tim & jenn

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Happy Birthday Tim!

Tim turned the Big 3-0 this year. To celebrate, I threw him a really fun birthday party. What better way to say goodbye to his 20's than with outdoor laser tag & a video game theater? Nothing I can think of! We all had such a good time and Tim had no idea it was coming!

Tim had no idea where we were going.

Making our way to see our friends and family

Leading the blind

Removing the blindfold

Surprise!

Tim & Ryan playing a little laser tag

Everyone decided the laser tag set up wasn't challenging enough, so they decided to play in the parking lot.

Anything to win

Scoping out the targets

Ready to fire

The first round of laser tag boys. I didn't get a picture with the girls who joined later in the evening.

The video game van!

Some of the girls playing a dancing game

More dancing.

Having fun playing "Michael Jackson Experience"

Ryan had to join in with the dancing

The inside of the video game van

Lisa & Ryan

Even my mom got in on the video game action. This might have been her first time every playing a video game!

Blowing out the candles

Ryan and his friends had so much fun running as fast as they could.

Thank you to everyone who came and helped us celebrate! It was a blast!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Gabriel's birthday party

We had such a fun time celebrating Gabriel's birthday!

The water slide. The kids had such a great time!

Ryan LOVES anything with steering wheels on it. He played with this one for such a long time

Checking out the fun toy

Having fun playing with the ball

Slam dunk!

Ryan got to take the 1st crack at the pinata. Note the focus on this boy.

Gabriel before the blindfold.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Ouch!

Last week I injured my ankle playing volleyball- nearly re-creating the exact scene from 15 years ago. After jumping to block a ball, I came down (possibly on one of the opponent's foot- I neither saw nor remember) and my ankle turned outward. I heard and felt a loud crunching noise and that was it. I couldn't move it. After hobbling off the court with some help, I knew what would happen. My ankle would swell out of my shoe and would then start turning some crazy colors. I had been there before, except last time it was my other ankle. In high school, I tore the ligaments in my ankle, and through a painful recovery (with the help of a sports orthopedic specialist) returned to walking pretty quickly.

This time, I'm not so sure. The doctor said that I have micro-tears in the ligaments. Micro: that sounds better than a full tear, so I'm already doing better than last time. After 1 day of crutches, I decided that the pain was better than those darned things and stopped using them. I guess I'm not the best patient, but I really hate crutches. Now, I get to sport my lovely (note the sarcasm) walking boot. Tim thinks it's cool, but then again, he doesn't have to wear it. Despite looking like Forrest Gump, at least I can get around.

I'm hoping for good news from the Doctor, but am pretty sure that all I can do is wait. Hopefully the time will go by quickly and I can get back to "normal" sometime soon! Until then, here are some pictures of what used to be my good ankle.

Anyone lose a baseball?

Beyond cankle status. At least my toenails are painted, right?

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Golf lesson

We were cleaning out the garage one night, and Tim found his old set of golf clubs. He took out a club and started swinging in the front yard. Ryan decided he wanted a try, and so he got his first lesson that night in our front yard. He had so much fun and actually hit the ball a few times. Fortunately for us, he didn't use the clubs to do any damage to anything (grass, cars, us)!