Family Fun

So the 1st official week in January was a busy one for The Hanel Clan!

It started Monday with the girls going back to school. After 2 weeks of sleeping in and laziness life was back to normal. We all managed to get up on time and out of the house so they weren't late to school. They had a good first day back. They were very excited to wear some new Christmas clothes and share their holiday fun with their classes.

Tuesday I was getting ready for my In-Laws to come. Plus Diesel had a well check up. Everything is going great with him. He weighs 24.2lbs and is in the 9% and he is 33.25 inches tall and is in the 21%. He is the "fattest" he has ever been. He is very small but is growing proportionate so there aren't any worries. Oh and his head is tiny in the 12%. The doctor says he will look better then having a big head. lol... Tuesday night soccer started back up for Taylor. They had a winter break and had been off for about 1.5 months. Practice went well and although it was cold out she seemed to be back in the routine. Late Tuesday just before 9pm Maydeen and Bob arrived. Jeremy got home from work about 10 minutes later. (he likes to work late for extra $$)

Wednesday morning after the girls were off to school May and I took Diesel to a follow up ENT appointment for his tubes. his hearing was perfect and everything looked great. We did find out that his adenoids are blocking his nasal passage by 75%. Although it is a fairly large blockage he should grow bigger and his adenoids should shrink. We aren't going to remove them at this time. The Doctor said he wouldn't do it on his girls in this case. Diesel goes back in 6 months. After the doctor May and I went shopping. We ran some errands. We got back around 2 to pick the girls up from school. We laid Diesel down for a nap and ran to Walmart to buy all the party stuff for Taylor's 8th birthday sleep over. When we got home both girls had a surprise waiting for them. Bob had spent all day putting together a desk for Rylee and desk chairs for both of them. He also did some Honey Do's for me. They girls were so excited and very surprised! Jeremy managed to get off work at a decent time and we all went out to dinner. We tried a new place over by the Cardinals stadium. It's was very nice Mexican restaurant. The food was pretty good and the atmosphere was very nice. Diesel did pretty good for not being out to eat in a very long time.

Thursday May and Bob drove out to the shooting range where Bob shoots in his Cowboy action shoots. Diesel and I lounged around until they got home. We had decided to drive out and have lunch with Jeremy. I thought it would be nice if they could see where he works and what he does. When we got to the shop Jeremy showed us a project they had finished for the Navy. It was amazing. Jeremy constructed this HUGE thing and he had no blue prints. All he had were CAD pictures with only a width and height dimension. There were a ton of pictures and he had to reconstruct it. It was amazing and he was so proud of himself. His work was so good. Bob even made a comment that he had no idea how good Jeremy was at welding. I know Jeremy really enjoyed that! When we got home I had a follow up ultrasound for my thyroid. I am pretty sure that everything is fine and that there is nothing wrong. But I go back to the ENT in mid February. Thursday night Maydeen made us a yummy chicken dinner. Jer, Bob and I watched a movie and May got the kids bathed and to bed. It was a nice break.

I am never good at taking pictures when May and Bob come. It always seems we are so busy and non-stop. I was able to get one of Diesel and his Grandpa. You can't read it but the shirt Diesel is wearing says "I may be little but my Grandpa sure thinks I'm a Big Deal" Bob had gotten Diesel the shirt a few months back and I thought it was a perfect time for him to wear it.

Friday morning May and Bob left back to home.

Saturday morning Taylor had her 1st soccer game of this half of the season. It was an 8am game and it was COLD! I think the girls weren't all quite ready to be back. School had just started it was early and cold and soccer had just stared. The lost their 1st game ever 2-3. we had beat this team in the 1st half 5-3. They girls did play good but you could tell they weren't all there.