I am blessed with Great Friends!

The other morning I got a knock on the door around 9 am from my girl Cristian. She is a great cook and has a passion for it. She brought me the yummiest cream cheese raspberry french toast!! Thank you girl! I enjoyed every bite!

Kya is a big girl now!

No more training wheels! Good times!

My Friends little boy!

~Most of us have children and most of us are blessed to have good health. If you do not have good health, than you can probably empathize with her situation. This is from a friend of mine that I have known most of my life. This is what she had to say.....

First of all I want to thank everyone for the well wishes, thoughts, prayers, ideas , etc. for my little JJ. For those of you that havent joined please join my group team JJ... I also ask that each of you PLEASE post info about JJ and his blog on your page, or send it in an email or in some way help me by getting the word out about his blog and situation. We need all the help that we can get. You may ask, Gee he is almost 3 and they knew he would need this surgery so why are they not prepared? well, for one I cannot work because JJ cannot go to day care, he really doesnt go much of anywhere.. with his liver right under the surface of the skin and protruding like it does, it would be life threatening if he were to get injured before we can get the surgery done.. The other reason is that he was on Medicaid.. well we only found out in May that they were dropping him due to the fact that we have "access" to other insurance through Johns work.. Well, that being said, only a portion will be covered, and it is a very expensive procedure.. we also have to come up with all of our travel costs to and from Seattle from Idaho which is a 12 hour drive, plus time off work, place to stay, meals etc. etc. as you can imagine this could be very costly.. When JJ was born and in the NICU the bill was over a million dollars so I imagine this will be expensive depending on how long he takes to recover and if he goes into the PICU or not. Anyways, Please do what you can to spread the word so that anyone who is able to donate in any way, big or small, they will.. every single penny counts.. AND means more than you know.. Thank you to those of you that have already donated.. it is so greatly appreciated...

JJ's blog is www.teamhelpjj.blogspot.com and there people can donate at the bottom of the page.. you can also go on your update status or "whats on your mind" button and type in the link www.teamhelpjj.blogspot.com and it will put it on your status and main page.. or you can always just forward the info in an email to your contacts in your email..

If any of you have any other ideas let me know..

thanks so much again and again... <3

` and just think after July if we get to go ahead with this.. you won't be bugged with anymore of this stuff from me !! love to you all~

www.teamhelpjj.blogspot.com

AMY, WE WILL KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS!

Cute Lil Zyan

I realize that all of my children are quite curious. Sometimes I would consider it pushing curious and just nosey. Dezmon was taking his time in the restroom as he usually does. Curious or nosey, whatever it is that Zyan is doing..... it is just cute to me! 

Eagle Mtn Winds took the tramp

Anyone who has lived in Eagle Mtn knows that the winds can be really strong. A couple of summers ago my neighbor to the west of us, their tramp was a victim of the wind. Flinging it over their fence, through the air, across our back yard and then landing on the fence separating our yard from the other neighbors to the east. Well, now our tramp is the latest victim of the wind. The wind picked it up, taking down our fence in it's path, the tramp proceeded to try to clear the roof of my neighbors house. It didn't quite clear the roof. I did a bit of damage, making some holes in the roof and taking out her chimney. It then went completely over her house and landed in the road on the other side. Glad no one was standing there! (the mangled tramp and a tarp now on the roof of my neighbor)

Happy Birthday Joel

As most of you know, my brother Joel was my sidekick through out most of my life! It has been over 5 years since he left this earth but he is still a daily part of my life. As I read my uncle Ricky's book about Dennis, I thought of how a book of Joel's life would play out. It would be full of a lot of mischievous times and LOTS of adventure. After he went on his mission, he was an example to us all. We always had fun together! We followed each other around most of our childhood. I am sure that Melanie could tell some stories. They usually ended with her telling my mom on something that Joel and I were doing. I know that he is in a beautiful place now. I am so grateful for this day! If it wasn't for Joel coming to earth... I truly would have had a boring childhood! Love you Joel! Happy Birthday!

Kya gave herself a haircut!

I know that most mothers dread the day that their daughter decides to give themselves a hair cut. One of Kya's classmates cut her hair short in a cute bob this week. So Kya decided she wants short hair too. I think she realized that she had made a mistake with her first snip cause she came right down stairs crying to me telling me that she couldn't go to school or church anymore because people would laugh at her. Luckily, her hair is so curly that you can hardly notice. It just doesn't go in the ponytail like it use to. It could have been worse and best of all, I don't think she will try this again.

This one is for Ang! So Ang, correct all of my wrong answers

I got this from Liz... Ang is the third person on my list so she is the lucky one! 

 Answer these questions about the 3rd blogger on your list. 

1. How long have you known this person? All of  my life

2. What color hair does this person have? Blonde!

3. What kind of car does this person drive? Last time I checked it was a Land Rover but I think she has something different now

4. Does this person have kids? Yes, 2 girls!

5. How old is this person? I think 27 maybe?

6. What is this person's favorite food? I have no clue but I will guess Mexican

7. Does this person have a special talent? Piano, gymnastics, mom, wife just to name a few (all of the Rick Dean girls are talented)

8. Does this person like flowers? I would say ... absolutely!

9. Is this person married? Yes to Patrick (at one time it was a requirement to have the name "Rick" in your name to marry a "Rick Dean girl" Patrick, Rick, Dietrick and then Neil broke the mold!LOL

10. What is this person's middle name? I believe it is Evalynn?

Okay now if you are on my blog you should do this!

When people ask what are your talents....

I always find myself stumped on that question. I know what I enjoy (children, talking, dancing) but are they really talents? So I just spent the day refinishing some old furniture and I realize that I have a talent there! Silly as it seems that I would find that exciting but as most of you know my dad was very talented at things like this so I like to think that I got it from him. I also have found it a way to make some extra cash. Last summer I made over $1000 on getting nasty old furniture and making it nice. I bought this dresser for $5 and with a little paint and new hardware I sold it for $200 and the headboard I bought $1 and sold it for $20. GOOD TIMES!

Happy Birthday Dez!

Today Dezmon turned 16. I never knew unconditional love until I became pregnant with him. He has been a blessing to me in so many ways. Although I could do without the teenage years ;) He is growing into the man he is supposed to be. I am proud to be his mother and thank the Lord that he sent him to me. Happy Birthday Dezmon!!!

Could my baby be 1 already?

Happy Birthday Zyan!

Happy Birthday Summer!

It is hard to believe that the baby of us all is now 26! And not just that.... the baby is having a baby! I love my sister Summer so much! She is a great help to me in my life! She is talented at many things.... photography, skateboarding, great with kids (just to name a few). She loves motorcycles and animals. I am happy to say that she has met her match with her husband Jesse. I just realized that this is starting to sound like an obituary. Love you Summer! Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Melanie

I am not sure how this happened but Melanie is now 35! We were just kids yesterday!?! She is one of my sweetest sisters and doesn't have a mean bone in her body. I love her so much and am so grateful that we came into this world at almost the same time. She is the closest thing I have to a twin. I know I am not far behind her so I will not give her a hard time on her age =) HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL!