If I could take her pain...

I would! I hate these things! This is Hannah's right forearm. That large bump is a blood clot! Yes it hurts and it is still growing and really fast. I just did a body check Saturday and she had a small one in her armpit. The next night she came to me saying that her arm hurt and this was there. It was half the size then. We need prayers this stays superficial, if it breaks off and travels through her body and hits her lungs, heart or brain she will be lost to us. The lungs may be able to handle it but the heart and brain can't.

She has had a bad month in May. Neck pain were Dr. Avery operated over a year ago. Leg pain all month and weird chest pain. She is also "storing" fluid in her chest and stomach, this may be the pain in her ribs. And now a blood clot plus cough most likely caused by our change in weather. We have rain in the afternoon almost everyday. Nice for the forest, hard on her lungs.

All of this and you would think she would be a grouch but she isn't she is a true joy to love and is still our little lover. She is one tough Angel!

My Mother's Day gift...

This year for Mother's day I got what I have been wanting forever. OK, not forever but for sometime. Couple of X-Mas ago I got an SLR Digital Camera to go along with Hubbies old Pentax (a film camera I love!) We bought a SLR Pentax because we love the film camera and I had read we could use our old lenses on the SLR. Well, that turned out true but not what I was hoping for. Anyway, Hubbie and I recently went to our Ritz Camera (they are closing half there stores) and found my dream lenses for my SLR at 60% off. It became Happy Mother's day to me! I got the last Pentax lenses and I love it. Now when we go hiking Hannah and I can walk at her speed and not miss pictures of her siblings and dad. YEAH!


In case you want to know the new size!


Out of the box, isn't it pretty!

Messy Memorial Art!

Hannah has an eye for color.


The girls mess, I mean art supplies.


Never to old to finger paint.


Hannah the great artist.


Sarah preparing for high school art 101.

We made it!

School is over! We are now officially a Freshmen, 5Th grader and 3rd grader! Mom is so sad, time is moving so slowly! Just kidding, she says time is flying by. Is that true Uncle Kelly? Talk to us Uncle. We love you. Oh! In case you don't know our Uncle Kelly. Well, he is the best uncle in the world. No joke, your uncle isn't better than him, nope no way!

Another field trip...

Montezuma Castle.

Last weeks field trips!

We went to Montezuma's Well. It was really cool for several reasons. First Hannah was all into having the history read to her, GO HANNAH! The second cool thing was Mom had another panic attack, these are always fun and even more so when Mom is on top of the well. It was not caused by the height more likely the heat. We were in Camp Verde, same place mom had her last attack 3 years ago. Third, is was just cool to see the cliff houses, as seen in Mom's photos! Enjoy!

This house is down at water level.

A little history for Hannah.

The well from above.

The cliff houses, talk about stairs.

Cross post of our surfer girl!

We found this funny...

For those of you who know our "granddad", you know he has a best friend named "Bobby". Well, "Granddad", "Joan" (his wife) and his friend "Bobby" are on an RV trip right now. I not sure were they are exactly going. Anyway, they had to call the police because "Bobby" LOCKED "Granddad" and "Joan" out of the RV. Just way to funny. OK, now for the inside part of this story, "Bobby" is a crabby, black and not so old DOG! It appears he was jumping on the door and hit the lock. Can you all picture that 911 call...

911: This is 911, what is your emergency?
Granddad: (thru tears) My sweet baby boy is locked in our RV.
911: How old is he sir?
Granddad: He is 4 years old.
911: Can you tell him how to open the lock?
Granddad: No!
911: Why not sir?
Granddad: He has no thumbs, no hands for that matter, he is a DOG!
911:CLICK!

911 call is not the actually call, we aren't even sure he called 911. We do know he called the police to help him. We also changed the names to protect the innocent.
Love you "Granddad!" If we didn't we wouldn't have posted your story:)

Thank you Uncle Kelly!

ENJOY!

I love Spongebob!

Mother's Day would not be complete...

Without a video from our friends Jeff and Peanut! Enjoy!

Lost days

I found some photos of my mom. I think that she is sooooo beautiful! I hope I get half her looks once I'm older.

You are beautiful no matter what anyone says. Inside and out!!! A beautiful sole for a beautiful woman!!

~Love you Sarahbeth

Ok last weekend we watched....

Sarah as a baby. So, this weekend we are adding younger pictures of a few others in the house, ENJOY!


Hannah at the age of 1. She was the cutest "pumkin".


All 3 kids in the Vegas pool. I think that is one of the things we miss about Vegas. Not the heat just the pool. Sarah is 8 yrs. old, Jarod is 3.5 yrs. old and Hannah is 2 yrs. old.


Finally, this is our mom when she was 14 yrs. old. She actually remembers the day. She was a freshmen in high school and this is the day after a formal dance. She is with Justin, a friends son. She says she would have had more fun at the dance with Justin than her real date.

Hope you enjoyed or trip down memory lane.

Happy Birthday Ashley!

We love you,
Sarahbeth, Jarod and Hannah