Christmas

My brother finally made it!!! He got stuck in Portland because of the weather and a lot of cancelled flights. My wonderful cousins in Portland drove him to Eugene and my cousin here picked him up in Eugene, and brought him to my house. We finally got to go to Klamath Falls on Wednesday. My dad was in total shock that he was here, the surprise went of with a bang!! We had a wonderful holiday, and a good visit. I wish it could have been longer, but such is life. My brother has made it home safe and sound, and hopefully will get some good sound sleep tonight. He deserves it big time.

This year I remembered what Christmas is about family and friends. I would have to say that it was one of the best Chrismas' ever. Cade got a lot of cool stuff, and got to see her uncle for the first time that she will actually remember. They had a lot of fun together. He also got her a cool IPod that she loves, and thinks is extra special because it came from Indiana! I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas, and that the new year will bring you all great things. Remember: Family is awesome!!!

Here you have it

So my big Christmas surprise was for my dad. My brother was flying in from Indian to surprise him, but do to this nasty weather he has missed all flights possible to make it here and is currently stuck in Portland. We are hoping that our family there will be willing to drive him to Eugene so that we can pick him up there. But this wonderful surprise has turned into a nightmare, and the hopes of it getting better are getting slimmer and slimmer. I will keep you all updated on the progress.

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday to my Momma!!! I love you!!! I hope you had a wonderful day!!!

Happy Birthday Bill!!

Cade and I are wishing Bill a happy Birthday!!! So Happy Birthday Grandpa, we hope you had a good day!!!!

We didn't do much today, ran some errands and then laid around the house it was nice, but now I have a lot to get done tomorrow.

The road to Klamath is nasty, I am hoping that it gets better before I have to drive it.

Another one Gone!!

So today finally Cade lost her other front tooth. It has been hanging on to nothing for a week!! It was disgusting looking and I have been trying to get her to pull it out, today if finally happened. She is looking cute with no front teeth, and can actually sing "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth". Today we did Christmas shopping, went out to dinner, took holiday pictures, and drove around to look at Christmas lights. The rest of my weekend will be spent trying to keep up with Buddy, who is definitely a puppy and has a lot of energy, and cleaning my house to get ready for my guest. I hope you all have had a good weekend!!!

Full Swing

We are in full swing on getting things ready for Christmas!! I can hardly wait! I had parent/teacher conferences this week and my lil' Cade is doing awesome. A little time to brag here, she got all Es on her report card, and is doing exceptionally well. She was put into challenge group which is a group for kids that get to do a little more challenging work. She is also reading at a fourth grade level, and she is only in second grade. GOOD JOB CADE!!! Here is a picture of Cade cooking dinner for us!!!!

Buddy is getting really big! He is learning to go potty outside, and is learning "NO" really well.

It's Cold!!!

Today Cade is having her best friend stay the night. We went to the Christmas Parade!! It was really cold, but fun. The weekend has so far been pretty laid back, but I have a lot of chores to do on Sunday. I am hoping to get the Christmas tree up, and do someother things around the house.

HAPPY DAY MANDY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY GIRL MANDY!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!

I don't have much more to report than that. I started a quite involved christmas gift that I have decided to make, hopefully it will be easier than I think, and will get done on time. We will see. Have a great weekend!!!!

Here is a pic of me and Mandy back in 1999!!! O how young and carefree we were. Love you Mandy!!!!

AHHHHHH!!!!

It just seems like on of those weeks. I don't know if it because the holidays are approaching, or the weather is getting colder and we already have cabin fever, or the fact that the economy's downfall is finally starting to hit home, but it has been a crazy week and it is only Tuesday. I don't have much good to report. Cade is going crazy, tired at night, and cranky when I pick her up from school. She is in definite need of winter vacation. My job changed our benefits to some really poor insurance. I was trying to carry independent insurance for Cade and today I get the news that she is denied because of her asthma so I am forced to put her on mine, and pay a lot of money for it and it is horrible coverage. Just another victim to the economy. But I am still looking at the positive that we are still fortunate enough to even have insurance. And as the season approaches to Christmas I am reminded daily to be thankful for the things we have, and to count our blessing because there are a lot of people that are way worse off. I am happy to have my family, and friends, and living life, even though at times it gets rough. Keep your heads up, because I am trying really hard to keep mine up!!!! I have no new pics so here is an old one of Cade in Las Vegas, it was really windy!!!