Thanks again to Jim Maczko for shooting some pictures at Nolan's first game.
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Nolan's First Hockey Game (Evacuation and All!)
Nolan was able to join his teammates on the Stars last evening for his first Tike/Mite game Wednesday Night. He really enjoyed it and played a variety of positions. Thanks to Gwen and Jim for coming over to the game. He thought it was cool that he had some extra fans. And thanks especially to Jim for shooting some pictures. Once we get a few, we can post them here. The two I took were quite blurry.
The evening got really interesting in the middle of the third period, as the asst. mgr. was getting sick all afternoon and called the local utility company to investigate a possible carbon monoxide leak. The staff purchased a detector and it went off like crazy when they turned it on. The utility company told the staff to order everyone out of the building as fast as possible, so Nolan's first game actually ended with a few minutes left in the 3rd period! We quickly left the building.
Kelly called Ask A Nurse about possible symptoms and extra effects on her since she is pregnant and the Dr. on call said to come into the ER. After dropping the boys at their day care providers home, we went to the hospital. Upon arriving, one of Nolan's teammates and his mom (also pregnant) were walking in as well. Before Kelly saw a doctor, the asst. mgr. showed up at the ER herself since she was concerned and still had a really bad headache. The three ladies basically had blood drawn to determine the level of carbon monoxide in their systems and then were given oxygen for around 2 hours. The Dr. said the carbon monoxide levels were low (around where a smokers would be), but that the oxygen was a precaution to help break down the carbon monoxide faster than it normally would. Some others from the rink went to the other ER in town, but we do not know how bad their cases were. Hopefully everyone will be fine.
Until further notice, we heard the rink will be closed until the leak is found and fixed.
The evening got really interesting in the middle of the third period, as the asst. mgr. was getting sick all afternoon and called the local utility company to investigate a possible carbon monoxide leak. The staff purchased a detector and it went off like crazy when they turned it on. The utility company told the staff to order everyone out of the building as fast as possible, so Nolan's first game actually ended with a few minutes left in the 3rd period! We quickly left the building.
Kelly called Ask A Nurse about possible symptoms and extra effects on her since she is pregnant and the Dr. on call said to come into the ER. After dropping the boys at their day care providers home, we went to the hospital. Upon arriving, one of Nolan's teammates and his mom (also pregnant) were walking in as well. Before Kelly saw a doctor, the asst. mgr. showed up at the ER herself since she was concerned and still had a really bad headache. The three ladies basically had blood drawn to determine the level of carbon monoxide in their systems and then were given oxygen for around 2 hours. The Dr. said the carbon monoxide levels were low (around where a smokers would be), but that the oxygen was a precaution to help break down the carbon monoxide faster than it normally would. Some others from the rink went to the other ER in town, but we do not know how bad their cases were. Hopefully everyone will be fine.
Until further notice, we heard the rink will be closed until the leak is found and fixed.
Ultrasound Pictures
Kelly had a screening test done on Tuesday which involved an "extra" ultrasound. Attached here are the images which she brought home on a CD. She also has a check-up with her Doctor this afternoon (Thursday).
Friday, January 19, 2007
Nolan's A Star!
Nolan had another great night at practice. The main coaches continue to comment how well he listens and how hard he works and hustles...especially since he just turned 5.
The Mite coordinator put Nolan on the Stars team (other 3 teams are the Blues, Red Wings and Avs), and gave him his jersey tonight. Since he moved up for just the last 2 1/2 months of the year...we think he ended up with a #1 jersey meant for a goalie (probably the last one they had for the Stars). So it is an Adult Small and will need to be shortened "a bit." No matter, he loves it and is VERY excited for next Wednesday to arrive so he can play in a game!
Monday, January 15, 2007
Happy 3rd Birthday Barrett!!!
Today, Barrett shares his birthday with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (and bonus...Dad has an extra paid day off!!!).
Dad took Barrett to his 3 year well child visit this morning and he is doing great according to Dr. Gunville.
He is well on his way to challenging his Grandfathers for height, as he is 39 1/8" tall which is about the 90th percentile for his age. Both Grandpa's exceeded 6 feet in height, so Barrett may be towering over his Dad in a few years!
Happy Birthday "B"!!!!!
Dad took Barrett to his 3 year well child visit this morning and he is doing great according to Dr. Gunville.
He is well on his way to challenging his Grandfathers for height, as he is 39 1/8" tall which is about the 90th percentile for his age. Both Grandpa's exceeded 6 feet in height, so Barrett may be towering over his Dad in a few years!
Happy Birthday "B"!!!!!
Movin' On Up
Last Monday, Nolan finished his second session of the USA Hockey Initiation Program and his coach again suggested that we move him up to the Tyke/Mite program. Tykes are basically kids born in 2000/2001 this season, with the Mites born in 1998/1999.
Nolan and his friend Jacob are the only two kids from the IP that have moved up to Tyke/Mites this month (others are moving up to Squirts since they are already older kids), but I think a few more will be moving up pretty soon.
He has been through two practices (last Thursday and Saturday morning) and is doing great, working very hard and having a lot of fun.
Here he is "patroling the blue line" and doing a snowplow stop in his first practice last Thursday.
The 5 to 8 year olds all practice together, broken into three groups based on how new they are to the program (there are about 50 kids in the program now!). They have practices on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, and games on Wednesday evenings at 630pm. The kids are assigned to a team which they play on, but again they all practice grouped together. Nolan will find out this coming Thursday which team he is on and get his jersey, which you can imagine how excited he is about that!
Nolan and his friend Jacob are the only two kids from the IP that have moved up to Tyke/Mites this month (others are moving up to Squirts since they are already older kids), but I think a few more will be moving up pretty soon.
He has been through two practices (last Thursday and Saturday morning) and is doing great, working very hard and having a lot of fun.
Here he is "patroling the blue line" and doing a snowplow stop in his first practice last Thursday.
The 5 to 8 year olds all practice together, broken into three groups based on how new they are to the program (there are about 50 kids in the program now!). They have practices on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, and games on Wednesday evenings at 630pm. The kids are assigned to a team which they play on, but again they all practice grouped together. Nolan will find out this coming Thursday which team he is on and get his jersey, which you can imagine how excited he is about that!
Barrett's 1st Skating Lesson
Hello again after a few weeks without a post...
Last Sunday (7th), Barrett started Snowplow Sam I class in the Learn to Skate program at Centennial Ice Arena. He had a great time and thought it was so cool to be on the ice and see Nolan up in the stands (instead of the opposite)!
As a reminder, you can see the larger images by clicking on those in the post.
Update from week 2 of Barrett's lessons...he went across the ice three times without his bar and even stood up by himself without the bar after falling down!!!
Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year!!!!
Happy 2007 to you all.
Kelly, Nolan, Barrett and I spent the early evening at Buffalo Wild Wings watching our Broncos eliminate themselves from the NFL playoffs, but we still managed to have a fun time.
After we got home, we played several games, listened to some music and enjoyed the CNN New Year's coverage from New York City.
Barrett stayed awake until Central Time New Year's (with all the Texas family) and then hit the sack!
Kelly made it until around 1130pm when Nolan and I were into a mean game of checkers.
Nolan made it until well after midnight Mountain Time for the first time ever. He had a great time outside with me watching the amateur fireworks around the neighborhood and hearing all the "booms" reverberate off the rimrocks and down the valley. It was really quite a show, nearly as much as the 4th of July.
We plan to sleep in a bit and enjoy the holiday Monday. Hopefully the bowl games are exciting and the shrimp in the fridge are delicious.
Happy Holidays again from the Big Sky State and may we all have a great and safe 2007!!!!!
Kelly, Nolan, Barrett and I spent the early evening at Buffalo Wild Wings watching our Broncos eliminate themselves from the NFL playoffs, but we still managed to have a fun time.
After we got home, we played several games, listened to some music and enjoyed the CNN New Year's coverage from New York City.
Barrett stayed awake until Central Time New Year's (with all the Texas family) and then hit the sack!
Kelly made it until around 1130pm when Nolan and I were into a mean game of checkers.
Nolan made it until well after midnight Mountain Time for the first time ever. He had a great time outside with me watching the amateur fireworks around the neighborhood and hearing all the "booms" reverberate off the rimrocks and down the valley. It was really quite a show, nearly as much as the 4th of July.
We plan to sleep in a bit and enjoy the holiday Monday. Hopefully the bowl games are exciting and the shrimp in the fridge are delicious.
Happy Holidays again from the Big Sky State and may we all have a great and safe 2007!!!!!
Monday, December 25, 2006
Christmas Day-Merry Christmas
Wow!
What a day of presents, food and fun. We spent another Christmas here in Billings, and were able to send our leftover food (lots of them) to a friends house where they have a newborn and more pressing needs than cooking a Christmas feast. We heard they greatly enjoyed it! Lots of time on the phone with friends and family too.
Tomorrow we may hit some sales in the morning and then Scott has to work the evening shift (starting at 1pm). After 4 evenings for Scott, we'll have another 3 day weekend for the New Year celebration.
Merry Christmas again, and we hope you all enjoyed the holiday as much as we did.
Scott, Kelly, Nolan and Barrett Carpenter
Gifts from Santa. Playing Clue Jr. w/ Dad.
One of many gift pics today.
What a day of presents, food and fun. We spent another Christmas here in Billings, and were able to send our leftover food (lots of them) to a friends house where they have a newborn and more pressing needs than cooking a Christmas feast. We heard they greatly enjoyed it! Lots of time on the phone with friends and family too.
Tomorrow we may hit some sales in the morning and then Scott has to work the evening shift (starting at 1pm). After 4 evenings for Scott, we'll have another 3 day weekend for the New Year celebration.
Merry Christmas again, and we hope you all enjoyed the holiday as much as we did.
Scott, Kelly, Nolan and Barrett Carpenter
Gifts from Santa. Playing Clue Jr. w/ Dad.
One of many gift pics today.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
Happy Holidays From the "Montana" Carpenters!!
Nolan continues to heal well from his surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids.
We had a great Christmas Eve meal with the "traditional" shredded roast beef sandwiches after both Scott and Kelly braved the local grocery store on two occasions today.
Prior to church services this evening, we also found time to take a family photo by our Christmas tree and real Michigan wreath.
After we got home from church and viewing nearby Christmas lights, we also let the boys get updated on Santa's location. The picture below is them "tracking Santa" with the NORAD web site.
Nolan continues to heal well from his surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids.
We had a great Christmas Eve meal with the "traditional" shredded roast beef sandwiches after both Scott and Kelly braved the local grocery store on two occasions today.
Prior to church services this evening, we also found time to take a family photo by our Christmas tree and real Michigan wreath.
After we got home from church and viewing nearby Christmas lights, we also let the boys get updated on Santa's location. The picture below is them "tracking Santa" with the NORAD web site.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Nolan and Barrett's Birthday Party
This year we decided to combine the boys birthday parties and have them in between the birthdays on Sunday, December 17th at the local ice rink. We rented the rink for 1 1/2 hours and had a great time. Many kids tried skating for the first time, so that was a great experience for them. We've even heard that a few may take up the Learn to Skate program this winter or next. Here are a few pictures from the party.
The Billings Bulls (our Junior B team) had a game immediately after the party, so Kelly arranged for the coach and a couple of players to come by the party. The boys, especially Nolan, thought this was pretty neat. In a picture soon after the one below, Barrett went right back to eating cake while Nolan gave "high fives."
We had the boys open gifts after skating, and during this both teams were walking by to warm-up on the ice. It was pretty funny because the kids got quiet and just watched all the players walk by the benches we were sitting on.
It seems everyone had a great time and the boys really enjoyed getting to skate with so many of their friends!
Happy Birthday Nolan and Barrett!!
The Billings Bulls (our Junior B team) had a game immediately after the party, so Kelly arranged for the coach and a couple of players to come by the party. The boys, especially Nolan, thought this was pretty neat. In a picture soon after the one below, Barrett went right back to eating cake while Nolan gave "high fives."
We had the boys open gifts after skating, and during this both teams were walking by to warm-up on the ice. It was pretty funny because the kids got quiet and just watched all the players walk by the benches we were sitting on.
It seems everyone had a great time and the boys really enjoyed getting to skate with so many of their friends!
Happy Birthday Nolan and Barrett!!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
December 19th...Nolan's Surgery
As of 130 pm, Nolan is home and doing great recovering from his tonsil and adenoid removal. He had this done this morning, and is now relaxing watching some TV and enjoying some quiet time at home before we go get Barrett from day-care.
December 18th...Kelly's Birthday
Kelly celebrated her birthday on Monday this week and had a great day. Although she taught in the morning, tutored in the afternoon and played hockey Mom in the evening, it was still a fun day. We made time for cake, ice cream and presents in the afternoon, and we all went out for dinner a few days ago since we knew it would not happen Monday.
Happy Birthday Kelly!
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Church Christmas Program
I wrapped up my string of midnight shifts this morning...slept a few hours and then headed off to church for Nolan and Barrett's Church Christmas pageant. As the picture shows, Nolan was a shepherd singing Away in a Manger and Twinkle, Twinkle, Christmas Star, and Barrett was a sheep.
After church, Nolan, Barrett and I went to the local ice rink for the afternoon public skate. One of Nolan's fellow IP participants was also there so they had fun racing around the rink. In addition, we found out that other IP kids who are also in Learn To Skate this session were in the Learn To Skate Christmas Program (along with the daughter of one of Scott's co-workers), so we stuck around for an hour after public skating to watch the boys' friends participate.
Happy birthday to Brother-In-Law and Uncle Art today too!
Scott
After church, Nolan, Barrett and I went to the local ice rink for the afternoon public skate. One of Nolan's fellow IP participants was also there so they had fun racing around the rink. In addition, we found out that other IP kids who are also in Learn To Skate this session were in the Learn To Skate Christmas Program (along with the daughter of one of Scott's co-workers), so we stuck around for an hour after public skating to watch the boys' friends participate.
Happy birthday to Brother-In-Law and Uncle Art today too!
Scott
December 7th...Nolan's Birthday
On Thursday, Nolan turned 5 years old and had a great birthday. His party will be combined with Barrett's on the 17th and will take place at our local rink. We decided to rent the rink out for part of an afternoon for the party and thought it would be nice to have it between Nolan and Barrett's birthdays for a combined party.
Some pictures from Nolan's fun time opening gifts are below.
After an excellent dinner at Outback Steakhouse (our Montana source for Texas' Blue Bell Ice Cream), we returned home for a green Mickey Mouse snowman cake. I'm not sure where the snowman came in, but this is what Nolan asked for in his birthday cake so Kelly complied. In any case, it was a delicious cake created by Kelly (as always).
It will be a busy year for Nolan, with starting school next Fall just part of the fun that awaits him!
Scott
Some pictures from Nolan's fun time opening gifts are below.
After an excellent dinner at Outback Steakhouse (our Montana source for Texas' Blue Bell Ice Cream), we returned home for a green Mickey Mouse snowman cake. I'm not sure where the snowman came in, but this is what Nolan asked for in his birthday cake so Kelly complied. In any case, it was a delicious cake created by Kelly (as always).
It will be a busy year for Nolan, with starting school next Fall just part of the fun that awaits him!
Scott
December 2nd...Coaches Clinic
On December 2nd, I completed the first level coaches clinic for USA Hockey so that I could help out the main coaches during Nolan's IP sessions. This was a fun day of classroom time and on-ice time with some kids. The organizers arranged for some Mite kids to come help the coaches learn, and they said at lunch that Nolan and the other Dad's kids were welcome to come out and skate. So Nolan came out to help Dad learn too, and had a good time learning some new drills.
As of Dec 10th, Nolan's main coaches have welcomed the Dad's who took the course to help out during IP and we've been taking advantage and having a great time with the kids. It is nice to be involved when work will allow.
Scott
As of Dec 10th, Nolan's main coaches have welcomed the Dad's who took the course to help out during IP and we've been taking advantage and having a great time with the kids. It is nice to be involved when work will allow.
Scott
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Thanksgiving/Hockey Weekend In Denver
Kelly, Barrett, and Nolan enjoying the D.U. vs. Air Force hockey game at Magness Arena on the campus of D.U.We just finished up a great trip to Denver today, after driving down there on Thanksgiving Day. After making great time (8.5 hrs) heading south last Thursday, we were able to watch a PeeWee hockey team from Montana play in a holiday weekend tournament in Centennial, Colorado (Nolan's IP Hockey coach is also the coach of this PeeWee team). Then we headed up the mountain to Evergreen where my Uncle Jack and Aunt Darlene live. It was a balmy 73 degrees in Denver for Turkey-day and just as nice in the mountains (albeit a few degrees cooler).
Friday brought some time on the playground, Thanksgiving Dinner with my cousins and their children and friends. Many of us then travelled to a new mall east of Denver to watch Marcus (my cousin Tom's son) sing Christmas carols with his Middle School choir group. We then got a dose of On The Border (none in Montana) and headed to the University of Denver for their hockey game against the Air Force Academy. A few former Billings Bulls Junior players are currently cadets at the Academy, so it was fun for us to see them play at the D-I level. D.U. won the game 2-1. Nolan's IP coach brought his PeeWee team to the game and they had arranged to go to the D.U. locker room after the game. Thanks to Jason (Nolan's coach), Nolan was able to go with the PeeWee kids and meet the D.U. players and coaches after the game!!! The D.U. goalie even noticed that Nolan didn't have anything for autographs so he gave him a program to have signed by many of the players. As we were leaving after Nolan returned from the locker room, Nolan's coach pointed out that Colorado Avalanche defenseman John-Micheal Liles was in the room with us too, so Nolan and Barrett got to meet him and get his autograph too!!
Nolan and Barrett (foreground) as John-Michael Liles autographs their program.Saturday, we spent the morning with Jack and Dar again and greatly enjoyed and appreciated their hospitality. Around the time we could check into our hotel in Thornton (N of Denver), we headed down the mountain so the boys could play in the pool for part of the afternoon. After that, we went for our visit to Chili's (again none in Montana) for dinner. Then Kelly and Barrett dropped Nolan and I off at the D.U. arena and they went shopping at the Cherry Creek Mall and surrounding Super Target, etc., etc. Nolan and I found our seats and then moved down to where Uncle Jack and cousin Tom have Saturday season tickets. Luckily not many folks wanted to see D.U. play Robert Morris so we were able to sit right with Jack and Tom for the whole game. Nolan really enjoyed seeing another game, especially after meeting the D.U. players the night before. D.U. won this game as well. After the game, we said good-bye to Uncle Jack and Tom, and Kelly and Barrett picked us up right outside the arena as the game ended.
This morning we started our trip back to Montana and were blessed with great travelling weather. We even cut about a 1/2 hour off our time, and we were back in Billings by 4pm.
We could not be more thankful to have great family and friends in Colorado, and only wish we had more time to visit with all those we did not see on this trip.
More in a few days...but this week Kelly is back to teaching, music classes and hockey get going again, and Scott heads back to work on Wednesday.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend too!!!!!
Scott
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Thanksgiving Week
What a few weeks. Lots of weather fluctuations, lots of wind here in Montana. Not nearly the grey skies which have been so prevalent in the eastern US...but interesting none the less.
Nolan continues to do well and learn a lot during his IP hockey experience. He finished session 1 and is now on to his second session. A lot of the older kids moved up to Mites after session 1, but Nolan is still very excited to continue in IP even though some of his friends moved up a level.
Barrett went to a public skate with Nolan and I a few weeks ago and was skating around quite a bit without the "bar" and having a lot of fun getting on and off the ice. I even saw him get up off the ice all by himself for the first few times. I was impressed!
Kelly and I have been fighting off some bugs the last few weeks. I had a very minor dose last week, and then Kelly was ill late last week and part of this weekend. Luckily we think we are pushing past all that now.
Hopefully our house is done being sick too, since we had sewer problems late last week too!! YUCK!!!! RotoRooter was out here twice in two days, but the 2nd time was much less messy as we discovered the problem before it spread in the basement. We added some other chemical treatment (lye, etc.) on Saturday night and so far so good. Lesson learned...don't believe Pampers when they say the kandoo wipes (for potty training) are "sewer friendly"...THEY ARE NOT!!! We are hopeful the wipes were the entire problem and the problem has been cleared (and no root damage is causing the problem). Our little old house has 3 inch drain pipes, and no outside cleanout to the 6 inch pipes in the back yard...so RotoRooter could only go in with a 3 inch blade from the inside clean out location. We are sooooo hopeful that the wipes were the only problem and we can make it to spring-time. At that point, we may have to drop $1k plus to have an outside cleanout installed.
It is nice to have Thanksgiving week here and the holidays already underway. The boys are already really excited. We watched The Santa Clause last night while Kelly enjoyed a few hours out with some friends. I think Nolan is ready to take the turkeys down and get the Christmas decorations up ASAP!! I'll need to think about untangling lights sometime soon!
Hope you all have a great and safe Thanksgiving!! Enjoy your Turkey!
Scott
Nolan continues to do well and learn a lot during his IP hockey experience. He finished session 1 and is now on to his second session. A lot of the older kids moved up to Mites after session 1, but Nolan is still very excited to continue in IP even though some of his friends moved up a level.
Barrett went to a public skate with Nolan and I a few weeks ago and was skating around quite a bit without the "bar" and having a lot of fun getting on and off the ice. I even saw him get up off the ice all by himself for the first few times. I was impressed!
Kelly and I have been fighting off some bugs the last few weeks. I had a very minor dose last week, and then Kelly was ill late last week and part of this weekend. Luckily we think we are pushing past all that now.
Hopefully our house is done being sick too, since we had sewer problems late last week too!! YUCK!!!! RotoRooter was out here twice in two days, but the 2nd time was much less messy as we discovered the problem before it spread in the basement. We added some other chemical treatment (lye, etc.) on Saturday night and so far so good. Lesson learned...don't believe Pampers when they say the kandoo wipes (for potty training) are "sewer friendly"...THEY ARE NOT!!! We are hopeful the wipes were the entire problem and the problem has been cleared (and no root damage is causing the problem). Our little old house has 3 inch drain pipes, and no outside cleanout to the 6 inch pipes in the back yard...so RotoRooter could only go in with a 3 inch blade from the inside clean out location. We are sooooo hopeful that the wipes were the only problem and we can make it to spring-time. At that point, we may have to drop $1k plus to have an outside cleanout installed.
It is nice to have Thanksgiving week here and the holidays already underway. The boys are already really excited. We watched The Santa Clause last night while Kelly enjoyed a few hours out with some friends. I think Nolan is ready to take the turkeys down and get the Christmas decorations up ASAP!! I'll need to think about untangling lights sometime soon!
Hope you all have a great and safe Thanksgiving!! Enjoy your Turkey!
Scott
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