WEDDING NEWS!

I am excited to announce the upcoming marriage of my brother Byron. He will be getting married in June, to a woman named Natalie. The last I talked to him the wedding is going to be June 6th. He will be getting an already made family of 4 kids, ranging in ages of 9, 8, 7, and 5. Natalie seems to be a really nice woman and I can't wait to meet her. I have only talked to her on the phone. Terry and I have been keeping tabs of grandchildren on both sides of our families to see who has the most. We have been pretty even throughout the years. This year it looked like Terry's family would pass mine. I am proud to announce that is not the case with the new additions coming.

Health

Okay, so I feel like I am falling apart. About a week and a half ago I sprained my ankle pretty bad. It was not getting much better after a week, so I went in and had it checked. Thank goodness it is not broken. It is still pretty tender, but I have finally seen some improvement. Yes, I am Bonnie's daughter! Than on Monday I was walking down the hallway with a load of laundry when my back went out. I could hardly walk. Of all times for it to go out, when I am caring clothes. I couldn't figure out at first why it would have done this, until I finally gave in and called Terry at work. (I didn't want to bother him because he has been so stressed with getting his Masters Project done) After talking to him it dawned on me that I had been working in my garden all day on Saturday. I even ran the rototiller. I am going crazy being out of commission. My house is so unorganized. It took me all day to get caught up on my laundry, plus two hours of folding clothes. I still need to hang up the clothes. Plus, I miss exercising. All I can do is go for walks.

On the brighter side of things. My family is in good health and enjoying the warmer weather. Abbie would be outside all day if she could. Terry is almost done with his project. He hopes to be done by this weekend. It will be nice having him home in the evenings again. I have been spoiled the past year with him being home for the majority of the evenings, I had forgotten how hard it is not to have him there.

I am grateful for my children and my husband and hope all it well with everyone else.

Riley's Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RILEY

The past week we have been celebrating Riley's birthday. He has been pretty excited. He turned 6 years old on Monday. It is hard to believe my first child is 6.
Terry and I decided we would let our kids have a birthday party on even birthdays, starting when they are 4. Riley was really excited to have a party this year. I don't know who was more excited Abbie or Riley. Abbie thought it was her party and she was going to get a Care Bear cake.
I asked Riley what he wanted to do and the only thing he wanted to do was play duck, duck, goose, goose; open presents; and have cake and ice cream. So I started brain storming about ideas. One of the presents Riley was adamant about getting was a pirate lego set. We decided to have a pirate them party. We made a pirate cake, made pirate hats, went on a savager hunt for treasure, and did a fishing pond. The kids had fun, and most important Riley really enjoyed his day. At the end of the day Riley was telling everyone he was 6 years old now. We had to explain, since we had his party on the Saturday before his birthday, that he wasn't 6 yet. He got really sad about this, until he realized he would be getting more presents on his actually birthday.
I got this idea from one of my friends blog. Here are some pictures of Riley over the past 6 years.

Riley's Baby Picture

Riley's at 1 year old
Riley at 2 years old
Riley at 3 years old

Riley at 4 years old
Riley at 5 years old

Riley at 6 years old
Here are some photos and videos of Riley's birthday party and birthday.