watching the old movie.

Carson and Peyton playing marbles. These two became pretty good friends last summer when we went to Bear Lake together. I'm so glad that they are friends even though they don't get to see each other very often.

One week at school, they had Dr. Seuss day at school and could dress up like a Dr. Seuss character. Carson and Travis decided to go as thing 1 and thing 2. They were really excited to get to go to school with blue hair that day!

 

Taking shape

After a year hiatus, we started working on our basement again. We spent the last three nights framing in a bathroom, laundry room, big ol'closet/storage room, and room where our furnace and such is. We ran out of studs last night around 8 so, we didn't get to frame in the bedroom closets...the last thing we have to frame in. It has been so exciting to see the basement take some shape and think that it will be just a few more months until it is all done! It's looking like the sheet rocker/taper/texture guy will be here in a couple of months so that will give us ample amount of time to finish the wiring, plumbing and putting in a sound system! YAY for progress! We are planning to try and finish up the framing Monday and Tuesday evening!

Christian and Michael Hendershot working away Friday night.

Finishing up Friday night with a some photobombing from Michael.

 A look at the bathroom.

The huge closet/storage area. It will have two doors with lots of shelving for storage all our stuff.

The laundry room/craft room. It will have lots of cabinets and a counter top for doing crafty things.

The furnace area that will also have some storage also.

A panoramic view (which is why it is kind of distorted)

 

For the first part of the week, this is how we spent most of our time...sick. Travis has been sick off and on for over a week now. It started with a yucky cough then added a low grade fever for several days and then woke up this morning with some tummy troubles. Landon started a few days ago with the cough had a fever Friday and now has a runny nose and eyes! I'm just hoping that no one else gets it! Here's to healthier days!

 

 

Update

I have been slacking lots lately in the blogging department. Here are some things we have been up to for the last couple of weeks through pictures from our phones.

 

Landon went in for a well-child check up last week and I promised him that if he was good, we could go get ice cream after. He is growing well and was really good so we picked up ice cream on our way out of town back home. About half way home, I looked in the rear view mirror and found that he had fallen asleep and hadn't even finished his cone!

 

Two weeks ago, it was really foggy outside but it was kind of a neat sight!

 

I love each night as we sit and read scriptures as a family!

Last week we went out to take some feed out to grandpa and grandma Asay. Landon insisted on wearing his spider man sweatshirt. I felt very safe knowing that spider man was in the car with us on our ride!

It has been an usually warm February melting our snow  pretty fast. Landon and the other boys have had a blast playing in the mud and puddles.

 

 

We have been gearing up for Valentine's Day this last week. The boys put their class valentine's together over the weekend and had parties today (Friday) at school.

Travis with one of his mustaches for his valentines.

The library had a Valentine's activity after school for the elementary school kids. They played games, read books and made crafts. There weren't very many kids that attended, so they all three got some fun prizes!

 

Travis won a book and pez dispenser and Carson won a monkey and some candy.

 

On Wednesday, we went over to Kasi's to decorate valentine cookies with our cousins.

Landon got a little carried away with the red sprinkles and his fingers were red the rest of the day.

Landon really enjoyed his cookies.

 

Our group decorating away!

I went to Billings on Thursday with my mom and did some shopping. Landon was a really good sport the whole day but crashed hard in the shopping cart in Target!

When did he get so big?

The boys got to get balloons for Valentine's Day from their mom and dad. It's the only day during the year that they allow balloons to be sent to the school.