News From The "Fish" bowl!

Mustangs vs. AFNORTH

The Menwith Hill Mustangs play against AFNORTH tonight at 5:15 and again tomorrow morning at 11:15. However, due to last weeks injury "FISH" won't be playing for a bit. On the upside the team will have it VERY OWN cheering squad from the bench! Jeremey has been attending practices and plans to attend the remaining games - after all he is still part of the TEAM!!! His heart is there but his ankle says NO, no, no!!!

GO MUSTANGS!!!!

Next week we are away at ALCONBURY!!!

Hopefully Jeremey will be able to handle some strengthening exercises during the week as well!

Slow and steady gets you back in the game bro! Boy, am I thankful for 2 daughters who were trainers for the high school teams!! I have been relying on there experiences a lot - mixed with quite a few Mommy-isms!!! After all, Mom's do KNOW BEST!!!

Angel's from heaven!

Last May I had the wonderful opportunity to assist my brother and sister-in-law for a few weeks after the birth of their twin girls... This is the SECOND set of twin daughters for them!

They were born without any complications and near FULL TERM!!!

What a joy it was to be able to attend to the needs of these precious little ones. I feel for my brother and sister-in-law as their family consists of ALL girls!!! Little girls are "sweet" like sugar when they WANT something & "spicy" like the dickens when they are crabby, that is our nature.

I love this photo of Baby Brooke giving her sister Sara a little kiss!! Now that I am back in England our son Greg has been staying with them and helping with the babies as much as he can! He makes formula, changes dirty and wet diapers, puts them to sleep, and teaches them to "growl!" He absolutely adores these little girls! I think they are kind of partial to him as well!
Don't you want to just squeeze those little cheeks and give them a big ol' SMOOCH!!!

At this age they love playing together - however, give them a few years and things will most likely go awry at times!!!

These photos make me miss these itty-bitty's soooo much. I would love nothing more then to be there to sit on the floor and spend all day playing with them!

I know that my "grandma" days are NOT to far off in the future, but, for now I have my two little nieces to watch grow and develop!

You gotta LOVE that smile!!! That smile could make any bad day a GREAT one!!!

This is one of the first family photos they had taken! They are absolutely fabulous!!! What a wonderful addition to our family!

Hang in there Mike & Brenda! (and Greg) It is a wonderful life even though at times you want to pull your hair out and just take a long winters nap!!! You are sooo blessed and THANK YOU for allowing me the pleasure of being a part of your world for a bit!

Basketball and MUCH more!!!

We are now into Basketball season and the Menwith Hill Mustangs are starting out the season with a BANG or should I say a "POP" or "SEVERAL POPS!" Let me explain.....

We played ACS down in London, 2 games on Friday afternoon and 2 on Saturday.

All was going well, "FISH" #34 was playing well.

Supporting the team when needed whether from the bench or on the court!

Here is #34 "FISH" waiting for "sub rotation" to get in there to do some business!!! He is quick and light on his feet....

A real team player!

Here he is guarding his "man" during the 3 quarter of the 3rd game...

Then all of the sudden as he comes down from stealing a ball he lands wrong on his left ankle and POP - POP - POP!!!!

The next thing we were doing was "icing" - "wrapping" and treating the PAIN until the paramedics arrived .

Jeremey and I rode via ambulance while Ed followed in the car to the nearest hospital in Hillingdon, England....

We arrived at the ER which they call A&E over here.....

Here Jeremey is waiting patiently for the doctor to come and assess him - he was sent down for xrays and asked if he needed anything more for PAIN!!!

The paramedics placed a lovely orange "AIR CAST" on him that also was cold to assist with the swelling... It provided him some comfort and support for the time being...

The xrays came back showing that he had NOT fractured anything - however, it was a bad sprain and he had pulled several ligaments, hence the POPPING noise!

We were sent home with "walking sticks" (their form of crutches) and were told to just elevate it and give him motrin for the swelling and pain..

Oh, and a lovely advice sheet on how to survive a ankle injury!!!

The good news is that it could have been worse - the BAD NEWS is that Jeremey will NOT be able to play basketball for the next 4-6 weeks! Which is basically the remainder of the season!

However, he is still a part of the team and is planning on attending all the practices and games to support the guys!!! With a bit of patience and some MOMMY physio he should be back to playing soon!

We are so proud of you Jeremey! You played a couple of great games!!!!

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Sightseeing in FROZEN England!

After a week in Tenerife - we returned to a FREEZING - UK!!! The days in the warmth and sunshine were now only in our memories!!!
We were lucky enough to have Greg's girlfriend Sara come and join us for a week. I was greatful since I was the only FEMALE in the house for over a week and I needed to have some more ESTROGEN in the house to counter act all the TESTOSTERONE circling about!!

One of the places Greg & Sara (and their driver Ed) visited was Brimham Rocks. Brimham Rocks is a unique collection of eroded rock covering an area of about 50 acres, in the care of the National Trust. We are lucky enough to have this located just up the hill from our village of Summerbridge.

Greg & Sara

Sara lifting one of the rocks!!!

If you look closely you can see the drizzle FROZEN to the tree!

Ed and Greg

View of the countryside

Some more of the rocks

Greg loving life - being here in the UK!!!

Some more FROZEN countryside!

I love this photo!

We thoroughly enjoyed having you here with us! Our adventures to London, riding the train to "King's Cross" and the underground, seeing Spam-a-lot on the West End, walking through the walled city of York and going to the street market in Skipton! Not to mention our nights playing "Rock Band" and "Sing Star"!!!

Thank you for coming and sharing your adventures with us!!! We miss you!

Our Nature Walk!

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A day at the beach!

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