Mikayla's Saturday with now distant friends

So my dear friend Lisa, was my neighbor, two doors down. Until December 2005. I have desperately missed her. Her laugh, her smile, and her unbelievable ability to make anything fun and positive. I used to draw so much strength from her, and I didn't realize just how much until she was 20 miles away. Well her youngest daughter Maddison is Mikayla's age and they went to school together for a couple of years and Mikayla misses her too. Alexis is just a tom boy blast to be around and I miss her like I would my own. We finally found this pocket of time on the calender that I could drive out to her place and get some pics of the girls and just spend the afternoon reconnecting. I love these shots, they are going to be AWESOME in Mikayla's scrapbook.

Hi Ladies, this is my tribute to our fiendship and just how much I cherish it!


I love these shots!!!




"Mom, you're so crazy! I'm not climbing that wall!"

"I don't think I can do this, Mom!!!"

"I did it Mom!"

Mikayla really misses Maddison.

From Left to Right
Maddison, Alexis, & Mikayla

Some pictures of Elli's big Surgery Day

Elli's surgery went well. After all, it's only her 4th set of tubes!


She doesn't look scared here.

Someone looked a little scared to get in a gown. Can you find her?

Elli's new do

"Mommy, I see NEMO!"

The web feet chairs are just too stinkin' cute!

Camryn had to have a picture with Ziggy!

Like any girl, once your lip gloss is picked out (for the mask) the day seems right as rain!

A great Picture of Dan and Cam in the waiting room.

My Latest Scrapbooking Pages!

Hello All,
So I was busy over the last couple of weeks really thinking hard of how I should put these beautiful papers to good use that my friend, Andrea, sent me all the way from California! So then it hit me, using her sketches! DUH! So I did use one of hers, one of shanna's, and one of roxy bonds, all of which can be found by linking your way around here.

Please let me know what you think! I still have some stuff left over, I will be using them as time permits. What I really need to do is download an order to Wal-Mart so I have more pictures TO scrap. LOL!

I hope I did you proud Andrea, I really tried to step outside my "organized scrapping"!!!


Playful Silly

My Son Had Enough

So Grown Up

This is Elli Discovering

For Andrea-A great friend who is Paying it Forward in Scrap Land

Look at these great pages! My friend Andrea sent them from here and they are georgous! These are their smaller than a bread box I think? If not, it's bigger than a bread box, :)

She sent these to me so I can create pages with some of what she uses, since it's a monthly service, she gets these regularly! I am currently working on the pages and can't wait to show you!

Girl

Valentine's Day

Boy Theme

You're the best Andrea~
I wonder who I will pay it forward with...

This is Mostly true.

You Should Drive a Black Car

You're the type of driver who's totally dominant and even a bit aggressive. You see the road as a "dog eat dog" world... and you're not about to get eaten! You like to drive a vehicle that conveys power. Big engine. Big price tag. You rule the road - and you like everyone to know it.

What Color Car Should You Drive?

I agree that I feel it's a dog eat dog world and I don't want to be eaten. Big? Somewhat, but not HUGE! Black, yeah I could see that!

I would have thought it would have been worse!

You Sometimes Don't Get Enough Sleep

You're often more tired than you'd like, and you're probably not getting enough quality sleep. Sleeping a little more could make you a lot more energetic and happy. Try having a bedtime, keep your bedroom cool, and only eat fruit before bed.

Do You Get Enough Sleep?

For Ann-I think painting rooms is a a great birthday gift, can you tell?

Davin's birthday gift last year.

One of his Christmas gifts this year.


This is the girls room (you can't see much of it, but we bought the big picture for 10$ and the little for 3$ each. The light switch cover was at a craft flea market.




These are Mikayla's Room-yes I painted the flowers so they are't that great. Her book shelves was this years birthday gift. The light switch plate was last year's christmas gift, and the painting was birthday 2 years ago.

Check out my Slide Show!

Can we really make winter longer?

Thought I would share the latest pictures of our snowstorm. March 31st. The last day of march, went into the first day of April. And people question my intentions for moving to TX?

The Front Yard

The Deer, should be down since Christmas was over 3 months ago.


The Playground in the Back Yard


Can you see how Blistery it is?


I will search for warmer eventually. Since last time I checked, April SHOWERS brought May Flowers.

The Roller Coaster Continues

Good Evening All
It's hard to believe this was my child on Sunday night. She was in the mood and playing well. The occasional comment about wanting to puke, but never happening so the thought was set aside. Happy, playing, enjoying life, was she not?





Then we had some issues. A call from the school that she was going by ambulance to the hospital. Check her website in the links section.
Now we are not strangers to this, but we move along. We truck on, we have to. However, when we arrived at the hospital we were there early and patiently waiting as this is our 23rd seizure in 6 months. We see her smiling face, and her teacher as well. The kindest soul I have ever met. Just someone who loves to give. Now the best person to be your kids teacher, but the hardest person to face when going through this. Someone so selfless, and just incredibly compelled to give your child everything she deserves. Jason truely is the man that every woman wants. Jason lost his son some years back. His son also had seizuers, so he is no stranger and I have no doubt this is as close to his heart as it is to ours. But still, what can yous say but "Thank You" and give a big hug? To know that Camryn felt comfortable and that she had a smile when she arrived, it was all I could do to stop myself from crying when listening to her talk. Lucky we are, yes, lucky.

Now Camryn's CT shows decrease in the right ventricle, and her shunt series shows no disconnect. So the shunt seems to be functioning fine, but the seizures still continue. So we are trucking on with an additional medicine in the hopes that it will work. We have 3 appts for her next week and hope to make every single one count. We will be discussing overdrainage, shunt revision, and resolution. Should be interesting.
This is the latest set of pictures. Elli and Camryn in their love/hate relationship!