HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Today has been a good day and a hard day. My kids have been wonderful to me. I got some cute homemade gifts and lots of love. My husband "cooked" for me. (shhh.. we went out to eat)! I got to take a nice nap and now I'm home alone while Dave took the kids for a walk. So for me the day has been great. On the other side of that, I miss my mom and sitting in sacrament today where several people were asked to talk about their mothers was very hard on me. Last year at this time mom was in the hospital. I called and talked to her for maybe 5 minutes before she had no more air and could no longer talk. That was the last time I heard her voice. My mom who was one of my best friends and always a source of comfort to talk to and I miss her and her voice. Just knowing she was a phone call away always made everything better. I love you mom and I am so thankful that I got to have you in my life. Happy Mothers Day!
Happy Mothers Day to my sisters and friends. I love you all and can't wait to be in Utah next month to see some of you. And here's a big *HUG* for any that are like me and missing your mom just a little extra today.

SPRING AND SUNSHINE

Well we just had the most georgeous weekend. Temps in the 80's and sunshine. It was perfect. We got some yard work done, I sat in the sun and read. The kids were at there grandma's so things were nice and quite on Saturday. I'm getting a good start on my tan. Today is just as beautiful so I am going to take the kids to the park. Eliza is on a school field trip to the zoo today. What a perfect day she got. I just hope it lasts. Weather in Ohio is very tricky. It looks to be a good week, even with rain, but that doesn't mean that next week we don't drop down to freezing again. So I'm enjoying what we have and praying that it sticks around.
Can't believe we are coming to the end of the school year already. What a quick year it has been. My kids last day of school is June 10th. They have a few make up days due to bad weather. I am taking a trip to Utah for a long weekend on June 4th thru the 8th and I am looking forward to that. I miss my family and I miss Utah! Hope everyone is enjoying their spring.

HAPPY EASTER

We hope everyone had a happy Easter today. We had a very nice day here and a good dinner. Sacrament meeting was also nice. I enjoy having the meeting centered around the Savior. Scriptures were read and songs were song, it was full of the spirit. I am thankful for the knowledge of the resurrection. As with tradition in my family the girls had new dresses and Isaac new clothes as well. In the past Grammy Marcia had always sent them their clothes so going out and buying them this year just gave us one more reason to miss her. Although I think the girls enjoyed picking their dresses. But I know I have a great appreciation for all that mom did for me and the kids. Anyway I just wanted to post some pictures of the kids looking their Easter best! Enjoy.
PS As of today Eviee is officially walking!

Making the Big Time

So last month David got a call from the school board saying that they were putting up a billboard for the month of April promoting the school district and out of all the pictures they had been through the one they wanted to use was one of Eliza with a couple of her friends at a basketball game they went to as a field trip. Did they have our permission to put her on the billboard. Heck yeah I said, how fun will that be. So today I finally learned where the billboard is located and went and had a look. Of course I took pictures to share with all if you. My baby up in lights!! (okay so there's no lights but still this is a big deal) :)




Also a cute thing happened yesterday morning, the kids were home from school for Good Friday and the start of spring break. I was getting out of the shower and Elana told me that Eviee had soaked through her diaper so she had to change her! Well I chuckled to myself because Elana has never changed a diaper before. Then she told me she didn't find any of Eviee's diapers so she had to use Isaac's. As I came out of the bathroom and saw Eviee crawling towards me, with most of her backside showing. But I think that Elana did a great first time job and here is Eviee to prove it!

PICTURES (as promised)

So here are some pictures of the kids and Eviee's b-day. As you can see everyone is getting big and they're all pretty cute if I do say so myself. Eviee really enjoyed her cake. Of course like any good Quinney she likes to eat!!! I hope you enjoy the photos!

Happy Birthday TROUBLE (Eviee)

So today was Eviee's 1st birthday. It's very hard to believe that a year has gone by already. We didn't do anything too exciting but have mamaw and papaw up for cake and ice cream. I will post pictures tomorrow. Eviee nicknamed "Trouble" by me enjoyed her cake very much. She made the mess to prove it.
It was hard for me to enjoy this day too much as along with her birthday comes the anniversary of daddy's death. I have really remembered today the phone call I received on a Sunday night one year ago. Nothing in this world could have prepared me for that. There is not a week that has gone by that I haven't missed my dad in some way. We only talked a couple time a month but I always knew he was only a phone call away if I ever needed anything. The last time we talked was shortly after I gave birth to Eviee. I called to report and he told me he was just making plane reservations to come to Ohio to visit and for the blessing of Eviee. It was to be May 1st-4th. I was really looking forward to that. As we know he didn't make it and I sit here tonight knowing that my precious baby has not even been blessed yet either. So many things seem to have gone undone this past year. I really really miss both mom and dad. I am thankful for the great parents they were and just wish they were here to watch my baby grow. I know that with time things will look better. I'm counting on it!!

WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

I hadn't realized that it has been 2 months since my last post. I guess I haven't been doing anything too exciting lately. So I'll just do a quick catch up and then get some photos up real soon.
The new year has been fine so far. The girls are doing well in school and Isaac and Eviee are both happy kids and fun to be around. Eviee is 11 months old now, I can't believe a year has just about gone by. Not only from her birth, but dad's death as well. It's still something I can't get my head around. Probably why I haven't blogged lately, I think my head us in a bit of a fog. I have an appt. on Monday morning to go see a counselor. I have great hopes that she will be of great help to me to get me back to being more me.
Let's see, we had a bit of a worry that Dave might lose his job. the University is laying off like 200 people. But hopefully all that is done now and he will remain safe. Other than that there really is not much to report. We are just trying to get through the rest of the winter and ugly weather. I can't wait for some warm sunshine and a chance to tan! What I wouldn't give for a beach, warm sand, warm sun and a few good books. Stay tuned for updated pictures of the kids. Coming Soon! I promise. thanks for checking in.