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So, my laptop has been in repair for a couple of months and I have to say that I am soooo.... happy to have it back. George has one also, but his "F" key doesn't work so it is very annoying. Have you ever tried to do anything without an "F"? Anyway, I am back but with not so good news! Now I really try not to make fun of people and you know my favorite saying is God Don't Like Ugly but I will admit that I made fun of my cousin Alison when her computer crashed and she lost all her pictures. I wouldn't even say I made fun, but I was amazed that she did not have them backed up. Well Guess what, neither did I!!!! How stupid is that? I take sooo.... many pictures and I lost a good many of them. So needless to say I have no pictures to post. I did find a wonderful friend of mine who was able to save some of them! Thanks OG!! And sorry Alison for making fun of you!

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So here it is, finally an update. Sorry, somehow I am just behind. The slideshow is from my youngest brother Kelly's wedding. He married a wonderful girl named Kyla in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Dec. 23rd. This is also the day Grandma Cokie and Papa Pete said their vows I believe Grandma said they were married in 1942. Anyway, the wedding was awesome, 7 of my dad's 8 kids were there. Of course Lance couldn't make it but we still love him. We had a great time not only at the wedding but also spending time together in Myrtle Beach. I never knew how much I liked the beach until I visited in the winter. How relaxing to be able to leave the door open and hear the waves crash...made for several great naps. Of course the trip was not without normal "Conner Drama" We arrived Saturday night and within 2 hours we were on our way to the hospital to get 4 stitches in Cass' forehead. Poor thing, he wasn't even being bad, he was just walking through the kitchen and tripped which placed him face first into the island which must have been sharp because it sliced his head right open. Thank God Aula has "lola" (her navigation system) we just pressed a button and were off to the Hospital. 4 stitches and 2 hours later we were back at the Condo and Cass was a trooper. Unfortuneately this would not be our last Dr. visit of the week. I woke up in the middle of the night with 103 fever so decided it would be best to go to the clinic. Good thing I did....Strep Throat. YUCK, I forgot how painful that is. Once again Aula had to come to the rescue, she held down fort while I stayed in bed all day Sunday..... by Moday I was functioning but barely....it took lots of prayer and just as much medicine but I made it through and we truly did have a wonderful Christmas......much love to all. Have a "JOY"ful day......

I am thankful for.....

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I am thankful for so many things but most of all I am thankful for my family!!! Being from a family with six kids can have its chaos but mostly it is great and I am so thankful to God for allowing all six of us to be together this wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

I'm so excited!!!!!

I know this is probably not going to be as exciting to all of you as it is to me but this afternoon I was sitting in my much needing to be cleaned house and for some reason I told the boys to get dressed because we were going to Lake Wales Mall. No idea why but we were going. (I actually thought I could use my Kirklands gift card that I got last Christmas but evidently Kirklands is no longer there) So anyway, we walk into the mall and the first store the boys see is Game Stop! Not my favorite but definately theres!!! So John and Alex are up front playing Wii and Cass and I are looking around for a possible Birthday gift for John who will be 10 on the 30th. So, this young guy walks in and goes to the register and is asking about trading in a game of some sort and because I am nosy I listen. It is a PSP (which John would DIE for) and he is wanting to trade it in for cash. After checking it out the worker tells him that PSP trade ins are $50. He asks the young man for the cord and he informs him that he doesn't have the original cord, he has a car charger. Not good enough, that will be $15 off so they are offering this guy $35 dollars for a practically new PSP. So being the frugle mom that I am I walked right up to the young man and told him I would give him $50 for the PSP and he was so happy he even threw in a free game!!!!! YEAH!!!! I got John John a PSP for fifty bucks!!!! I know that God is a busy man but isn't it great that he had time to send me to Lake Wales!!! Now if you see John John don't say anything, because he is not getting it until next Sunday!!! Anyway! Not so exciting for you, but great excitement for me (and my pocket book) Have a "JOY"ful Day!!!

10 months!

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I wasn't planning on doing this but I noticed that tomorrow is the 10 month anniversary of Nana's departure! It is still so hard to believe. You know, if you have ever lost anyone you have good days and bad days and I am happy to report that it finally seems as though the good days are outnumbering the bad ones. I am not looking forward to the holidays though, especially Halloween! My mom loved Halloween. Every year since John John has been trick-or-treating we have gone to Andy and Sandee's house for a big party!!!!! It was always the highlight of Halloween for mom and she looked forward to it every year!!!!! She will be greatly missed this year especially by those of us who depended on her to help keep wandering kids on the hay wagon and not in the road!!! Sunday after church we went to Lake Placid so the boys could decorate Nana's grave site. I am not sure if it is really politically correct to put Halloween ghosts on someones grave site but they wanted to do it and I was not about to tell them no. So here are some pictures of the boys decorating and a few of Alex "hugging" Nana. It was a very emotional time but they had fun and it is good for them to do stuff like that!!! (It's good for mommy also!!) I threw in a few more odds and ends also!!! One more quick thing before I go. The other day we were at Kelly and Kyla's house and Kyla had a stack of Halloween outfits laying on the chair. I told her they were adorable and asked her where she got them and she told me that Nana had bought them. Without missing a beat, Alex looks up and says "I thought Nana was in Heaven." It was so cute and I had to explain to him that Nana had bought them before she went to heaven. I am sure he was thinking wait a minute, you all been keeping me from Nana for 10 months and now I find out she's been shopping all this time!!!!!! You know she did love to shop!!! Anyway, enjoy the pictures and Have a "JOY"ful day!!!!!!

I'm Back!!!!

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I don't have any new cute pictures to post, I just wanted to take a minute to let you know what an absolutely wonderful family I have. As you all know John John is playing football this year. Today his game was in Lake Alfred. His games start at noon so you all can only imagine the heat that you must sit through! But not to keep away my wonderful family. My dad flew in from Indiana to meet the new Grandson but also to see John play football. My sister was up from Naples, my brother Trent was up from Ft. Myers and all of them went to the game to cheer John on. Daddy George and Uncle Nent even volunteered to sit in the truck with the little kids so they didn't have to burn up. (It was Uncle Todd's Truck so of course there is a DVD player) it was so nice to be able to watch a game with no little ones to worry about. So I am sending my dad back to Indiana with a sunburn (mere memories of one more football game!) but I can not tell you how blessed I feel to have had all those people there to cheer John and the Thunderbolts on!! (Just for the record his team lost for the 1st time this season!) Have a "JOY"ful Day!