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Last Saturday, we had a ladies luncheon at church.  Each table was decorated and hosted by different people.  This time I did a table with a friend.  It was a fun day.

I am waiting for my pictures to get to my email from my cell phone.  My real camera was acting up that day, much to my dismay.

Ok….I waited forever and the pictures never arrived in my email.  Every time I try to use my cell phone, I cannot figure out how to get the pictures to my computer but after doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result (the definition of insanity!  lol), it finally worked.

Here is a glimpse of our table….

The dishes belong to my friend.  The birds belong to another friend.  The ice skater is mine.  Also..I got some vintage reproduction children’s Christmas hankies on eBay as part of my contribution.  I forgot to take pictures of them but I had one extra that I gave to little miss Mayah for her first Christmas.

This was my place at the table.  Aren’t the dishes beautiful?

The weekend was emotional for me and I was very touched by the woman who spoke.  Her story was so much like ours but very different at the same time.  The day before, some of my painful memories had opened up and then when she spoke, my emotions were already on the surface.  I’m really glad I went, but I was emotionally drained when I came home.  I actually feel gratitude now, but it’s hard to sit nicely when you feel like sobbing.    All is well now.

The rest of the weekend was extremely busy as is the one to come.

Yesterday, we had therapy. My dear Rebecca was so kind to videotape me as the therapist did something she’s never done before.  She made me get on the floor and do a workout with Tyler.  Gosh, how embarrassing to be so out of shape.  Too bad we can’t use the video because I have told the therapist I won’t show her on here.  lol…sorry, you don’t get to see.

We did stop at Target and Tyler did his very favorite thing.

Shopping for dvds!  He wanted to buy a Chronicles of Narnia dvd for Ben.  I asked him if he had any money for it.  He said, “Don’t worry, Mom. It’s a present.”  He was not thrilled to put it back.

Tonight was knit night with friends and when I got home, I was so thrilled to find Kenny had put up our tree!

The only thing on it is the new garland I bought.  This doesn’t show it well, but it is sparkly and I was ready for some bling on the tree after years of red wooden beads.

Here is the big thing.  Every year, we go through this huge ordeal of moving the tv and armoire.  Kenny has to go downstairs and re-run the cable.  We have to move all the furniture but it doesn’t really work, everything is too crowded.  Tyler hates change.  Every Thanksgiving, he tells us where everything will go. 

Tonight, Kenny asked him if it was ok to put the tree in the dining room (which is not a dining room).  “Sure, Dad.”  It works.  Yea!!!

I have to tell you about last night.  I woke up at 3:30 in a panic.  I was frantically searching in our bed and Kenny asked what was wrong.  “Where is she?” I said.  “What did you do with her?” He asked who…and I said, “Mayah! Where is she?”  “At Rhianna’s, she has her at her house.”  I asked him why???? 

Good grief.  I used to do that when I was nursing my tiny babies and would be so exhausted but what in the world did I think she should be at our house in the middle of the night for?  And why NOT with Rhianna?   lol 

Sad thing is, Kenny didn’t sleep for the rest of the night. 

Tags: my life. Christmas. event. shopping

I did knit about an inch on a sock, forgot to take a picture.

As expected, my camera cord was laying on the couch when I got home so I did get my pictures uploaded.  Bear with me because I want to post the pics so I remember the first trip with Mayah and Tyler together.

Driving through Longview, the sunset was gorgeous but impossible to get a picture of in the moving car.

End of a long trip…she sat with me on the bed for awhile.

She also needed a little bit of entertaining after screaming in the car for so long.

Grampy’s lap was a nice place while he did a little bit of internet time.

We stayed at a Quality Inn owned by Eastside Foursquare church.  What an incredible place.  Rhianna stayed there 2 weeks ago with the girls from the youth group who went to a conference. She and Kyle also stayed there at the end of their honeymoon.  Nice people, great rooms.  There is a Rodeway Inn attached to it, too, so you can pick which you want to stay in.

The breakfast is served in the Sacred Grounds coffee shop.  The kids working in there were so friendly.

We had quite a time.  Mayah often does a projectile vomit in the mornings because she eats too fast.  She chose to do it here. (don’t worry, doctor says she’s fine).  As soon as we finished cleaning up that mess, Tyler dumped his orange juice.  A man at the next table helped us clean up that one, saying something about “the special young man”.  It’s always nice when people are helpful.

We’ll definitely stay in this place again.

We stayed in the room until check-out time.  We knew it would be a long day and we wanted the kids to relax as much as they could.

This is why.  She was sick of being put in and out of car seats and strollers. Thankfully, she recovers quickly.

Here’s Tyler being put to work as Dad gets the stroller out of the car.

LOL

I hope I don’t get in trouble for posting this picture.  I thought it was so cute.  We had quite a long wait in a tiny space before they took Grandpa off for surgery.  He was pretty happy to be able to see Mayah before he went in.

Tyler was concerned about Mayah when she’d had enough of this business and needed a nap.

He was so happy there was pizza for lunch and then I gave him my iPod for awhile. He is obsessed with “God of the City” and I have a playlist that has it play every other song…I’m just weird that way.

After we ate, we went to Starbucks.  It was a short walk and the day was nice but quickly turning.

Towards the end of the wait at the hospital, Tyler got very irritated with me when I wouldn’t let him chase after Dad long after he had disappeared.  He honestly believes I cannot see him.  oh well.

The surgery went very well and although the doctor cannot say for sure, he believes everything will be fine.  I want to be kind with what I show here, but I thought this was really cool.

We had just gotten to the room and he reached for Grandma’s hand.  I wish the camera had focused better but the lighting was not great.

When we left, I also managed to get this shot.

Little Miss Mayah and Grandpa.

I just love this picture!  We were all leaving.  Here are 4 generations…and the 2 aunties met Mayah for the first time today.  It was a good time even though I’d rather spend time with all of them somewhere else!

We had a pleasant drive home and everyone is sound asleep.  I tend to not be able to get over the road under my feet for awhile after a trip so here I am.

Tags: my life. family. travel