Sprinkler Time

Weather has finally started to warm up.  The kids and the dog have enjoyed running round in the sprinkler.  Soon the swimming pool will be out and they will splashing around in it too!

Letting Go and Saying Goobye is HARD!

Well after a rough two days my cat Kiki passed away this morning.  Sometime between 5:30am and 6am. 

This pictures was taken November 28, she loved to look out the front window.
 

 It was all very sudden.  I noticed she was sleeping a bit more over the past week, and just chocked it up that she was an older kitty.  But then on Saturday when my son hugged her (he does this a lot) she seemed wobbly on her legs when he stopped.  She was sitting on the couch next to me, when he hugged her.  I helped her steady herself and that is when I touched her and felt she wasr really skinny.
I knew something was wrong.

My husband got wet food for her when he came home, and she ate it.  She seemed to perk up a bit.  I thought, maybe I am just worrying for nothing...but in the back of my mind, I felt I needed to prepare.

Sunday morning things took a turn for the worse...and I spent most of the day crying and just spending time with her.  I spent the night on the couch with her and early this morning she passed while I pet her.  Letting her go was very hard.  I feel jipped that I didn't get to have her as my pet longer.

Ladybug with Kiki.  Her first night in our home.



This is Kiki's first night in our home.
 

Kiki came into my life back in early November of 2012.  She was a stray that was in my neighborhood.  She showed up at my house one evening and I was in awe how sweet she was.  I took her door to door through my neighborhood to find her home.  She was sooo sweet, and so tiny.  The single guys living next door told me that she just showed up in the neighborhood before Halloween and that she had been sleeping in their garage at night.  They had no idea who she belonged too.  I decided right then, that she needed a permanent home.  Winter snow was coming and there was no way she was going to make it through the winter.  So I put her in my cat carrier and took her to my vet.  Had some blood work done and she was cleared.  She didn't have feline Leukemia.  She was allowed in the house and she made her self at home.

She was AMAZING!  And I have to say she was the BEST Cat, second to Carona my deaf white kitty.  She would climb on my back and want to sniff my hair, and she would lay on my shoulder when I was laying on the cough.  She was soooo tiny.  So amazingly tiny!    And she has the funniest face!.

Enjoying the sunlight from the window.
 

 

I will miss her.  Wish I had her longer in my life.  I am trying to be grateful for the time I did have with her.  I have no idea why she got so sick and died in two days time.  Sudden and painful.

Time will heal.

Kiki trying to jump up in my lap.  :)
 

Flash Back Friday-Anniversary weekend

Me and Bryan, private moment captured on film. I can't remember what we were talking about, but I do remember being cold. It had rained the day before the wedding, but had cleared up the afternoon on our wedding day. Our photographer (dear friend Julie) took us over to the Gazebo where we were going to get married (switched at the last minute because of the rain). She got some great shots of us. It was cold and windy...but Bryan tried to keep me warm.

Me and my bridesmaids.

Lt-Rt: My sister (Jenny), Me, Anne, and Trica.

~Brenda

Flash Back Friday

13 years ago this weekend my friend Trica got married. I was one of her Bridesmades in her wedding. A month later I got married. Here is a picture of me and my Rainbow Girl friends. We had to get a group picture of our selves, since it had been years since we were all together.

Lt to right back- My sister (Jenny), Trica- bride

front: Anne, Amiee, and me.

~Brenda

Flash Back Friday- Randoms

me on christmas eve 1995.

Christmas morning 1995. Just had started seeing Bryan. I was feeling good about myself...and can tell by the smile on my face.

Me and our cat Squirt. I think this picture was taken in he fall of 1990, or early winter of 1991. Sometime around the time I graduated from Dental Assisting School.

And here I am at my friend Keely's wedding. I was one of her bridesmaids...(nope I don't just go to weddings dressed in bridesmaids dress for the fun of it. LOL) I believe this was taken in September 1989. I can't remember exactly. Keely and I were in Dental Assisting together. We met in class and became really good friends.

~Brenda

Flash Back Friday

I think this was the fall of 1995. Left to right: My mom, me (green shirt) and my sister. this was at the Renaissance Fair in Novato California. We would go every single year. Some years we would dress up but this one we just went as our selves and enjoyed looking at all the crazy people. LOL

~Brenda

Spring Breaks Fun

Bug had a Spring Break Class through Mobius called Bubbleology. It was held last week on Tuesday.

We rode the bus downtown. Bryan was able to attend and was a huge help with Ladybug.

Before the class started we stopped by the library to return some videos and get some new ones. Bug wanted to push Ladybug while she was in the stroller. It was so funny.

Here is a couple videos of him pushing her.

Bryan hung out with Ladybug in the Toddler area. She loved the big tubes that have fun stuff inside such as balls, glitter, leaves, etc...

Bug had a great time in the class learning about how bubbles are made. He got to create his own bubble wand in any shape he wanted to see if he could make different shapes...but they always turned out round. He also got to paint a picture with bubbles. And the best part was saved for the last when he got to climb inside a bubble.

The teacher called him a Bubble Head and he keeps saying it over and over again. Laughing so hard you would think he would pass out.

Wordless Wednesday- Miss You Carona

This really is suppose to be just a post with a picture, but I have to explain this picture. While looking for a picture to post for today I realized that today is the 3rd Anniversary of my dear, dear special cat Carona passing away. Back on the morning of April 16th, 2005 we found her in our dinning room, and she had just passed. It was such a sad, sad day, and I had cried so hard.

We knew she was sick, but I was so busy with a new born that I kept hoping that she would get better. She had stopped eating, and was only drinking water. About two weeks before she passed away I noticed that she was making no sound out of her mouth when she meowed. And then I noticed that she was so skinny. When I pet her on her back I felt her spine. But her personality was great and she loved to lay next to Bug when he was doing his blanket, tummy time. In fact, I remember the night before during Bug's Tummy Time she came over to me and wanted me to pet her, and so I brushed her with the cat brush and she was in HEAVEN!

Here is a picture of Carona on April 16th, 1995. It was EASTER and she was out in my back yard sun bathing. She was 3 years old in this picture.

I didn't let her out much to lay in the sun directly because I always feared that she would get skin cancer because she was white.

First Prayer

Conversation with my son last night while putting him to bed.

Tucking him in, putting his blankets on him.

Bug: "I want to say prayer."

Me: "Sure, you can say the prayer. Do you need my help?"

Bug: "No."

Me: "Okay. Lets close our eyes and fold our arms. You start when you are ready."

Short silence. I started thinking that I was going to have to open my eyes and find him smiling at me, and then I would end up saying the prayer anyway. And right when I was going to open my eyes I heard the sweetest sound a Mother ever hears.

Bug: "Dear Heavenly Father.....gibberish....gibbersh.....Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, Shelby....gibberish.....Hats (?).......gibberish....Amen".

Me: "I am so proud of you!"

I was beaming inside and was just so proud! I had no idea that he would actually pray! I figured he would be 4 or 5 before he wanted to do this, but I guess I was wrong. We will see what tonight brings. Things like this make me glad that I am his MOMMY.

sick, doctor visit, and ramblings

Well I am still sick, but did manage to have a better nights sleep. I went to bed at 8pm right after Bug went down. I am lucky that I was able to stay up that late. I actually fell asleep on the couch for about 2 minutes after I got Bug into the tub and I got things picked up in the living room and his jammies ready to be put on. I didn’t mean to fall asleep but I was so tired. Bryan got him out of the shower and dressed in his jammies and took him down stairs for stories and bed. I climbed into bed before he was done with that. Felt so good to climb into bed.

I ended up coming out to the couch at 12:30am because I was coughing a lot. I did manage to fall sleep on and off the rest of the night. It is really hard to sleep propped up when you are use to sleeping flat. lol. But I survived. The most amazing thing happened today with Bug! He slept in tell 7am! Bryan went down to his room at 7am and he was still asleep. He helped him to wake up and was so happy to see Daddy. He is not like this with me when I have to wake him up. For that matter, he is not happy when ever he wakes up and I am the only one home. lol.

We took Bug to my friend Alyson’s home at 9am because I had a doctor’s appointment this morning. Bug was happy to see his friend Cole and seemed to do very well with us dropping him off. Then Bryan and I drove to the Hospital for my Doctor Appointment.
You are probably wondering why I was going to the Hospital. Well, much has been going on in the back ground here, and I have been waiting to post about it because I just was not sure it was the right time, or appropriate. But after today’s appointment I am ready to share.

I will have to back track a bit to get you all up to date. On December 24th I was a week late with my period. It was 32 days since my last one, and I have never gone that long before. After much denial, Bryan took Bug and me to the grocery store to buy some items for our Christmas Breakfast Burritos and made me pick up a pregnancy test. After procrastinating most of the morning I finally went into the bathroom to take the test. I locked the bathroom door, which was good because Bug was standing at it most of the 5 minutes calling “MOMMY!” over and over. It didn’t help to calm my nerves.

For those of you who don’t know…Bryan and I started trying to get pregnant back in April of 2001. In May of 2003 I finally got the courage up to be tested by an Infertility doctor here in town. Both Bryan and myself were tested. It was no fun. Blood work, exams, scans of my ovaries, and a special X-Ray of my uterus, as well as Bryan’s tests. After all the tests were done, the results were explained to us and the diagnosis was Male Factor Infertility, and our only option was Invertro.

We had already decided if the results only gave us the option of Invetro that we would look into adoption. So that is what we did. We filled out paper work through LDS Family Services, and began the waiting process. After a year I was at my wits end. A friend recommended Foster Care and after much debate and soul searching we looked into Foster Care and began the process of filling out paper work in October 2004, and got the call about Bug in March 2005! After finally being able to adopt him in November 2006 we got put back on the waiting list for another baby in June 2007. We got a call about a baby boy in August and began the heartache experience of losing a child. After that experience I decided that I could not do this anymore, and told Bryan that I refused to get placed with another Foster Child only to have them ripped from me. Bryan wanted more children, but I was not about to go through that hell again. I remember telling him in early October 2007, “The only way we will have any more kids is if we get pregnant, and we know that is never going to happen.” It is not that I didn’t want anymore kids, it just was that I didn’t want to go through the pain again. And I was kind of happy and had come to grips with my life, and was glad for Bug, and all the fun stuff he is doing.

So fast forward to me in the bathroom waiting for the test results from the pregnancy test. Hearing Bug grabbing at the door knob, and him saying “MOMMY” over and over. After two minutes the results said “POSITIVE!” I held my breath, afraid that if I breathed that I would wake up from a dream. I seriously thought the test would be negative and I would have to go to the doctor to find out I had cancer, and was dieing. I know…totally not logical, but that is what I thought had to be happening. But the test said positive. I came out of the bathroom and showed Bryan the test and then started to softly cry. I was happy but very sad at the same time. Hard to describe why I was sad. It is funny how you can become ok with you life and how things are and then something comes along and changes everything. So that is kind of what was going through my mind.

I went into my Doctor’s office the day after Christmas to confirm that I was pregnant, and they did. Urine and blood test. I then had to find a OB/GYN and called North West OB/GYN and got in to see my new doctor on February 11th. After a quick exam Dr. Hilton said that my uterus felt bigger than 6 weeks along, so he ordered an ultra sound.

I had the ultra sound done today. I have to be honest, I know that I am pregnant, feel nauseous allot, and hungry all the time but I really didn’t think it was really real, until today, when I saw the baby on the monitor. It was right there looking back at me. A baby! My baby! Bryan was surprised to see the baby. We could see the heart beating (182bpm) and its little arms and legs, and stomach too. I also got to see its brain. The baby was very active, moving its arms and legs over and over, like it was excited to see us. The technician took several measurements for the doctor and printed up some pictures for us including this 3D version of the baby.

The Tech said that Dr. Hilton’s nurse would be calling me back this evening and she did at 4:35pm. The scan looked great and that the baby looked good, but that they were moving my due date up from August 29th to August 23rd, because the baby looks further along.

So that is what has been going on here. I just could not keep it in any longer. I am sure other people might think I should have waited to tell everyone, but I just can’t keep it in anymore. I need something to be focused on right now in my life.

On top of all this, I have had a falling out with a dear friend and it has been hard to deal with my feelings in this situation. I wish that things had been different but alas they were not and I was turning into something that I didn’t like, and I was hurting emotionally all the time. I am glad that I met this person, very glad that we were friends, just wish that I didn’t have to cut off communication. It has been painful. I hope that they find what they are looking for, and find happiness too, everyone deserves this. And if I could go back to before becoming friends with this person and knowing how it would have turned out I still would have become friends with them. I have learned a lot about myself just by knowing them, and I am grateful for this.

So here is to hoping for a good nights sleep. Hoping. That is all I can do right now.

1st Ginger Bread House

Bryan's family has a tradition about making Ginger Bread Houses each year. His mother would spend hours making the gingerbread and then cutting out the house shapes for the boys (4 of them) to each make their own Gingerbread house.

My friend Alyson helped me out this year with a small little kit with the gingerbread and frosting already made up. All you had to do was put up the walls and then decorate to your hearts content. So on Wednesday night while I had a church activity do attend, Bryan showed Bug how to build a Ginger Bread House and decorate it. Bug had a blast from what Bryan said. I took a few pictures of the finished Gingerbread house with the proud builder. "And, Mom this candy tastiest even better when you pull it off the gingerbread house!"

Happy Birthday!

To ME!!!!
I got some really fun things from my family and friends. Bryan got me a Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream cake! Also, some tickets to see a play called "Same Time, Next Year". They not tell October 24th so I will have to post about it later. I have never seen or heard of this play....but I am so excited about going to a play. I love live performances! TOTALLY Love them!

Innocence vs. Knowledge

As stated in an earlier post, I took my first College classes the summer of 1988 right after my High school graduation. I think I only had 1 week off from school. I had worked at Wendy’s during my High School career and decided that I wanted a more adult job when I started College…. so I applied at the K-mart in my town. It was the worse thing I ever did. I should have stayed at Wendy’s because I was happy there and everyone new me. I think I might post a whole separate post about my experience working at K-Mart but that will be another time. Need to stay on track with the cadaver story.

After only 5 months (I think) I quit K-Mart and was jobless. Luckily I was still living at home. It was from October 1988 tell February 1989 that I didn’t have a job. I saw a listing for an Anatomy Lab assistant and I applied. Got the job. It was the BEST Job I have ever had. It is more like a library setting. It was not your traditional Anatomy Lab where you see bodies laying on metal tables, but rather a trailer full of cubbies where students would come check out modules and take back to the cubbies and watch slides and listen to tapes about the different body systems. It was quite and peaceful and everyone was nice and considerate of each other. I enjoyed learning the student’s names and making it a contest to anticipate what module they would need and having it ready when they came up to the counter. It was a game to me. I got to Procter tests, and help the instructor test out his new computer programs, and got to watch the very first DVD…. well it wasn’t a DVD like we know today…it was the size of a record, but looked like a DVD. I remember thinking that they were more work than a help…. boy was I wrong. I love DVD’s and CD’s now. LOL!

My other main job was to dust the plastic anatomy displays that were around the trailer. There were three I remember clear as day that I dusted each week. All three of them were on shelves right above this metal gurney that had a blue tarp over it and two white plastic buckets on the tray below and also had tubes going into each tub. Sometimes it smelled of formaldehyde but not very often. There was a small classroom that held a traditional Anatomy class and maybe one week out of each semester the gurney would go into this room and the classroom door would be shut. It was the end of one semester (I had been working at the anatomy lab for about a year and ½ a this point) when one of the students who attended the traditional Anatomy class came up to the counter and asked me if there was a water fountain in the building. I told her about the one down the hall, and pointed to it. She quickly replied, “I am not drinking water next to that dead guy!” I laughed, and corrected her and told her that it was not real. “Yes it is!” She spat back. And I just stared at her and then it hit me. She was telling the truth! She had seen what was really under that blue tarp. I got sick to my stomach. Soon after that I spoke with my boss and asked her if it was a real body and she said yes, and was surprised that I didn’t know this already. I guess I just assumed that a dead body could not be out side a freezer. But the buckets and tubes under the gurney had formaldehyde in them and that was how the body could be preserved with out being in a freezer. And I guess every 3 or 4 years the instructor would trade in the body for a new one.

So after that knowledge things were just not the same. The end of that last semester I graduated and started working in a Dental Office as a Dental Assistant, but needless to say I never stopped thinking about the dead body that I walked passed every single day for a year and ½ while working at the Anatomy Lab and leaned up against the gurney at least once a week to dust the plastic life size anatomy displays…the best job I ever had!

Growing up

Bug didn't want to sleep in his crib during nap time today. He kept screaming and crying and kicking. Not fun. I pointed to the Monkey Bed and asked him if he wanted to sleep there, and he said "Yes" clear as day. He is getting better and better with pronouncing words. "Yes" usually comes out "eesss". I was surprised that I could understand Yes and that he wanted to sleep in the twin bed. So....I helped him gather up all his "Jennies" (a.k.a. giraffes * he has a total of 4 of them* ) and his new monkey pillow and proceeded to help him climb into the bed, and got him all tucked in. He quickly layed down and I sat at the end of his bed, while he relaxed (in his special "Bug" way- rubbing his favorite "Jenny" all over his face.) and then he fell asleep with in 5 minutes.

I had to come back and snap this picture...documenting my little boy's first offical sleeping in his big bed. He looked so cute! I am proud of him and all that he accomplishes each day.

And I guess I am off to purchase some bed rails so that he doesn't roll out! LOL!

Stormy Weather

ok....my friend Alyson posted on her blog list night that she was enjoying the Storm that we had come trough. I just had to post how I feel about Storms. I HATE them. I really do. I get really nervous and frightened when I suddenly see lightning and then hear the thunder. I got to thinking about why I feel this way....and some childhood memories creeped up into my mind.

When I was very young my sister and my parents went on a camping trip in New Mexico. I remember being woken up by the rain and thunder and then my parents quickly packing us up in the middle of the night into the car. We were soked. Our camp site flooded. My sister and I were in the back seat of my parents car as they packed up the tent and other items. And then a black and white cat soon joined us. We had no idea where this cat had come from but it was so scared, and we gave it shelter. We ended up bring the cat home with us. We ended up naming him Thunder.

I also remember, being in Wisconson visiting my Great Grandmother one summer with all our relatives. We were having a BBQ when all of a sudden I got nervous...and then the wind picked up and hail fell from the sky. It was rather scary to me.

Last night when the big storm hit, I was giving Bug a bath. I was singing to him and he was singing back when all of a sudden we heard a huge thunder Clap! I jumped. Bug seemed fine. It didn't faze him at all. After I got him to bed, I was sitting on the couch watching some TV, when I saw a flash of light (*VERY BRIGHT*) and then with in seconds I heard and FELT the Thunder! It was so loud and hard that the house shook!!! and Shoook! and SHHHOOOOOK! I screamed out and then quickly covered my hand over my mouth, because Bug was a sleep. He didn't even wake up from it. I really thought he would because it was LOUD!!!

Since Bryan was working late I quickly texted him a message that I was scared and what a great hubby I have....because he called me at home. I love him so much. Just hearing his voice helped me to calm down.

Important Memories

I didn't know what to blog about today when I checked out my friend MaryRuth's Blog and I as inspired. Thanks MaryRuth for always helping me to remember who is important in my life...My Family, Hubby and Son and also my Mom and Sisters too!

11 years ago today....Bryan asked me to marry him.
We had been dating for about 4 months. Had broken up the week after Valentine's Day because I was not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I felt sad when we broke up but also very proud of him. Strange to think this way...but I did. I really cared about him and just wanted him to be happy. I was impressed with his religous conviction and this made me love him even more. I had dated several other guys before I met Bryan and they all said things about their beliefs but did the opposite when it came down to certian things.
Only 3 days after we broke up Bryan called me and wanted to talk. I agreed. We never managed to leave my apartment parking lot when he started to get teary eyed...he explained that he could not live with out me...and that Heavenly Father revealed to him that he was suppose to stay with me. I remember telling him that I was not going to join the LDS church. He said it didn't matter.
I thought .... ok....I will learn more about this church and maybe I will join....but more likely not. I was going to enjoy being with this guy either way it turned out.
Then he went and popped the question on April 2nd, 1996. I was so shocked!!! Did not see that coming! He took me to Equus a very fancy resturant. I felt a bit underdressed. He had just picked me up from work. The waiter kept looking at us as he passed out table. We talked, and then all of a sudden Bryan pulled a small box out from his pocket. He opened it and there was the most beautiful ring I had ever saw. I was speechedless. I touched the ring....tried it on....it was huge!!! The ring was a bit to big for my skinny finger...(I have since had to enlarge the ring because I have gained weight since we got married...lol). Bryan finally said...."Does this mean yes?" And I smiled and said, "YES!!!" I did manage to say a little later, that I am not going to join the LDS church...and Bryan's reply was "It does not matter. I am suppose to be with you."
We were married 6 months later~ October 26, 1996 *My parent's anniversay, and my Grandparent's anniversary dates*
And then ..... about 2 years later, I did end up joining the LDS Church. We had stopped going to church for a little bit...both of our churches...and then moved into a new apartment and started to attend the LDS Church, Benett Valley Ward and that is when I realised that there were Sister Missionaries. I told Bryan I would talk to them and then realized that I was already a "Mormon" and didn't even know it. All my morals and values were the same as the LDS Church believes...*probably why Bryan was interested in me in the first place*. I decided to make it offical on March 20, 1998. We got Sealed in the Oakland Temple a year later.

I am so glad that Bryan walked into that Eye Glass store that I was working at that day. Little did I know that Heavenly Father had some very exciting plans for me and my life because of that day.
I have a great husband, who loves me so much...with the good and the bad...and we have been blessed with "The Bug" our adopted son. Bryan was so supportive when it finally came to us making the decision to go the adoption route....and then even more so...with the Foster to Adopt route through the State Agency.

I am blessed!

Happy Birthday!!!!

Spencer turned 2 years old today at 8:39am!!!!

After Thanksgiving Ramblings

Thanksgiving Day turned out great. My friend Kristi came over around 11:30am and helped me with the last minute pre-perations. We ened up having 6 people total for dinner. The food turned out great from what everyone says. I guess I am to hard on my self and I thought it just tasted ok. We ate at 2:30pm. Dessert was yummy with Pumpkin Pie and CheeseCake Pie to choose from. Also Vanilla Ice Cream (Spencer's Favorite)

The Sealing went great last Saturday. Bryan and I forgot our camera ... but my friend Wendy managed to get a few shots. She has tried to email them to me but they keep coming out pretty bad. But here is one of Bryan and Spencer right after the "Baby Blessing".

Spencer needed his Pacifyer because he got a bit stressed (upset) when all the men where standing so close (in a circle) and touching his back while Bryan pronounced the Blessing Apon Spencer. Wish this picture was better....Spencer's pants where riding up....that is why it looks like he is not wearing any pants.

All the Thanksgiving Decorations are boxed up and put away and I managed to set up our new Christmas Tree all by myself. That is the only thing that is up right now, but not for long. I am sure I will be energized to do more decorations soon.

Have a Great Weekend! Christmas Shopping? Relaxing? Eating Turkey Left overs?!

Am I ready for Thanksgiving?

Update on my Eye. I went to see my eye doctor yesturday and I don't have pink eye but rather a sensitivity to my contact lenses. It has been over a year since my last check up and my contact were old. I have been prescribed some drops to put into my eye and told not to wear my contact lenses for a week. OH MY!!!! You should have seen me try to drive home with my glasses. I have been having a very difficult time wearing my glasses and feel sick most of the time. I am seriously thinking about getting that Laser Eye Surgery done! Seriously! I hate wearing these glasses and have been a GRUMP because of it. Bryan has been taking the brunt of my Anger. Sorry about that, and keep appologizing.

We are getting ready for Thanksgiving!!!! Having Dinner at our place with a few friends. I am baking the pumpkin pies as I am blogging. Plan on having Turkey, Stuffing, Cranberry Sause, Gravy, Mashed Potatos, Green Bean Casserol, Fruit Salad, dinner rolls, and the pie, and icecream!!! Yummy. I am working on making all the items that I can ahead of time so that I am not in the kitchen the whole day. Would like to spend some time with my Family and Guests.

Tomorrow is the Sealing! I am sooooo excited. I have to iron Spencer's White Outfit....which I have not gotten a good picture of yet. That is why it has not been posted.... It is a one piece jumper with a vest. Can't find a picture to link too to show you how it looks. Sorry.

Well, got to get my pumpkin pies out of the oven.....and let them....coool...

My Grandma's China Hutch

My Mom arrived at our house at 6:35pm on Friday night. She headed up earlier than planned. It has been really good to see her and visit with her so far. She had tons of things stuffed into her RV. She brought up my Grandmother's China Hutch! I am sooooo excited to finally have it! Here is a picture of it.

I have been busy spending time with Mom and unpacking boxes that she brought up. She brought my old Grand Officer Quilt too. It is HUGE! I had to bring out my Scrapbook that I re-did for my Grand Officer year because looking at the quilt made me want to.

I will try and get a picture of me holding it and post it on the blog. It is huge though...so you might not see me.

Spencer has been very clingy since my Mom showed up. Unfortuantly it has been a while since he has seen her. He loves Madison my Mom's dog. The two of them run and play for hours.

I will try and get some pictures of them playing....and a picture of my mom if she will let me.

I LOVE my CHINA HUTCH! Did I already say that!?! I keep stopping and looking at it as I go through my dinning room!