it's been a while...

It's been a long time since I posted anything so I thought I would post something sort of funny.

The girls bought their very first Wii game. On Sunday night, Paige came running into our room asking when we had to return it.

I said, "we don't. it's yours to keep."

Paige smiled big and jumped a little. "really? i can keep it?"

Ray said "you can keep it forever"



I guess she didn't realize that when you spend $30 for a game, it's hopefully not a rental.

no one noticed our little friend today until i went to put a pan of broccoli on the stove. my heart jumped into my throat and a weird, breathy ghhhhh noise came out of my mouth. chantze turned, laughed then he noticed the mouse and screamed. i called dad to come over and get rid of it. so dad came over, picked it up from the back and guess what? it bit him. dad yelped, jumped back, arms whipped up and back letting the mouse fly backwards. the mouse hit my water cup, tipped it over, then fell on the floor and slid under the frig. while this was happening, chantze & i screamed, turned and slammed into each other and i end up bouncing off the wall. dad did get the mouse out of the house. the silly rodent got into the mouse poison and started to die.

we took the pics before dad came over. that top blurry one was when i was trying to focus and the stupid phone rang. it scared me.

uncle kenneth

uncle raymond, uncle kenneth, dad, uncle sam, uncle junior










randy, kenny, robert, uncle kenneth

uncle kenneth

mom, wendy, leona & myself took a trip to see uncle kenneth. he's dying of ALS (lou gehrig's disease). he was diagnosed in 2008. he is quickly deteriorating. it's crazy because my dad and his brothers are strong--don't need any help from anyone. to see someone so strong get so weak in such a short time is completely heart breaking. my uncle is now walking with a walker and has a hard time speaking. his young wife says he's in so much pain all the time. she gets very little sleep and he cannot help but be frustrated. randy, his son, is always over there making sure he's ok. someone always has to be with him in case he chokes. randy cries a lot because when they were very young their mom left them. uncle kenneth could have put them in an orphanage but chose to raise them. randy says he'll never forget that. kenny, his other son, says he helps as much as he can also. small note about kenny--he's been in rehab for two years for drugs. he's doing so good. i'm proud of him. he has a hard time watching his dad die. robert, another son, doesn't come to see his dad very much. when we were there, robert stayed only a few minutes. he barely looked at his dad. when he left he told his dad "see ya dad--love you". uncle kenneth didn't want us to leave. as we were leaving, his eyes had tears in them. it was hard. i talked to ray about going a couple days during our vacation. please pray that we will have the money and the van is running good. it may be the last time i see him.

pray for my mom

keep my mom in your prayers. she went in for a normal colonoscopy and dr power found a polyp that was too big to remove. she was diagnosed with cancer. at this point she will have surgery to have the polyp and probably a little bit of her colon removed. just pray that that is all she will need. she's not scared. she believes that God will take care of her. Amen!

mother's day

ray, chantze & the twins made mother's day very very special. they bought my 2 new belly rings & 2 new sun dresses. they made breakfast in bed for me and took me out to someplace else pizza. they even bought me a mocha from starbucks. the girls made a really nice picture on brown paper. they are so thoughtful. they made the whole day about me and gave me hugs & kisses. ray says he owes me a full body massage. ;) i hope all of you moms felt as special as i did on sunday.

we also bought special gifts for our moms. i'm pretty sure they liked their gifts. mom & violet, we love you very much & we'll always be there for you when you need us. May our loving Father in Heaven always be with you.

yikes!

ok, so the girls were playing on webkins right before bed. they have lots of furniture & paige bought a refrigerator & food. they were having a lot of fun but then something strange happened. something stole all their webkins stuff! so they hired a detective dog to help but he didn't help. as they were trying to figure things out i told them they had to go to bed. darn it. paige yelled out "mama, we're too scared to sleep in our bed because there is a monster under the bed with long sharp claws that will rip our legs apart". and that is when they told me about their stuff being stolen and they had to hire a detective and a monster, under their bed, with long, sharp claws will claw their legs...huh? needless to say, they slept with me until ray carried them to bed.