Someone got mad at me yesterday because I never update my blog. So sorry. Here it goes. Things have been interesting. The Christmas holidays have come and gone and were nice. I enjoyed having McNeil home for the most part and Brandon was able to have some time off too. That was really nice. For the past 3 years we have had a major medical incident happen in January. 1st there was my kidney stone surgery and hospital stay. The following January we had Brenda which was awesome and so worth it, but I am speaking from a monetary point of view right now. Then last week I spent four days with Brenda in the pediatric ward. She was having seizures caused by high fevers. They never found out what was causing the problem but she got to go through a lot of testing and poking to find out what wasn't causing the problem. We are sure glad she is home and healthy now. The poor thing was poked 17 times before she got to come home. Most of those pokes were people trying to put an IV into her tiny veins. She was sure glad to leave that place. And so was I. It is so hard to watch your children suffer and if they had kept her for one more day or tried to poke her one more time I think I would have gone postal. I know they were just doing their job but that is not much comfort when it is your baby who is suffering and looking to you for help. All is well, she is back home and hopefully will not have to experience that again. Watching you baby stop breathing and turning blue is so scary. I am just grateful for everyone who was there supporting us and taking care of us. (Even the people with the needles.)

It is official, we have a new President and things in our world are starting to change. Some good and some not so good. I was a little confused when they offer prayers at the Innauguration but they are not allowed any where else publicly. Strange isn't it?

Christmas is only 9 days away. I love Christmas time. I have Christmas music on all the time. McNeil thinks I am obsessed. He thinks I listen to way to much and that the Christmas movies from my childhood are lame. I guess they are kind of corny. But they remind of good times with my family. I love to watch them and think of days gone by. Man I sound old! I am excited for Brenda's first Christmas. She has no idea what is coming but it is still going to be fun watching her try to unwrap gifts. It is practice for her birthday coming up in January. Waaaah! I can't believe that she is turning one already. It has been a quick year.

I just want to say Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year!

Remember to reason for the season!!

Well she is off. Brenda has reached her next mile stone. WALKING! It is so fun to watch her learn and hard at the same time. I do not want her to grow up so fast. She is also learning the art of tantrum throwing. Now that is something I could do without. She is happy most of the time but man take something a way that she wants and look out. The little angel quickly turns to not quite an angel. I sure do love my kids. They are both awesome. McNeil is so loving towards his sister. I love to watch him play with her. He is pretty good at putting her to sleep also. Thanks Mac!

Christmas is fast approaching and I have not started to shop. I am waiting for Bonus time. I hope everyone has a good Christmas Season. I know things are tough all over for lots of people. I know if we stop and think about why we have this holiday it will be a lot happier and easier to get through. It is all about The Love.

Merry Christmas to all those I love and everyone else too!

Well we survived the chicken pox. With her thin hair and her pox Brenda looks like someone from one of nuclear bomb movies. She is now just one big scab. She is felling much better and is starting to sleep again. Hooray!! Thank you to my mom for all of her help this week. I would not have survived without her. She came over almost daily to help her sleep deprived daughter. She is so awesome! Love ya mom!

The football party is finished and all went well. No more football until next year. I thought this week would be easier but the kids I tend will be coming at 4:30 am everyday this week. So much for catching up on sleep. Oh well, I am just glad my baby is feeling better.

Love to all who help me through life.

My Baby woke up this morning with the chickenpox. How that happened we do not know. She has not come in direct contact with anyone that has had them that I know of. I guess she won't have to get her shot in January. I feel so bad for her. She does seem to be doing okay. The only one she will not leave alone is the one on her eye. They make me itchy! Those lovely childhood diseases. It has only just began!

You got to love that lovely pink calomine lotion!

I survived watching Brenda learn to crawl it was a sad day but we got through it. But now she is begining to stand up in the middle of the floor and can also climb up the stairs from the laundry room to the family room. That is a long way. Wahhh! She is changing way to fast. She loves it. Everytime she does something new she just looks at you and grins as if to say ha ha! She is so dang cute.

Saturday we went with Audrey, Jennie, Becky and family to the Young Living Farm. Some kind of fall festival. It was fun. It really hit me that McNeil is becoming a teenager. Wow I could have left him in the car and he would have had just as much fun. It was fun to spend time with everyone though. I did get to take some cute pictures of McNeil and Brenda by this little stream. I will try to down load one if I can.

Tah Tah

I have to say I am very excited to write this, "The football season is over!" The team was 0 and 6 but they learned a lot and had a good time for the most part. They went to the playoffs because there were only four teams. They lost their game but it was the best game they had al season. They held the other team to one touchdown. They played hard and McNeil had 11 tackles. He did Awesome and his foot is still in one piece. It was fun for Kaleb, Colton, and Mac to play on the same team. The only thing left is the Pro-Bowl and then we will never have to deal with the NYFL again. Next year we will be in a different league. It was fun to watch the boys learn and progress. They got started as a team about a month after the other teams so they did not get near as much practice time with each other. But they did well considering.

I just got onto facebook and I am not really sure what I am supposed to do there. But I guess I can send messages to people. I wish I was more computer savvy. I am slowly learning. It would help if our pc was not slower than tar.

Looking forward to winter at least for now. I know I will get sick of it quickly but I can't wait for the snow to cover up my brown grass and kill my weeds. It is always nice to start with fresh green weeds in the spring.

Love to all who read this.

P.S. I am sure glad that Kaitlyn and Kincade are ok!