Remember the 4 W's: February 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Make it Monday Glitter and Scor tape

The bear and sentiments are from the Baby Button Bits...I used the scor-pal to make my diagonal lines and then placed the scor tape inside and added the glitter! It sure looks sparkly and fresh...just perfect for a new baby!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

34 Years Ago....

I wrote in the card for Dina..."I can't believe 34 years ago you made us a family"...where did the years go? And the crazy thing to think about is...in another 34 years I will be 94 and Dina will be 68! HOLY MOLY!! That is crazy stuff!!

We had almost everyone at our birthday breakfast celebration...Tristan fell asleep, so Aaron stayed home with him...Ellie is heading to a basketball game after breakfast...so she is in her sports uniform (of course, that girl is always wearing tank tops in the middle of winter!). After the basketball game, Dina's family is heading up to Seattle to spend a couple of days with her friend Emily and family. Dina will have some girlfriend time while the husbands watch the kids, but tonight they will all share some Papa Murphy's pizza and catch up on renewing old friendships!

If my memory serves me right (and...that is sometimes questionable!! lol!) this bright, crisp day is just like it was 34 years ago...I definitely remember the 18th being a nice day as Scott and I went to the hospital as I was having some contractions, but they sent me out to walk around as I wasn't "quite ready" to have her! We walked around a park and it was a lovely day..then stopped home to pack our bag and back to the hospital we went. I ended up having her at 1:12 AM on this day, the 19th, 34 years ago!

And this is the birthday card I made for her...inside it says: Wishing you a day filled with love and joy.

Happy Happy Birthday to my beautiful and delightful daughter Dina!

Friday, February 18, 2011

7 Stitches for Addie...carrying on a tradition!

Feb. 5 night time emergency room visit

About 9:00 PM Lacey called me on her way to the ER...Addie had fallen and hit her forehead on a cabinet...split it open and she ended up needing 7 stitches. So I met Lacey at the hospital to give her support...we were there until nearly 11 pm. Addie was a real trooper...NO tears or screaming for her...I must admit by the last two stitches, she was beginning to squirm a little bit and kind of 'whine'..of course she was very happy to get a popsicle when it was all done and the plastic glove blown up was a big hit, especially when the nurse drew a face on it!! (we played 'catch' with it while waiting for the doctor to come stitch her up...he had another 3 year old boy who had to have head stitches also!!)

Now you are probably wondering about the "tradition"...well, Dina started it when she was a little over two and fell at my parents home and hit her forehead on the coffee table...yup, needed stitches! Then Lacey too needed stitches on her head and her son Caleb had stitches on his forehead when we was three years old...Ellie and Jalen have each had stitches on the head, but not the forehead, they both had them around their lips...so far Lily and Tristan are free from stitches, but they are still young, and a lot can happen in the next few years!

Volleyball back in the family

Yes, our 9 year old grandaughter, Ellie, is playing on a 12 and under team...and Scott is helping to coach it! He is having a fun time with Ellie and it is a special time for the two of them to spend time together...they go to practices and always stop for dinner on the way home...trade off between Wendy's and Taco Bell...and they talk...you can just imagine the conversations with a 9 year old girl!!

Of course, it also means all day tournaments...and it is a family affair! Actually, Lily and I go a little later in the day so we can go to Sunday school and church, then we join the family in the gym. These pictures were taken in a gym in Albany...about a 75 minute drive from home. Little Jalen finally crashed and slept on the floor, we stood guard so a ball would not hit him...and with all the noise and whistles blowing....he slept through it all. Fun times with the family and it certainly brings back good memories from our own girls playing volleyball.