How a Mom does (not)get some sleep......

     We come home from a small group gathering.  My sinuses have been bothering me a lot lately so I head up the stairway for a dark, quiet corner of the house.  It ain't long before the chocolate lab comes bouncing into the room.....and onto the bed...... flopping himself upon me to garnish some attention.....then the hubby comes dancing into the room, sees the dog, and says, "Who invited you?"  I thought to myself, "The same person who invited you." Shortly the husband leaves and 14 year old son comes into the room with dog.  He sees the compress on my eyes and runs to get himself and the dog a compress so they can lie on the bed and make fun of me.  They both disappear down the steps and are followed by the 10 year old daughter who proceeds to ply me with 101 questions....... finally left alone, I remove the, now cold, compress on my eyes and fall asleep. An hour or so later I hear the dog come bouncing back despite being scolded by the 10 year old daughter. He decides enough is enough. Mom must be awake. 

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     Next week we bring my oldest home from college.  We(hubby, 10 year old & I) went yesterday to a concert and brought home some of her things and spent a little time with her. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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SPRING!From my garden...

It's Been a long year

     We moved back into the house after the flood and tried to resume a life of normalcy.

      Nicole graduated from high school in June. So hard to believe!

     Lexi's bunny, Snuggles, died on July 4th from the heat.  Friends got her a new bunny that she named Lucy.

     Nicole started college in August.  She is a music major and hopes to go on for a degree in Music Therapy.  Here she is with the color-guard.     

     Norm and Tyler built a fire pit and  lot of time is spent having cook-outs and enjoying the outdoors.

     Lexi donated her hair to Locks Of Love

Crazy Tyler keeps life interesting.....

Got Lexi a cat for Christmas. We got him from a Rescue organization and his name is Tyson.

Lexi's basketball team won the Championship.

     Nicole will soon be ending her first year at college and it is so hard to believe!  We will be going to pick her up next Thursday right before Easter for the weekend and then she comes home for the summer in May.

     In January Norm had to have more surgery to repair his hernia. I am hoping we don't have to go through this again.   

And that would be the highlights for the past year. I am hoping to  start blogging again and maybe even revamp this a bit.  

Renovations

     After all we have been through it is hard to imagine going back home again.....and yet renovations on our house may be complete next week.  We have some things we want to do but we hope to be back home by the end of March.  The painting is about 90% completed.  The electrician needs to return to finish hooking up the electric and the water needs hooked up.  The contractor has a few things to complete.  It is just so hard to believe that so much good could come from so much devastation.  So many people have been involved with helping us get back home.  I often go in and just look around....and still can't believe it.  We took our dog back to the house on Saturday and he was so excited to be back he did not want to leave.