Play me a song tonight...cause we're all in the mood for a melody...

A friend of my sister gave her boxes of piano keys and I thought I would try something new.  I've been working on these necklaces and singing Billy Joel to my heart's content.

Pictures are a little fuzzy...stinky camera!

What have you been up to?

Here's what has been keeping me occupado...

First days of preschool...

Football with Daddo...

and swaps for Silver Bella...

17 of these:

15 of these:

12 of these:

Happy Birthday Big Sister!

No black balloons or big over the hill signs....just a blog post from me.  I'm so glad you are my big sister.  And even though I do not always tell you I'm glad you make me learn to solder, sign me up for craft shows and Silver Bella, and what else?....I'm grateful and I love making things with you....

Happy Birthday!

Story, Wyoming

Here's where I've been this week, hanging out, enjoying the noises the creek makes, working on swaps for Silver Bella, watching the kids throw pine cones into the water.

The first day we went to the Rodeo parade in Sheridan.  Kitt was a little "canky" as she calls it...

 She found happiness by taking pictures and I have to say, they are so cute!  I love seeing what she sees...

blue Wyoming skies...

pictures of mommy and kids...

she loves asking me to make funny faces...

our stash of snacks...

pictures of grandma...

buildings in Sheridan...

daddy's new look...

and her feet!

We went to mini-golfing the next day...

Yesterday we went to a favorite spot of ours, Meadowlark Lake...

Tomorrow will hopefully be a fishing day.  The weather hasn't cooperated for us to be out on the lake.  We are hoping for a good boat day tomorrow, out last day here.

Litte girls and little lamps shades

I have been admiring these gorgeous lamp shades from Pottery Barn for awhile.  I don't, however, admire the price.  I came up with my own for Kitt's room:

Little girl rooms are so much fun!  This is the last room that I need to put some finishing touches in and it is a total blast!

1 year anniversary in our home

Here we are a year ago, just after receiving our key to our new home.

The living room before:

The living room after:

More before:

And after:

Here's the dining room before:

after:

here's the kitchen nook before:

and here's our new breakfast nook:

I will show you more when I can take pictures of clean rooms!

My night in the ER...

I woke up at 1:10 a.m. last Sunday in Omaha while staying at my in-laws, used the restroom and found myself immediately bent over in PAIN on my right side.  I thought for sure it was my appendix.  I started to  remember my sister having pain like this when we were young.  She had her appendix out and blamed it on eating popcorn the night before.  I didn't have any popcorn so I just didn't know what this pain was from.  It hurt.  Not like labor pains hurt, but it hurt.  I tried to lay down and pretend I wasn't really having any pain, like, if I just denied it, it would go away.  Didn't go AWAY.  More pain.

I woke up Trent and we went to Methodist in Omaha, just up the street from where Trent's parents live.  They took a urine sample and told me I wasn't pregnant.  They drew blood and told me the pain wasn't from kidney stones.  PRAISE the Lord for that...I didn't even want to think about such a thing as kidney stones.  Trent was such a dear.  We waited a little longer.  They gave me a shot for the pain...yea!  That helped and made me sleepy.  They injected a dye into my system and sent me through the ct scanner thing...no appendicitis attack...okay, no surgery. (By the way, if you ever have this done, when they tell you it will feel like you wet your pants, it REALLY feels like you wet your pants).  So, I had an ultrasound done and they found a polyp in my gall bladder.  I looked this up on the internet last night and found out that polyps can be found in 5% of the population and are more common in men than women.  So glad I'm normal...

I'm 36 years old, eat healthy, feel pretty good most days and up until now, have felt like I'm 18.  We went home around 5:30 a.m.  Long night or short, any way you want to look at it, I left feeling strange.  For the first time, I really feel old, like, my body will not last forever.  I don't like this feeling and to tell you the truth, it's a little depressing.  I guess the next thing will be to have my gall bladder out...no big deal.  I'm thankful that it's not cancer or something crazy, but, this has me thinking.