"it's all fun and games until someone gets a black eye!"

Well...............we had a lovely Easter............until Tyler got hit in the eye with a baseball!! Went to my Aunt Michelle's for dinner. Was great to see all my aunts/uncles and cousins/kids etc. Food was great and my family puts on a great spread. Thanks for having us....I would have liked to have stayed longer! After dinner the boys (Tyler, Gunner, Drake and Uncle Mark) decided to go out back and play some baseball. Was pouring down rain! Obviously...........Tyler missed a ball.....
I could see in the backyard and Tyler was laying in the grass...........in the pouring rain. With Uncle Mark and his cousins standing over him. I figured he got hit in the eye but didn't think too much about it. But..... for Uncle Mark to be standing over him I thought it "could" be bad. Usually he would say "you're ok............get up and let's play some ball".......
Well it was obviously worse then we thought........
It's a shiner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (disclaimer...............graphic material to follow........especially the last pic).
We iced it and gave him Tylenol to keep the swelling down. And by the time we got home I called Urgent Care.........and of coarse they were closed................
Who gets hurt during office hours? Always a weekend, holiday or night time.!

So to reassure myself I was doing all I could do.........I texted my cousin Angela (who is a baby nurse), my sister Donna (who is a mom of 2 boys who always seem to be getting hurt), and texted my mom. (who raised 65 kids in her life...she did in-home daycare for 30 years!) So I just kept and eye on him. Didn't sleep. And worried about him all night. (but I kept it cool around him and catered to his every whim!)

Things like vision impairment make me a little nervous. This is what he looked like this morning. Lots of broken blood vessels in his eyeball. We decided to see if we could get him into the doctor today. (Clem, thanks for suggesting the EYE Dr. over our medical doctor!). Better to be safe than sorry. He has an appt today at 2:45.........

Probably gonna be black and blue for awhile. The chicks will dig it. He will have to go to school tomorrow and explain the shiner! Poor kid...............like I said.............."it's all fun and games until someone gets a black eye!"

"PROM..........2011"

Oh.........the BIG event of the school year. PROM........... JR/SR prom......... The hair, the dress, the nails, the jewelry, the makeup, the flowers, dinner, pictures...............(alot of time, money and effort for MOM!) I did 4 girls hair for prom today. Started at 11:00 am. And had to get back to the house to get my daughters hair done! I'm so tired...........was a very long day..................but everyone turned out gorgeous!

And Nicole was so gorgeous beyond words............hair was perfect.............and she was excited!

And she HATES to admit how much we look alike!

She gets tired of me taking pictures...........until "the boy" gets here.....hahaaaaa.....then she is happy. (but still doesn't want me to take pictures)

So happy the weather was nice for some outside pictures.........(she looks so beautiful)

This shot scares me a little............slightly resembles a wedding photo!

And I love that she wore hot pink flip flops! Wanted to be comfortable! That's my girl......

Cutest couple ever............

Her and her friend Raelynn (my future daughter-in-law) got ready together all day at the house (while I was at work doing prom hair!) Had a great day and they look amazing.

My girl Rae...................(hair by Missy Mary)

Things are different since I was in high school. Now all the kids go to someones house (thanks goodness it wasn't mine) to take group pics and all go to dinner and prom together. So I got to see alot of the kids before they left. Was really cute and glad I went out and took some pictures with her and her friends. Jason's mom rode with me and I can't wait to see the pics from her camera. She is an amazing photographer......

All the kids.............

(I always take a pic of her corsage).....

And they are off......................Nicole was done with me taking pics so she got in the car quickly.....

(Jason had a clever way of asking her to the prom. But Nicole didn't take any pics for me! He wrote on her car windows with window marker asking her to Prom and filled the entire inside of her car with helium ballons at school). The part I DON'T like is that the prom is out of town. So they all drive to Salem for dinner and then the prom is at the Grand Ballroom in Salem.............After I got everyone beautiful and on their way...........I told LeRoy we were going out to dinner! I needed a glass of wine ASAP....and now I sit here.................

And hope they are all having fun..............and that they all make good choices...........and that they all make it home safely............

'walk it out..........."

I do weird things sometimes.......... I DROVE to Lebanon...........................to go on a walk.............hahahaha But I got to visit with my sister and my nephew...........so it was all good!!!! We walked 3 1/2 miles and somehow avoided the rain! yay! Good walk...........felt good................nice to visit with my sis............(and Gunner!). He was making fun of us and HE is the one that tripped and almost fell down!!!! hahahaaa

(cell phone pics are not the most flattering.......................I need some touch up work!!!!!! And it was cold and I should have taken a pic BEFORE we walked while we were still all fresh!)