Kaylie turns 13!

Where has the time gone!? It seems like just yesterday when she born. Kaylie asked me why adults always say that as their children celebrate these milestone birthdays and I know she won't understand until she is a parent herself and watches her children grow up. But it is so true. As young kids, time seems to be forever, though as we get older and older, time seems to just blink by. I want to hold on to these times and memories for as long as possible. (I try and explain that to my kids when they get tired of all the picture taking I do!) For Kaylie's birthday, we went clothes shopping and got her hair done at Tisa's. She suprised both of us, and asked Tisa to give her a totally different hair cut. I said whatever she wants and when she said lets go short, my head whipped up. Tisa was watching for my reaction and when I realized how shocked I was over that decision we all had a good laugh. Kaylie got an A-line style haircut, plus pink and blonde highlights in her hair. It looks great on her and really fits her personality! Happy 13th birthday Honey!

May 22 - May 25th, 2009

Mom and Dad were here for a visit, which we always enjoy. Our kids especially love hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. Mom has been working on getting old photos in photo albums and she brought one that had pictures of my parents on their wedding day, pictures of my brother, sister and I as children, and even a few in our early twenties - before we all had kids. We all enjoyed looking at those pictures, though there were a couple of photos of me wearing some clothes that I couldn't believe my mom would let me walk out of the house wearing! (think bell-bottom plaid pants....uuggghhhh). Mike, Dad and my brother took all the older kids golfing and after taking a few pics, mom and I went back home. Mom played songs on Kaylie's keyboard while I savored the music. My mom is losing her eyesight which makes watching and listening to her play is even more special. We celebrated our May birthdays that night and then played kickball at the school. The night before they left we had dinner at my brothers and Dad, still a kid at heart, started jumping on the trampoline. Not to be outdone, Mom got on as well. We had a great time, and I'm glad to have pictures and the memories of being with family.

Quick Arizona Trip

Mike and the kids went to Arizona for a quick visit to see Uncle Mark and spend time with the cousins. Mostly lived in the pool and tried to stay cool in the 109 degree heat! The picture of Mike and the kids is in front of Lake Powell; kids playing in the pool; and cousin John's chevelle.

I Jinxed Myself and Look What Happened!

I finally have use of my fingers a tiny bit and can sort of type after my lovely slip and fall and broke my wrist accident at work several weeks ago. I was telling my brother how wonderfully smooth and stress free everything was going at school and wouldn't you know the next day I slip and fall. I broke the radius bone on my left hand ( and yes, I'm left-handed...) which broke and moved 5 degrees from where it connects to my hand. It then turned and somehow twisted 65 degrees (this is how the doctor put it anyway) inside. It was ugly and extremely painful. Luckily no surgery. The surgeon was able to put my wrist back in place manually. I'm looking at 6 weeks of learning how to do lots of things one-handed and who knows how long of physical therapy over the summer. We haven't even gotten to that point of discussion yet. My family has been trying to help and I'm trying to be more patient and as is my nature - positive. (I only allowed myself 2 days of self-pity - I don't like the victim mentality in others, and I certainly don't like it in myself). Anyway, here's the pictures. (3rd pic is right before they put a hard cast on - my wrist looks a bit straighter than in the 2nd picture!)