Thank you, thank you!!

Thank you so much for all of your comments on the previous post.  And thank you too for the phone calls.  Being a mom can be very tough!  I am thankful for friends that are so supportive.  I got some great advice that I am putting to the test.  Thanks!  -Ma

Look What We Got!!!

I have a friend that has moved and I will miss her very much.  Pacita is her name and she has always been quick to serve, and quick to be a friend.  I am so glad that we have been able to be friends and that we can still be friends through mail.

She gave this organ to us, it was given to her and she decided to pass it along.  Pa and I were just talking about how we wanted to get the kids into piano lessons, we are so excited to be able to do this now.  

And so is Emma! -Ma

Not Great In '08

This past March my family realized that we have had some not so great things happen in 2008.

• Aunt T. found out that she has cancer, however she has gone through lots of treatment and is now in remission. 
  
• My Mothers Aunt M. A. fell and broke her hip.
• Aunt M. got frozen shoulder after first snow storm in Jan.
• My mother also hurt her shoulder.
• As did I.
• Aunt S. had her first cataract surgery
• Aunt P. died and was brought back (cardiac arrest)
• Aunt M. had issues with gallbladder.
• Aunt M. panicked in the MRI machine when pictures were being taken of shoulder.
• Aunt M. A. got hip fixed but now refuses to walk
• Uncle W. tripped over the dog and has a black eye
• Tansy fell off a horse and broke her arm
• Aunt S. had her second cataract surgery
• Grandma was waving at an old guy down the hall of her facility and tripped over her cane and bruised her arm, but nothing was broken.

This is what Aunt M. had to say about all of this,

"Let that be a lesson to you....

walking and flirting with old men when you are 83 years old will just land you on your face!!!

shoveling snow is for youngsters to do!

don't read too much...it ruins your eyes!

if you die...come back

keep the sludge out of your gallbladder

don't go in the MRI machine if you have claustrophobia.

if you teach your dog to lie down make sure he knows to put up traffic cones

stay off of horses especially if everyone else in the family has had some bad luck"

Since March these are some more things that have happened.

• David was getting Jacob out of his crib and dropped him on his head.  He had a cat scan done.  They were going to make him sleep through it.  However I nursed him to sleep and asked if we could try with out the sleeping medication.  We tried, he woke up, but I got up on the table, laid on top of him, held his head straight and sang a song trying to keep the tears back.
• David cut his hand really bad with scissors
• Jacob fell off the couch and busted his lip
• David had his tonsils removed
• We went to the mall, loaded the kids in the car and forgot to load up the junky stroller, and some really cute red shoes that were with the stroller. Went back to get them and they were gone!
• Emma had to face going to ALL day school.
• Emma has had run in's with kids at school.
• We had ants bite our children like crazy
• Abby wrapped a rubber band around her finger and it was on their for at least 2 1/2 hours, her finger was a deep purple color.
• Emma got a thorn in her head
• Jacob gets burned with hot water
• Emma has been getting strange headaches 
• Jacob fell off of a tall chair, on his head again
• Pa's Grandmother passed away
• We went on an unplanned road trip got stuck in a K-Mart parking lot many miles away from home for a couple of hours
• On the same road trip it felt like something was wrong with the alignment, turned out our tire was bubbled, it could have popped
• A family member is going through a very ugly divorce
• Pa's mother found out that she has to deal with health issues, including cancer.

Yes, there were some difficult times this year, even things that I wouldn't want to relive, or wish that family members would have to relive.  However, everything that is listed above, they are getting better, I am thankful for that.

I am thankful for family and friends.  I think that is the only thing that is keeping us here in AZ.  If it wasn't for Ya'll then we probably would have moved to PA when Pa graduated years ago.  I am also so grateful that I have a family with such a good sense of humor, it helps when things are not so great. Thank you for being so good to us. -Ma