Chicago here I come!

I am so excited that this weekend I am attending a Pixel Fairy Princess Workshop in Chicago! I am going with my good friend Sheri and we are going for 3 whole days with no kids!!! I am sure my head will be spinning with information and I will have a wish list a mile long after I get home! My mom and sister gave me the workshop as a birthday present!! Lucky me!!! I hope to gain more knowledge and have lots of fun in the process!!!

A Fine Young Lad

My little boy is becoming a young man right before my very eyes. In a few weeks he will be entering high school and I am just not sure how I feel about that. I am filled with excitement for him, I know he is very eager to start school but I am also sad because I know how quickly those four years of high school pass and I am realizing that his life at home if just flying by. I pray that in those four years I can help mold him into a responsible, compassionate, kind and respectful man. He is surely on his way but I know that the pressures of life have a way of creaping in on my plans for him, I will pray that he makes the right decisions in life and the morals that we have been preaching to him will be that little voice he hears when a situation arises and he is looking for guidance on what to do. We are so proud of Dayton, he has brought joy into our lives since the day I found out I was expecting him. He is changing daily, growing inches taller and taller, looking down on me now, his voice is now deeper and he is getting strong like his dad. I find myself a bit weepy lately, I wish my dad could see how much he has changed in just the 7 months since his passing. He and Dayton were good buddies and I know this summer has been very different for Dayton, no talks about if the blue gills are hitting or not, or that Grandpa has been seeing lots of deer with their velvet from his blind or how well Dayton did in baseball, he would have loved to know that Dayton's team won their conference for the first time ever! I think Grandpa had a hand in that one. He broke his hand a month ago and has not been able to fish, play ball or golf, lots of time on his hands to think about how much his life has changed this year. I am so thankful that Dayton has his faith to carry him through those moments when he is missing Grandpa, he knows he will see him again, and he knows Grandpa is at peace and is perfect.

I have seen so many changes in Dayton over the past year, I cannot even imagine what other changes are in store for us. But I am so eager to find out. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful son!

39 Years !!

Today is my last birthday in my 30's! My mom is coming down and so is my sister, Mark is off and will take the kids for me so I can have some alone time for a while. I am so thankful for a wonderful life and I pray I have many more!

Dayton's Braces Come off, the cast is next!

Before we left to get them off. My first glimpse of his teeth with no braces on them, he was sitting in the dentist's chair. We waited 2 hours in the lobby for him, it was definately worth the wait! We love Dr. Strosser! He is the nicest guy! They gave Dayton a goodie bag with a Block*Buster gift card, popcorn, gum, toothbrush and tied with balloons. It was a nice touch! (Like the red cast! His 2 fingers are not able to bend so we have had a few hurdles with that!)We stopped by to show Dad his new smile!

Dayton's team took 2nd in a tournament this weekend as well, he couldn't play but kept score!

Dayton's braces came off this morning, he teeth look so nice! We had the best orthodontist, he was so good to Dayton and even got them off a month earlier than we had planned. Unfortunately, last weekend at a baseball tournament Dayton was playing catcher and a ball bounced up and hit his hand and broke it in 2 places. He is in a cast for about 3 weeks. So hopefully before high school starts his braces and his cast will be off! His baseball team won the league championship this year, the first year our school has ever done that so he received a nice trophy. Baseball season is officially over and I am so glad, it has been a long (and cold) season, he has had a few injuries and now with his broken hand, he needs a break.

Thanks for the well wishes about my sister in law Lora, unfortunately the when she went to the hospital for the first time (in the ambulance) they only gave her a neck xray. She woke up the next day at home and could not walk, after she went to her own doctor she learned that she has 3 broken vertebrae and is in severe pain. She is bed ridden for about 6 weeks. We are praying that she will heal properly and that she gets some relief from the pain soon.

So thankful!

Yesterday my sister in law Lora and my nephew Taylor were on their way to a college tour and were in a bad accident. The brakes on her car failed on the expressway as she was approaching cars stopped for construction. She ended up using the emergency brake and it spun her car 90 degrees and her driver side slammed into the back end of a SUV. Lora had to be cut out of the car and went to the hospital. Thankfully the side air bags went off, they more than likely saved her life. She has some severe back pain and needs assistance to walk, and some nasty bumps and bruises, Taylor had some glass in his arm but they will be fine. We are definately praising God this morning! Her car was totalled in the same town that we totalled Mark's car almost 20 years ago, I guess we should just avoid that city!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom turns 62 today! She is just the sweetest person I know! I know that it will be hard for her today, her first with Dad gone, but she will keep on smiling the way she always does. She is my inspiration and my best friend. The kids think she is an awesome Grandma as well. Happy Birthday Mom! We love you!

Pink Water Fountain

The other day Myah wanted to put her feet in the pretty pink water at the park. I love how many local fountains are dyeing the water pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. I wish all fountains were pink!