Bring on Christmas!!!

Ok so we are not starting with the Christmas post just yet but this was too cute not to put up. Keyton had a really bad cough last week and need the Humidifier in his room. Brezlyn has loved it one every night to sleep with. So when I moved it into Keyton and Paisley's Room she woke up mad and scared. I let her sleep with Paisley the first night to ease her into sleeping with out it.

Cute pic of the girls in the same bed. She did good and stayed in bed with out falling out.

The only thing is she woke both kids up right at 7:30am...did not like that at all.

Now on to the Christmas side of it all. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with My Mom's side of the family. We even had some of the family from Alabama here for the holiday and it was wonderful to see them also.
We made Keyton some Gluten free Banana bread, sweet potato casserole, an apple pie for me, and Tryon's fav. jalapeno poppers. So glad we made the first two for mister Keyton because there was not much he could have.
We did miss seeing Tryon's family this year and we where sad we could not make it up to see everyone with it being their turn for Thanksgiving. Tryon's schedule and money did not let us make the trip this year. We really wanted to see the other two girls in the family who are also Prego like us. Katie and Brazos are due in April, Tahj and Glenn (newly weds) are due in May or maybe June, and we are due in June maybe May. Would have been fun all of us together with baby bumps!!

Keyton wanted to wear his Christmas shirt a few days before Thanksgiving

And everyone has been so excited for the Christmas season.

Paisley and Brezlyn looking cute in there all matching outfits!!!

Love this one and they are so sweet together.

Now on to start the Christmas season...We decided to put up the Tree the day before Thanksgiving on Tryon's day off. We had gotten a new pre lit tree at a garage sale this summer for only $25 and we where all excited to see the new tree up and to make sure it worked. It did thankfully and the fun of finding all the ornaments, places for all the new dec. we got after season last year, and having fun with Christmas music playing. This year was Brezlyn's first year to dec. the tree and she was so so excited about it. To the point she has gotten in trouble now for taking things off and finding new places for it. She has now stopped that and loves everything Christmas.

Paisley organizing the ornaments into who gets what LOL.

She thinks she is the boss now over her younger sibs.

Keyton putting on a snowflake!! He had so much fun this year and I love that

He likes to find just that perfect place for it. So cute
Little Bee having a blast getting to be one of the big kids
She did good better than I thought she would being so young.

Daddy Helping Brezlyn reach the top to hang so stuff.

Keyton Loved standing on the step stool to hang them just a little higher

Bee loved to put the character ones on like Elmo, frosty and more

Paisley with the ornament she picked out last year. Daddy

Helping her get it in just the right spot

Tryon had to do most the top of the tree this year. I could not reach...Oh yeah did

I say it is a Nine ft tree this year!!!!

Love it and love how much Christmas it is!!!

Tryon putting on the topper that yes touches the celling LOL.

Paisley found our Santa hat and was being cute running around in it!

Now time for out door lights!!! Tryon did most of the work while we played outside.

I did help with the bushes and the trees but that's about it!

Our tree up and looking good that night after we where done for the day.

Our first year in a long time to have outside lights!!!

The bushes in the front cover the whole side of the house and

flash so that is why it looks like there is not that many of them.

Love the house all lit up!

Tryon and I did hit the Black Friday sales this year!!! Now we are done with shopping all around for Christmas. I just have to finish making the things I was making for family and maybe pick up a few outfits for Brezlyn but other than that we are done!!! Love being done with shopping this early so that the season is not tainted with stress of crowds and looking for pres. We are so excited for Christmas to come and the kids are already asking how long til the day. Think I am taking a friends Idea and wrapping up a Christmas books and letting them open one each night to read til Christmas!!! Seems like a good way to show them how many days left and a fun tradition in the making. Of course we will do a Christmas craft to add to the decorations we have and more things to do before Christmas morning.

We are all doing well and the kids are so sweet about the baby on the way. They kiss my belly all the time and love on it...Oh yes I am already showing bad!!! I look like I did at 4 months with Paisley!! I am shocked and people are already asking all the time when I am due...then comes are u sure its not TWINS! No I am not sure it is not twins and would love that if God blessed us with Two at once. I have always wanted to have twins and always wanted them to be my last babies of the bunch. Yes sadly this will be the last preg. for us. It hard to say this is coming to an end but I really dont' think my body, money could handle another round. Also I always wanted the one above them to be over 2 and Bee will be 2 1/2 when the baby comes so everything would be perfect for that but I am not getting my hopes up. I am more tired than I ever remember being with the other 3 but my first trimester is almost over so I should get some energy back soon. I do feel prego and already fill those pains of growth you have! I am ready to have a sonogram but that will be a few more weeks before we get one of those...then I will know LOL.

BIG 5!!!

Wow I never thought this day would come!!! My first baby turned 5 on the 2nd of Nov. Crazy to think that she is that old now, seems just yesterday I brought her home form the hospital. :) She loves to get her and her sibs their cereal in the am and help out in any way. She is a joy and also loves life, animals and God. She is a smart little girl who can count to 100, starting to read, spell, add, and working on telling time.
She had a Fancy Nancy party....On her true birthday we let her open a pres as we always do and it was the matching Fancy Nancy dress to her doll. She was so so happy to wear it to the party which was a dress up party too. We had a wonderful time and all the kids looked so cute and seemed to have a blast.

One thing that she really wanted to do to make it fancy was the colored hair spray so that is what we did everyone picked their colors and if they wanted glitter and we sprayed their hair!

Paisley's pretty hair

Her Best little friend Sloan

Keyton's crazy hair

Cooper

Little Bee LOL

We also did tattoos...

Paisley and Sloan showing them off. They were so

Excited because they had the same shoes on that day!!! LOL

Pres. time...She got so many good things and loved them all

Another Fancy Nancy dress!!!

Pizza time..She wanted a pizza party so daddy left to get

pizza for everyone!!! I made a special one for Keyton so he would not feel left out!!

The Cake...tried to make it look like a crown LOL

Cupcake and ice cream time.

After the party she laid in the floor with daddy to play with her new fav. thing

a learning lap top from Nanna!!!

After nap time we went to get the mail and she had two more pres.

First from Memaw and Pepaw (great grands) in abilene!! So sweet one of her

fav. books from their house.

Then from Aunt Cissy and Uncle Deon!!

She loves it and cant wait to make things to wear with the other set she got from the party!!

It is amazing to me the person she has become and I can't wait to see what the year brings for her. Her love for learning is so wonderful and her love for God as well. She is going to be an amazing lady one day and I am so glad I get the chance to watch her grow!!! We love you baby girl and so glad you had a wonderful day!!!

Kids...

The kids could not wait to tell everyone....Their little shirts say it all!!!

Could you read them?

Paisleys says "Big sister (x out) Biggest Sister"

Ketyon's says " Big Brother...a Boy Please"

Brezlyn's says "Little sister (x out) Big Sister"

Yes that is right We did it again....We are expecting #4 to make its appearance around

June 18th 2012!!!

We are all excited and things are going well. This is something we have been trying for for about a year now. I found out Last week and we have been watching my levels just to make sure things where going good. SO far so good and we could not wait to let everyone know!

We told the families and everyone is so excited and ready to meet this little one.

We are just thankful that God has listened to our cry for another child and has given us this chance to have another baby in our house. If you ask Keyton if he wants a boy or girl he yells "NO MORE SISTERS NO MORE GIRLS" So I am thinking he wants a brother LOL. Poor guy needs a boy but we will take what ever God gives us.

Pray we have a good pregnancy and that we bring home a healthy little baby. We will keep everyone posted on things as we go and we should know what it is in Feb. So exciting cant wait to add another one to our family.

Old testamony

The last few weeks have really brought this to my mind...With the prayers we have been sending out as a family for this sweet little boy who was clinging for his life and has been healed by Gods hands. Also a family member going through what we where told we would be going through with our own child. ...Here is my testimony of Gods healing hand and the power of prayer...

January 12, 2010....On of a the best days of my life!! The day Brezlyn Keylee Condra (our 3rd) was born. After having a miscarriage three months before getting pregnant with her this was a big deal to our family. The answer to our prayers to have her come home! Here we are at 4 am before heading up to the hospital to start check in for being endued to have her 2 weeks early because she was already so big. Thankfully....

Happy Mommy ready to hold that sweet baby girl.

After getting settled in and water broken at 10...we where on our way to having her. We sat and watched movies together....At 10:30...My epidural crawled way to high and was turned off...then at 1:20 they turned off my patosin because my doc. went into surgery and they wanted me to wait for her...well Little Bee had other plans and came into the world at 1:58 pm ...Yes even with out the drugs I jumped from a 6 to a 10 in just a short time. There she was the little baby we prayed so hard to keep and bring home!!! Tears filled our eyes as if she was the first baby ever! She was amazing!!!

Brezlyn Keylee 8lbs 2oz and 21 1/2in...all healthy!

She was perfect and we spent the next day enjoying her and ready to take her home to be with Big Sis and Big Bro. Life was whole and wonderful!

Little Bee all ready to go home.

Sibs. loving on their new sis!!! My 3 monkeys

Life was good and we enjoyed every moment in our new little family. All 5 of us learning to be a family again and all the joys of adding in another one to our routine. She was a happy, sleepy baby who just went with the flow of things. Slept all the time and we treasured the time she was awake.

All 3 enjoying life!

When she was almost a month old things started to worry me. He umbilical cord was not coming off or even loose at all. It looked just as it did the day we left the hospital. Even with cleaning it like I was told to do. I finally Called the Doctor to see if this was normal when she was 1 month old and the cord was not loose at all. They told me to come in and have it burned to see if it would help.

Brezlyn at 1 month with the cord still there!!

We all hated that thing

Well we went in and the doctor saw that I was not being a worried New Mommy. Yes it had not changed at all in 4 weeks. He burned it around the edges and Yes my poor baby screamed and screamed. He told me to come back in a week if it had not changed. Well yes we went back and again they burned it and told me the same thing....Now she is 6 weeks old and He does the same seeing no change from the last time. He sits me down and tells me that the reason this is hanging on is because of some kind of CANCER!!! OMG What....I was shocked, scared, confused, so many things...Mostly Scared! He sent me to the ER (because it was sat.) to have blood taken from her arm to run test. So hard to see...she talked to the nurse until she stuck her with the needle and took blood from her arm...3 test tube of blood. Then My bee gave the nurse dirty looks until falling into my arms asleep. We let everyone Know what was going on and started asking for prayers as we wait to see what we where facing.

One of the Worst day of our lives...told she had Cancer

After getting home from the ER

Test came back Neg....Yeah!!! No Cancer...but what now....So still had not come off of changed another burning and they ran some more test and yes 4 more test tubes of blood one mad baby, sad mommy and her falling right asleep in my arm. All came back neg. They tried again burned and blood test this time for Cancer of the white blood cells meaning Lupus or Lucimia...Crud we where devastated yet again. Prayers kept coming in from everywhere in Abilene, Amarillo, Alabama and more....She was still the same baby but our hearts where heavy and we tried to live life from day to day between doc. visits as normally as possible. One thing that was hurting me was the thought of losing her after trying so hard to get her, keep her and bring her home safely. Again Neg.!!! Yes we are so happy next step was a sonogram to see if the inside was healed so we could have it removed by surgery. Not something we wanted but so much better than Cancer!!!! We would take it. She had the Sonogram and the call came a week later. Now 2 1/2 months old. The doc. was quite and sad...tells that there is a cyst under the cord. WHAT!!! He told me that he already had an apt. for us a Cooks Children's Hospital with a surgeon to see what they could do for her...have me all the the things I needed to do and apt time ect....I walked out of the store we where in and just cried and cried. My baby, My perfect baby had a cyst and yet again for the 3rd time we where facing to possibility of Cancer. Such a dirty little word and it had come up so many time the last few weeks. Here we go....Then one of the most amazing things happen the day before we went to Dallas Her cord just decided (by God's hand and the prayer poring in) to fall off on it own! Yes one surgery we would not have to do. It was Closed and she had a beautiful belly button!

2 1/2 months old Wonderful things happened!!!

Her beautiful Belly Button!!! Thank you Lord

Yes finally got to have her first bath and all of us helped and watched

She loved it and we loved it too!!!

So after this we headed off to Dallas with a fresh smelling little girl and a beautiful belly button to show off too. We saw the doc. and he was so happy that the cord was off looked her over, pushed on her and then explained the things we where looking at. First off surgery if the cyst was bigger in a month...yes we had to yet again wait another month...OH MY i was tired of waiting. Then said that he did not think it was Cancer but it could not be ruled out of coarse...we off we went home to watch and wait til we had to head back out to Dallas to see the sweetest set of doc. While waiting Easter came and we again made it as normal as we could for the family. We did so much to keep things normal for the other two kids and to spend time as a family like this. They could feel the stress but we tried.

Easter Sunday 2010

trip to Amarillo and the discovery Center with Family

The month had finally passed and off we went to stay with Tryon's Brother and Sister-in-law in Dallas. We where all scared and the first thing was another sonogram Friday morning to see how the cyst looked. Than later that afternoon an apt. with the doc to see where we go from there. The Cooks hospital was amazing and we loved everyone there and the care she was give during her test. Such and amazing thing they do for parents and families. Also her doc was amazing...normal predations need to learn from them really....Anyways we killed time between the apt. by shopping and eating close by. Then the moment of truth....we went in did not have undress her so I was thing oh God this could be great news or this could mean we need to admit her now....Crud right. He came in and told us the best news of my life...THE CYST WENT AWAY ON IT OWN!!!! The you God and tears of joy where in my eyes and Tryon's too. The nightmare was over thanks to the power of prayer and the hand of God our baby was the healthy baby we prayed for from the beginning! We called everyone with the news and went to Nikki and Timbers with humble joyful hearts!!!!

Touched by God!!!! On the way back from Cooks that Friday!!!!

The next day we celebrated by taking the kids to the Fort Worth Zoo...It was a wonderful day and so wonderful to spend real time not tainted with stress and worry!

3 healthy kids!!!!

She is an angel touched by so many prayers and God.

Today she is 20 months and still the joy of our life. It is so sad to see how close we came to living a long nightmare but it is wonderful to see God's work in person too. She is a silly little almost 2 year old and you would never know the troubles she had to face. We love her so and thank God for the healing he did in her life!

God is so Good...

This week this has been shown to me more than ever. As you all know Keyton is Highly allergic to Wheat/Gluten of any kind. Well on Tus. night after eating at chick-fil-a for family super hero night he had the worst reaction he has had ever. I don't know how he got the wheat the only thing I can think of is cross contamination or he ate my fries that I put in my sandwich bag. Well we got home from there and the big kids where coloring when I started noticing things. Looking back I should has noticed how fussy he was but he had also hit his head really hard at the store before we ate. Any ways I saw a few spots on his hand and made him take his costume off and he was becoming covered with little red spots. Oh no is all I could think I started hounding him on what he had at school, home and if he ate anything at chick-fil-a off the floor. The answer was no every time. He also has been on Zyrtec for sinuous infection that week and had already taken it before so I did not think I could give him Benadryl too(found out later I could have). I watched him for a while and he started swelling around the neck, lips, and ears. I took him in right away. We waited for ever to be seen of course and then the Doctor did not even look at his spots. I was made as could be because on one his foot looked like a huge knot almost as if he broke his foot. Also his hand had one on it that looked like the foot. He treated me like a dumb mom who does not know what I am talking about. Needless to say I have not been impressed and really have no respect for the Texas Tech training doctors. He ordered Benadryl for him and then I showed the nurse how bad he was and she told me to stay for about 30 to 45 mins. to see if he gets better or if the hives spread or the swelling gets worst. We did and the hives started spreading to his back and neck which they where not there before the benadryl. Also the swelling to his foot and hand got a little worst. They called the doctor and he ordered Keyton Steroids to help jump start the healing. His breathing was fine and his heart rate too which is great that it did not close him off but he did say his throat was hurting to breath and swollow so some irritation was happening. The swelling stopped so we went home but not before the Nurse told me to push his doctor to give him an epi-pen for this so that it does not get like this again. He had to be on steroids, benadryl and Zyrtec. We put him to bed in our room so that if the swelling started to move inside his mouth we would hear him. He woke up and looked good on wed. the swelling was all but gone and the hive looked good...for a while and still had a scratchy voice from the irritation. Next morning he woke up and looked horable his whole head was so red from hives and his tummy and back. Hive do get worst when the body starts to digest the food again and with heat so since the swelling was not bad they told me to start oatmeal baths and Benadryl cream to help stop the itching. He looks good today and feels so much better thank goodness. Hoping that it is all out of his system and that this never happens again. The only thing that really gets me is that I am so good at keeping him away from it and this happened. Of coarse I feel like I let him down in some way and I know there is nothing I could do its just part of being a Mommy to feel this way. Also God was watching him that night because....We got home so late that normally I would just tell the kids to get into Jammies and get to bed. I would have said their prayers and then left them alone for a while to fall asleep. Thankfully the Zyrtec he was on did slow the reaction down some and he had that right when we got home. I just cant help but think if it was a regular night I could have lost him in his sleep before I knew what was going on. God also tugged on my heart to not leave the hospital after the benadryl so that we could see that it was still spreading and he helped the meds work. We where lucky this time...very lucky. Thank you Lord for watching over him and putting all that into place so that he would be fine. Now we are working on getting an epi-pen for us and one for school. I also talked to his teachers because he did not feel up to going to school on Thurs. but we did have to drop big sis off. I showed them his poor body also. They let me know how good he is at knowing what he can and can't have or to ask. They said on the playground he will get in line for the little snacks they give out and if it is something he cant have he backs up and says "no I cant have that I am allergic to wheat and gluten" Even with candy he knows to ask first. I was impressed and proud of him about that. It makes my fears of school a little better. I am also grateful that both his teacher have kids who have special diets and one does gluten free everything so she is already looking for it. It has been a stressful week with Him but things turned out wonderful.

Here are some pic of him and they are backwards...starts with thursday and then tus...

His poor head...it looked like that all over his poor head. and tummy too...
Tus. after all 3 meds and home from the hospital
This is his poor little foot

The swelling to his neck and face he looked so sad.All the other pics are on face book but this is all I could load on here for some reason. It is in the album called "the last few days"

Thank God he is so Good.

Changes...

Today was the start of a new chapter in a little boys life. Keyton started his first day at Mothers-day-out today. He was so excited getting ready along with Paisley for their frist day. He did so good and wanted to wear his new tye shirt to school which turned out helped break the ice as everyone loved it and would ask him about it. He played well and talked to everyone. On the playground he did get to see his big sis but they told me he did not even play with her and stayed with his new friends! Wow i was so happy he was able to do that and find his own way with out her today. He had a great first day and I am so happy for him. Paisley did well today too, she had the same teacher but new room and was so excited to see her bff Salon! They where both well praised at the end of the day. Mommy on the other hand made it out the door before I started the water works thankfully and kept them up til I got home. Then me and Brezlyn enjoyed time together at home with the strangest thing QUIET. My house has not been like that since Paisley was a baby! Wow I forgot how it was to have that LOL. Cant wait til the middle of september when Keyton gets to go on his first field tirp ever!!! Paisley loved the bus we will see what he loves!

Living Crazy!

Well it has been a long time since I have sat down and blogged. So much has happened in our lives and the kids have done so much! I guess it is a good thing in away that we have been so busy with life that I could not sit down to write about it. Here we go...

The three major events this summer...

We went to the wiggles July 8th in Dallas...It was a blast!!!! All three of the kids where so excited to go and see them. We got there and Brezlyn just was in shock it was too cute. She danced and waved and clapped the whole time. First one of our three to do this and it made it so much fun. She waved her roses so hard for Dorothy the dinosaur and screamed Ruff to wags! Laughed at all the silly things they did it was so precious. Paisley got in on it too just to be a little proud mommy and play with her. She is so much like me it is not even funny. Keyton loved the show but he did bit through his lip good right at the beginning of the show. Did not spoil it for him and he did get to hand his bone for wags right to Murry the red wiggle! That made up for the lip thing. He watched the show through the pain and even smiled with a big old fat lip too! At the end we got the girls a wiggle character head band and Keyton a bucket hat that he wears alot! We had a great time and such great memories every time we go. They are already counting down the days til next years show LOL, guess we know what we will be doing for vacation again. So worth every Pennie it takes to see the joy, excitement, star struck faces, and Love from all 3 of them.

July 25-27 was VBS! This was the first time for both my big kids and boy did they love it! They where excited every morning and almost sad when I came to get them. They crafted, sang, and learned about the lord. It warms my heart how much they both love Jesus and church. They still sing the songs they learned almost everyday and they tough them to Brezlyn who now loves to sock-it to the devil! Love their little hearts

We then had a wedding where 3 out of the 5 of us where in. It was Tryon's sister's wedding on Aug. 6 in Abilene. The big kids where the flower girl and ring bearer and Tryon was an usher. They all looked so cute in there wedding clothes and did so well at walking down the aisle! I was one proud mommy. The Wedding was beautiful and was just a perfect picture of them. The bride was glowing and the groom handsome. Such true love and beauty! It was a wonderful time and seeing family made it that much better. The kids got to play with their cousins and see all their aunts and uncles from that side. Was fast and short but so wonderful.

New with the family...

Paisley: She is growing up so much every day and it is just a joy to watch! She retains so much that it always knocks me off my feet when she tells me things. She is learning to sound out small words and spell them which is wonderful. She can count up to 40 with no help and if I tell her the tens she can go on forever! She loves to dress up all day everyday and is never in her normal clothes if we are at home. Her imagination is just wonderful! Now she is a little mommy and tries to "help" me out with things around the house! She loves to change diapers and pick out her own clothes. Also she has started loving to sit with us which is a true blessing because as a baby this was something she would never do. She is also becoming quite the artist and will sit and draw, color, craft all day if I would let her but baby sis makes that hard. She is so excited that school is starting back up on Thursday to learn more things and I am sure to show off just a little. She is a sweet heart that is funny all the time. Singing and playing all she can. Such a joy in my life.

Keyton: His bad run has some what slowed down to almost stopped. After the wiggles he did break his little toe. It was off to the side and he had to wear crocks for about 3 weeks or so. No more broken bones since. His count is 4 just this year and we are hoping for no more. He has had the normal bumps but nothing that has sent us to the ER again. He is also growing up so fast. He learns alot from just watching Paisley and he loves to paint. He will paint every piece of paper in the house. He loves to play outside so this hot hot summer has not been is fav. He is also learning to spell small words and working on his sounds for every letter. He can count to 20 by himself and with paisley up to 30. He loves to do his training book and is learning to write letters. He is into Pirates right now! He runs around all day being Jack Sparrow hiding his sward from Barbosa in daddy's boot LOL. Yes that is right Daddy let the big kids watch the 1st one while mommy was gone one night. Then they watched all 3. He loves them so so so much! Daddy just took him to see the last one at the dollar movie and he was so excited and was so happy. This is who he wants to be for halloween now. He is also fully potty trained but at night!!! Finally and it is so nice to have him this way...thank goodness for the potty watch. He is really becoming such a sweet little guy who is going to start School this year for the first time! He is over the moon to start the year. I will miss him during the day but it will be good for him.

Brezlyn: She has changed this summer so much. She has gone from a quiet little baby to a loud, funny, energetic little girl. She loves to make people laugh and will do what ever it takes to make you smile. She is finally done teething just this month, the longest one out of the three. She loves to dance and does every chance she gets. She is talking in sentences and saying really big words now. She loves to learn new words too and always ask. Now her fav. word is still baby and yells it out everytime she sees one. I love her spirit!! She is also trying so hard to be as big as her big sis and bro. She is always following one of them around all day. She is also in the copying stage and it is so funny. Loves to change peoples names too...like with my dad he is Poppy but she is now calling him Papa and wil not go back to it...and keyton is only Kiki and paisley is only Babies LOL don't ask me why she can say all the right ones she just does not want to. Her new thing is the pirate thing too and she says Yo ho all the time and Jack Sparrow! LOL she says Pirate, tail and sings along with the pirate music we have. It is so cute and she is just as smart as the other two. She is a real blessing to our family and is the one who can always make us laugh. She is also starting Potty training! The first day we did it she went 3 times in the potty and stayed dry for a long time...I was one proud mommy...but I learned with Keyton not to push to hard and just go with the flow for a while. We are going to get her a potty watch to help out some it work wonders with Keyton. It will be nice if she would soon to have a break from diapers LOL.

Us: I have started making the kids clothes and really enjoy it. They also love it and it helps me to want to try new things. I still do all the normal stuff like bows and painting but have loved this also. It is so fun to make them things I could not buy for them! Tryon was trying to get on at the Police station here but it did not work out but we are hoping for things to get better where he is so that we can take down our dept so that he has a better chance later. He is doing well just working crazy hours still and we miss having him home more. We do love Daddy's day off and enjoy it while we can...good things to come but more about that later. We are also trying to have another baby and hoping it will happen soon. That one will more than likely be it for us and is sad to say that part of our lives is almost to an end. We are also still working hard on remolding this house. We have the living room done, cabinets (thanks to my dad) redone and panelling in the hall is gone. Now just need to get the wall re-textured in the hall, kitchen and both baths so that all we will have is trim, baseboards to paint and walls to do!!! so excited to be this close. Then one day will put shutters up and change the carpet but for now we are close to being done. Life is good and we are excited to see where it goes from here.

It has been a good summer and we are starting to get ready for the fall and winter...Lot to do there with Halloween, Christmas and two birthdays parties to through! Cant wait for it to start.