Jr.

In October Mark Jr. helped a friend move a couch, it was a very heavy couch that reclined. They were taking it into the uhaul truck when the other person dropped their end and Mark held on to his. His back made a bad noise and he was in instant pain. He appeared to be Ok so it wasn't till a month or so later that we took him to the doctor because it never stopped hurting. They referred him to physical therapy and he continued to be active. One day at baseball practice he was hitting off the tee and had no problem hitting right but the first swing he took as a lefty almost dropped him to the ground. We got back to the doctor who sent him to Dr. Podesta, the best ortho sports doctor around! So after many tests, bone scan checking for a fracture, MRI checking for disc damage, the conclusion thankfully was, joint irritation. So finally 4 months later Mark received his cortisone injection and is home resting in bed. He has been in constant pain for 4 months and he is very happy that it should be better after today. He was given happy pills a couple weeks ago to help with the pain but after the happy juice he was given today for his injection he said the pills don't compare! He had a drunken smile and couldn't remember much of anything except that he felt far away from everyone in the room. He wasn't sure if they were taking to him or each other, he didn't remember getting dressed and he didn't remember getting escorted out by my friend Maria who had also given him an orange juicy juice. We are hopeful he will be up and about soon, back to his normal active lifestyle.

Dr. Podesta's office....every room is sports themed, we were thrilled to get the Dodger room. It was very cool! Our second visit was in the hockey room. While there you will typically see semi pro and pro players coming in to give Podesta signed jerserys and gifts saying thank you for fixing me up! He is the best! That's Mark's kind of doctor office!

ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY!!!!!!!!!!

SHE FINALLY BLOGGED!!

Julie is BACK! Check out her new post....

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My other family

Perfect Day

The weather is beautiful today, couldn't be more perfect. THIS IS why I love California!
We met this amazing man playng baseball at Cornerstone last year. His grandson Jon was on the team but graduated last year and we miss him ALOT! Bill and Jane came to almost every game, cheered loud for the boys and was a joy to be around! Since the boys have started basketball we have taken advantage of Grandpa Bill and his basketball coaching skills. He meets with the boys weekly to help them learn the game they have never played before. We love him for giving of his time to us! He is a special Grandpa!
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Nolan's Bday

We spent the afternoon with our friend Nolan to celebrate his birthday!

We took the kids ice skating, we started off at the seasonal outdoor rink in thousand oaks but once there we realized they could round the rink in 2 seconds flat and that would get old really quick. This nice kid was sitting nearby and heard us talking and suggested the rink in Simi. We figured they hired him to sit on the bench and get people to go to their rink instead. :)

It was much larger but it was now indoors and VERY cold and we hadn't dressed for that. Oh well.

We then took the kids to Fuddruckers for dinner. Nolan got the 1lb burger and ate the whole thing!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Ok, so this was our weekend.......

We started it off by meeting friends at the park and the boys played football and ate bagels and muffins, we then headed to Orange County to have Thanksgiving dinner at my sisters. We had 2 turkeys, one 25 pounds and another. My sister slaved over dinner all day. It was an awesome meal. We then headed back home around 8PM Thursday.
Friday we had 23 people at our house, the boys played paintball on base and the girls went shopping. Yep, not the smartest thing to do the day after Thansgiving especially at the Camarillo Outlet mall but we got so lucky with a parking spot and then we only went in the stores without the long lines. Friday night all the boys stayed the night, sleeping in our trailer, our friends motorhome and on the living room floor. Saturday we met friends again with all our family at the park to play ultimate frisbee and football. We had about 35 people, it was great. Then our family headed back home to Orange County and our friends and us ran to Hueneme for a free movie and saw Eagle Eye. Sunday the boys went with their friends to the LA car show and I went with friends to a Glendale theater to see "A Christmas Carol". WE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Each boy read a book, mostly Dr. Seuss















MY FAVORITE GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kristin, Julie and Pam