I had to work today, so I stayed up late last night making sure that my sweethearts were surprised on Valentine's Day.
I don't have a photo of their faces, but they really enjoyed what they found hanging on our mantel this morning!!
Happy Valentine's Day!
XOXO!!
And I wanna ride it all night long!! If your going my way, I wanna drive it all night long!!
Momma's got a new set of wheels! 
Going to break it in on a road trip to Branson in March!
The girls are excited...it has a bigger screen TV. Mom and Dad are excited...it holds more, has less miles and is two years younger than our last Mommy cruiser.
Each year the high school cheerleaders hold a "mini cheer" camp during basketball season. Then the little girls get to do a cheer during the half time of the boys basketball game. Our girls have enjoyed doing this the past few years.
This year only the three youngest wanted to do the camp. The older girls are just too "cool" to participate. I had to work every night that they had practice and much to their dismay...I had to work the night of their performance. Thanks to
some of my great co-workers I was able to get off a little early so I could run home,
change clothes and get to the game on time!! And a big thanks to Amy C. for doing the girls hair for them!
We had to sit through the first half of the game and it was exciting. The Chargers are winning! Then it was time to find a good place to take photos of the girls. Last year the girls faced north so most of us excited parents were searching for a place to sit on the north side of the gym. Well, they pulled a fast one on us...the girls were facing south!! All the parents were scurrying around to the other side of the gym which was full of the opposing team! They were good natured and let us squeeze in for photos.
I had only seen the girls for a minute after I arrived home from work. They were getting in Daddy's car to go to the school. Then they were practicing their cheers when I arrived to the game. I quickly noticed Kendalan holding her tummy with a pained look on her face. I mouthed the words to her, "Are you okay?" She nodded her head, but kept holding her stomach. The cheers were very brief and my camera has not been working well. It was all over too soon.
RaeAnne and I started following the girls and crowd out of the gym. We were almost to the door out when I heard someone say, "Someone threw up over there!" I instantly knew it was Kendalan!! One of our neighbors was standing close to the exit and she confirmed to me that it was Kendalan. She said that Daddy had her and had taken her to the bathroom. It was a long way to the bathroom and we ran into several other spots of puke before we arrived. At the bathroom we met Dad standing outside...puke all over his shirt! A lady came out of the bathroom and asked where the Mom was? I walked in and Kendalan was in the far stall with her shirt off...vomit all over her pants, shirt and even down in her shoes. She was crying...I gave her a quick hug and asked her if she was alright. RaeAnne had a sweatshirt on over another shirt and I had her take the sweatshirt off, put it on Kendalan and we all headed for the car.
Once home and bathed, Kendalan was still not feeling very good. She crawled in our bed and fell asleep while I stayed up and washed clothes! Last year Dad fell on the bleachers and bruised himself pretty bad. This year puke....what could this be telling us???
I created this blog for family and friends to be able to keep up on the happenings at our house.
I am finding out that our lives are......very much......
BORING!!
Why? Cause no matter what I post......I receive few to one (thank you Amy!!) comments!!
Listen folks!! Ya gotta talk to me here! I am home with a husband, two cats, one dog, a 20 year old stepson, and 5....count them FIVE girls. I NEED adult contact!! Leave me a comment....................P-L-U-E-A-S-E!!!!
It's getting so bad that I had to go to an advice columnist for help. Thank you so much Lori (and Polly)...BTW....my Doc gave me something to fix Polly's lil' red wagon. Let me know if you would like to know what it is ;-) You can read Lori's advice to me here. She should be published, she cracks me up!!
So stay tuned....or if you decide that you are going to read and not comment....find other blogs to peruse. I need feedback here people!!!!
That stands for: "Families Blessed with the World's Children." Any family that has adopted a child would fit into that title. We have definitely been blessed, five times...okay SIX times over!! (I always need to add Big Bro in there as he was also adopted!)
We joined the Kansas City area FBWC group this evening to celebrate Chinese New Year. They sure know how to party over in the KC area!! The girls were in craft heaven! Jordis wanted her face painted so she skipped the crafts and headed straight there. Nick went with us and was the first to hit the buffet line.
I was honored to meet up with Pam who I have exchanged email with for many years now and had never had the chance to meet her in person! Her kids are so cute! We also met up with our friends, Sophie, Gary, Zia, Trish, Dave, JoLee, Alayna, Trisha and LiLi. It is so sad that we only get to see these folks for special occasions only :( We need to see them more often!!
