14 years & counting

June 19th was our 14th wedding anniversary. Wow, how our life has changed since then. We have moved 4times, bought two houses,and  had two kids. I think back on that day and how I would have love to change 100 things about our wedding from the place, the colors, the music etc. Actually, I get a little sad thinking about it. After 14years, I don't speak to any of my bridesmaids and maid of honor. Every anniversary I think of this and it's very saddening. I was talking about this to a co-worker and she was surprised and said that her wedding party contained  her cousins. I told her one of mine was my cousin & I don't speak to her either. I think not having a sibling makes it harder because I put a lot into a friendship and then end up left when you each go your separate ways due having kids,  life events, etc.  I regret a lot but in the end, I married my best friend!
We didn't do anything for our anniversary but spend 7 hours in the car driving to Gulf Shoes AL. We had a great trip to the beach.

Granny

Ty had a Cubscout camp out two weekends ago. I didn't go and I thought I would let the boys have some bonding time. My dad went too. They had fun. I also had a good weekend besides loosing my wallet ( which I had left at work) and locking me and EJ out of the house as we were leaving for church. 

My grandmother was diagnosed with Melanoma abiut three weeks ago. What a shock to our family. They gave her 6 months to a year. Well the weekend of the camp out, she became really sick. On that Monday, I had a feeling I needed to go see her. I left work and drove the hour drive to the nursing home. She was unresponsive for the most part. My parents spent the night with her. I held her hand and she would look at me and moan but I am not sure if she knew me or not. My hearts broken. My mom called earlier than her morning call to tell me that she had gone at 4am. I had gone about a week before and she was good. Donn and  I were leaving her and I asked if she needed anything before we were leaving and she said " just to go home". Can't blame her at all. While there, she was telling a nurse, " this is my favorite granddaughter" of course I corrected her and she smiled. I was the only grand child she kept on a regular basis. I tried to explain to Ty that she use to be just like my mom ( his Mema). She would take me places and I spent summers with her. She also kept me from age 2-5. I would cry all the home that I wanted my Granny. My heart is broken and I miss her. 

Happy Birthday to my wonderful mom & the best Mema ever!
She has been through a lot since November. I cooked her and my dad dinner for once. Baked sweet sour chicken & fried rice, then Boston cream poke cake, yummy if I do say so. She had made Ty a key lime pie. 

Merry-Go-Round

Wow! I didn't realize I haven't posted on here in almost a year. Lets go back ....
January / February  was pretty uneventful.
March/April/May was full of birthdays and getting through the end of school for the kids and a friend that had an atv accident in March. I am amazed how strong Melissa has been in this and I couldn't imagine what she is going through.
June/July, was pretty good. I worked 4/9 hour days and had one 1/2 day on Wednesdays which I loved! Donn worked and the kids went with him to camp. We went on a very small vacation to Gatlinburg which was great because our friends were at the same hotel so they had kids to play with.
August/September was getting the swing with both kids in school this year.
October has been filled with ups & downs. We went to Disney World !!! What a blast! We all loved it and want to go back ;-)  The next week after coming back my mom was diagnosed with Stage 1 Breast Cancer. I have been in shock. She has taken it really well and I am very thankful that it was caught early. She will have surgery next week for a lumpectomy and to remove lymph nodes. I am glad that its after Thanksgiving so she can enjoy that and hopefully recovered from her surgery by Christmas  even though she will do radiation at some point. We have also struggled with Ty at school some and getting his medication right.

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for a lot of things. Donn, the kids,my parents, my In-Laws, friends, the kids teachers and that I have a job.

Happy Thanksgiving ! ;-) I am looking forward to a new year soon.

Back...

Well, Christmas has come and gone and it is almost February. Wow! what a world wind of a few months. I sit here listening to the kids play. Sometimes nice, sometimes not so much. :) They have their moments.
Ty- he is doing well in school for the most part. He made Honor Roll this time. YEA! He hates homework (can't blame him) & spelling. We've had major issues that I don't want to discuss on here but his teacher says he's "almost there". Ty loves to talk and socialize more that he did last few years. I think its funny how he has changed this year. He just joined chorus at school. My little singer, love him. He also is still in Cubscouts which he loves. Me, not so much. Its hard making it to meetings and very stressful but I do it for him. Ty is such a loving child with hugs and kisses galore. He has always been that way and I love that about him.
Ellie- oh, Ellie :) She is going to a Tuesday/Thursday school and loves it. She is my wild child. She wants to dress herself and has an opinion about everything from clothes, hair, to what Ty should or shouldn't be doing. She is really into pretend lately. I love listening to her play with my old dolls. Two of my dolls when I was little she loves. Their names was Jenny and Mandy. She carries Jenny around a lot. She keeps forgetting her name and calls her Angie most of the time and doesn't think twice that its wrong.
I told them the other day that Ellie can be the song writter and Ty can be the singer. Ellie loves to make up songs and Ty just loves to sing.
The last few months have been a bit stressful, kids, work, and just life. I think this is more for me to ramble and get things off my chest.
I am ready for March and warmer weather. It makes me happy.

I am Thankful for....

I love Thanksgiving. We have always done Thurdsay at my parents and Friday at Donn's family even since we were dating. It works so well. We went to my parents and my grandmother and my aunt and uncle came. It was a nice day and the weather was great as well. Friday, we went to Donn's uncles house. The kids had a blast with their cousins. I love seeing the kids play with their cousins. I miss that they don't get to see my family or extended family. Its sad. We have had a busy few weeks and now its 4 weeks til Christmas! wow!

The last few weeks have been so busy with cubscouts, Donn's games starting, doctors appointments, and 2 cases of pneumonia (me & Ty) which took both of us 2 rounds of meds. The next few weeks are filled with things as well. Ladies outing at church, friends & family birthdays, early Christmas family gathering, and fitting in time to shop.

Since today is the day after Thanksgiving, I am going to tell what I am thankful for. I am not a mushy person so here it goes....

I am Thankful for Donn,who coaches for us so we can afford extras in our lives. For Ty, who is a great & talented kid. For Ellie, who is funny and loving. For my parents, who help us out so much. For my grandmother, who means the world to me. For Donn's parents, who are the best in-laws I could ask for. For Donn's brother and sister and their families, who we can go weeks or months not talking to and call once and would do anything for us. For our church family, who is a blessing to our lives. & For our church small group family, who we enjoy getting to know better and our kids growing up with great friends. I am thankful to have such great family & friends who have listened to me ramble about the problems in our lives lately that I have stressed about. Talking about an issue helps me get things out and not dwell.

I am excited about Christmas and the months to come.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Its been a while since I posted. School is going strong and we are back to our routines weeks. Ty hasn't started off on the best foot. He missed 2 days of school after the first 1/2 day with a virus. Then we got through the first semester and now sick again but this time pneumonia. He is having a hard time kicking this. Ellie is loving school and looks forward to it every Tuesday and Thursday. She get excited the few times they have had homework. She thinks she is big stuff.

The month of September has been strange. My dad made a trip to Colorado to end up coming home after only a few days, thanks to my grandmother. My grandmother has been in and out of the hospital all month. I feel like the month flew by. A few weeks ago Aunt Dean passed away. She was one of my grandmothers sisters. She was at all our family holidays since she really didn't have anyone. Its kind of shocking and sad. Donn said she was a little off her rocker, hey she said I could be an anchor lady on tv ;-)

This past weekend we had a memorial for Aunt Dean at the Grant Baptist church where my grandmother and her family attended as a child. She was telling me how it had changed. While we were in Grant my dad wanted to show me the farm he grew up on. It was so pretty out there. I was shocked that one old house was still standing. He lived in three different houses on the farm. Two are still standing but I could only get a good picture of one. They lived on the farm and rented until he was around 6 and then moved to Ohio since there wasn't work here for my g randfather. After a few years they moved back to Grant and rented on the same farm. The last house they lived in burnt down. My dad told me how he would carry water from the spring to the house in a 5 gallon bucket that he could barely carry as a 4-6 year old. Oh how times have changed.

I also got to go to my great grandparents grave site. I love family history.