The Russo's

 Sometime before Thanksgiving of 2021, Josh's right hip started hurting. He had gotten a new pair of shoes for work and thought maybe that was making him feel off. He goes through the holidays and it was still hurting. He goes to the chiropractor on January 17th to see if he was out of line. She suggested seeing a doctor and maybe it was bursitis in the hip. He sees Dr. Padgett on January 24th and did a x-ray. The radiologist sees a condition called AVN (avascular necrosis) which is the death of bone due to a lack of blood supply. Dr. Padgett was surprised, but said it could be an old injury of some sort. He sends him to the ortho to confirm. Josh sees Dr. Linschoten at BR Ortho on January 27th. He confirms that it is AVN. It was a shock to hear!! The femoral head was dying and would eventually collapse. The only solution was a hip replacement. They started him on Mobic while he thought about what he wanted to do regarding doing the surgery soon or waiting. He wanted to wait, but t...

At the monthly 4H meeting, the kids planted potatoes                                                     They got to pick carrots, a lot of carrots!                                                                                    We celebrated Valentine's Day at home  We ordered Popeye's chicken. The kids and I set the table nice with fancy glasses and played music.  The STEAM class this month was using cubelets to make robots.  They raced the robots after to see whose was the fastest  My 38th birthday was on the 21st. My mom had me a king cake gentilly cake and cooked. We facetimed Jen while they sang.  Josh cooked etouf...

The library started STEAM classes once a month for homeschoolers We had some hard freezes two days in a row  The grandkids had a sleepover at Nana & Papa's. They made personal pizzas. 

Dillon wanted to take the family out for a fun night as his Christmas gifts to everyone. We ate at Elsie's Plate & Pie for dinner. Everyone went to bowl at Red Stick Social. He and the big girls have a tradition of going to the escape room every year. He invited the younger kids this year. They had fun! New Year's Eve: I was working at the firework stand for the day shift, so I joined the kids and Josh at his parent's house.  The kids popped fireworks

Opening presents on Christmas morning  They both got a Ninetendo Switch Then we took them outside to get some big gifts that I couldn't wrap  Gym bar for Sissy A trough for Hudson's fish and crawfish  They were very happy with their gifts. Then went back to playing their instruments.                                        Went to lunch at Nana & Papa's  Josh carving the turkey I made crème Brule for the first time. Josh rigged up a torch for us to do the top. We went to my mom's house that evening. Jen and Dillon were in town, so we took some pictures.  We opened presents before Aunt Donna's family arrives.  We surprised the kids with their own Saran wrap ball this year to play Someone suggested an ugly sweater theme for the night The adults played the Saran wrap ball game and exchanged gift cards.  We had my Dad over on the 27th, but this was the on...