The Russo's

Easter pictures at church  My mom was out of town, so we didn't see them. Went to dinner at the Russo's house. Gianna and I made Robin egg cookies The girls dying eggs Getting each other with confetti eggs  Landon's honey do shower was Easter weekend. His parents hosted it at their house. 

Gianna made us tacos for lunch one day Cadie took the kids to the new ice cream place in Brusly They made ice cream in a bag at the monthly STEAM class at the library  They dissected owl pellets at 4H. Gianna was grossed out at first, but then was fine digging in. They found a lot of mice bones and jaws.  The kids set up for Josh's birthday We celebrated his 42nd birthday at his parent's house. His mom cooked steak gravy for dinner.  The cabinets and doors in the garage were looking dingy and have never been painted since we remodeled. I painted the garage walls in April 2021, but didn't get around to the rest. They didn't have the right paint so I had to prime them and then paint. It was more work than I thought, but glad I did it! 

 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.