~H~A~P~P~Y~ ~N~E~W~Y~E~A~R~ !!!

WoW, I didn't realize how long it's been since my last blog post... guess I've been a little busy~

Well here it is another new year. It's always exciting to me and always a little sad~ like saying good bye to an old friend. But then again, a new year is like saying hello to a new friend!

So much has happened since my last post~ I'll give you the quick rundown:

Mother~ since my last post mother became very sick from one infection and another. Physical therapy and home health care came out and helped her along but she soon wasn't able to walk so she became confined to her bed. We celebrated her 75th birthday at home. She was alert and had a good time opening presents and eating cake~ can't ask for any better than that! However, the next day the infection came back and it was off to the ER. We got that cleared up but from there she went to the nursing home here. Dementia has set in and now she is spending her days there. We have good days when she is chatty but then we have not so good days when she can't remember much~ I'm holding onto the good days! just embracing the journey!

Kenton~ had a great year in the 8th grade. He was a track star!! bringing home many blue ribbons and winning the Track Athlete of the Year! He also went to his first formal dance~ he looked so handsome! This school year he started High School and is now a Freshman-9th grade! believe me.. I cried all the way to work! It seems like yesterday when we were taking him to kindergarten~ he looked so small in that big elementary school and today he looked so small among those bigger boys in that high school~ this is the first year we didn't walk him to his class.. man that was the hardest..just dropping him off.. driving away.. He has fit in nicely and seems to like his new school. This year he played football for the first time~ he also made the Homecoming Court as a Freshman attendant!! Again, he was so handsome! He's now playing Basketball and gearing up for another season of Track! ~more to come on that!

Peyton~ he also has had a good time in school! He's been very busy this year! He is playing soccer and is goalie! he loves it!! has to have all the right gear and loves his sweatshirt with his name on it! He was given a music award from the local Kiwanis club~ it was a very big deal!! dinner and an very nice award! He plays his flute all the time and has also picked up a few more like the clarinet and saxophone. Guess he's musical like his dad! This past summer we stayed very busy at the local community theater. He was in Oklahoma and loved every minute of each play! After that he was in The Man That Came To Dinner. He is now taking dance with the dance teacher from OK~ so needless to say we are always at the dance studio! but he loves that too!! He wants to be on Broadway some day and I'm sure he'll make it one of these days!

Ken and I stay busy at work and are very blessed to have the jobs we have!

I promise to post more often~ hope that catches you up on the basics.