Fun in Frisco

Camden's soccer team was scheduled to play in Frisco this weekend. We had been looking forward to going because we had plans to see Mason and Grace. As of Thursday night at soccer practice, Camden was still not certain if he felt comfortable enough to play. On Friday, he finally decided he felt he could play so he and I headed to Frisco Friday night. We woke up Saturday morning and headed to the soccer fields. It was an overcast and extremely windy day.  Mason and Grace came and watched him play. I found myself holding my breath a few times while he was playing for fear he would further injure his arm. At one point, another player tripped him and he went falling to the ground, but fortunately he slid head first instead of falling directly on his arm.

The soccer field we played at was literally one mile from the Dude Perfect warehouse. We have watched more Dude Perfect videos than I care to admit and seen them live, so it was only fitting that we took a picture in front of their warehouse.

We spent the rest of the afternoon with Mason and Grace. Grace is currently a graduate student at Texas A&M Commerce where she is working on pursuing a career as a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP). While Mason and I hung out, Camden was able to help her out with one of her classes by taking a lengthy IQ test. Afterwards we went out to dinner with them and then headed to our hotel. Camden hung out with his friends at the hotel, while I relaxed in the room.

We got up the next morning and headed to a different soccer field. The sun was out and it was not as windy, so was a bit more enjoyable to watch. Afterwards we headed home. While we were in Frisco, Shane and Casen headed to Franklin Saturday for a baseball tournament. Since their games were late Saturday evening and then early Sunday morning, they spent the night in College Station. Surprisingly, Camden and I made it home before they did.

Today was the solar eclipse. If the weather was good, we were supposed to get a very good view of it. Unfortunately, it was rainy and overcast through most of the eclipse. We did go outside to see if we could see anything exciting, but it wasn't until later when we were back in our office that we got a glimpse of it out of our window. 

Mom sent this picture from 
Kerrville

It is a shame we didn't get an amazing look at the solar eclipse. But Lord willing, maybe we will get a good view of the next solar eclipse in August 2044.

An Exciting Easter Weekend

Do you ever just look at your kiddos and see glimpses of them as adults? Saturday morning, after Casen asked for some chocolate coffee, I looked over and for a brief moment he looked all grown up. 

Yesterday was Easter and of course that meant that the boys woke up to candy filled Easter baskets. We then headed to church to celebrate the risen Lord. And, for the first time ever, we did not do an Easter egg hunt. . . guess that is just a sign of the times.

On Friday, Camden and several of his team mates played in a 5v5 Challenge soccer tournament. His team made it to the finals, however Camden didn't make it to the final game. During the second game, which was against the 10U girls, it was his turn to play goalie. He was doing a great job defending the goal, however I didn't even get a chance to get a picture of him playing what he considers the most dreaded position. As I was getting my phone ready to take a pic, one of the girls kicked the ball with all her might from about 10 feet in front of him and as he tried to defend it, the ball bent his hand back. I saw him grab his wrist area, and next thing I knew he was taking himself out of the game. As he and I headed over to the trainer that was on site so he could get checked out, he was absolutely ticked. The trainer palpated his wrist/arm and made him do different range of motion exercises. She felt like he had just sprained his arm, so she put ice on it and told him to sit out of the game that was going on, but if he felt up to it, he could play in the next game. She told us that if by Monday the pain had not improved, he should follow up with an orthopedist.

When the third game started, Camden opted to not start the game, but did attempt to play several times. It was obvious he was in pain and after several plays, he would remove himself from the game. His team won the third game, which sent them to the finals, but we decided to head on home since Camden decided he wasn't going to play in the final game. I dose him up with Naproxen and he headed over to his friend Trennan's house to spend the night. Despite his arm hurting, he played pickle ball with Trennan that night. By Sunday evening, his arm was still not feeling great and he was having a hard time supinating and pronating his arm and had increased pain if he tried to push anything. I debated taking him to an urgent care yesterday to get an x-ray, but decided that even if it was fractured, we would still have to follow up with an orthopedist, so decided to wait until today to make an appointment. 

I was able to get him in this afternoon with Dr. Mills at Cypress Orthopedics. They took an x-ray of his arm and then put us in a room to see the physician. Prior to the x-ray technician leaving the room, she pulled up the x-rays on the computer and walked out. The second I saw them pulled up on the screen, I just started laughing. No April Fools joke here - I could easily see the break.

I always knew I was going to be THAT mom whose child had a fractured arm and I would be in no rush to take him to the doctor. Heck I hardly let the kids use bandaids when they were little. When I was a school nurse, parents always felt like they had to explain themselves to me if their child had ended up with a fracture and they had waited a few days to take them to the doctor. I always told them I had zero judgement because we don't have x-ray vision and honestly, I could see myself doing the same thing. And, here I was.

When Dr. Mills came in, he confirmed what I saw - a buckle fracture of the left distal radius. Luckily, his fracture was not at the growth plate. He offered Camden a hard cast if he wanted a lot of sympathy or told him he could wear a brace. Camden had zero desire for a cast, so opted for the brace. When asked if Camden could still play soccer,  Dr. Mills said if he felt up to it, he could. He feels like it should heal in three to four weeks, but wants us to follow up in three weeks for another x-ray. Camden told me he knew it was probably fractured and was so proud that he had never cried despite the pain. Luckily, he doesn't think I am a bad mom for making him wait until today to be seen. :) 

Last Ever Field Day

Today was another bittersweet moment as I attended the last ever field day for the Hood boys. I usually get more pictures, but I was too busy soaking it all in (or maybe chatting with some friends). Surprisingly, Casen spent the majority of his time doing running events - either the relay or 50 yard dash. 

Casen and Abhay

It won't be long before we say so long to Northpoint Intermediate.

He Is Growing Up

Shane and Casen headed to Baton Rouge this weekend for an NIT tournament, while Camden and I stayed back so he could attend his mission training today. On Friday evening, Camden and I headed to Ranchitos to have dinner with Melissa, Shawn, and Braden who was in for Spring Break. It was nice catching up with Braden and hearing about Melissa and Shawn's Spring Break adventures. On our way out the door, I wanted to catch a picture of Camden and Braden to send to my mom, and much to my surprise, they are the same height!

Over the past year, I have been talking to Camden about driving and he has told me that he did not think he needed to learn how to drive. When I asked him why, he told me that he had no problem me driving him around. Ha!!! So sorry buddy, I am not going to be your chauffeur when it is time for you to go off to college. So I have asked him on multiple occasions if he wanted to go and drive and he has always turned me down. . . that is until yesterday. He finally took me up on my offer! We headed over to Tomball Memorial High School parking lot and let him have a turn behind the wheel.

He did great!!! And, he didn't mind it! So much so, that he asked to go and drive again today! Yesterday we only stayed in one parking lot and today we ventured from one parking lot to another, which meant driving on a road. Even if it was only maybe 20 yards of driving on the road, he was still so proud!

Time, slow down!

Spring Break Festivities

This past week was our Spring Break and it was very low key. Originally I was a little sad that we were not doing anything, however it ended up being a nice relaxing week that I think we all needed. We started the week off with Camden having a scrimmage against the girls team. It is always fun watching the boys play against the girls, however they don't play with the fire and aggression that they usually display when playing against other boys. So they ended up losing, which I know ticked Camden off because one of the girls he played against is Olivia, one of his friends that he has had since Kindergarten. 

Camden and Olivia

On Monday, we headed to Katy to play some putt putt at Tiger Woods mini golf course Pop Stroke. We had fun playing putt putt, corn hole and foosball. 

The rest of the week, we did not do too much. The boys hung out at home playing video games and watching movies, while Shane and I did a lot of relaxing. I did go to work one day and actually got a lot done! This weekend Casen had a baseball tournament, which meant we spent a lot of time at the baseball field. They boys played well and and ended up being the March Madness Champions!

Now that we have made it through Spring Break, the rest of the school year is going to fly by. Summer will be here in no time!!

A Much Needed Facelift

When making blog posts, I very seldom look at my actual blog. While making a blog post today, I unintentionally hit the button that took me to the preview of my blog. Wow!! Based off of the pictures in the header of the blog, it is obvious that it has been at least 11 years since I have updated the layout.

That being said, I decided to take a little time to give the blog a new and updated look. Amazing what 11 1/2 years can do to four people. :)

A Whole Lotta Games With A Little Singin' on the Side

This past weekend was filled with lots of sports, a little cake and a little singing. We started the day at Burroughs park for Camden's soccer game.

Shane's parents came in town for the weekend, so they met us at the park. We then headed back to the house to celebrate Nana's birthday and of course had cake to celebrate!

Happy Birthday Nana!!

Casen's team played in the Houston Super NIT baseball tournament which was a three day tournament that had over 1,000 teams from several states. We played teams from Louisiana, Texas, California and Mississippi. On Saturday, we played two games and came out 1-1 on the day. Sunday we played two games at a field in Brenham where we lost one and won one, and honestly thought we were done. In order to advance to the next bracket game we had to finish in the top 31. Our fate was in the hands of a team playing on another field at the same complex in Brenham. If this specific team lost, our boys would stay alive to play another game. Our boys stayed to watch the game which proved to be a tight game but lo and behold, the team ended up losing which made us 31st. So we all had to hop in our cars and rush over to Baseball USA to play a game at 8:00pm. The boys ended up winning that game which allowed us to make it to today's bracket. Aside from Camden, we all had a welcomed day off! We ended up losing our game this morning, however we ended up 16th out of 80 teams. I must say, I never thought I would let my child miss school for sports, but as they say, 'never say never'.  

Waiting to see if we would live
to play another game.

Tired, but excited to make it to
Monday

This evening, Casen had his choir pop show and we all enjoyed watching him 'Dancing the Night Away'.

While it has been a great few days, I am going to need a few days to get caught back up!