Easter 2010

We had a wonderful Easter this year. I spent Friday night and Saturday cleaning up my house and cooking up a storm because my family (minus my brother's family who already had plans) came to my house. Sunday morning Lydia woke up to see what the Easter Bunny had left in her basket. She got some candy, the new Chipmunks movie, gum, some Dora plates and bowls, a Dora container for snacks, and several games. My parents showed up about 8:30 and Mom helped me hide candy all over the living room, dining, and den. Lydia came out of her room and had fun picking up all of the goodies. Afterwards, we got around for church. Lydia was thrilled for Grandma and Papa to go to church with us because she was able to sit with them and Aunt Dee Dee. After church we all headed to my house for out yummy dinner. We had ham, deviled eggs, scalloped onions, mashed potatoes, gravy, cheesy cabbage casserole, green bean casserole, rolls, corn, pies, and strawberries. I get full again just thinking about it. After dinner Hayden, Claudia, and Lydia had to go play in Lydia's room while Darla and I hid eggs and candy all over the house again. They had a blast finding their eggs. They each had their own color or design to make for a not fighting egg hunt. Quickly after that Darla, Joe, and the kids had to leave and the rest of us settled down to watch "The Sqeakuel (sp)" and take a nap. It was a fun day. Pictures will be coming soon. I keep forgetting my camera cord.

Update on Us...

Not much has been going on with us. Lydia is learning more and more each day. She now knows her left from her right. Pretty big step for a 2 year old. Next week we are taking her for a preschool screening at the school. I hope she gets into the program, but if not she'll still go to Tina's (which she loves) and hopefully will get in the next year. I just think she could learn a lot more in that setting. Gail has been working on a tractor and vehicles for other people. He works from 6-2 everyday and then works in the shed most evenings from 6:00 or 7:00 until usually 9:00. Last night he was out there until 3:00 a.m. He didn't have to work today so I guess it was alright. We are getting baby calves now as well. I love to watch them scamper in the pasture. We got a set of twin last week. I'm just making my way through. I currently have a student teacher. She is awesome!! I haven't had to bring a single thing home to grade since she started. I'm worried that we won't have summer school this summer (which I really need to teach). I'm about 99% sure we won't be having it, but I still hold out for that 1%. Oh, we did get a new couch, love seat, and recliner. Well, not new new, but new to us. My brother and sis-in-law got new new and we got their old for a really low price. They are is great shape compared to our old stuff. Our old couch and chair belonged to my grandparents. I remember sleeping on the couch when I was a little kid so I'm guessing at least 25 years old. The love seat belonged to my parents. We bought it off them when we moved into our house. I think it's at least 10 years old. One of these days we'll get something new that we actually go to the store and pick out rather than used, but I'm in no rush. Anyway, that is us in a nutshell for the past several weeks.

Until next time...

SPRING BREAK!!!

In exactly 23 minutes, I'll be on spring break for a week!! I'm WWWWAAAAYYYY thrilled. I have a really long cleaning list, 7 really good books, and a reward day to plan for the entire fourth grade. The cleaning and books I'm looking forward to. The reward day I figure I'll screw up really badly, but not one else wanted to do it. So I guess now one should complain how bad it is - right??

It's Been Awhile...

I just realized that it's been almost a month since my last post - LOSER!! There just hasn't been that much going on. Just snow, snow, and more snow. I know it sounds silly, but when the week is interrupted by something like an extra day off, my whole week is blown. The rest of the week is a whirlwind of playing catch up. I now have a 5.5 inch tall stack of papers on my desk that need to be graded and recorded. You can ask almost anyone, that hardly happens to me. My house is halfway clean so I guess it hasn't all gone to pot. However, Lydia and I have had some wonderful playing time this week. We can built one heck of a "doggy house" out of Lego's. Well, off to my stack of papers. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Until next time...

The Crazyness Continues...

So mom got her last IV antibiotic treatment on Wednesday, January 20th. She went back on Thursday to get the final OK on the staff infection. She also mentioned to him that her hip is still bothering her from when she hurt it last September. (She stepped out of a grain truck really hard.) She had gone to the doctor then, but they just said that it wasn't out of place and to see if it would go away. Well, the doctor ordered a bone scan to be done in Kirksville on Tuesday, January 26th. They got the results later that day and it showed up as bone cancer in her pelvis. We all got really worried because she had just at a PET scan exactly 1 month before and everything showed up as clear. Now all of a sudden this pain that she'd had for 4 months was cancer. Well, they also sent the results to her oncologist and after looking them over he said that it wasn't cancer. He felt it was arthritis that she had aggravated back in September. He recommends that she go ahead and have radiation anyway because it could help with her mobility and pain. She has another appointment on February 3rd for her 12 week post brain surgery MRI scan. Hopefully the same spots from her 6 week scan. The woman needs a break!!

Oh the home front, we have all had the flu this weekend and week. Lydia started on Saturday, I started on Sunday evening, and Gail started early Monday morning. It took about 3 days for each of us to completely get over it. Lydia is growing like a weed. She now knows the alphabet song and will sing the entire thing with only a little help. We are all ready for warmer weather (I won't say spring, but just something about 35).

Until next time...

Crazy Beginnings...

The beginning of my New Year has been pretty rough:

To start things off, my grandfather passed away on January 2. It was his 93rd birthday. His name was Paul Franklin. He lived an amazingly full life. He loved to fish, hunt, spend time with his family, and tease or joke with anyone who would listen. He'd been fighting congestive heart failure for a couple of years. I consider myself blessed to of had him in my life. I also consider myself blessed to be almost 30 (did I really just type that) and to still have a grandparent around. My Grandpa Mohr died in 1994, Grandma Mohr is 1997, Grandpa Franklin in 2010, and I still have Grandma Franklin. My husband only had 1 grandparent alive when he was born, but he doesn't remember them at all. Lydia still prays for Grandpa Franklin every night. It is sweet and brings a smile to my face each time.

A week after Grandpa died, my mother ended up in the emergency room. Her arm was bright red and she was in terrible pain. It turned out to be a sever case of staff infection in her arm that was spreading to her torso. It only took a couple of hours to get that bad. He was in the hospital for 5 days, and then had to continue to go back for IV antibiotics. She's is such a strong person. It seems like once something gets under control another thing pops up.

This past weekend went by with anything major happening. I was relieved. Hopefully the rest of 2010 will remain calm.

Until next time...

Vacation...

I have absolutely LOVED this vacation. We've visited family and friends, played, watched movies, made special treats, cleaned, and had a great time as a family. The only think we haven't done that I'd like to is play in the snow and build a snowman. The days we were home were too cold to be outside and the days we were gone were beautiful. Maybe tomorrow will be the day. I'll post pics later from out Christmases. What have you enjoyed doing over the vacation?