Butterfly Palace

I know what she's thinking, she's thinking,"I'll eat you!!"

Poison dart frog

Scorpion

Some kind of lizard, though you can see him very well here. It was really hard to find him in his cage.

Miniature Golf

I will say that i have no Tigger Woods living in my house. The best Golfer was probably Kaitlen, then Code and then Thomas. I could say for age wise that Matthew would beat Thomas.

Isn't he cute!!

Poor Abbie, still in her carseat, but atleast she's awake now

We topped the evening off with some icecream from an icecream parlor!!!!

The kids and their cones, then Bens sugar high on a plate. Ok i had a funnel cake to but only had a scope of icecream on it. Non of that other stuff on it :o)

Bumper Boats

Kaitlen got to ride by herself. I was so nervous. Turned out the only reason she met the highth requirement was her 1 1/2 inch sandles, lol

Ben and Matthew

Thomas

Code

Water fight!!

Abbie slept through it

Matthew and Kaitlen, a little wet and a little cold

Branson

Sheryl, your post about spring break made me remember i haven't posted that we went to Branson. AFter 4 yrs of being here we finally went. We left Tues afternoon and came back Thurs afternoon. Ben said we could stay home and i told him no, that we should go. All i would do at home is sit and stare at the phone waiting for it to ring. So instead i stared at the phone in Branson waiting for it to ring :o/
Branson is GREAT. It is like a mini Vegas without the gambling and since we don't gamble it is perfect. The first day we took the kids to the bumper boat and miniature golf and had dinner at shoneys. The next day we went to THe butterfly Palace and Rainforest adventure.We all enjoyed that. After that everyone except me and Abbie did the go-carts. They had a blast. I got very nervouse waching them. We ate the buffet at grand country? is that what it was called. It was very good. We walked around there for a bit. Then we drove around and by accident ended up at The Bass Pro shop. yea. so we went in and Matthew was like a kid in a candy shop. He wanted it all,lol. Yep he was born in Ar. We then went and lookd at the boats outside and happened upon the River walk?? we walked all the way down that and the kids had a blast at a play area at Joes crab shack. We got popcorn and on the way back to our room stopped off at Maggie Moo's for an icecream. Then left Thurs morning. I'll post pics later.

More update

She saw the lung Dr today. He said he's 99% sure it's cancer. She'll have the biopsie next week. Her oxygen level was 55% so she is on oxygen now. Once they find out the type of cancer they'll start chemo. Her liver is causing her pain because it's full of fluid, which my mom said they said it'll get better as her oxygen goes up and the chemo starts working. SHe cant remember if they were going to biopsie the liver or not. so we have a plan and hope. we are leaving a week from Sun to go see her. We plan on spending 3 weeks. Ben will be taking the kids out everyday on an extreme Vegas vacation. I know he's going to take them to Disneyland and also go visit his dads grave.

Litle bit of an update

I talked to my mom today and her bone scan came back fine, but her lung scan came back with tumors on her lungs. She goes tomorrow to the lung Dr and then will have a biopsy done next week to see if it's cancer. None of the Dr's have mentioned a liver biopsy. She is a life long smoker. She is 59 now. If it is cancer I imagine it stared in her lungs and metastisized to her liver. It's never good when it has moved. I know I'm jumping the gun, but im expecting the worse and hoping for the best.
We canceled our Florida vacation and will be going to Vegas. We can spend 2 weeks maybe 3 (really stretching it) then we have to come home. We are looking to leave right after Easter, sadly it depends on money. THe kids will be missing school. Not really bad for Cody as he's in 1st grade, but Thomas is in 9th so it'll be harder. I need to go talk to the school next week.

Abbies teeth

I've been meaning to post this all day and since i'm on here i should do it. Last night i was rubbing her gums and the teeth hadn't broke through yet. Well this morning Ben goes to rub her gums and WALAAHHH, two teeth. That explains her restless night.

My Mom

We found out today that my mom has masses on her liver "to numerous to count". We don't know if it's cancer yet. The Dr has ordered more tests for tomorrow and the next day. If it is cancer they want to find out if it started somewhere else. My head is spinning right now. It just doesn't sound good.

Happy St Patrick's Day

The day were everyone is a wee bit Irish.....
May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings, slow to make enemies, quick to make friends; but rich or poor, quick or slow, may you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.—Traditional Irish toast

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Visited with Ashley and Lily

Omgosh she is cute. Her hair is crinky curly. She was asleep, i must remember not to come at nap time. Matthew was a maniac, nonstop. Ashley is now aware of everything that needs to be moved to toddler proof, LOL. I should hire Matthew out ;o) I tried to get Abbie to laugh, but she wouldnt. Though she did fart for Ashley. My lady of a daughter.i didnt bring my camera, sorry no pics :o(

pics

Abbie's new kitty shoes. She also got a bunny pair.

Here she is in Matthew's toy. When i bought it i thought we were wasting money because it was only going to get a little bit of use.

See the puff of hair on the back of her head. It's a curl that i brushed out. She may actually have curly curly hair. Kaitlens is curly but not as curly as i thought it would be.

Cheese Puffs anyone

Looks like Matthew shared some of his cheese puffs with sister while i was making dinner.

Tina, the second one is for you

She laughs

and laughs and laughs. It is just too cute. She loves, loves kisses. kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss

Baseball Practice!!

I need two of me. Tomorrow Code starts baseball practice at 5:30. What else do i have going on on thurs at 5:30?....... K's ballet! so i have to drop code and Thomas off then go to ballet and M is a total spaz at ballet and then go back and get T and C and then come home. Why cant Ben have a normal shift!!!!!!!!!!!

Snapdragon

Just wanted you to be the first to know, I have reached the snapdragon stage of life.
Part of me has snapped ... and the rest of me is draggin.

My Chunky Monkey

We took Abigail to the Dr's today because she's been pulling at her ear for a couple days and is congested. Her rt ear has fluid behind it but is not inf. so it should clear up. They did her weight completely naked and she was 15#s 8oz. oh my shes a chunko. that puts her at the 95%ile in weight. she goes later on this month for her 4 moth well check so I'll find out all her stats then. I think we have a couple Ladybacks on our hands here.

rub a dub dub

a pretty fun feature with the tub is that after your done washing the kids that you don't need to add bubble bath that the soap you used on there hair and body bubbles up when you turn the jets on and makes an INSTANT bubble bath.

They had a little bit of a bubble fight in the tub

(i have deleted the pics here as to many inappropriate search words brought people to my kids and they clicked on it. For example: "cold girl naked bubble bath". (You're a sick person in Aurora, Colorado) the person could tell they were going to click on an image with children.)

boys again

Abi-girl and Kitty Kat

M and C

She LOVES the bath tub

We all hopped in the bath tonight and Abigail thought it was the greatest. She's very boyant, lol. You can't keep her butt down.

Teeth are on there way........

I having been rubbing Abigails gums all week since she's chewing on everything. Well they were flat and now there are two bumps were her two bottom teeth are going to come in. They haven't started breaking threw, but they are on there way.

all is fine!

Well i went to the breast center and they did the U/S and they couldnt find anything. My lymphnodes still measure normal and when the Dr came in she said the pain from the lymphnodes could even be from allergies. they react to all different things. No mammo because i havent had a period and there is no way to be 100% sure that im not pg and that my breast would be very dense while im breastfeeding. So that if they continue to bother me after i'm done nursing Abigail to then come back for a mammo. yea.

Got pulled over........

by my NEIGHBOR!! lol. omgosh. I was on the phone with my sister talking about Matthews boots and i go to hang up with her and out of no where (LOL) there is a WC sheriff car behind me. so i think Oh great. so he turns on his lights and i call ben and told im being pulled over. So he comes up and asks for my liscence. i give it to him and he asks how to pronounce my last name. so i tell him. ( obviously i dont recognize him) so he askes for my registration and insurance. so i ask ben on the phone where its at. (because it could be in one of two places and lets say theres alot of stuff to go through) he says just tell him your husbands a police officer. so i tell him and he asks where he works and i tell him and he says he knows Ben that he lives by us, lol, i say YOUR our neighbor?!?!?! so i got off with a warning. so you wanna know how fast i was going??!?!?! ( and truely im not a speeder) i was going 60 in a 45, ack!! shame on me