Mesquito

Mesquito got his stitches out yesterday. An experience he did NOT enjoy. It was not that bad, but he was scared and shook the entire time. He is doing much better, it is not sore and he is learning to get around with only one eye. He has run into a few walls...but not too many. He is still our baby and we love him even more. Everyone is telling us we need to get him an eye patch. That would be too funny! Then we would have to call him Captain Mesquito! My father-in-law thinks he needs a wooden leg too, I think thats going to far!

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008 brought many great memories, and some sad ones as you will see. Our Christmas holiday always starts with our neighbor's live nativity pageant. It is one of our favorite holiday traditions. The three nights before Christmas they put on a live nativity for everyone. It helps bring the true meaning of Christmas to our family. We LOVE being part of it each year. It is the only time you will see Roddy as a wise man and the girls as angels. I did not get a picture of Cassidy as an angel, but she was one, the first night. I was on the crew this year, I almost froze my toes off, but it was so worth it, we can't wait til next year!!

Roddy and the girls, what a great shot...thanks Tiffany! (I forgot my camera, so Tiff saved the day!)

Here we are on Christmas morning. I had to include this shot. Take a close look at Mosquito...my baby sitting on Rod's lap. More to come on that in a later photo.

Rod, notice the Dallas Cowboy theme, as usual. We hope he always loves the Cowboys, so we always know what to get for him. Nice boxers baby!!!

I got lots of jewelry, one of my favorite things!! Rod also got me a new camera, good boy!! Now I don't have any excuses not to post great photo's of my family!

Page got lots of clothes and horse items.

Finally Cassidy with a horse theme. Maybe a little wild with the Zebra, but she is our wild child!!

Here is my family playing the best gift we could have gotten. A Wii with guitar hero. This game saved the day! We usually go skiing on Christmas, it is something we really look forward to. But this year, not only was the weather terrible, but we had a little dog drama. As I was fixing breakfast, Mesquito and Dally got into a little tiff, and the photo below is the result of the tiff. It is not for the weak. It was very traumatic. Luckly there is a vet ER not far from our house that was open. Mesquito had to have surgery, we all cried. It was not a good way to spend Christmas, but worse things could have happened. He will be ok, and so will we!

( Roddy and Cassidy both had blisters on their fingers from playing the Wii, Rod's shoulder was sore, and Page spent most of the day screaming because she kept getting BOO'd off the stage!!! What a great game!)

Our poor baby!!! Refer to the first photo to see his last photo with both eyes. SAD! But we still love him!

I like Morphine!!!

A few months ago, Rod had a terrible pain in his back, and we had to take him to the Emergency Room. They gave him a shot of muscle relaxers and a shot of morphine. After about 5 minutes, Rod was in happy land saying over and over "I like Morphine, I like Morphine". Ever since then, we have been teasing him about his love of morphine. Well, Sunday I had a terrible pain in my stomach, the worst pain I have ever had. Rod took me to the emergency room, hoping I would have a similar reaction to the morphine, so that he could tease me like we tease him. Many of you know I am TERRIFIED of needles. (Had natural childbirth, because I was too afraid of the needle for the epidural....but thats another story.) I think this was the only needle I was not afraid of, because I just wanted some relief from the pain. While I did not have the morphine moment that Roddy had, I did realize that I like morphine too. Its good stuff, it helped me relax a little and stop moaning and groaning. After many hours in the hospital and all the torture and tests, they sent me home still with no explanation to my pain. But they did sent me home with lortab...also good stuff!! We have since discovered that I have a bacterial infection in my stomach. I am feeling better, probably because of the lortab, but I am not complaining!!! Its almost as good as the morphine!

Thanks Bruce!!

I am trying to be sad that my good friend Bruce was sick tonight. But the truth is, I had a blast at his expense! Somebody had to fill his seat at the Jazz game tonight. Have I mentioned that his seat is THREE rows behind the Jazz players. I could smell their sweat. It was AWESOME. I had so much fun with his wife my great friend Annette.

Bruce, I do hope you feel better. But if you ever need another seat filler... I am your girl!!! Thanks for the great night!

Tagged by Mandy

So I was tagged by Amanda to look up my 4th folder of photo's and find the 4th photo. Here it is.

My little Cassidy all grown up. She was going to a 6th grade dance. Where... gasp...she had to dance with boys. I am thinking she is looking pretty excited. Cass had always liked the boys. We keep trying to tell her that they have coodies, but she isn't falling for it. Dang kid!!!

What a cute girl!!!

I am tagging, Mandi, Tracey, Kara(I am expecting big things from you!!!), and Jana. Good luck!!

I'm grateful....

OK, so my friend Mindy started this on her blog. Since it is the season of thanks, she challenged everyone to list things we are grateful for. I am grateful for my boyfriend George Strait. He just makes me happy!! When my friends daughter was little, I had her convinced that George was my boyfriend. Everytime she saw Roddy, she told him about my boyfriend George. I think she was really worried for Rod. It was funny. I love George. Hey a girl can dream!

Check out how cute my girls are! This photo is a few years old, but I love it. It was taken on the boat coming back from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. You can see some of NYC in the background. I am sooooo grateful for my girls, they are my whole world.

I have a great family. We have so much fun together. I am grateful for my family. I am grateful for Roddy, he works hard for us. He is a good man. I am full of love for him!

I am VERY grateful for Pepsi cola and snickers candy bars. YUMMY!!! I have them for breakfast most days. Rod calls it the breakfast of champions!

Thanks Mindy! Now I am challenging all my friends, (who I am grateful for) tell us what you are grateful for!

Mitch and Jenny's Wedding.

We flew to Phoenix a few weeks ago to attend our nephew's wedding. Mitch and Jenny looked so happy on their big day. We had such a good time. It was really fun seeing everyone. We had not been to Phoenix for a long time.

Here is a picture of my family in front of the Mesa temple. We were waiting for Mitch and Jen to come out. Don't my girls look beautiful!

We were having such a good time. It is so fun to be with family. UNTIL....Roddy's family thought it would be so funny to play a cruel mean joke on me. Here is a photo of the culprit's.

We went to visit Roddy's Grandma Cox. I am not sure if she remembers that we were there, but I am glad we got to visit her.