Jenni in Recovery

Like I said, I am posting the updates of Jenni's surgery. It was a great success! She came out with flying colors!!! Doctors didn't have to go into the spinal "sack" to remove the tumor. That meant less pain and recovery for Jenni. She was doing so good that this evening they let her go home. Originally the doctor said Wednesday. She is pumped!! My Aunt Nene is staying for 2 weeks and taking care of the good patient and then she will get to go back to her home for more R&R! The tumor is negative as far as cancer is concerned. God is Good! Also, the afternoon of her surgery, she had feeling in her legs and no pain in her back. That was the relief she was looking for! WHOOHOOO! So excited for her and now to just getting her back to her Ol' Self! Knowing her, it won't be long :) Thank you so much for praying. Prayer does Amazing things!!!!

Jenni

This morning I had breakfast with my cousin, Jennifer. I have missed talking to her and being around her. She is one of my best friends! Monday is a very big day for her. She is having major back surgery to remove a tumor that has been putting much pressure and pain on her lower back. My Aunt and Uncle are here to be with her for the next 2 weeks. Jenni won't be released from the hospital for 2-4 days. She won't be able to lay on her back for two weeks. She is having to take vaca. time to recover and knowing her, she will become so restless so soon! I am asking for your prayers for her, her doctors, her recovery and for the tumor to come back negative. Like said before in another post, God is taking care of her and will watch over her. I will keep everyone posted! Thank you for your prayers!

Berry Picken'.....or Are they Us?

What a blast! When I graduated high school, my grandparents had me come stay with them in Michigan for a week. It was another one of those special memories. Grandpa wanted to go berry picking. We got up so early....to beat the heat. We had buckets to pick blackberries, strawberries and raspberries. It was so much fun, even if my arms were covered in scratches and my fingers felt like they had thrones in them. We then went to breakfast at THEIR favorite resturant! (Red Barron) Later, Grandma made dessert with our treasures. My parents came to Detroit a week later and got to enjoy the "Fruits of our Labor."

My parents heard of a berry farm outside of Huntsville and decided that we were going to take the kids to experience the things we loved most from the garden. My mom made us laugh because she said she hated picking as a kid due to coming in daily from school and then having to pick. So, this isn't what she considered FUN. Mom loves the fruit, so now its knowing what comes of her picking, that made it exciting to her.

We knew what to be prepared for and we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived. Most berry patches have brush grown up around the bottoms of the plants. The vines are out of control and there is little room between rows. These farmers had it so clean, bushes clipped so nicely and tons of room in between rows. They also gave us gloves and buckets and walked with us to show us the "better berries" of their farm. The kids loved it. We had our own gloves and the kids thought they were so big! The Farmer had a dog, Lacy, that made the hot afternoon fun. Lacy was a Border Colly and followed them around everywhere.

We went away with 17lbs. of blackberries and have plans to return this next weekend to pick blueberries. Camden is pumped! The Farmer showed him where they were and wanted him to taste the berry. Camden loved them. He kept running back and forth with a few in hand as refreshments to us pickers. They were wonderful! So watch for our next berry trip!

5 Years Today!

This morning Camden got a Knock at the door! It was the Balloon Man. He dropped off balloons for the Birthday Boy! Camden had just gotten dressed and had Bed Head in the picture but we wanted to stop for a picture before the day got away! For Dinner Tonight we ordered Pizza and took it up to Football Practice to eat with Dad! It was quick but we all enjoyed it. Once Dad gets home we will eat chocolate chip cookies and strawberries! All requests of Camden! Happy Birthday Big Guy! XOXOXOX

Birthday Weekend

This is a picture of the Birthday Boy and Girl! They were so excited, they almost couldn't stand still for the picture.

Here is Jadyn before the Cookies were passed out and she was not wanting to wait long enough to take a picture. She wanted a COOKIE NOW! She isn't my most patient.

Here's Camden. All ready for the candles to be lit and the cookies to be eaten so he and his friends could return to Jumping and Running around! They had such a great party. So many friends and family came in for the Big Event! We are so blessed to have so many sweet people in our lives who love our kids like we do. Happy Birthday Camden and Jadyn!

Aunt Michelle out-did herself, again. My kids are so spoiled! We wanted to skip cake and do special 5 and 3 cookies for each of the kids ages. I can't believe how fast time has gone! I feel so old. I have a 5 year old and a 3 year old. Crazy.

Here was the cake for all the MAY birthdays in our family. It's crazy. 4 people. Really cool part of this is that Casey and I both had a Grandparent who has past now, but they too had MAY birthdays. May 4th and 6th. MAY is a popular Month!!!!

Easter 2009

Well, here we are! All together at last. It's been since Christmas that we were together (christmas wasn't even that much together). We had a really nice Easter even if Sunday it was pouring buckets. I actually went into church completely soaked, dress was a different color kinda wet. I did my hair 3 times and really it wasn't all that to begin with. Anyhow, we had an egg hunt Saturday afternoon and the Easter Bunny left baskets for Sunday morning. It was alot of eggs for just two hunters. Two other hunters can't walk yet but they it wont be long! Just wanted to share a picture and to say it was a fun time. Really, when is it not with my family...okay.....that's my thoughts anyways.

Feeding My Habit

I am excited to post that I am now using my efforts for good use. For those of you who don't know, I am a scrapbook junky. I could spend hours, days, months making a special place for my pictures to rest. I would be embarrassed to add up all the money that I have put into my books. I have spent so much time on them and there are still pages not finished, books that are incomplete and pages stacked on my desk that need much attention. SO.....to say all of this, I decided to become a Creative Memories Independent Consultant. I am really excited because they have now gone digital. I can do all my pages, print them and put them into a book and it's done!!!! What a Wondermeant! Seriously, I am so happy to have found something I love to do and to make money from doing it. I get discounts too! I have already met some very excited Scrapbookers and NOW Digital Friends who have the same passion that I do. Okay.....some of these people are a little more Wacky about it than I am! haha.

If you are interested in seeing what amazing things CM digital can do, keep watching. I will be putting all of it online :) OH...AND I will gladly come Host a Party for you! Just let me know!

Happy Easter!