Yard sale therapy...

After days of dealing with ANOTHER bladder infection, laying in bed ALL day wanting to die, drinking 50 gallons of Cranberry juice, getting more antibiotics and drugs that stain EVERYTHING bright orange, and living in my PJ's- I had to venture out of the house and do something normal. The yard sale angels blessed me with a few super duper awesome finds to make up for my nasty body that seems to catch every infection known to man. I felt a little better after finding these beauties:

* A super retro toaster oven that matches my kitchen, oh so perfectly!$ 2.00
* A super old adding machine that just looks cool and provided hours of entertainment to my kids! $ 1.00
* A ton of yarn for my wreath projects= $ 1.00
* And a super awesome fire extingusher holder! $ 2.00

Loved my wonderful additions!

Spy Ninja's...

Hopefully they can make a living one day being "spy ninja's"!

Another bladder infection...

There are no words to describe how much I despise this.

Daddy & Tristin go to Utah for 4 days...

With my wild brian, I was really happy that Trav left for 4 days on the same weekend as the yard sale. I had enough panic attacks before he & Tristin left to spread over an entire year- and I had the yard sale to help occupy those weird places in my brain that NEVER stop worrying! I was almost too exahusted to realize they were gone and even more tired to worry that:
*They would be found in a ditch somewhere
*The police would show up on my doorstep and tell me the horrif news
*I would be a single parent with the girls
*Willow would never stop asking for "dadum"
*I would be forever lost without my boys
*The funeral would be too much to handle
*I wouldn't know our bank account password to pay the bills
*I wouldn't have Tristin around to kiss my cheeck and tell me he loves me
*the closet door in the girl's room would never get fixed because he always does it for me
*all the pictures would fall down because I never anchor them in the wall the way Trav does
*I would miss all the talk about guns, knives & explosions
*I wouldn't know how to make quilts for the girl's out of their Daddy's clothes
*I wouldn't be able to sleep in our bed without Trav
*I would miss Trav scraping the ice cream bowl 100 times trying to scoop out every last drop ...

Lets just say- I can relax a little now that they have been home safe for 6 wonderful days!
They drove down to Utah with G-ma & G-pa for Rob & Amy's baby blessing and had a great time! We were all thrilled to have them home again!

A successful yard sale!

There's nothing better than getting 3-4 hours a sleep for days in a row and then having a huge yard sale over the weekend to top it off. I was wiped out by the time Saturday hit, and it took awhile to recover, let me tell you!
I was practicaly dilerious with weird dizzy spells -but we did it and only had rain the tail end of Friday!
Like always, it was great to hang out with Miss Angie for the weekend and eat amaizing egg salad sandwiches, visit with "really" interesting people, and watch as people try to talk you down on a .10 item. It was great to be with her and the girls had fun too. I'm glad Miss Kara came over for awhile to hang out and help with the madness as well- she is a rare gem.
Everyone worked their tails off and I'm pretty glad I won't be having another one this season- 2 is enough! (And then there's Angie- who's had or helped with 4 aready- crazy lady!)

Feeling very grateful for my crazy life...

It's really crazy when the diasters around the world finally hit home and effect your family...
My Uncle Richard, his wife Ann & my 2 cousins (and their families) had to evacuate Arizona yesterday and today because of the fire.

Yesterday was crazy as everyone waited to see if they would have to leave- and sure enough, the fire came 2 miles from their home and they had to get out & somewhere safe.
It just hurts my heart for them imagining what it was like going through their house and deciding what they had space to take with them and what would have to stay. I cannot imagine a blarring fire 2 miles from my house while I packed my belongings, children and horses in hope there was enough time to get out.
My cousin Luke almost got arrested as he told the police officers he needed just a little more time to get stuff ready. After a heated conversation and back up was called- things got situatted and they evacuated without him going away in handcuffs!
They are safe in my Uncle's time share right now, but it's so sad. They grew up in that little town almost all their lives. Their homes are there, their jobs, their childhood memories, family, friends and church- and now they wait to see if everything they own and the town they love is ingulfed in flames.
I cannot imagine. We are praying for them and beyond grateful everyone is safe.
It's moments like these that make me very grateful for my little trials in life.

A wonderful visit with Grammy & G-pa...

We had a WONDERFUL time with Grammy & G-pa, I just wish they would have stayed 1 more day! We had a lot of fun yesterday- after they showed up, we ran a few errands, ate breakfast at Mc Donalds and then drove out to the "peacock park" to show them around. The rain stopped and we had a great time there- my grandparents loved it, but I think anyone who goes there does, it's an amazing place! We drove back home, put Willow down, ate ice cream cones, let G-pa take a nap too while I showed G-ma hundreds of pictures on the blog (she had to get caught up a little- she doesn't have a computer anymore!)
When Trav came home, the boys went and played golf! G-ma & I sat and talked for hours while we worked on wrapping my yarn wreath (boy, those things take a long time to wrap!)
It was great to sit and visit (not that we don't talk on the phone several times a week though!)
At 6:45- we left for G-pa Max's dinner & party. Edith made a wonderful dinner and we stayed and visited with them and the cousins for a few hours. We left at 9:00, drove G-ma & G-pa back to their hotel and said goodbye with lots of hugs, pictures and tears.
It was a wonderful visit and we are so happy they came. We couldn't love them more if we tried! G-ma called me at 5:51 AM to tell me they were on the road... I'm thrilled they got a cell phone and I'm glad I figured out how to program everyones #'s in it too, now I won't stress out on their drive home!

At the Park...

True Love...

This is how much my G-ma loves me!!! Look at all this thread, ribbon, lace, yarn, fabric, tuelle & plastic silverware! I AM IN HEAVEN!!!
Thanks G-ma, you sure know the way to my heart!