MERRY CHRISTMAS 2007!

Idaho Christmas Party

Christmas Sunday

Whassup!

Analise and her Christmas dress. I was so pleased with the way it turned out. I had never tried to mix patterns before. She would twirl in it when I tried it on her. Funny girl!

Kelson said she looked like a princess. No we didn't adopt! Cade's friend, Jathan, stayed the night with us and just joined in the family picture. I thought it was cute that he wanted in on the family picture. Analise isn't really picking her nose. However, we are in that stage and we catch her doing it constantly! YUCK!

Kiss my 'S'

Funny story! I was laughing so hard. We, the kids and I, were on our way home from Costco this afternoon. I was just driving just tuning out the noise coming from the backseat. Then I hear, "Kiss my a**." This of course got my attention. I started to listen more. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw Kelson signing the letter 'S' in front of Analise. He was wanting her to kiss his hand signing the letter 'S'. Then Cade joined in with, "Kiss my 'L'." I just started laughing. Obviously Kelson has heard the real thing somewhere else and evidently doesn't know that it means.

Navigon Christmas Party

We went to Cheeto's office party today. Cade passed up watching the Polar Express in his pj's and drinking hot chocolate at school to go to this party. In the past the boys haven't been real keen on the idea of sitting on Santa's lap. This year, Cade wrote a letter and had it all prepared to give Santa. Kelson of course had to be like big brother. Cade wrote the letter at school. He brought it home and showed it to me but said nothing about bringing to the office party to give to Santa. It was such a crazy morning. I'm blessed with great in-laws that saved me some time. Mom and Dad went to check Cade out of school while I finished baking and getting the other 2 kids ready. When I met Cade at the office the first thing he said to me was, "Did you bring Santa's letter?" Long sigh..... NO! Cheeto, being the great father he is, went back home to find it. Cade's letter said that we didn't have a wreath on our door, but we did have sign saying Merry Christmas. I don't know why he thinkis we HAVE to have a wreath on the front door. He also said he wanted a Spiderman SORRY game that was at Target. When Santa started to read it he first said Superman. After all the kids had talked with Santa. Cade ran back to Cheeto's office to get the Spiderman PJ's he had changed out of for the party. He then showed Santa who Spiderman was, just to make sure he didn't bring the Superman one. I don't think there is a Superman SORRY game. It was kind of funny! What kids do sometimes?!?!?! Analise wasn't standing by us when Santa first walked in. She broke out screaming in tears when he said HOHOHO! She was so scared of him. As long as I held her, by the end she would give him high five. But she had a death grip with her legs on my waist. She was funny! Kelson was the first kid to visit him. He wanted to make sure he got his letter first. He just wrote the word Batman. Nothing else. I'm not sure what that means. The kids are getting so excited for Christmas.

One of Cheeto's clients sent this to him for Christmas. The kids couldn't believe how big it was. I must agree with them!

This is Analise's latest knitted hat.
I had to take a picture for my knitting sister, Erin.
I made it big this year so she might get 2 seasons out of it.

9 year Anniversary - Charlotte Bobcats vs. Utah Jazz

We got a really good deal on Bobcats tickets. 4 tickets for $25. We couldn't pass that one up. The game was on our anniversary so it worked out perfect for a date. We took the boys with us. They were so well behaved! Cade & Kelson were going for the Bobcats and Cheeto and I were going for the Jazz, of course. There was a lil' trash talking going on between the 'boys'. Kelson was funny when he found a row with a "K" on it. All he wanted to do is sit in that seat because in his mind K is for Kelson. We had a blast. It's nice the boys are old enough so we can take them to such events. We don't do things like this often so it was a treat for the kids as well as for me and Cheeto! Bobcats won by the way! The boys took advantage and were rubbing it in. Cade offered us a last chance to change our minds who we were going to cheer for. Funny Kid!

Mmmmm. Good Cake!

Who needs a spoon!?!?! Analise was all about this cake. I can't believe I let her just have at it. That is so not like me!

Ward Christmas Party

There is a child of ours that loves to participate in such things! There was no way Cade was going to do the Nativity Play at the Ward Christmas party, but Kelson was so excited. He made me laugh. Anytime anyone would ask him if he was excited to be a 'sheep' he would get so upset and inform very sternly that he was NOT A SHEEP, he was lamb, like the Lamb of God! He listens very well in primary! What was so funny about the whole thing is that so many came up and told me how gracefully he crawls. I laughed right out loud. Kelson pretends he's our pet dog most of the time. Once you pet his head he'll turn around and go to someone else. It's quite funny. He made a perfect 'lamb'.

This is just 4 adults trying to entertain some kids after dinner. We pulled out the camera and of course they all say cheese! Except for Cade, I had to force him to smile! Literally!

Mommy's Chocolate Pretzels

I had bought some chocolate dipped preztels the other day. I had opened the bag to eat a "couple" while my kids were napping. My 2 year old girl woke up and wanted to watch "Signing times". I went back to mound of Christmas sewing projects. About 15 minutes later, she walks into my sewing room with a chocolate go-T. I said, "Analise, what have you been eating?" She shrugs her shoulders and says, "Good." I asked, "Did you find mommy's preztels?" "UGH?" "Will you show me?" She then takes me to the garbage and shows me the EMPTY bag of pretzels. SHE ATE THE REST OF THE BAG!!! I was so sad. Then I realize what a bad mommy I was to be sad that she ate MY preztels and not worried how bad her tummy ache was going to be later!

HOLY MACKERL!

Kelson and the Talking Elk!

Caswell Christmas Lights

Can you believe that this is a man's yard? His house is like a double wide trailer home. I don't mean that ugly, he has a nice yard that has a paved path that you walk around and a bunch of little cabins to display all of his Christmas collections, anything from Mickey Mouse, dolls, Santa's and the boys favorites, TRAINS!!!!

I STUCK!!!

Flu Shots

Holiday Market Set Up

Thanks to Marilyn Arny, I had a pretty nice set up at the Holiday Market. The appointments came flooding in afterward. It was well worth my time!

Halloween Pics

We made it through Thanksgiving!

I realize I'm late in reporting our Thanksgiving happenings. We had an enjoyable holiday. Cade still thinks we should have gone to the beach this year for Thanksgiving. (FYI... in case some of you are wondering why he wanted this. It's because we rented a cabin in the Asheville, NC mountains last year. Both sets of grandparents spent the week there with us. We also went to the Polar Express last year. So to Cade, dinner at home just didn't top last year's Thanksgiving. Oh well, he has to learn that we don't get it all all of the time!) We did have a great day though. This year, Nola really split up the cooking list, which was nice. I enjoyed adding some of my family’s Thanksgiving tradition dishes. My family always makes 7-up salad. It's a jello salad. I thought most Mormons would have at least heard about this salad. Nope, my family must had made it up. Most that tried it said it was good. Matt and Tia Jolley decide to come down and spend the holiday with us. I was glad that Nola's house was kinda of crowded, because that meant that Matt and Tia stayed with us. It was fun for Trae to play with the boys, and of course, Analise loved to watch and play with their new baby, Kira. We don't ever have company. It got me to really clean out our office. We bought a pretty good sized air mattress to go camping last spring- so we set it up in the office for the them. I hope it wasn't terrible for them. But it did work well, in the sense, that they had their own space. One of these days, we'll have a room for guests. We just haven't a had a huge need for it yet. That afternoon we kept up the Christensen Tradition Craft. Wednesday, Cade comes up to me and asks, "Mom, so what are we doing for our craft this year?" I thought, craft... OH CRAP!!!! I had forgotten. I'm so glad he remembered! (that's why we have kids!) Cheeto came home early from work and we made a mad dash to Micheal's to get the necessary supplies! We made ornaments. They turned out really cute, btw. I bought clear glass craft ornaments, fun christmas paper, and some ribbon. We cut the paper into short strips and rolled them up to fit in the top of the ornaments. We, I, then wrote everyone's name on the front of the ornaments. They really were cute. It was nice because there was no gluing or painting involved. The mess was very minimal. That night, Tia highlighted my and Lettie's hair. Lettie wasn’t sure about it. But it turned our really cute. I had decided I was going to wait to Christmas shop until I looked through the Black Friday adds. Cheeto got me interested in a WiFi printer, since I have a laptop now, printing has been a problem. I found the one we were looking at at Circuit City. I was so excited. It was only $20 off in the add. I thought, $20 is still $20. They opened at 9pm the night of Thanksgiving. Lettie wanted to look at a laptop they had. So Cheeto, Lettie, and I went to Circuit City. The line was ridiculous. I had no idea Thanksgiving shopping lines were so crazy. We decided to try it. Lettie, didn't get her laptop, but we found the printer. I was about 5th in checkout line and it still took forever. I thought, "this is for $20 bucks!" Well, I get up to the checkout and he hands me a $50 rebate receipt. I was stoked! I got the printer for $60. It was normally $130. That made the wait worth while. We got home about 10:30ish. Tia was debating whether to get up early and shop the next morning. We really didn't see anything in the adds to get us to a store bright and early. We did decide to try Target. They had a deal on $4 DVD's. We got there and was home in less than 30 minutes. We then got ready to go the Craftsman Classic out at the colisium. Lettie got strep throat and felt pretty crummy the rest of the weekend. Marcos brought home his Wii and bought a new game called "Guitar Hero." I got home from the colisium and the rest of my family was engulfed in this game. Of course, I got sucked into it! I had to break for a couple of impression appointments that afternoon and an MRI. Who schedules MRI's on Saturday evenings? That's another story. I came home from the MRI, ate dinner with Cheeto and went right back to rockin' the guitar. We are so lame! It is fun though! We decorated our Christmas tree Sunday evening. I had to think of DeDe when I was unpacking it all. Last year, DeDe came by and insisted on helping me get it all packed and put away. I had gallbladder surgery problems for about a month, and she was an awesome friend and helped me get Christmas packed up! I had to smile as I was unpacking it.
I went to my MRI follow-up Monday. The results were good news in the sense that no surgery is required, yet. I have Burcitis. It's just a collection of fluid in the Burca sack. Dr. Supple injected another cortizone shot, against my will. I really don't enjoy them. Cheeto was giving me the look, "we're not leaving until you get the shot!" I was in a lot of pain last night, but feeling much better today. I'm getting much better rotation tonight. My biggest problem is sleeping. I fall asleep and get my arm over my head and then it wakes me up because it's throbbing and doesn't want to go back down. They gave me a sling to sleep in that basically ties my arm to my body. It seemed to work some. I'll probably wake up fighting my arm one of these nights.
Today, was fine. I had another impression appointment. I like that I'm finally getting some work. I think I'm starting to get more optimistic about the whole thing. I don't think I could keep up with this load all of the time, but if it's seasonal I can deal with it. Cheeto is studying like a mad-man to get ready for his test on the 21st. Cade is still enjoying school, Kelson wishes he was in school, and Analise just rules the roost. They all have us laughing and crying constantly! :)

Shhh....I'm Studying

Work & Play
As my final words to the world..."I love you all." As soon as Shena reads this post she is going to kill me. I'm at the office and I'm supposed to be studying for a "CLU" test. And it upsets her when I spend more time here than I should (that's about every day). But my eyes were getting droopy and I needed to do something else for a bit. I made a quick check of our blog and realized that it's almost been a month. I don't want to upset our fan (Lenny: Hey, wasn't that our fan?). You know who you are.

I won't get into details. Here's the long and short, in run-on sentence, poor punctuation and total disregard for uppercase style...ignore all punctuation from this point on...wait this point...ahh...how can I get you to look past the part where I type "this point" to the end of the last three dots...yeah, do that...from this point on...surgery? no luck, doc didn't find squanto - shena recovered, but still having pain when it rains mainly on the plains in spain - a handful of memories is rolling along purdy good, had a holiday market booth a couple weeks, cheeto says it was a smashing success, shena pessimistic, but has no time to blog - introduced ornament hands to the repertoire just for holiday market and sold a bunch of those, very popular - will have done about 100 hands as direct result of holiday market before christmas is here - cheeto working like his family depends on it, right, they do - working hard to build a client base (since you are reading this, who do you know that was recently married? recently divorced? recently had/adopted a child? recently won the lottery? recently won a large cash settlement from the doctor who performed the lobotomy? was recently maimed by an exploding duck?...here's my card, I'd like to talk to them) - boys both played soccer this fall, it was a weekly competition to see who would score more goals between the two of them - analise is learning how to get away with as much as possible by flashing (her smile) - spent time traveling...one weekend in atlanta, another in buena vista, va (home of southern virginia university, the fighting mormons (i think) & headquarters of east coast operations for pinnacle security - if you need a good summer job, let me know, I know a guy) - looking forward to vacation...one week in orlando, fl with the christensen side of the family, sans posterity, (can you say "hello pleasure island"?)...i'm going to show them what i've learned from 'dancing with the stars' - shena and i are still addicted to some of our shows...house, heroes, lost, the office, dancing with the stars, biggest loser, cops, the first 48, i'll let you figure out who watches what show - happy to see my steelers winning games, if you ignore last week vs. the ny jets, and having my heart broken as i watch my panthers get worse as the year goes on (hey vinny, shady acres called, they want their walker back) - enjoying all the new blogs from friends that have recently sprung up... ed & dede plummer, matt & tia jolley, nathan lindsay, aaron & lauren johnston, jimmy & becky adams - what else? now you remember why you liked it better when shena posted...she doesn't ramble and is much less self-centered.

Llano Update (Cheeto's Brood)
I think I've done a good enough job up there for now.

I know most of you hate that I do this, but I'm going to keep doing it...because I like to read it myself. This is MY journal, after all. I glanced back at a posting or two from a while back and saw what I ate. Very interesting. When I think about it, I will be posting my meals. Not to gross you out, but because I like to see the kind of crap I eat. Someday I'll be able to look back and say, "you know what? I think my colon was JUST FINE, until [insert date here]. That was the day I ate [completely disgusting, carb filled, trans filled, whateverelseisbadforyou filled] for dinner. That was what did it. "

So...

Breakfast - more like brunch today...10:00 or so - mini almond joy bar, mini baby ruth (all courtesy of Coit Slack, my little buddy. He went through his Halloween candy and essentially said "one for me, one for mommy's friends at the office (mfato), one for me, one for mfato").

Lunch - corn tortillas with melted shredded cheese (about six of them)...good for the heart I hear, A&W root beer

Dinner - straight mexican, baby....pintos with cheese, on flour tortillas, chicken guiso (meat cooked with vegetables for you whiteys out there), caffeine free coke.

Treats tonight - hmmm...haven't gotten there yet. But I think I hear some hostess cupcakes calling my name, along with the obligatory glass of milk.

Surgery again.....

OK... so I was so not ready to do this again. About 3 weeks ago, I was continually having the same pains in my right side like I did before gallbladder surgery. I have now linked them to my period. I called to ask some more questions to my OB doctor and he advised the next step would have to be exploratory surgery. We have tried pretty much everything else. I DID NOT WANT TO HEAR THAT! Not only would I be having surgery, it would be scheduled in less than 2 weeks. "MAN... I don't have time for this!" were the first words that entered my mind, especially if it goes like my last surgery. I was assured by many that I wouldn't repeat what happened last time. (If you have no clue what happened during gallbladder surgery look at posts earlier in the year. ) The day of surgery came and I just cleaned the house like a mad woman. I was doing everything I could to make it easier on Cheeto, and if any of you know my husband, he LOVES a clean house. He hates coming home to a mess! Cheeto picked me up and dropped off kids right on time. DANG!!! I was hoping he would be late and they would have to delay the surgery. When we arrived at the Greensboro Surgery Center, I just sat there in the car. I really didn't think I could get out of the car. Cheeto squeezed my hand and said, "Let's go babe." I just had to keep thinking, one foot in front of the other. Cheeto signed me in, and again... no delay, we didn't have a chance to even sit in the waiting room. They began asking questions about medical history and legal stuff like living wills. Of course, I'm still upset we don't have one of those. I asked Cheeto for a will for Christmas. Well, I have a little breakdown when they ask Cheeto to wait in the waiting room. After weighing in and such they ask me to use the restroom. When I get back to the room, the nurse says, "Ah-oh! Dr. Lowe ordered a urine pregnancy test." Well, that's going to be a challenge isn't it! I haven't had anything to eat or drink since 10pm the night before and I just used the restroom only the 2nd time all day. Now, you're asking me to give you a urine sample. You're crazy! They start the IV and pushing the fluids as fast as they ccould, hoping it will run right through me. Cheeto comes in and I tell him this little story and he begins to laugh. Easy for him! Lucky I'm a nervous person, because once those fluids started and I saw it was 20 minutes until 1pm... I felt like I had to use the restroom every minute. Good news... I'm not pregnant! Bad news.... surgery is in 10 minutes now. Dr. Lowe was late. He comes in about 1:15pm. The first words out of his mouth were, "Don't worry, I'll put a new nuva-ring back in while we are in there." I give Cheeto a confused look and ask Dr. Lowe to repeat what he just said, he did. At first I was wondering if they had started giving me the drugs and I didn't hear him correctly. I then told Dr. Lowe that I don't have a nuva-ring and I don't really want one either. He looked at us and then down at the chart. I asked him to PLEASE look over MY chart before taking me into surgery. He looked and said, " OH- that's the lady next door. Just Kidding!" Who jokes like that before surgery?!?! Perhaps, I'm was just really paranoid. Of course I was paranoid! I don't like the feeling of no control when they give you anesthesia- but I do like the calm feeling I get. Next thing I remember is some nurses helping me trying to sit up, telling me everything went fine, and Dr. Lowe was talking with Cheeto and he would be in to talk to me in a bit. He did find a cyst on the right ovary. He was doubtful that that was cause all of these problems. He told Cheeto because I am built more on the slender side it was cool when they put the scope in and turned the light on because my entire abdomen lit up like you do when you hold a flashlight up to your finger or hand. He said he could see all the blood vessels/veins through the skin. He said they all got a good laugh out of that. He also said because of there not being lots of fat around my organs he's confident in saying that he found nothing else that could be the cause. So, I guess we wait and see if the cyst was really the problem. If not, I don't know. I'm ready to give up trying. Cheeto isn't yet. I just don't want to keep the medical bills coming. Only prayers and time will tell.
I came home feeling much better than last time. Mom and dad (Tia and Kris, too!) kept the kids over night, well, the boys anyway. That made it much easier. We had a miscommunication and 2 friends brought us 2 different dinners. That was great! We had plenty for 3 or 4 days. I was awake long enough to eat and that was about it. I don't remember much more about that night. I didn't do very well sitting myself up and walking for a few days, so I had to call on Cheeto many times. Sunday I got really nauseous. Cheeto found some Phenergan I had from last time and it hadn't expired yet, so of course, I took some. I had a double dose of drowsy medicine between the pain killers and the phenergan. Cheeto said I ate popcorn with the kids, don't remember that too much. I really am a light weight. Monday, Cheeto took us over to mom and dads for the day. That was nice, because I didn't want to be alone but still needed help with the kids. Tuesday, I was feeling a bit better. I, of course, couldn't take pain killers and be drowsy and still be a responsible parent. By the time evening came, I was wanting some meds. Cheeto had an appointment last night, mom called and offered to come help get the kids to bed. That was AWESOME!!! What a relief that was! I think Grandma and Papa enjoyed the kids reading books to them for almost an hour. It was a good evening. Today has been better. I fixed dinner, which I think/hope made Cheeto feel better. He has had so much stress and appointments to do with work. As much as I felt like staying down on the couch, I really needed to get back to doing my usual routine, just too keep him sane. Cheeto doesn't have the patience with kids and that stresses him too. This is another reason I don't want to keep looking for answers. How much of this can Cheeto take? He's been getting up to pack Cade's lunch and get him on the bus for school by 6:45am. He's a great man that puts up with a lot! Lettie and Kris came tonight to help with the kids. WOW! We have been blessed with family close! So, now... I'm here, back on the couch listening to the rain. OH- how we need the rain!It's quiet and I'm contemplating the relief of pain killers soon- 30 minutes until Cheeto gets home. I have decided we get sick sometimes to remind us that we need to slow down and enjoy life. I have had 2 days to sit back on the couch and play with my kids. Kelson and I have just watched movie after movie. He was grinning as we were lying on the couch watching a movie this afternoon. Afterward, he said, " I like to do this with you mommy! We should do this everyday." If we only had the time everyday! Analise has been so lovey lately. She just wants kiss after hug after kiss. You get the picture. She usually isn't like this with me. Cade has been enjoying being the one in charge and bossing the younger ones around- giving them jobs to do to help me. So cute! I'm blessed with a loving husband, well-behaved kids- that have been patient with mommy, great family and caring friends. I feel very fortunate!

Analise learns about curling irons

So today started off like any other day. I start to get ready and in between my routine Analise fits in. I do my hair and then unplug my flat iron and plug the curling iron in for Analise's hair. I always sit her by/in the sink in my bathroom. She usually finds a toothbrush, make-up or squirt bottle to entertain herself. My iron is usually cool by now so I sit the curling in between the wall and my flat iron so she won't be tempted to grab it. If any of you have seen my bathroom, it isn't lush with extra counter space, there isn't any! Well, today Analise was clever and picked up her curling iron. I kind of inhaled scared like - you know the reaction , well I think it made Analise jump because she dropped the curling on her leg. It wasn't few seconds later that the screaming began. Poor thing, I felt awful. It was when I was about 6 or 7 that my older sister burned my arm pretty bad. I can still remember the day. I knew Analise would have her moment. I just didn't think she was be a year old. Check out the blisters on her leg. Ugly- huh!??!?! I am covering it with neosporin to see if it really minimizes the scarring.

Cowher Power

Cheeto & "The Jaw"

In case you haven't heard, I got the chance to meet Coach Cowher, formerly of the Pittsburgh Steelers, at an event sponsored by one of the companies whose products we use here at Navigon Financial. I have to admit that I wasn't as star struck as I thought I might be. Not that big a deal. He was a nice guy, looked everybody in the eye, smiled and said "hello" as they shuffled by. He didn't even look annoyed when one lady carried on about how wonderful he was and how excited she was to meet him and on, and on, and on. She also made about three trips back to the autograph line to get more and more stuff signed. Anyway. The end.

Running the Rat Race

Today was one of the craziest days in a while. Cheeto has likes that our bedroom alarm clock is 35 minutes fast. I don't mind it fast - but 35 minutes is a long time! I had to out the door by 8:30 to get to a Orthopedic appointment. I had planned on going the gym at 6am. But I knew then that it was really 5:30am. Knowing this... I talked myself into staying in bed instead of running. However, we still had to get up to get Cade ready for school. The bus picks him up at 6:49am. EARLY!!! Getting ready went relatively smooth. I dropped the Kelson and Analise off at Ashley's then head to my physical therapy appointment. There, I found out that the therapy they have been working with me is for something I don't have. They originally though I had something called adhesive capsulitis or "frozen shoulder." That just means that the muscles all around my shoulder aren't working together to move the shoulder properly. Know they think that it must be something wrong with a nerve. I can't remember the name of it. So know they are going to do a Nerve Conduction test. They say it's a lot like acupuncture but a bit more painful. Sure - whatever! After waiting an extra 40 minutes to be seen by the doctor - this is where we are at now. I'm never a quick fix! I get back to pick up the kids. Analise with painted toes and all. Ashley is awesome! We head to Wal-mart to get Kelson's soccer socks and other errands. We get home at 12:45pm- get lunch, visit with daddy for about 20 minutes, head to get Cade for a dentist appointment. This is where it gets good. So Cheeto's office is literally next door to our dentist. He said he would watch Analise for 30 minutes while I get my teeth cleaned. They first try to do x-rays on Cade's teeth. He gags and says he just can't do it because it hurts. After 3 more gags- we give up. He moves on to his cleaning. Next thing I see is the hygensist who was working with Kelson. She said there was an accident. ACCIDENT! What kind of accident happens while getting your teeth cleaned? Well, evidently both of my boys were gagging at the same time. Just one started throwing up! Yep- Kelson- the one that goes to the dentist with no problems. He said it was because he didn't like the smell of her gloves! I pull his shirt off and clean him up, went back down the hall and get Cade's undershirt off his back for Kelson to wear, take Kelson to the bathroom to further clean him up- and then we try again. He said he was fine. So I got in the room next door and started to get my teeth cleaned. Not 2 minutes later.... she said he started throwing up again. I get up and clean up again. I try calling Cheeto... who I thought was next door. NOPE... he went to Staples with Analise. I asked him to just come and get Kelson and take him home. I get my teeth cleaned and Cade comes in with a good report. However, he is at the age where they can seal his teeth to prevent cavities. She said they could do it right then so we didn't have to come back again. I said fine... poor Cheeto - a 30 minute appointment is now at 1 hour. I ended up having to hold Cade's tongue down and count with the assistant just to get him to cooperate. We should have been charged half price - I did have the work. :) It was 30 minutes later when I relived Cheeto from his babysitting duties. It was after 4:30pm and we were starting homework missed from last night and tonight and dinner at the same time. Kelson is fine. Never would guess he was ever sick! WOW!!! What a day! I told Cheeto he could come home whenver - that was up to him. All the adventure of kids!

Llanos- August 2007

Our Family Picture attempts!

Mom and Dad with each child

Cade - age 7

Kelson - age 4