Happy St.Patrick's Day

We celebrated St. Patty's day with the traditional "Great Grandma Elliott's" corn beef and cabbage but with my own twist in a crock pot.  Tonight the boyz have Maverick Hockey tickets for the playoffs.  And we are all set up for our next blizzard.......seriously I don't see me planting potatoes on Good Friday this year.

Is it Spring yet?

Well we have sprung a head the clock but mother nature is still behind a bit!  With wrestling season behind us we are looking forward to a great spring season.  Tanner will be doing both track and baseball and let's toss in trap club for good measure.  And yes he is counting down the days until graduation.  Dalton is doing a count down as well...... days until the brace can come off is at 35 days!  We are moving a head with muscle treatments and is up to 7 miles a day on the bike.  Tabor  has been traveling MN and Wisconsin for his job and is loving it.  Sounds like he will be in Nebraska for Easter ( road trip to warmer weather maybe)  It is great having a little break between sports seasons and Dr. visits so to relax the whole family is so addicted to PINTEREST!  Oh my gosh Darin is working on a wine cabinet and boyz and I search for new recipes(pretty sure the only use for a peep) and really bad jokes to share!

Happy Birthday Bubba!

Yeah Bubba is 20  today!  Wow where did the time go? Tabor has some exciting news.... he has accepted a job with McCormick Construction, a company based out of Greenfield, MN and they Manufacturing facilities.  For the next three weeks they are working for Cargill in  Mankato.  Then they will be off to Nebraska for several months to build a new shuttle loading elevator.

4 weeks

Well it has been a long time since the Elliott family had this feeling..........The same feeling you have before a big football game........the hype.....the anxiety...the intensity....the determination and above all the excitement.  Something that we haven't had with any other sport!  It has been four weeks to the date around 4pm when we found out Dalton had a broken neck.  Today it comes full circle........the finals for the teams chance to go to state are at 4pm TODAY.  Dalton has taken on a coaching roll and Tanner is wrestling not only for his team but his family.  Wrestling will be on the radio KNUJ 860 am check them out on-line.  Just  a pin away from STATE.

Warmed heart

Phone call today

Me:Hello
Derek: Mom, it's Derek.  In school today we were given a paper heart.  We were told that we couldn't talk to any girls or we'd have to give them our heart.
Me: Oh?
Derek: I want to talk to girls Mom, but I want you to know that you're the one that has my heart.  Ok?
Me:  I love you son.
Derek: Love you Mom.  Bye.

From the time this boy was born he has known how to warm my heart.  I  LOVE that kid!!

Pin Pin

Tanner recorded his fasted pin this season in 10 seconds in the first period.  LCWM Area nailed down the Valley Conference championship.  Thursday night we take the first step in the quest to state.  Three weeks left of the season that has aged us all 10 years.  But the strength and determination we have gained is remarkable.  Now if we could just get "Mother Nauture" to see it our way and spare us the ice!

Update on Dalton

 Well we are making progress the first two weeks of Dalton's injury!  We are now able to have Dalton get some exercise on a recumbent bike.  And on Friday we will have our first acupuncture treatment on our fingers and wrists.  We will visit with Dr again on Monday and continue the x-rays.  Lot's of firsts for us......and the biggest first for Dalton is using a comb for his hair!  If you know our boys always have very short hair and we can never take the collar off so the hair has to grow.