Family Reunion in Wendell

Okay, seriously, time to catch up. I find it hard to blog in summer when we are busy. First of all, we had a family reunion up in Idaho a few weeks ago. We didn't do much because it rained the whole time but it was fun to see Lee's side of the family. We don't see them nearly enough. Lee did take Owen on a 4 wheeler ride and Owen loved it. What a big boy he is becoming. It makes my heart sad and happy to see him grow. I am amazed at all the things he is doing and becoming as he turns into my little boy and not my little baby. Sometimes, I ache for him when he was a little baby but then I remember sleepless nights and the ache diminishes.
At the family reunion, they have an auction and people bring either stuff they made or just whatever to auction off and that money goes into a big family account to help pay for the next years reunion. I made some really cute watches and aprons. It is always a good time as the auctioneer is Lee's uncle Jimmy Joe. Yes, that is his real name. He is a dairy farmer in Idaho and probably one of the funniest, rednecks alive. Here are a few aprons I sold.
Owen of course loves to go to Aunt Marians because they have such a great yard to go play in and so many animals. Here he is with Andie and having fun with the dog and one of the many cats. Luckily this cat is probably the nicest cat I have ever come across and is just so happy and lets Owen pet her and tug her and she doesn't even wince.
I love the dog slurping Owen's cheek. Of course he loved it! We always have a good time when we go up to Idaho.

Play

I think when Owen was sent to this world, God accidentally pushed "Fast-Forward" instead of "Play".

Haircut

I took Owen in to Cookie Cutters to get his hair cut finally! We had tried to cut it earlier but we couldn't finish it because he was so wiggly and wanted to look at the clippers so I decided to take him to a salon. It is such a great idea for kids! They had a little car that Owen sat in and buckled so he could play with the steering wheel and honk the horn . They also had little aprons that are perfect for toddlers. They also have a TV that you can put on a movie to try to distract them. Of course Owen wouldn't even look at the TV but he did pretty good. He sat pretty still. The guy that cut it did such a good job too! I couldn't be happier! He looks so cute! When I was taking his picture he was laughing and smiling so big because he thought the flash was funny so luckily he is smiling really big for the camera and you can see his many teeth!

Update on Britney

Well Brit's hair finally started to go. She woke up last Saturday with it falling out. She said it just kept coming out and itching her so on Sunday they decided to shave it all off. The doctors and nurses suggest to all the patients that they shave it before it all comes out on its own because it can get itchy and get everywhere and it puts you in control of the situation. Rather than letting your hair loss control you. Of course, Britney being strong and smart, took control and shaved it. Keeping up with her spirits, she shaved a skullet before doing the rest. When she called me on Sunday I asked how she was and she said she was " I am fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, fuzzy wuzzy had no hair". Haha! Oh how I love you and your sense of humor! Keep us laughing from crying right? Anyways, she truly looks great with no hair! Here are before, during (skullet) and after!
There is a blog going for Britney that is posted and updated almost every day. If interested in reading about my amazing Britney and her battle go to http://britskysbattle.blogspot.com/

Garden Tea Party

On Saturday, we had a garden tea party to celebrate Rachel's birthday! Sarah did such a cute job decorating and throwing the party, I think she should go into catering! Anyways, it was such a cute little patio party and everyone looked just magical! It was an Alice in Wonderland theme so the food had signs that said "eat me" and the pitcher of lemonade had a sign that said "drink me". Oh I just wanted to run out and buy me a tea set after it was just darling! I love being a girl!My cute sisters. Cheryl and Celeste and her daughter Cambry!Celeste, Cheryl, Rachel (Birthday girl!) and Merrit!And of course, me and Grandma Pearl!

Girls Night

On Friday, all us girls went up to the hospital to visit Britney and have a girls night. She is not allowed to even leave the 8th floor of the hospital, let alone open her window. She can walk around as long as she is wearing a yellow jumpsuit, gloves, and a mask. We were laughing because she said she feels like she is in the CDA (child detection agency) from the movie Monster's Inc. We took her up some Cafe Rio dinner which is her favorite and just sat around and laughed and talked and went on a walk around the floor in her suit. It was a fun night! Britney has been so positive and been doing so good. And up to this point she still hadn't lost too much hair. However, the next morning, she woke up to quite a bit of hair loss. They are thinking she is going to end up shaving her head today or sometime soon. Enough about the bad news, here are some fun pictures from the hospital. The pole that has her IV and her chemo on it she has literally been stuck to since the day she got admitted. She named her pole Shithead (prounounced Shu-theed)!

Owen the Helper

The other day I was wiping down Owen's high chair with some Clorox wipes. So without even thinking about it, Owen walked over to his wipes, opened them up, pulled one out and came over and started to wipe down his chair with me. It was so cute! He had his little hand on his wipe and was just wiping it around just like me. This is just one of the many things he does to mimic me. He knows exactly what a vacuum and broom are and when I let him play with them, he tries to vacuum and sweep. He even has the back and forth motion going on! haha. What a helper! :)
It truly makes you realize how much your children are watching you even when you don't think they are.