Too many boys

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CODY!!!!!

2009-07-20T17:30:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to tell Cody Happy birthday and that I love you so so much. I cant believe that 16 years ago I was trying to push your big o'head out. You were a stubborn baby and you have grown into a stubborn teenager.
You are such a sweet kid and I have learned a lot from you. I know times have been hard but we have always stuck together and you and Tyler are my most important accomplishments that I have made in my life.
I hope that you have a great day!
I love you Cody!
Love Mom

Tylers 8th grade Graduation

2009-05-19T21:24:00.001-07:00

Tyler and his mama, his friends John and Ashton.

The boys before the graduation dance!

Wow how in the heck am I old enough to have my both of my baby's in high school!

I was trying to remember how Cody's 8th grade graduation was and I was having a hard time remembering. Then I remembered...we are talking about Cody here........he was released(Suspended)three days before school was out. So there was no graduation for him.

I just want both of my boys to know that I love them and I only want the best for them. I am so thankful for them both. They are the best thing in my life, and the most challenging.

I love you both so much!

2009-02-24T21:06:00.000-08:00

Baby Layton has Arived!!! Congratulations

2009-02-24T20:59:00.000-08:00

Here he is!! To all of my family far away here are a few pix of this handsome little boy! Kristen and Sammy look so great and I think are going to be the best parents. Thank you both for allowing all of us to intrude on you tonight! He is a beautiful boy!

A few More

2008-12-01T17:48:00.000-08:00

My Boys!!

2008-12-01T17:37:00.000-08:00

Hey Cody, These are for you!
Here are the pix of the boys and I when we took Cody to the airport to go to moms.
I Love you!!

Three days later

2008-10-22T19:19:00.000-07:00

So here I am at work three days later with my black eyes! Thank you all for your comments. I have been laughing the whole time. My eyes were so swollen yesterday morning that I could barely see out of my right eye. The swelling is coming to an end and it does not hurt as much anymore so I hope that the black and blue circles around my eyes will go away soon. The hardest thing about all of this is that we have our tournament games this weekend, one on Friday night and three games Sunday night and I have been told by my coach that if I play he is gonna stick me out in the outfield. UH Hello everything that goes out there are fly balls!!! I if I cant catch a throw from short stop do you think that I am gonna catch a fly ball that I will loose in the big bright lights??
I am sure that I will be fine I am not afraid of the ball so I want to play in my regular spot. I guess we will see.
Love to you all!!
P.S Thank you Grandma Lyn for the lovely card. You are so very thoughtful and I love you and Grandpa Bill so very much

I Broke my nose!!

2008-10-20T21:59:00.000-07:00

So I broke my nose on Sunday in the last inning of our double header. So stupid. It was a routine play from short stop to second to get the out and I pulled my glove to soon and SMACK right between my eyes. I have a fracture but no displacement. I am starting with my right eye turning black and swelling up so that it is bugging the heck out of me. I got two stitches on the bridge of my nose and I will have to keep them in for 6 days. I just thought that I would share this with you all. I need to remember that I am not 18 anymore. One picture for you to see. I love you all.

Alive and kicking

2008-10-14T18:59:00.000-07:00

So as I have stated before I hate being on the computer at home but feel so bad that you all post and I never do so I am going to post tonight!!

So raising three teenagers is becoming quite the challenge.. I have to give mom so so so much credit for not packing it all in and running far far away! I really feel like doing that most days. The farthest that I ever get is my bedroom.

Joey is getting bigger by the day and is pretty tall, long legs like his dad. I don't have to worry so much about him because he is Chris's son and I just have to deal with the normal teenage attitude and he gets the rest.

Tyler is doing well. Growing like a weed also. He is getting ready to go on a field trip tomorrow and he will not be back till Friday. This is a Learning field trip for his science class. He had a fun birthday and we took him to Dave and Busters for his birthday dinner. Had Cake and ice cream and opened his presents at the house. HE got a movie,a game for his X-box an RC truck Oreos and a digital camera. Here are a few pix.

Cody is well... Cody. He is struggling with his school work and hanging out with the wrong kids. I am getting ready to withdrawal him from school and send him to moms so that he doesn't end up getting arrested or jumped on his way home from school. The only thing that I can do for him right now is to get him out of here, change of atmosphere and I hope that being with Mom will help him realize that he is so much smarter and better than than the Jack A@# kids he has chosen to hang out with. I love him dearly but I am at a dead end.

Chris is in California for the next two days and I am missing him so much already. He is there for work learning about the new stuff that one of his vendors is coming out with. We went to Benson over the weekend and stayed at his parents house. I love going to their house, It is out in the middle of nowhere and it is so quiet and peaceful.

Chris and I bought a used piano and are looking forward to learning how to play it. I can still only play chop stix and Swans on a lake from our piano lessons that Sister Welch (I think that was her name) gave us when we were younger.

I love you all and I hope things are going good for all of you!!
Lots of hugs and kisses

I found the Pictures

2008-06-27T20:43:00.000-07:00

Round Two Chemo

2008-06-27T18:46:00.000-07:00

SO it is was my turn to be here at moms house to help her go through round two of her Chemo. We went to the cancer center today for her 10am appointment and Laura and Jared were still here with us.
We got started pretty quick with the pre meds, Benadryl, Tylenol and a Steroid I cant remember the name of. Laura stayed with us for about an hour an a half before she had to make her long drive home.
Mom did really well today, we were only there for about 4 & 1/2 hours. Mom read her book and I listened to my Ipod and really could not read my book because of the surroundings. It was hard to not watch the other people around and see them go through their treatment. It is nice to know that Mom will have someone there by her side for each treatment. There were about six other people in the room and only one other person had family with her.
We had a great day yesterday at the beach. Mom took Laura Jared and I to Cannon beach and we walked around to all the little shops and bought fun little treasures to mark this time of my part of her cancer treatment.
I look forward to being here with Mom and Grandma and Grandpa for the next week. They are so fun and so helpful. I love them so much.
I will post pix as soon as I find where Laura has saved them.
Love to you all.
Lisa

Had to post

2008-05-13T21:35:00.000-07:00

So for the last two weeks or so I have been reading every ones blogs and trying to see how everyone was handling their emotions. I have tried to be strong and tell my self that it is too early to over react. I need to wait to hear from the Dr. just how bad this really is. But then I have this overwhelming feeling come over me at any given moment of the day and I shed a few tears and I know that this is a serious situation and it is OK to let my guard down.
I went in to Hallmark to buy my Mothers day cards and I was there for about 5 minutes before I was balling after reading only one card. The girl that works there came up and said to me " Those cards can be pretty powerful huh" I just looked at her with big ol' tears and nodded.
I have told the boys what is going on and we have done some research together, but I think that the hardest part about telling them is to see the change in Cody. He has been so loving and tender to me that I have to take a step back and regroup. He is so concerned and anxious to know more as we all are.
I just want you all to know that I love you so much and I am grateful to have such a big loving family that will pull together in a time like this.

Mom, I love you and you are in our thoughts and prayers.
I will talk to you all on Friday!
I love you all

This is for Jill Pickle

2008-03-15T21:53:00.000-07:00

Ok Ok, Here is my update!
I had my Hystorectomy on February 5th and I am now three days from my 6 week check up. Every thing went very well.The dr. made an incesion about 4 inches wide and took alook around. He removed my uterus and left my overies and tubes. They looked healthy so he left them in. That is a good thing as I will still be able to produce my own horomones. I am feeling great and I am looking forwared to getting back to playing softball and getting active again. I have been sitting around on my rump for to long. I still have a little tenderness around my incesion but other than that I think it was all worth it. I am excited to NEVER NEVER ever having another period again!
Chris has healed completly from his broken collar bone and was just released back to play ball and ride his dirt bike again. He is so excited that he is taking the boys out to ride and shooting tomorrow. I am not to thrilled about this but I don't get to have a say in it. Four boys against one. I LOOSE!!
I hope everyone is doing well. I love and miss all of you

Black Really?

2008-01-29T19:19:00.000-08:00

Your color is black. The color of night. Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines. Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and an uncompromising demand for perfection. Not surprisingly, you tend to set challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them — your strength of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegance, impresses people. But keep in mind that your personality might be intimidating to some. Try to temper your demanding side with a little softness — trust us, it won't kill you. Overall, though, black is the color of professionalism and achievement, which means it's clearly the color for you. Lisa, your true color is Black!

What a way to start the new year!!

2008-01-05T19:02:00.001-08:00

Broken front tire of Chris's dirt bike!

So as I stated in the previous post, Chris and I went skiing for the first time (for me) and had no problems except for me falling and spraining my right thumb. On Sunday Chris went dirt bike riding with a friend of his from work. I got a call around 1:30 that Chris had a head on collision with a guy on a quad and to meet them at the emergency room. I got there and we waited around for about 5.5 hours to find out that Chris had broken his Collarbone on his left side. He is ok, will not need surgery. It will take about 6-8 weeks for him to recover from this break. I thought that I did everything around here by myself already. Boy was I mistaken. Now I really have to do it all. It is like having a toddler again. I have to get him dressed, tie his shoes( Double Knotted) Feed him, put him to bed, give him a shower. Good thing I like him!!!

For me I am going to have surgery on February5th at 12pm, I am finally going to have a historectomy!!! I cant wait. I am so tired of hurting. Give me a call if you wanna know more.

I love you all and miss you all so much!

HAPPY 2008 !!!!

2008-01-05T18:30:00.000-08:00

Well here we go into to 2008!!! I hope it is a good one for everyone. WE love and miss all of you!!

Chris got a new Yankees santa hat for christmas!

Chris and I went skiing on Saturday at Sunrise. This was the very first time that I have every been skiing and most likely my last! I fell way to may times. It sure was pretty tho!

We got the boys Rock Band for Playstation. This is the funnest thing to do. Chris and I sat up late a few nights jamming out in the living room. We have our own Rodies and a tour bus. We are trying for the Personal Jet plane now.

Mommy got a beautiful necklace from Cody and Tyler. It has the three golds on each of the hearts. Very sweet boys!!

Joey got a Guitar

Cody got a Guitar!!

Tyler got his XBOX 360

Christmas is over and here is what my living room looks like back to normal

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

2007-12-20T18:22:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone,

I just stopped in to tell everone that I love them and I hope you all have a very safe and happy holiday season!!

Thank you for all of the birthday calls, It sure makes me miss you!!

Her are a few pix of the TEENAGERS! Scary huh?

PrettySunsets

2007-11-20T18:08:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures of the sunsets from our camp site.

One of them is of are unexpected Guest, Can you tell who it is?

We love you!

George the fish

2007-11-20T18:03:00.001-08:00

Just for Laura!! This is George! Not as big as your Salmon tho!!

Hello!!

2007-11-18T19:18:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, We are all still alive and well. I have been pretty busy with work and three teenage boys and just haven't felt like sitting in front of the computer to update the blog. We had a busy October with Chris and Tyler's Birthdays and the kids had fall break.
We took them on a camping trip to Lake Havasu for a long weekend. We stayed in a 36foot travel trailer and took our boat. We had a great time and no one was left behind. I am posting a few pictures of our trip. One of our pretty boat and then a few misc. pics from the trip. Note that one of the pictures is of the London Bridge. Pretty cool.I was the only one to catch a fish. We named him George. Chris cleaned him up and we had George for our appetizer while our steaks cooked.
I just wanted you all to know how much that I miss you! I hate being so far away from everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving. I know how very thankful I am for all of you, My Family.
I will post again soon I promise. We will be going down to Benson again this year to Chris's moms for Thanksgiving and we will be there all weekend. The boys will get to ride our dirt bikes and our quad. I look forward to going out there. It is so peacefull and quiet compared to Phoenix.
Love and kisses to all of you!!!

In the clear

2007-09-15T21:34:00.000-07:00

Well I made it through the Colonoscopy on Friday. I had to start the prep on Thursday and drink 64 ounces of Gatorade with miralax powder mixed into it. I hate Gatorade and I always have so having to drink this much was a chore in it self. My appt was at 10am on Friday morning and Chris and I got there at 9:45 and i was taken right back to preop. Chris stayed in the waiting room till I was in recovery. I was dressed in a little gown and had really cute socks to keep my feet warm. I went over the paperwork with Wilma my preop nurse and then waited till 11am to go in for my test. I had Wilma turn out my light while I waited because I had such a bad headache, probably because I was starving to death. I had to be on a liquid diet for 24 hours before the test. I was wheeled into the room and met my Dr who was going to preform my test and my nurse hooked me up to my cocktail IV, A mix of Demerol and Versed. I remember her telling me that I had cute hair and that it was so thick and I said no it isn't I have very thin hair and she said well it must be because you are so cute and then she lifted my bed higher and the TV screen was right in front of my face and then I was out. I guess it was a sedation that keeps you awake but you have no memory of it. I woke up in recovery with Chris beside me and as soon as I was coherent enough to get myself dressed we went home. I guess the Dr came out to talk to me but I do not remember any thing. Chris said I asked him about his book he was reading three times. The same question every time. Silly Lisa. The Dr. said everything looked good, he did take two biopsy and I will follow up with my PCP next week. I feel fine and I am glad that everything looks good in that department. Now I will have to decide the next route to take for myself and if I will be having a hysterectomy. I will keep you all informed. Thank you for having me in your prayers. I love you all and miss you so much.

Just overwhelmed!!!

2007-09-07T20:05:00.000-07:00

So as much as I do not like the computer I enjoy looking at how everybody is doing. I love reading about my family and it makes me feel close to them even though I am far away. I am having a hard week this week and feel a little overwhelmed. I am still working for Safeway in the scheduling office and trying to staff all 98 stores in AZ with a lack of pharmacist. It is such a stressful job with no end in sight. I have decided to start looking at other options like going back to school part time and finding a less stressful job that I can enjoy. As most of you know I am having some medical problems with my female parts as I guess it runs in the family. I go in for a colonoscopy next Friday to make sure that I have no problems in that department before looking into having a Hysterectomy. I am in so much pain and discomfort during my menstrual cycle that I am taking Vicodin 3 out of the 6 days. It has progressively gotten worse since I had my tubes tied three and a half years ago. I am just sick of being out of commission for that time frame every month. I get so emotional and crabby that I hide in my room and stay away from everybody so that I don't yell at them. I will let you all know if and when I have anything scheduled.
So does anyone have the answer to help me with Cody? He is at the very top of my irritation this past week. No matter what I do or how I show love to him he is still so mean and nasty. I was pretty sure that he was gonna run away last night. I had to slap him for fighting with Tyler and socking Tyler in the arm that he took off and was gone for about 2 hours. I got the silence treatment when he got back. He was just sitting on the side of the house and it reminded me of hiding between the walls at the house across the street from Grandmas house on Eastland when we were growing up. I just don't know how to help him. He is so smart and has a great heart if he would just drop the attitude and let me in things would be so much better. I think Tyler gets the brunt of Cody's aggression and he is still so loyal to Cody. I love them both but I have had way too much this week. I have to go help the boys finish cleaning the kitchen so I will post another time. I love you all and I know that your advice and support will be a comfort to me

SLACKER!!!!

2007-08-06T20:17:00.000-07:00

Hello!!
I told you all that I do not have the patience to post info all the time. I wanted to first thank Jamie , Rich and the kids for having me over to their house for my quickie weekend get away. I had so much fun with the girls and sweet baby James. That boy has a permanent smile on his face and it so refreshing to see all the time.Thank you to Rich's Parents for having me over for Sunday/G-pa birthday dinner and allowing me to hang out with the Melin family. Floating down the river was so much fun and I cant wait to bring the kids to enjoy the river like I did. Montana is a Beautiful state and I took alot of great pictures. Thank you to Laura and Darrin for having me over for the night and to Jared for allowing me to sleep in his bed. Thank you to Gabe for showing me how much Patience and determination he has to complete the dragon puzzle I got him..he is smarter than I am I think. I really had a great time seeing Matt and Amie and their Damn cute boys, Holy crap they are handsome. I had so much fun hanging out playing games and scarfing down junk food. I miss being close to you guys and I hope that we can get together more often.
Back to reality ---------
The boys are home from moms house and they had a fun time. Cody and Tyler earned a few merit badges at scout camp and showed me the fun things that they made. School started today and all the boys of course were not happy. Cody is in High school and that makes me feel really old. I am hoping that he has a better year this year than last year. Tyler is in 7th grade and he is finally able to go to school with out the presence of Cody. I am hoping that he will find out who he is and not who Cody has made him out to be. Joey is also going to middle school and is in the 6th grade. Joey and Tyler ride the bus together but today(remember this is the first day) I came home early so I could be here when they all got home Joey was not on the bus so Cody and I went looking for him. I drove to the school and around the neighborhood three or four times, back to the school, I called the transportation line to see if he was still on a bus and all the buses had emptied. Still no Joey an hour later. Chris finally joined me in the search about the time that I was starting to freak out and call the cops for a missing child. Chris drove around the same places I had and when I started out again I found him coming up the street by the gas station. Turns out he got on the wrong bus and didn't know that he should tell the bus driver that he was on the wrong bus so he got off about a mile and a half away and walked home. We had a long discussion on what he needs to do if this happened again. Anyway we are all safe and sound and getting ready to go to bed so we can all get up and do it again tomorrow. I love all of you and I hope everyone is doing well. I will post pictures another time.

2007-07-09T20:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry still learning how to do this. You will have to look sideways. I love you guys

2007-07-09T20:19:00.000-07:00

I thought that I would share some of the photos from our trip to Disneyland.

2007-07-09T16:13:00.001-07:00

OK Ok!! I am going to try like crazy to keep up with this. I love reading about all of my family but am just to dang lazy to keep my own blog I hope this will be a fun experience for me and everyone else. I love you all.