Thanksgiving

We had a fun Thanksgiving full of family and food. We ate with Lynda and the rest of Brian's family and then went to Mom's for dessert. As always, we had a political discussion with the siblings (which never seems to change anyone's opinions). When we left Mom's, we went back to Lynda's since their family usually plays cards all night. We ended up playing Phase 10 til 1:30 in the morning. John's chair collapsed which was the highlight of the night since he had no time to react and was flat on his back before anyone knew what happened. We laughed all night-not just at that.

Last night Brian and I were laying in bed at probably 10:30 when I realized we hadn't checked all the doors to make sure they were locked. I sent Brian out to do the man's work. He hadn't been gone 30 seconds when I hear screaming and other strange noises. Apparently the cat had been hiding in the dark and decided to attack Brian. All Brian heard were little clicking noises on our hard floor and he thought he was being attacked by a camel spider (bad flash back from Iraq). So he screamed. When he told me what had happened I laughed for nearly a half hour. I just couldn't stop picturing the "Puss in Boots" attack on my own husband. Fear me if you dare :0)

Need I Say More?

Too cute.

Corben was diagnosed with asthma today. Apparently all that illness and difficulty breathing isn't normal. Who knew? One of these days all my kids will be diagnosed with all their various ailments and I'll get some sleep!

Cute kids/Cute Puppies

Airicka's dog just had puppies. I put one on Corben so he could hold it and it nestled it's head into Corben's armpit and fell asleep. Very Cute!

Anne's Post 2

Anne's Post

This post is for Anne. Anne was an awesome So. Cal. traveling companion. She paid for a few of our families dinners, she took the girls shopping at Disneyland and bought all the kids souvenirs and she took all the kids swimming. She also did all of our laundry (for 7 people) and folded Brian's underwear :0) She bought the boys the light sabres that you see them playing with and got all the kids some Mickey ears. One day we went to Anne's for pizza and she had gotten the boys a birthday present - a train set - which they were so excited about. Anne's the greatest aunt ever! (Sorry Ash :0)

Mojo's Phobia

Ever since we went to California and left Mojo in the kennel, Mojo has been very worried that we will leave again. I truly believe he thinks if he just holds us down by sitting on us, we will not take him back there...

CELEBRATION!

Last month when I took Megan to her clinic appointment, her PFT (pulmonary function test) was down. During the summer when she was doing really well her FEV1 score was 72 which was really good for Megan. In October, her FEV1 score had dropped to 65, so they gave me 1 month to get her score up or they were going to check her into the hospital. When we went yesterday, I was all packed and ready for our hospital stay knowing that she was probably still down. Then we got the surprise of our lives. Megan did her first breath and the clinician yelled out and covered her mouth with her hand. She just stood there shocked for several seconds before I said, "are you trying to torture me or what?" She apologized and said that her score was up to 81. I almost cried. We were celebrating so loudly that the doctor in the other room trying to take dictation had to start over.

I took the kids out to McDonald's for a celebration dinner when we got the good news, so here is Megan at McDonald's with a face full of chicken nuggets.

Cute Pic

What a cute bunch!

Disneyland day 3 continued...

Last Day/Disneyland day 3

Our last day in CA was Friday (Halloween). We slept in a little, then went to the pool and had a nice big breakfast. When we did finally head over it was 3 or so. We saw the mainstreet parade and then went to ride all of our favorite rides like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Matterhorn, Buzz Lightyear, Star Tours, etc. We stayed for the fireworks, bought the boys some ears and really just enjoyed our last day there. I am here to tell you that Disneyland is NOT the happiest place on earth though. The girls couldn't see the fireworks very well because of the crowds and they both threw a tantrum about it and we ended up carrying Corben most of the time because he was tired and wanted to go back to the condo.

Our original plan was to stay over in Vegas on the way back, but after the first stop there we decided to skip it. So as I'm writing this I'm sitting at home-glad to be back. Now that the obligatory Disneyland trip is out of the way, maybe we can plan something more up my alley like a trip to the beach!