Makin Memories

Since I am gearing up for my 'Moxie Mom-Mona'(Tues) AND the official 411 for the SSS(Wed) posts, today I will share my weekend through a bunch of photos.

We spent Sunday at daddys, helping him gear up for winter by cutting firewood...both my sisters and their families were there, we roasted weiners, rode 4 wheelers and cycles,cleaned,visited and enjoyed a BEAUTIFUL Sunday together...

It is important to me that my children have fond memories of their Grandparents and spending time with cousins, Aunts, Uncles and I think we made some great memories this weekend...

This is how we roll...I made her wig slide off...not because I was going fast but because I jerk as I drive-just can't get use to the finger throttle

This is how we eat...

Eric dropped his sunglasses in the fire

We roll some more...Reese and my Nephew Hayden

My bil Chad and Reese...

See how their hair is blowin back? They kept me in a constant state of panic/anxiety...you're going to fast, slow down, hey do you hear me?

This is how we relax...

My sis taking a pic of me taking a pic of her

Yanno that commercial with the family of 4 going on the tropical vacation and the daughter never smiles or looks happy and the minute she smiles on the jet ski, she gives you back the grumpy look because How.Dare.You.Catch.Me.Having.Fun...well I own one of those...

I said we cut wood, here's the proof...see all the dirt on his belly and the closed eyes...

My 2 favorite pics of the day...

My confession for today: If it feels like a Monday...It's probably Monday...

P.S. Thanks to Accent Furniture I will be doing a review and hosting a giveaway-stay tuned for more details-you will not want to miss this one

I'm Gonna Tell On You!

Let me start by saying I so dearly love my ena(aka grandma)...

Some of you may remember she stayed with me for awhile a few months back while we got her meds all lined back out. At that time we set her up with a home health agency-so we as a family could have a lil piece of mind that nurses would be in and out checking on her. She lives on a farm and is by herself till my Uncle gets home around 3pm-so you can imagine how relieved we were to know someone would be there looking after her when we couldn't be there...

She has been doing really well-so well in fact, she tried to fire her Nurse and Nurse aide-gotta love the spunk of an 86 yr old-she is so spunky that she informed me last week that she was gonna teach herself to drive-now mind you the lady has never had a drivers license and the only thing she has ever driven is a tractor...

It may have been time to re-evaluate her and possibly discontinue their services until we got the results of the Dementia tests yesterday.

Ena is in the begining stages of Alzheimer's and after finding this out the main consensus is to KEEP home health-well Ena had other intentions and got very upset with me last night when I told her it may not be a good idea to stop home health right now-she informed me that she had again told them she didn't need their services and refused to give me their number.

Yiyiyi she then proceeds to tell me that she is "gonna tell on me and that she is gonna tell my daddy & Uncle on me" It is so hard to deal with a person that has a disease that you barely know anything about-It pains me that these types of episodes are only going to get worse.

The good thing is we caught it in the early stages and while it can't be cured it can be slowed down. I so LOVE my ena...This is going to be a difficult time and I have a lot to learn about the ins and outs of Alzheimer's


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Daddy update-we spent the afternoon at the med oncologist office and daddy will start Chemo later this month-he will have treatments 4 days a month for 4-6 months...Please keep daddy in your thoughts and Prayers as he goes through this stage

My confession for today:I will be back with bells on tomorrow

I Heart my Geeks

Phew what a weekend I have had...I took advantage of tax free weekend,the geeks went to Defcon 7 and we went to visit superman...

A quick daddy update-for my new readers-we just found out my daddy has cancer-he had surgery-cancer was removed and he is now known as "superman" cuz, well that's how HE rolls...

We spent the day in the country at daddy's house-he is doing well! He says "send food" so we did and here is proof how daddy is doing...They are all drunk on Tea and High on Mimi's beef brisket...all kidding aside that has to be one of the most precious pictures to me-but that's a whole 'nother blog...

Moving on to the geeks in my life...not sure if you remember or not but they went to a lil festival called Defcon 7 and when they got home Friday night they had all kindsa spoils errr free goodies for us...lilest bean snatched up this right off the bat...what can I say they are "well" rounded and fans of the "apes" is that a ciggie hangin outta her mouth? *hangs head in shame* Mother of the year award look out 2010-I'll fer sure fer sure be a candidate then

I am not promoting weed,middle bean just showed up at home with this headband on(below) with the logo "Pineapple Express"... pick your battles right? He did hand me one tho' and Oh how cool will I look when I am out walking for the cause the ASS Project 08 -with a stoner headband for a movie that's about a "Pot" dealer while I am tryin to make my ass vanish. It's always the damn pot-heads that make me NOT loose weight! Day-ummm pot heads

I would also like to note they brought me a car air freshener which at first I thought OH COOL! Then I read it..."Rock Me Sexy Jesus" OMGosh what kind of festival did mr gp take middle bean to? I took my handy dandy sharpie and made the air freshener say...."Rock Me Sexy Hey-Zus" NO way in HELL could I drive around with a "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" air freshener dangling from my rear-view mirror-but dagum it smells good! Here are a few of the pics the geeks snapped this weekend-I dunno who was happier about this photo middle bean OR mr gp however middle bean is kinda flushed
BUT I had a Shawn of the Dead impersonator to keep them in line-I LOVE that movieThat there fellow is Chewbaca from star wars-the resemblance is uncanny-don'cha agree?Some storm troopers...man there was lotsa weapons at this lil Defcon 7 festival...I have NO idea who that fella is-Or this guy with a chainsaw for an arm-I am sorry but it just cracks me up! Come on a chainsaw for an arm...I mean, middle bean looked way more scarey today with his bloody nose and toilet paper hangin out...lets compare K?

Told Ya...

On a side note I would yet again like to point out I do buy my beans clothes-why O why do they wear the same shirt day after day OR every other day? This was 3 days worth of photos AGAIN I won't be able to apply for "Mommy of the Year" till surely 2012... Thanks middle bean...

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I have had fun reading all about what songs you like from my "Hot 100"

My Confession for today:I am happy to report mr gp did NOT run off with 7 of 9

Vacation Part 5

This is the last post in my vacation series-I hope you have enjoyed going on vaca with us-sorry it took 5 posts but I took over 500 pics-thats like a 100 blurry,out of focus pics a day that I just had to share..cuz that's how I roll...

Friday was wake up,pack up and pay up day...

Oh wake up lil sunshine-I would like to point out that lilest bean does own more than 2 shirts I just realized in almost every pic she has on this grey stunt shirt or her favorite red tie-dyed shirt-which will be makin more apperances below and also this is not the "look"

There is mr gp comin back from payin upAhhhh the glorious drive home everyone looks super duper happy huh?But they perk up when we make a pit stop to my favorite place eva! Eureka Springs,Ar

There is something magical about this town-no seriously there is just look at my pics that were taken in ES not one of them is blurry or out of focus...magical I tell yaWould ya just look at that smile-see even my beans "get it"I promise oldest bean isn't upset-I just snapped this while she wasn't lookin

Even Eureka Springs is doin their part

Hey middle bean this isn't a football pic...smiles,smiles everyone

Basin Park was bustling that fine Friday morningA side view of the courthouse-

This is Cliff Cottage Inn peeking through the trees

We had a fantastic good time and now it is time to get back in the "back to school" mode because school starts Aug 13th-where O where has the summer gone?

My confession for today: 1 person loves me,1 person loves me-I finally got a comment-all is good and right in the world now...