Boys

On Sunday the boys were playing so nicely together we had to take some photos to document it cause it doesn't seem to happen to often lately. They were having a battle with the Lego Knights!

My Birthday

I had an amazing birthday this year. Dan and the kids made we feel so special and I got to do fun things all day. The morning started with Ryan waking me up saying "Mom it's your Birthday" it was so cute and I knew it was going to be a great day. I went to scripture study in the morning, then lunch with Leah. I got to do a little bit of shopping and the my Mom took us out to dinner. After dinner we went home put the kids to bed and then I got to go to Dan's soccer game since it was a late game and then we finished the night with dessert. It was so much fun and I couldn't have asked for anything more.

My Mom had the kids color these cute signs and they were hung all around the house and Dan blew up balloons for the hallway!This outfit Megan is wearing in one of my all time favorite on her, so of course I had her wear it on my birthday.We had dinner at Red Lobster and Dan always plays with his food so of course Christian joined in on the fun!Dan's soccer game was so much fun without the kids, they lost but he played awesome.

Hospitals

So my life has been completely filled with Hospitals lately. My Dad was admitted about three weeks ago after suffering a stroke, he then was transferred to a rehab facility to help get some movement back in his legs only to be transferred back to the Hospital with an infection. He has since been discharged and remitted twice more with additional complications and blood clots. Luckily at this moment he is doing really well and hopefully on the path to recovery. I also had a brief stay in the Hospital while I had my Gall Bladder removed. I had been having episodes since about May, they would happen at night and last a couple hours. Then in August it became more frequent and the pain was much greater that I finally went to the Emergency room and found out that I had Gall Stones. So I had surgery on Sept 2nd. It went perfectly and I was in and out of the hospital within 5 hours. I am recovering really well and mostly feel back to 100%. Then this weekend we made another trip to the Hospital but this time it was to meet my new Niece Claudia. She is so cute and perfect and Mom and Baby are doing well. We are so happy for the Garthe Family.

4th Grade

The first two weeks of school have been great. Christian loves his teacher, Mr. Brooks but it seems like 4th grade is going to be a lot of work. He has had about 2 hours of homework since the second day of school. It is a lot but he is doing really well so hopefully we can stay on top of his work and he can excel. We walked Christian to school the first week of school and the kids loved it, but he has since started riding his bike which Christian loves so the kids and I walk to the park instead.