Quick Photo

Here's a quick photo from last weekend, my long weekend was very busy and I'm working on trying to catch up.  Have a good week.

Happy Birthday Miss El

Today is Miss El's birthday.  I called her tonight to wish her a happy birthday and tease her about being 5.  I've been teasing her about being 5 since she turned 6, she hates it.  So I say to her "Elly you're 5 today" and she says "Grandma I'm going to be 9 next year".  She's not even 8 for a day and she's already thinking about turning 9, silly girl.  

So last night I went over to her house to help her frost and decorate her cupcakes .... that's a hard job for a one armed girl :)  Here's the birthday girl with her colorful birthday fishes.  

Hard to believe 8 years ago we struggled to understand what was happening to our baby girl.  I remember my sister-in-law telling me as I cried my eyes out "it's a life Connie".  Yep she was right and she changed our lives that day.  Love you Miss El

Flower Shopping

This weekend my sisters and I went flower shopping and I remember this house from last year but I seen if after the tulips were done blooming so we took a field trip to catch it at peek time.  There have to be 5,000 tulips planted in this yard.  The owner came out as we are sneaking around and gave us permission to walk around.  It's raining like crazy but we still took about an hour tour of the whole place.  It's the husband that plants all these..... hummmmm I think I should take John over there for lessons.  :)

Anyone want to plant tulips this fall?

I will have many other photos from this place during the week, it was AMAZING

Family Sneak Peak

 Here is a quick peak at a few family photos I took today.  This little girl started out a little shy but at the end she was hamming it up.  

Gotta love those eyes

Little brother has the same beautiful eyes.  

She's broken ;(

Today I got a message on my cell with a photo from Shan, the photo was an arm in a cast.  I could tell it was Miss El and immediately called Shannon.  What happened, is she okay, when did she get a cast, is she okay, how did this happen, when did this happen, is she okay????  All I hear on the other side is "Mom she's fine, stop freaking out"  Okay so when did my daughters grow up to have their own children and take their children to the doctors for things like broken arms and not call their mother to hold their hand????

Miss El had a run in with another kid on the playground during a way to rough (heeheehee) kick ball game and she fell.  She's a tough cookie because she stayed at school and then at CLC she took another fall off the teeter-totter but still was fine.  She slept all night long and then in the morning thought it might hurt a little bit more than it was suppose to.  Sure enough xrays show both bones are fractured and she picked a blue cast for her favorite color.  Back to school she went and after school had to go back for a longer cast and then picks out green for her grandma's favorite color.  So here is Miss El sporting her blue/green cast.  The one of many that she will be having throughout the summer months.

We're not sure which fall actually fractured the bone(s) or if they both did but Elly didn't cry one tear until Grandma walked into the clinic during the second appointment and as soon as she seen me tears started on both her and I.  She's a toughy and she'll be just fine, it might take grandma awhile to recover though.

Closer

Just in case it wasn't close enough for you, I know it wasn't for me.  I like things close!!

New Growth

You have to love the look of a fern during these early days of spring.  I notice them growing in the ditches and could stop and take a photo of everyone of them.  Soon this look will be gone so get out there and scan the ditches, it just might make you smile seeing that pinwheel.