McKay's braces are off!!

Here is McKay with his braces off. We are glad to have that over with. No more missing school for ortho appt. and no more anxiety about how it will feel to get them taken off. Woo Hoo!!

Here is Maddie at her Valentine party. I made candy skewer things, and chocolate covered strawberries. Also, I think I made heart shaped pink rice krispy treats. It was a long time ago. We have had the flu since then and I can't remember anything!!

The Good, the Bad, and The UGLY

Here are some pictures from my trip to CA to go to Grandma Narda's funeral. The title of my post is the good, the bad and the ugly... the drive there, the visit with all the family and my sister and her family, seeing my Dad and having my Dad drive with me, those were all the good. The Bad was obviously the funeral, the drive home, snow, chains, the whole works. The Ugly was the robbery, the van being burglarized, the laptop stolen, etc. I should write more, but it's just too depressing, and want to move on, Grandma's funeral was really nice, I think she would of really liked it. The kids did a good job singing, and everyone I talked to said it was the nicest funeral they had been too. It was kind of like a sad family reunion

(maybe all funerals are like that) Abby and Dad

Dad (Brian) and Dad (Rod)

Ahhh.... my life ...my Dad Brian who raised me from age 1 1/2 to now (and drove 20 hours to go to the funeral with me)... and my Mom, (we wish Craig would of been there to get all 3 dad's in the picture. Mamma Mia, here I go again....) and Dad Rod who is my birth father and drove 4 hours each way just to see me and my kids. Aren't we loved?

Some of my cousins.. Shannon, Mario, Me, Sara (sister), Erin (back row)

Heather, Marisa, Kelly, and Katie (front row)

Victoria (niece), Connor (my cousin Megan's oldest), Maddie and Bella (niece)

Maddie, McKay, Connor, and Abby

Me and ABBY

Abby and Maddie and Grandpa WAD

Sydney and Bella

Abby and Christian (aka Dude)

Auntie Sylvia and Abby (she's my mom's oldest sister)

Victoria, Maddie Sydney, McKay and Bella at the Jelly Belly Factory, Fairfield, CA

I wish I could scan a copy of the beautiful program my cousin Erin made, if I can figure that out I will add it later. It was a beautiful program with nice pictures of Grandma, and a bookmark inside. It had a nice life history on the back I would like to add to this post.