My Sweet Grandma

My Grandma is the cutest.  My Mom's youngest brother passed away from cancer, he lived with my Grandma and they took care of each other.  She hardly left the house because she didn't like to leave him home alone.  After he passed they had the hurricane there in New York and so she went to stay at my cousin Christie's with my Aunt and some of the family that were there for Frankie's funeral.  She got on facebook on the computer and was having fun looking at all of our pictures.  Christie commented that she was on, so we all started talking to her through fb and she was so excited that we could type right then and she would get it.  So my kids wrote her a note and took a picture of them with it and we posted it, and we were so excited when she posted one right back.  She passed away a few weeks later.  Im so glad my big three kids got to meet her, I wish Joc and Avery could have.  All the years growing up she was sad to not have us close, she would send us tapes of her reading to us and telling us stories so we would know what she sounded like.  I only got to see her four times in my life and most of my memories of her are the summer we spent there when I was little.  I love to hear the stories of her from my cousins in New York, what an amazing Grandma I had. .  I feel so bad for all the family she left behind that were so close to her in NY, but Im so happy she is now healthy and happy with my Grandpa and Uncle Frank in heaven. 

3 months of lost time

 

October, November, and December flew by!  My blog wouldn't let me post, I keep having to pay for more space...... is everyone having to do that or am I just a sucker?  I missed so many posts, so many things the kids did and said and I didn't write any of them down!  :(  How sad for me, I really love blogging, I feel like so many memories get kept this way.  My big kids are sad that when they were babies I don't have their days documented like I do with Jocelyn and Avery.  I really don't remember much, I don't have many pictures.... so the only things I remember are the few pictures I did take.  Anyways this year I will hopefully be able to keep up this blog and get some of it printed as well.  So here are some of the events of the last few months...

 

 

 Jocelyn's bday!  It is so crazy to go back to all her birthday pictures.  What a sweet angel.  She really has been the one to keep this family together during teenage hormones and "working mom".  She is so kind to each of us and always willing to go the extra mile to take care of each one of us!!!!  We all love her to pieces!

 We got grass...... lots and lots of grass!!!!!!  Yay!  Now we need a mower.

 Bragging again about my awesome family, I have only taken 5 days off of school this entire year!  2 days this summer for the Ashton reunion, and 2 days for Christmas vacation, and 1 day for Austin's car accident.   Im at 1435 hours and have 365 hours left!  I can't believe how amazing my kids have been helping me get through this, Scott has too, he won't admit it but he has done so much to pick up the slack I have been leaving at the house.  I can't wait to be done, Im sure I will miss it when it's over but as of now just want to be done.  Watching other families go through so many struggles and challenges I was so worried that we wouldn't be able to make it through the whole 14 months, I kept thinking of all the things that could happen to make me have to quit but I can't believe how many blessings have come our way and how wonderful this experience has been for all of us.  Not to jinx it by speaking too soon but so far so good!  Yay!

Scott and Marinda at her driving test, she was so excited she passed and is now a licensed driver!  She has been trying to learn to drive Austin's stick shift, she was not happy about it and refused at first.  I think all girls need to learn to drive a stick and I feel bad for Austin who is usually the one with her when she tries....... hahahahhaa.

Sad Post

My blog hasn't let me post pics.  It keeps telling me it's full.  :(  Im getting so behind.  tear.