No sense trying to tell everything that has happened since I last wrote...I broke my fibia on vacation in St. Louis, MO (Troy, MO actually), in July. My dog had surgery on her other knee in early Sept. I continued having problems with my ankle until Dec. My dad went into the hospital to have part of his big toe removed (diabetes), at the same time Rick's dad went into the hospital in Erie, PA. This was sometime in Nov.
Rick's dad was very sick. He had something called mycelofibrosis so we went up for Christmas cuz his mom want to make sure everyone was together 'one last time'. Went up on Christmas day and finally got to meet my niece Evelin Jennifer!! She is adorable, big blue eyes, just like Shannon had at the same age. We came home on 27th as Rick had to work on the 28th. It was a nice short visit. We hadn't seen everyone together, EVER!! I sure am glad we went cuz he passed away on Feb.4th. Very sad!!

Shannon turned 14 on Feb 28th and Tristan's birthday is this Sunday (March 28th). He will turn 12. Time sure does fly, maybe sometime I can post their pics in here, they would most likely kill me.
Tomorrow my dad is having surgery to remove some cancer on the top of head (skin cancer).
Other than that not much happening...the kids are on Spring break all next week.
We had so much snow this past winter, it was not in inches, but feet. It started on Dec 5th with 4 or 5 inches had another 6" in mid-Jan. (don't remember the exact date). On Jan 30th we had a major (for here) storm like (8-10"),maybe more. Feb5th-6th we has 31" and then on Feb. 10th got another 18". Haven't seen anywhere near that amount of snow since I was about 11 or 12.

We are now in the process of re-doing our downstairs 1/2 bath. We are about 1/2 way done with the wall stuff, Most of the drywall is up another 'free' weekend and we will be well on our way to finishing. Then I will post the before and after pics!!

I have starting the quilting thing again after taking about a six month break. Looking forward to doing some projects, even small ones.

Blessings to you and yours,
Hugs,
Diana

5 months worth of stuff

I have thought about doing this for months, but haven't gotten around to it. Oh well family comes first.

In a nutshell, Dakota (my dog) had knee surgery in late March. At the cost of $2735!!We had to buy another crate for her since she had to be alone. She also had to be let out on a leash for 8 wks following surgery. Still had to be watched and not jumping running or playing with the other 2 dogs for 4 more. Total of 12 wks. It sure was a long time for us and her. Now she is pretty much okay and allowed to be with the other dogs, but we still watch them, so they aren't playing to rough and she is staying in her own crate from now on.

Since Shannon had been sick, the week of her birthday, with we have no idea what, so we waited to celebrate her b-day in mid-March. She had a small sleepover and we went to Kobe, a Japanese steak and seafood place. They cook your meal in front of you. We go there a lot, great food.

Tristan's birthday was at the end of March, and he wanted to do the same thing. Two weeks later we did it all over again.

April, May, and June were mostly filled with baseball, horse riding and school projects. The kids last day of school wasn't until June 19th. Might as well not get out until the end of June. Not really. Tristan got straight "A's" the entire school year and Shannon made the honor roll every quarter. We are so proud of them!

Shannon's large pony (14.1 or 14.2), Summer, started getting private lesson (with Shannon of course) to see if we could "fix" her and in one lesson, she was a different happy pony. She even went to a couple of shows and placed well. To the point they considering keeping her. Then she has had a bad lesson or 2 so now they are talking about selling her again. Good grief, I wish they would make up their minds!!!

Shannon's small horse (14.3), Belle, has had a TON of right front hoof issues the last few months. Between thrush, abscess, shoe problems, its really been hard to keep her sound enough to be ridden. She has finally recovered enough to get some excercise in the last few weeks and go to a show.

More later. I need to put my leg up (more about that in next post).