Veterans Day

Just wanted to take a minute and remember all those who have served in the Armed Forces!!! I have a Grandpa who served in WW2 and 2 uncles that served in Vietnam and now a husband and a brother currently on active duty and deployed. When I was in High School I was in JROTC and every year we would go and march in the Veterans Day parade...what an honor it was to be able to honor those who have and are serving. I am thankful that my child is in a school district that honors Veterans Day, that is not something that happened in my school district as a kid and I think it is important for kids to know and acknowledge this day!!! My sister in law sent me a story called Sack Lunches yesterday and at the end was this quote...I dont know who said it but it really touched me!!!!

"A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.'" -unk

Thank you to those who have written those checks to the USA to keep us safe and give us the freedoms we have today...thank you for taking the fighting overseas so that my children dont have to wake up to gun battles and bombings and can feel safe in their home! God Bless the Armed Forces!

Denver 2008

All the sisters!!!!



Girls group hug



All of my mom and dads grandkids



Half the Wilson grandkids for Halloween



My pink poodle and my purple butterfly for Halloween


We had the opportuinity this last week to go to Denver for the week. We left on 10/29 and stayed at my moms house. We were able to spend Halloween with the Toms Mom and Dad, Tammy, Mac, Monique, Joey, Levi, Quinn, Tia, Deven, Shaeliegh, Tiff, Kayden, Tara, Lincoln and my mom. The aunts took the girls trick or treating-thank goodness cause I dont know that I could have walked that much and then carried Lena home like Tiff did! On Sat my mom, Steph, Celia and Toms mom threw me a baby shower and I was so glad to be able to see and spend a lil bit of time with friends and family!!! We got alot of really nice things and much needed things. Sat evening we went to Casa Bonita for Elenas 3rd Bday...again thanks to ALL the aunts for tending to the girls and taking them all over Casa Bonita so that I could sit and rest!!! I think everyone had alot of fun! We were also able to spend quite a bit of time with Paul, Steph, Mia, Kylie and Marcus. The kids had so much fun together. Bella and Mia are already BFF's-I hope Lena and Kylie will be the same way. We FINALLY got to meet lil Marcus and he is such a lil sweetie and soooo adorable! He is such a good baby-I hope my new lil guys is that good! The only down side to the trip was that I was sick the whole time and still am and that Lena starting having problems with her asthma again but thankfully we had the nebulizer and we were able to start her on those so that she didnt have to go to the hospital. The girls were also able to get 2 appts in with Dr Andrews at Denver Allergy and Asthma and both have been diagnosed with asthma and allergies now! They are both on daily meds and inhalers and thankfully they seem to be helping! We have 5 more weeks til the boy's birth and 6 til Tom makes it home!!!! I cant wait to see them both!