Fall pics

We are busy as usual -it NEVER ends..... but that's ok! Life is full and happy! A quick update on the fab five:

HD: Senior! Crazy busy with school and sports. Doing AWESOME was only 2 percentage points shy of a 4.25 GPA first quarter!!!! Applying to college, will be finished applying by Thanksgiving. #1 choice for school BYU. Was selected to play in the high school county all star game for soccer. Drives everywhere (BEST THING EVER!) Is doing great all around.

Sierra: Junior! Gorgeous! I am going to have to lock her in the basement. :) She is so amazing and strong and brave. I have blogged about her medical issues before and they are ongoing. I believe we are very close to a diagnosis and even though she is in consent pain she is almost always found with a smile. She made the improv team at school and LOVES it! That girl was born to be a star! Academics are awesome. She is hanging in there. :)

Haylee J: 4th grader. First year in public school. LOVING it. Her teachers are awesome. She made the honor roll and she just tested at a early 9th grade reading level! She was elected to the Student Counsel earlier in the week and is so excited and cute about it all. She is will finish up playing soccer this weekend and has had a great time doing it as usual although it did take some getting used to as far as balancing her schedule goes.

Joe: Taking two classes at once, he usually doesn't do that slow and steady is the name of the game for him :) -doing great busy at work but has a very consistent daytime schedule which we both love. He went to Vegas and Nashville in the last month but both only for a few days, otherwise he is home. We are SO LUCKY.

Me: I am always running in 10 directions at once but everything seems to get done and miraculously everyone gets where they need to go. Lots of doctors appointments for Sierra has made our hectic schedule even more complicated but Joe has been amazing to help get kids to and fro and we will run ourselves into the ground to get Sierra feeling better. I am so thankful to still be staying home even with all the kids in school. It is the ONLY way I am keeping on top of our crazy life. :) I am the PTO Secretary and 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency. Can't believe how fast time is going. I am thankful for my amazing kids-really they are the BEST, my supportive husband, a warm home, awesome people in my life,

my cute dog, and countless other things!!!! Hope you are all doing great!!!!

I took these pics two weeks ago and just today had time to edit them. LOVE these kids! :)

I have gorgeous children. I am bias but hey I'm their mom! :)

I took these pics two weeks ago. Haylee is 10!!! HD is 17 -he will be 18 in two short months, and Sierra is sweet 16!

Quick post!

Just a quick post to let you all know I am still alive. Were you worried? I thought I would have a lot more time to blog with all the kids being in school but it seems that you just put on more hats to fill up the time and end up having no time left over. Lol. So while I am busy being a mom, chef, CHAUFFER, nurse, maid, PTO Secretary, 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency (church), cheerleader etc..... I had to write down this Haylee funny before I forgot

This past weekend while watching General Conference for church, President Monson was giving a talk at then end of the Sunday morning session and he said something to the effect of "you may think there are people in the world that are having more fun than you are" to which Haylee replied "I feel like that" -I was surprised to hear my 9 year old say that. Does she really feel "restricted" at only 9 years old? So I said "You do?" trying to get some clarification she replies with "Yeah, I think people in the world are having more fun than me right now. You won't even let me read!" I was cracking up! Here I am thinking in a spiritual sense but she just meant right at that very moment. Too funny!!

Confession

I just confessed a little white lie to my Haylee. Her response? "It's ok mom, but I think you need to get a bigger spiritual shield" LOL!!! Out of the mouths of babes right?

I will be repenting in my prayers later this evening and asking Heavenly Father to help me build up my shield. :)

Sharing an idea....

Wow, we have had the busiest summer on record! We have been traveling, going to camp, and having visitors. I will blog about all that stuff later. For now I had to share one of the best ideas I have heard in a long time!!!! I have a friend in my Stake that posted this today and I loved it so much I am going to do it next year and I wanted to share it with all of you.

It has to do with Christmas cards. Each year I pack the cards we received that year in with the Christmas decorations and one of my favorite things about getting our house ready for Christmas is re-reading the cards we received the year before. I love looking at all the pictures and reading the cute letters and sweet messages. Well my friend Kiersten, who rocks for all kinds of reasons but this one takes the cake, posted today about a new tradition their family did this year. They put all the cards they received in a basket and each night before family prayer they took out a card and talked about that friend or family member. Then they included that person in their prayer that evening. How sweet is that????? I absolutely love this idea and am so happy that I know amazing people so I can steal their fabulous ideas and in the process become a better person. :) It's a win, win for me really. Thanks Kiersten for being awesome!!!

Sweet Sixteen

*She is smart!

*She is funny!

*She is amazingly talented!

*She is getting her learner's permit in a few days (Heaven help us!) lol

*She is so BRAVE!

*She is brimming with confidence!
*She is sweet -mostly.

*She is always willing to help with whatever is asked of her.

*She is sixteen years old today.

*She can DATE (Y I K E S!!!!!) -I think I am changing the rules!

*She got tickets to see the Broadway Musical Wicked for her birthday below is a video of her reaction it is PRICELESS

Summer Vacation!

It is that time of year. Not much time for blogging, just time for fun. The big kids are at camp until tomorrow, then they will be home approximately 12 hours before we take off for our week long Huhmann reunion on the farm. We'll get home celebrate the 4th and Sierra's Sixteenth birthday -(and seriously I would like to know where in the H E double hockey sticks the time has gone?)--- and then a few days after that we leave for South Carolina for a week at the lake. So my "all about me" stuff will have to wait, cause for now it's all about the fam and that is just the way I like it! :)

I do have to mention one quick thing -today Joe and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. My Facebook status was pretty great so I'll post it here to commemorate the occasion: "Tara Huhmann is in love with an amazing guy. 11 years ago today he was lucky enough to marry me. I love ya babe, you really do make the world a better place." Awe, aren't I sweet? :) Happy anniversary to us!!!

Meeting for parents of SENIORS

There was a meeting tonight for the parents of the Class of 2012. Wow, those people are OLD in just one short year they will have a kid graduating from high school which automatically makes you ancient -not as ancient as if say you have a kid graduating from college or if you are a grandma but still, you are moving right along the old people train. Uh, wait a sec....I just realized that I am one of those old people! Wait, wait, wait! I was a senior just a dozen (give or take 8 or nine years) years ago. I am way too young to have a kid graduating from high school right??? I am SOOOOO not ready for this. I cannot believe that this time is here. I know how fast the next 12 months will go, I know how fast I will be dropping him off at college. I am NOT ready!!! I am screaming it NOT READY! NOT READY! NOT READY! Guess what??? It doesn't matter, no one cares. Okay, well maybe they do care but that still doesn't help. I am going to tell you a secret, you can't make fun of me okay??? Promise??? I have had a breakdown, sometimes a few tears and sometimes a lot, almost every day since the 7th of June when the class of 2011 graduated and I officially became the parent of a senior. I know I am a crazy person. It's okay, I've come to terms with it. Now I just need to come to terms with my baby graduating from high school next year. Did I mention I wasn't ready? I have considered telling the school I am pretty sure he is a cheater and that I'm not even sure he can read so he should probably go back a few grades. Do you think that would work? Seriously people, I need ideas here. I'll leave you to ponder on it let me know when you come up with something good because I AM NOT READY for my brown eyed boy to leave.

A favorite quote

This is an easy one! Such a quick assignment and I have a few favorite quotes, it has taken me a few days to post them because I have been busy with finals......waaaait HD and Sierra have been busy with finals, however, being the fabulous mom that I am (and considering I don't want them to fail and have to repeat a grade) I have been helping them. Add to that all my "usual" chaos and here we are. Okay, onto the business at hand. My favorite quote

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today, it's already tomorrow in Australia" -Charles Schultz -this one reminds me to live in the moment, don't wast time worrying -you can't change the future so live for today.

"Find joy in the journey" Thomas S. Monson - a reminder to find joy in every single day -its always there.

"I love you to the moon, and back" -Big nut brown hare :) -it just begins to describe the feelings of love I have for my children.

So there ya go! I cannot WAIT for school to be over!!! We are so close!!! Happy summer everyone!

A favorite book

Oh I LOVE TO READ! In fact, that should have been number one on my favorite things! In my Grandma Seamons life history one of the facts in there is that she loved to read and would often stay up way too late when she couldn't put a book down. That is the story of my life!!! I am always so excited to start a new book and then so sad that it ends. My probably favorite books of all time are the Harry Potter and Twilight Series. I LOVE series books. I read the Fablehaven series a couple of months ago and have read it again one more time since then. After that I started a series called "The Hound of Rowan" it is probably in the "teen readers" section of your favorite bookstore but I really enjoyed the first three books. The next book in the Rowan series comes out in 2012. I didn't realize when I started these books that the series wasn't finished. I hate starting a series before the author is finished with the entire thing. Waiting for the next book drives me bonkers! (yes, I was one of the crazy people in line at the bookstore at midnight waiting for those last three Harry Potter books!) My most favorite app on my ipod touch is my Kindle app. I told my hubby he better give me a book allowance because now I can just buy books with one touch! Love it! Currently I am reading "The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua -HOLY COW so interesting!!!! It is a comparison of "western parenting" and Chinese parenting. It is written by a Chinese mother and it is hard to say if she was so mean or so brilliant in her child rearing. You will DIE when you find out some of the things she made her kids do. It is a great read so far and one that would make a great book club book. As you are reading you really want to call your friends and go "CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?" It captivates you because you can't decide if this lady is crazy or brilliant. lol :) After this I plan to read George Bush's Decision Points, then probably the new book out by Rick Riordian "The Throne of Fire". I could seriously read all day. The good news is that all three of my kiddos are voracious readers too. We always get them gift cards to Boarders or Barns and Noble for Christmas and that is one of their favorite gifts. It cracks my dad up that they are that excited to go to the book store. :) What are you reading my friends? Let me know! I am always looking for new material.

Favorite Things

Today's assignment is a list of 20 of my favorite things so here they are in no particular order.

1. my dog -Daisy is the best dog in the whole world.

2. my new Kia.

3. ipod touch

4. LaTolteca -best mexican restaurant by me!

5. my house-

6. Disneyland

7. the beach -any beach!

8. Facebook -sad but true

9. my bed!

10. Diet coke :)

11. autumn

12. swimming

13. BBQ's

14. my scentsy warmer

15. Christmas!

16. airplanes

17. my kiddos

18. going out to dinner

19. being outside

20. boating

Favorite Movie

Tonight's post is my favorite movie. I LOVE movies! We have tons of them and I have several "favorites" but whenever anyone asks me this question I always say "Steel Magnolias" That is definitely at the top of my list. Sierra and I just watched it together a couple of months ago and we laughed and cried together. Some of my other favorites include some Julia Roberts movies, Pretty Woman, My Best Friends Wedding, Runaway Bride. I love romantic comedies The Wedding Planner, Letters to Juliet, Leap Year, New In Town, You've Got Mail...there are a lot! Our current favorite Disney movie is Tangled. Love that one! Haylee now refuses to cut her hair so she can be Rapunzel for Halloween -I have been trying to get her to do that for years!!! Thank you Disney!

The kids and I are always using movie lines when we talk to each other, the following are favorites:

"Sorry, I was just looking at that bird over there" Bob from Monsters vs. Aliens

"A frying pan. Who knew right?" -Flynn Ryder from Tangled

"I guess [insert random act here] is frowned upon in this establishment!" the E-trade baby -that one is actually a commercial but we use it all the time.

"Llama faaaace" Emperor Kuzco from Emperor's New Groove

"Olo" "uh, it's 'hello'" from Megamind

"I've never gone 99% on anything and I think I'm AWESOME!" from Horton Hears a Who

"Is this Burt from accounting?" again Horton Hears a Who

"Pucker up and kiss it Whoville!" How the Grinch Stole Christmas

"Uh oh, someone's FABULOUS!" again How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Whenever we try on new clothes we like to act out the part of the Grinch where he is trying on outfits to go to the Christmas Whovilation and he walks back and forth and poses saying "ooooooo.....ahhhh.....mmmmm....That's it! I'm not going!" it usually ends with "That's it! I love this shirt!" or something of that nature. We are dorks, I know!

There are so many more lines we like to use! It is frustrating me that I can't think of them!!! They just come to us in the moment. All of my kids have a knack for comedic timing so we laugh a lot and movie quotes are a big part of that.

To finish my movie post here are some movies we are DYING to see this summer: Transformers 3, Harry Potter 7 Part 2, Green Lantern, Cars 2, Pirates and Kung Fu Panda (I know these are out but we haven't seen them yet)

Haylee funny #100,724...

Tonight Haylee and I had the following conversation:

Haylee: Mom, am I irish?

Me: No, you have some scottish in you and some german.

Haylee: Scottish? What does that mean? What do they do?

Me: uhhhh...they play the bagpipes.

Haylee: (indignantly) And wear plaid????

Me: yes, they wear plaid.

Haylee: (who used to despise plaid and refuse to wear anything plaid) Well, honestly mom I can say I'm starting to like plaid. Just a little bit though.

She is such a nerd. :)

One more from today:

Haylee: Mom is it impossible to hold completely still since the world is spinning?

...... I don't even know how to answer that! That's one of those if a tree falls in the forrest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound questions. lol

A favorite song

Okay, todays blog assignment is to post my favorite song.... that is a tough one. I love music. LOVE it! I don't really have a favorite genre anymore. I used to be a country girl through and through but I mostly listen to pop music these days. Well pop and country are about 70/30 respectively. :) On my ipod you can find songs like "Mormon Rap" to Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love" you could come across just about anything. Just had a great idea, instead of posting my favorite song since I don't have one specifically I will put my ip0d on shuffle, post the titles of the first 10 songs that play and why I like them. Whatever happens don't judge me.... lol

1. Sean Kingston: "Shawty's like a melody in my head" - love Sean Kingston, his songs have great beats and he doesn't use profanity!!! Woo hoo!

2. Cee Lo Green: "Forget you" -this song is super popular right now, I just like it, catchy little tune.

3. Nikki Blonsky: "I can hear the Bells" from the musical Hairspray. I LOVE THIS SONG!!! I turn it up in the car and sing along.

4. Laurie Berkner: "Bumble Bee (Buzz Buzz)" this is a total kiddie song that Haylee and I have been singing since she was like 2 - we turn this up and sing along too. :)

5. Taylor Swift: "Should've said No" -- love Taylor Swift! She is awesome!

6. Jason Mraz: "I'm Yours" love this song too, love that it is simple, I never skip this when it comes on.

7. Katy Perry: "California Gurls (featuring Snoop Dog) - love the beat of this song

8. Garth Brooks: "To make you feel my love" such a sweet love song From the movie Hope Floats

9. Brad Paisley: "I'm gonna Miss Her" - I adore Brad Paisley!

10. Miley Cyrus: "Party in the USA" -I turn this up, sing AND dance in the car. I could blame this on Sierra but it's not true I love this song!

So there ya go, my favorite song changes from day to day pretty much. We download tons of music at our house, the last song I bought off of itunes was Scotty McCreery's "I love you this big" LOVE that song. My current favorite for sure!

All about me -in a month or so

I am stealing this from my friend Rebekah because I have loved learning about her this last month and think she is awesome! Plus it is a good record of my life right now which I think is a fab idea for my posterity who will no doubt think I am super cool and want to learn more about me! The idea is to write about certain things everyday sooo..here we go.... I'll start with a current pic. :)

I think this pic sums me up (well at least for this last week) I like to be outside, I am very ready for summer, I have big kids, I do not have to swim, I get to relax by the pool, I have been waiting 17+ years for this moment, it is blissful!
Okay for the the first day I am supposed to tell you five things that have shaped me most as a person.... hmmm... tough question.

1. My religion. I am a mormon. We are Christians. We are not weirdos -well most of us I can't speak for everyone . :) We believe in Christ. We believe that families can be together forever. The gospel brings me so much peace and happiness. I know that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me and who cares about the smallest concerns in my life. Miracles are everywhere. If you want to know more you can go to mormon.org.

2. My children. My whole life all I ever wanted to be was a mom. I used to fill out a questionnaire in my journal about once a year and every time I filled out the "what do you want to be when you grow up" the answer was always "a mom" that is still my answer. My children are the most important people in my life (along with my hubby of course) I put them before a career, money, time for myself, fancy vacations. And I wouldn't change a thing. I love being a stay at home mom. I hope I am doing a good job. So far my kiddos are honor roll students, good leaders, great examples, they are hilarious and gorgeous and none of them has ever been arrested...hopefully this is a sign they are all on the right track and that I am still in the running for mother of the year. Although I did wreck D's car a couple months ago....not sure if I am still a front runner due to that incident. :)

3. My divorce. I was married to HD and Sierra's dad for 5 years. We were married very young and it was not easy. This shaped me as a person because I became more confident and found out who I was through the process. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through but I am so glad I did!

4. My husband. Joe is amazing. He is the hardest working person I have ever met in my entire life. If I ask him to do something for me, it's done. That very minute if he can. He takes such good care of me. He has an awesome job and has earned all of the respect and promotion he has received. I know that I come first in his life. He loves me unconditionally, he is the first person in my life that I have known that.

5. The military. This has definitely shaped who I am! It has been a part of my life for the last 14 years or so. Being a military spouse is not easy. You live in great places, you live in not so great places. You move, if you don't move your friends move. It is sad but then new friends move in and things are happy again. Our family motto is "Bloom Where you are Planted" we try to live by this. You can bloom anywhere if you try hard enough. I am a very lucky military spouse for a lot of reasons. My husband does not deploy. Ever. The longest we have ever been apart is like 37 days. That is unheard of in the military. I am so grateful. Because of his job now we will be stationed here until he retires. All of the guys he works with are in the same boat so we do have a lot of friends who don't move either. That is a HUGE blessing.

So that's a little bit about me to start off. I hope you enjoyed learning a few things. Heck! I think I even learned a few things!

P.S. My nine year old is still awake and it's 11 o'clock pm on a school night...does that make me a bad mom? I hope not because this happens almost every night. What can I say the kid is a night owl like her mama, and for the record I put her to bed at 10, and also for the record she is home schooled so being up until 11 isn't too big of a deal. I just hope this doesn't put me even further out of the running for mom of the year after this. :)

4A Baseball State Semi-Finals

HD's high school team won their region championship last Friday and yesterday they played in the state semi-finals for the 4A schools in the state of Maryland. They played at the University of Maryland. It was so cool! Before the game they introduced each player over the loud speaker, then they played the National Anthem. HD was the captain of the JV team this year. They had a great record and he started every game playing short stop. A few players from the JV team got "called up" to varsity for the playoff's HD was one of them. He didn't play yesterday but it was still very cool to be on the field and to have his name announced over the loudspeaker. They played the best team in the state, Westminster they are undefeated. They lost 11-2 but made some great plays and had a good attitude about how far they went. One of the top four schools in the state!!!

Waiting in the dugout to be introduced

The team after introductions -I took a video of this so I don't have any closer pics of when D came out

The coaches shaking hands and exchanging rosters

Getting ready for the National Anthem

In the huddle- "DEFENSE!"

Watching the action

Out of the dugout for fist bumping and encouragement

uh same picture...I couldn't get it to delete sorry :)

Sitting in the dugout

Shaking hands after the game

So cool to have played on a University field!!!

Haylee-isms

Two more Haylee funnies:

We were doing school and she got frustrated and the conversation went like this

Haylee: That's it! I quit!

Me: You can't quit it's against the rules of school, the #1 rule is no quitting

Haylee: Well since I just quit the rules don't apply to me any more!

Me: Touche'

I mean can you argue with that logic?

The second one we were at Joe's work for his promotion ceremony. Joe's big boss was there, the head honcho, the guy in charge of everyone....he is a Colonel -after the ceremony Haylee asked me if she could go over and talk to him. I said sure thinking she just wanted to shake his hand since she had seen him on TV.

About the time she got over to him I realized I better get my hiney over there because with Haylee, as you well know, you never know what will come out of her mouth. I see the Col. bending down and laughing a bit when I get there I hear this part of the conversation..

Col.: Popcorn? (laughing)

Haylee: Yeah, when you rank up are you going to be popcorn? (laughing a bit as she says this)

Col: (quizzical look)

Haylee: ya, know cause now you are a "kernel" so when you rank up you'll be popcorn.

Col.: (cracks up) and tells her he is going to use that joke.

Me: (really wants to say, uh sorry about that crazy kid Sir. I'll go find her mother) but what can I do? I laugh too. That kid is funny!!! Glad he thought so!

Sweet Sister

For those of you who don't know, for the last three years or so Sierra has been suffering from joint pain. It started in her right shoulder and remained just there for the first three years. In the last 8 months or so she has also been having pain in her right wrist, sometimes her right elbow, and more and more often her right hip. Just yesterday she had pain in her left shoulder for the first time. We have had lots of blood work and lots of x-rays, done a few rounds of physical therapy, one MRI on her wrist which revealed a ganglion cyst and we are having an MRI on her shoulder tomorrow... insert BIG SIGH here... It has been a avery long three years with the pain coming and going often as of late it is more here than gone. Another big sigh.... anyway, I had to give you that backstory so I could tell you that Sierra is in a great deal of pain tonight and I was trying to comfort her any way I could (we do have the option to go to the ER and if she can't sleep that is exactly what we will be doing but I am trying to get her through the night so we can just see the regular doc in the morning-there isn't much the ER docs can do for her) So I was rubbing her back and just talking to her when Haylee came in and saw how much Sierra was hurting. First Haylee ran to get the medicine I asked for, then she got all of her most favorite stuffed animals and brought them to Sierra. When that didn't help as much as she was hoping she came in with a top hat and a cardboard tube (that she was wielding like a cane) and started to sing and dance. I was cracking up, Sierra not so much because it hurt to laugh but she told Haylee she was doing great. After the song and dance Haylee decided to perform a magic show, after that she gave Sierra a craft that she had made which Haylee said she was "saving for Sierra's birthday" but decided to give her now to cheer her up. At that point Sierra was in so much pain I was sure we were headed to the ER -Haylee was already in her pajamas and when she heard me talking to Joe she ran upstairs and was dressed in 2.5 seconds. I told her if I took Sierra to the ER she would need ot stay home her response "I AM NOT LEAVING MY SISTER!!!" We ended up deciding to try to make Sierra as comfortable as possible and try to get through until morning when I can take her in to see our regular doctor. When I took Sierra up to bed to get her settled I got some lavender lotion and was massaging Sierra's hands and arms to try to relax her. Haylee got the lotion and massaged her feet and legs. I was going to sleep on the floor in Sierra's room in case she needed me in the night, with pain in her shoulders it is hard for her to push herself up out of bed or reach for her pone, Haylee asked if she could please sleep in there because she knew if she didn't she would just be worried about her sister.

I am so grateful for the relationship my kids have with one another. Sure they fight sometimes but it is never mean spirited or physical. And so much when one of them is in need I see the other two so caring and compassionate. It is then that I know I am doing a good job as a mom. At one point tonight Sierra was propped up in her bed and Haylee was making her bed on the floor, I was sitting on the floor by her bed, and HD was sitting on the chair in Sierra's room and Sierra was so happy to have so much attention and care.

Love my kids. Love being a mom. Don't love being frustrated and sad with Sierra's pain. I am her advocate. We WILL get answers. I am praying they come sooner than later!

PICTURES!

I have posted so many times without any pictures lately... So here they are, in random order of course, pictures from the last couple of months....

This is the youngest member of the Ray family, his name is Corbin (The Ray's were in our ward in California). The Ray's were here for a few months from Utah -we are sad we only got together with them at the end of their time here but we enjoyed seeing them for a couple of days. Corbin looks happy in this picture but he was actually hiding under the table because he didn't want to leave our house.

Haylee getting ready to dye eggs, she insisted I have the camera so that I would not miss a moment.

While we were dying eggs Sierra had homework to do.

Our very lovely eggs, some fabulous person even wrote "Mom is super cool" on one of our eggs.

Haylee wanted to put on her Easter dress before she began hunting so that she would look fab. :)

HD got promoted to MAJOR in JROTC -for you non military people that translates to HD is AWESOME! He can only make Lt. Colonel and Colonel before he has reached the highest rank in JROTC. He also became the Vice Commander of MD-JROTC unit 20071. SECOND in Command! Very cool!

See the yellow ropes on his shoulder? Only the Commander and Vice Commander get fancy things like that. :)

With his minions -I mean sisters.

My mom was here for the day -just 30 hours but it worked out perfectly for her to be here for his ceremony.

I actually made Haylee the dress she is wearing in these pictures. She is such a poser!

Cute.

Love this sassy pants girl.

this is from about 2 months ago when she was not feeling so sassy, she was SO sick. Haylee is my healthiest kid by a mile and this virus got her good. I have never seen anyone barf that much in my entire life -no kidding like 18 times in 6 hours. And she was so good about it. I was a crazy bleacher sanitizer every 2 seconds mom and it worked none of the rest of us got it! woo hoo -its the small victories that make me happy. :)

My friend adopted a baby girl and I made her this! It was my first tutu and it turned out so cute! If you can't tell the once has beads painted on it so it looks like a necklace. It was so fun to make.

This is Daisy about three weeks after her accident. Poor dog looks like we tried to saw her in half but she is doing GREAT!

We have been doing LOTS of this- I love being out in the sun and watching D get better and better.

Poor Daisy had to wear a shirt for a while because she was scratching her incision to much.

She was none to happy about wearing clothes.

This is Sierra on the red carpet after performing at our church's night of the arts. She sang a song from a Disney movie. It was AWESOME!!!

Here she is posing in the same dress, I got that dress for FIVE dollars and ninety nine cents! I KNOW!! It was originally 60 bucks!!!

This is the first day Joe wore his Master Sargent stripes. We are very proud of him!

He was not cooperating with me for the photos or they would've been better!

More baseball

A good leadoff at third

And that's it! For now anyway!