Hello!

Hi Everyone! I know, I know...it has been a really long time since I have posted anything! I apologize! It gets worse....I don't have any pictures to post either! Life has been very busy since getting back to work and doing the whole daycare thing again. It is amazing how quickly you can slip into an entirely different routine! So, I thought I would post on each member of the family so you could kind of get an idea about what everyone has been up to! Here goes.....

Dave- He has been busy at work. His first day back to school he had to do a drug bust and then deal with two very angry parents who claimed that it wasn't their child's fault that he had drugs on him at school and that he was high! Go figure! He is really loving working at the high school and comes home so much happier each day! At home his lovely wife has been keeping him busy- she has been making him clean out his side of the closet (how dare she??), take down all the Christmas lights and hang some pictures up for me. Of course he is still the light of Taylor and Maddie's eyes and so he has been busy playing Princess, store, doing puzzles and just being a great dad!

Heather- I was glad to get settled back into working. I have decided that I really do love working and being a mom at the same time! My students were happy to see me and I have been busy re-teaching good behavior in my room! The first day back it was like the first day of school again! I received some sad news at school as well~One of my students from last year (I have his brother in my room this year) went home last week with a really high temperature and ended up being hospitalized. After a lot of testing they found that he has leukemia. It breaks my heart to think about it. Please send a prayer out for Gene! In other news, I am officially getting old! I went to the eye doctor this week and ended up being in his office for way to long! Apparently my eyes when they get tired tend to droop in instead of out like most peoples so he informed me that I needed to get reading glasses! OMG! I about fainted! So, they have been ordered and I will dutifully wear them when I am reading and working on the computer! I took his message as I was going cross-eyed! I truly hope this isn't the case! Can you imagine this family with a cross eyed girl? Heehee.

Taylor- Miss Taylor Bug has literally had some kind of bug now for about a week. She has ended up having a fever for a week and also has Bronchitis. She seems to be on the mend (finally) today. She woke up at 6:45 this morning saying that she was starving. She has hardly eaten anything the last 5 days. She has a little color in her cheeks and is playing quietly while I type this. Other than that, Taylor has just been busy doing her usual every day things; dressing up, making crafts (her mom is so proud!) and making up all kinds of imaginative things for us to play with her.

Maddie- It is hard to believe that Maddie will be 3 in just a few short weeks! She has decided to have a "muskic" party for her first kid party. She wants to make drums and then sing and dance upstairs in the bonus room. I am looking forward to that! She has blossomed in the last month in almost everything! She talks like crazy (she takes after her sister), is becoming more confident with other people around and is realizing that she is a smart little girl! She is still in love with babies and carries one around constantly with her! She had exciting news in ballet the other day when her teacher told my mom that she felt she was ready to move to the next class! Yea! My mom is excited as well- she won't have to dance anymore :)

Grandpa Woof-Woof- He is doing amazingly well for being 85! He was realized from the hospital after only 2 days. This was impressive considering that he had a 6 hour surgery! He is recovering nicely at home. They found the cancer in his jaw and so when they did the surgery they had to take out the cancer in his jaw which caused him to have a droopy side to part of his mouth. They are not sure if this will ever return to normal but we are just happy to have him here with us! He will begin radiation for 37 days straight soon. My mom will take him to the Doctor in Seattle this coming Thursday to find out when it will begin.