SISTER DOING WELL!!!!

Sorry no pictures but I wanted to give you and update on my sister Fran. Everything went well with the surgery. She came through wonderfully. We expect her to come home tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. I will give you and update when she is home.

Hugs.

COLEMAN TURNS SIX....

Tomorrow Cole will be six. Boy has the time flown. It seems like he was just born yesterday. We are having his party on Saturday. When asked what he wanted for his birthday he said 4 lbs of money. He sure keeps the joy in my life. HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLEMAN!!!!!!

Sunday we went to Disney on Ice. As you can see we were having a great time. What fun would it be with out the goodies that goes with it. We had cotton candy, snow cones, and popcorn. The kids loved the skating and seeing the Disney Characters. I do believe the adults had as much fun as the kids if not more.

It also was a great day for my sister Fran (Julie and Lorrie's mom) to spend time with the kids as she is going in for surgery Friday for kidney cancer. She has renal cell cancer that normally is a very slow growing cancer and the tumor is very small. But this wicked tiny tumor decided to settle near the collecting system which if it grew could cause the cancer to spread through the blood stream. Thankful that I work for the doctors who will be doing her surgery so I know she is in good hands. I will give you an update this week end. Please keep her in your prayers.

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WHERE HAS TIME GONE?????

Where has the time gone...It has been forever since my last post. The holidays have come and gone. Each year they seem to fly faster and faster. I can't believe we are almost 1/2 through January already and my middle child will be 30. Where have those years gone????

Next week my oldest sister Fran will be having surgery for Kidney Cancer. Normally it is a tumor that they would watch because it is so slow growing, but this is growing into the collecting system so the decision is to remove the whole kidney. The out look is really good and her other kidney is in good health. But always a little scary when someone is having surgery.

Over the holidays one of my Christmas presents was the news that I'm going to be a grandma again in August. My youngest Ryan and his wife Karlee are expecting their first. It will be a very exciting year for them. They will move into their new house next week and the baby in August.

Julie is back working on my home to get it ready for workshops. She is working this with my nickle budget and is doing an amazing job. Hope to post pictures very soon...

This week end going to Disney on Ice with the grandkids. I haven't been forever and think will be a great time for the boys. Hope to get some great pictures and will tell you all about it.

Hope everyone has a great week and will not wait so long to post again.

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ONE HAPPY SNICKERS

Isn't he cute. His name is Snickers and my sister Fran adopted him yesterday at a rescue fair.

He is 4 months old and as cute as the day is long. It was love at first for the both of them. Of course when we did this we had our 4 grandchildren with us so you can imagine all the love this little puppy got. They all had a different name for him including me. I wanted to name him YODA because he has Yoda's ears. He was rescued from a puppy mill but seems to be in really good health. We are lucky this one was shut down.

I've talked to Frannie several times today to see if she is ready to kill me but she said no. She loves him and is very happy to have him. He is waiting patiently to meet his new best friend Peanut (Julie's dog) and have walks together. Don't worry Peanut Aunt Debbi still thinks your the best thing since sliced bread........

Sorry it's been a while since my last post but I got that flu bug and it really put my life on hold right down to my new studio. That is why there hasn't been any new updates. Last week I would have told you I was never going to have the energy to create in it. But all is well with the world today and getting ready to take the grandkids to the North Pole next week on the Polar Express. Will have pictures I'm sure.

Hugs

GREAT HALLOWEEN PARTY

Well another successful year with the kids for Halloween.  As you can tell some of the houses were saved.  Thanks to sister Barb.  Okay she's not the Biggest Loser, I get the title by myself.   LOL.  We did decorated a house per family and they were just as happy as if they would have had one of their own.  We then did pumpkins which were very fun.  Each year you just see how they all grow with their talents.  It's such a joy to watch.

Of course we had tag, hide and seek and good food.  All the fun things to keep you young.  These days make life worth living.  

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WE WON'T QUIT OUR DAY JOB

Every year my sisters and I have a Halloween Party for our grandkids and we decorate pumpkins and make crafts. Well this year we decided they would do Haunted Houses. I said to Barb lets put them together Tuesday night when we watch Biggest Loser so they are ready to go. (AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PICTURES WHO THE BIGGEST LOSERS ARE! LOL) Well she said they are already put together, they just need to be decorated. Well at 5 tonight she called me panic and said they aren't put together. Well I ran over to help her put the them together so they were ready for the the decorations tomorrow. Well 3 hours and 3 pounds of frosting later this is the finished project. Trust me we will keep our day jobs and go back to decorating PUMPKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will post pictures of the party later this week....

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Worth the Pain

I'm so excited the studio is done. I just have to say is was worth the pain of remodeling.

I want you to know that on Saturday "Clean Sweep" came to my house. It really was Julie and Beth. They just move stuff to the back of my car like a tornado. I think I took 10 trips to Goodwill between Saturday and Sunday. But it is beautiful and worth it.

I want to thank everyone who helped. It truly was a family effort. My sister Barb helped paint, my sister Fran cleaned cupboards and Beth helped lots with putting Humpty back together again. Cal did lots of the "Man Things". Hanging lights and fixing things I just let go.....And then Julie worked all this magic. It is so unbelievable. Beyond Beautiful to say the least.

Will keep you posted as I finish filling with all my supplies this week end. Julie has given my a homework. Beth told her that's what they do on HG TV. Thanks Beth!!!!!

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