I Have survived another State playoff

I know from the title you are beginning to wonder what it means. Well for the last four years I have been at the high school subbing or I really should say baby-sitting teenagers for two days while most of the kids have gone to the playoffs. Those kids that do show up are those who are court ordered, parents who don't want them around, lovers who come so they can be together and do whatever they want, and those kids just looking for any reason to drive someone else crazy. Most of the teachers take it off because they hate dealing with the kids that hang around. Other years we have just put the kids in the old gym to let them play basketball and have begged them to call their parents to come and get them.

This year Larry Davis, our new principal decided that we needed to hold school, which meant take roll and hold class as much as possible. I don't think he can remember the good old days when he was a teacher during playoffs. Because of this we had more kids who had to be in school because they couldn't take another absence. Thank goodness I was in the classroom rather than in the gym. At least the kids could watch a movie and be rather calm. I'm back to subbing for Dean Nelson, he hurt his back a couple of weeks ago. Because of this it kept me away from the worst part, the gym. Yesterday was the longest day of my life. Not only did I watch the same movie over and over again, Open Season 2, I picked up a virus on Dean's computer, had a paper jam that took me way to long to fix, and had to deal with the same kids for over three hours, one even wanting a ride home to Elmo. One good thing about playoffs, Emery girls have made it to the championship game, which will be played tonight at 5:00. Paul and I have thought about running to Salt Lake but we have several trips to make in the next couple of weeks. So enough of my complaining.

Here are some more pictures of Alex and Josh. Josh loves his little brother and is being such a big help to his mom. Also our next grandson will be born on April 6th. So now I need to get my tickets purchased. I'm looking forward to spending some time with Bauer and spoiling Emmett as much as I possible can in three weeks. 

Ok I can't get the pictures to move so you will just have to look at them first. One day I  will get used to this new computer!

Alexander James Oveson

First off I know that each of you are hoping for at least one picture of the new addition to our family and I need to let you know just how bad of a Grandma I really am. The only pictures I have of Alex are on my phone and with the new computer I can't get them off the phone and onto the computer. I promise that I will post on Friday or Saturday with lots of pictures on Kassy's blog for all to see the beautiful little boy that has entered into our family.

Alex was born on Sunday February 8th at 5:30 in the morning. He was supposed to wait until the 16th according to the doctor but Alex has a mind of his own. Michael had called us the day before to come up because of a false alarm and we decided to stay the night which turned out to be a blessing. Michael had to take her to the hospital at 2:30 Sunday morning because her labor was becoming more intense. She wanted to deliver normally but around 4:30 both Mike and Kassy had a strong impression to have another c-section. This was a blessing because the cord was around Alex's neck. He only weighed 5 lbs even but he is 19" tall. He is so little but with the way he is eating, I'm sure he is going to be just fine. He doesn't have to much hair, it is very light and short. He has a dimple in his right cheek that we don't get to see much of. At times he looks like Josh but then other times he looks like his daddy. He is a very good baby and now that he is catching on to the nursing thing, he is doing a lot better. 

Kassy has been remarkable through this whole thing. She is recovering very well. As she puts it, she has too. She is still getting her blood built up because she lost a lot after the delivery. Michael has a few days off to help her recover. Plus after a two day break at home and also to pick up Grandpa so Josh will have his best buddy with him, we will be spending the weekend with them. 

We have truly been blessed this past week. Prayers have been answered and we are very excited to have this next addition to our family. Two more now to go.