Addy's 9th Birthday

Addy got tons of beautiful gifts from everyone including fabric wrapped presents from her Grandma and Grandpa Andrews and a beautiful dress and shirts from her Grandma and Grandpa Nagle.  Daron got her a skateboard and fighting dummy. I created a surprise party for her and planned a day in St. George shopping with her Best Friend.  Bottom line she was sad because she didn't get any stuffed animals.  I never know what is going on in that head of hers and I guess I never will!  It didn't help that she was sick the whole week of her birthday and she was feeling eh.  I told her we were going to write thank you notes to the 100's of people that sent her gifts and she whined.  So this is the tweens.  Help me.  I tried to take some photos of her with her gifts and ya that wasn't happening.  She loved the gifts but wasn't in to mood for photos. At the end I added photos from the St. George shopping trip.  I told her I would give her money and some for her friend.  She told me that she wanted $30 and wanted her friend to have $30 as well.  In addition, McKynna gave her $10 and she split it with her so they each had $35.  THAT impressed me.  Whew!

Birthday in the sick bed

new shirt

new shirt

new shirt...Addy smile please

please

cool animals and minecraft goodies..Addy smile...

Mary Nagle's Dad - Ron Corbett

WWII Grandpa Ron

Addy is NINE!

So this year I asked Addy if she and her best friend McKynna wanted to spend the day in St. George (about 1.5 hours away) instead of having a birthday party.  She said yes so her birthday was on a Tuesday and we planned her friend to come over after school and also to go to St. George the following Saturday.  I also decided that we had to have a small surprise party for her on her actual birthday.  Well her birthday came and she didn't feel good.  I took her up to school at lunch to deliver the cookies she bought to celebrate her birthday.  I picked McKynna up from school to play with Addy and pretended that my car broke down when I went to get the pizzas.   Daron told the girls they had to drive over to Pizza Hut and help me.  Surprise!  She was surprised and seemed to feel ok.  That night however she had a fever and her cough was worse.  We postponed our St. George trip for a week and hopefully everyone will be healthy by then.  She got lovely gifts from everyone.

Daron bought her an mixed martial arts dummy

Pizza Hut Surprise

She was surprised thought she said she wasn't

Addison and Addyson

Samantha, Addison and Addyson

Addison, Addyson, Samantha, Alivia and McKynna

Needless to say she has a runny nose.

Mary and Brian on Addy's Birthday sent this so she wouldn't forget them!

Nagle & Wheelers Best Friends Forever

Celebrating Mary and Mel's birthdays!  I love these four amazing people to the moon and back!

Hiking Finally

After two Saturday's with rain and not feeling well migraine, etc the sun came out and my friend Molly and I did two days of hiking.  No kids, no hubbies just little Eddie and two middle aged moms enjoying nature! 

Filming Looking Glass

http://www.vulture.com/2016/09/nicolas-cage-to-star-in-thriller-looking-glass.html

Nicholas Cage filming a movie in town.  

February

Photos from Lisa And Jenny's house and Paula and David's with their new pillows with my original artwork they bought from my etsy store.  Addy was home sick and Bella would not get off her chest. She was like Velcro.  Bella also fell asleep on my friends daughters lap.  I went on a group bike ride with Kanab bike club.  Went hiking with Mary. Made curry.  Played board games with Darin, Addy and Cedar.  Addy and I put faces on things in refrigerator while Daron watched he super bowl. We were bored. 

Basketball, Radiation and more

My good friend Rachel has been getting radiation for breast cancer. Luckily it is stage 1 and after surgery she needs 5 days of targeted radiation twice a day.  I've accompanied her twice to radiation and the day of surgery and to initially meet the radiologist and oncologist and she's been great.  Headaches/migraines had me feeling awful on a few of the trips and i hi I she ended up taking care of me more than the other way around!  Well at least I distracted her.  We did do this quick hike to see theses dinosaur tracks.  It was along off-road drive but we needed a break from shopping and movies.Shopping  zaps energy!  

Little yoga soldier next to dinosaur track. 

Making Zaatar molasses stew 

Dementia is evil and we hate you but on my birthdaymcard my Dad showed through! 

Addy in the dark tights and red shirt playing defense!