Broken Collarbone

The two older boys wait all year for 7v7. It's a two-hand touch, passing league. They love it. Five minutes into the game, Tayden got a touchdown. It was an excellent catch and he struggled with his defender on the ground for a minute after the touchdown was called. His team ran off to the sidelines and a minute later I got a text from his coach, "Hey. I think Tayden might have broken his collarbone." Scott ran down there to check him out and our boy was fighting tears. Tayden is not one to cry, so we knew something was wrong. We took him to get x-rayed and sure enough, it was broken. 

He was bummed, to say the least. His spring football season and spring training at the high school were over. However, what he was most disappointed about was early morning weights. He has been going to the high school to lift before school and was finally seeing results. He was finally lifting more and feeling stronger. That was a really big deal for this skinny kid. 

However, in the midst of the sadness, we have seen so much kindness, goodness, and love. Kindness in the form of text messages and phone calls Goodness in offers of help, works in encouragement and sincere care. Love in visits from neighbors and good friends. 

My heart is full. We live in the best community, surrounded by the best people. Each ready to help lighten the load and lift each other's burdens. It's been amazing to watch. Recover is 6 weeks. It's going to be rough, but he'll make it. And he'll be better for it. 

 

Fundraiser

Every year the youth in our ward power rake and aerate yards to raise money for the upcoming summer camps. Watching the young men and women working together...and hard...to achieve this goal always blows my mind. The weather was awful this year and the kids had to step it up. In fact, the ward stepped up. So many people came out to help. Even people that don't have kids in the programs. It really warmed my heart. The older boys did a great job of making the younger boys feel welcome and pushed them to work hard. I love our ward! 

 

Power Stripe

Cache was so excited when I picked him up from Taekwondo last night. He was beaming from ear to ear and I could tell he had something big to tell. He got a power stripe! I broke the black board (which is apparently super hard) with a jump first kick on his first try and got a special stripe. I was so proud of him, but even more importantly, he was proud of himself. 

 

Bedtime Bonding

Tayden goes to bed later than all his brothers. Perks of being the oldest. One night, I was laying in bed, reading a book. Tayden came in and  sat on my bed and used my legs as a back rest. He sat like this for a couple of minutes and we chatted about life. I didn't want to make a big deal of it, so I tried to snap a secret picture, but he caught me. He is growing up so fast and I know these moments are fleeting. I want to remember nights like this, when he wasn't too cool to sit with his mom. When it was just me and him, talking about our day. I love this kid. 

 

Weirdo, Beckett

I can always tell when Becketts had my phone. 

 

Driving Dogs

I walked out of the car for a quick second. The dogs about took off without me. 

 

Messy Face

Ky, "Mom! Take my picture and put in Pack of Packards. Call it Messy Face Kyle."

Done.