Cold Weather...

I woke up to snow on the mountains that you can see from our back door! This has been the coldest winter in 3 decades! It has been nice to curl up on the couch with Tom and a blanket to watch football...but the rain has to end! Tom works outside all day long and this rain is NOT good for him or any other person out in it. The girls have just enough "winter clothing" to go from laundry day to laundry day...and i refuse to buy anymore since our "winter" only lasts about 2 months. Jan. and Feb.! The end of this week we are suppose to be back in the 70's (normal daytime temps for this time of the year). I can hardly wait. I want to take the girls on a wagon ride, i want to drive to work with the windows down, i want to leave the office door open for fresh air, i want to open the windows at home during the day, i want to shut off the furnace for the year...i know i want alot but it would only take one thing for that to all happen...NORMAL ARIZONA WEATHER!!
Tom is out taking care of an accident right now and it is pouring...i have him dry clothing out and the Bears game on waiting for him to get home. The girls and i haven't gotten out of pajamas all weekend except to shower and put on clean jammies! This weather sucks...i moved out here for nice weather and sunshine...so give it to me!! ok...enough ranting about the weather!
Now an update on the kiddos...
Zoe is growing like crazy! Her clinic called to start the botox process...i am totally excited about this! I think she is trying to talk...i hope she is! The only word we have been able to make out has been "DAD" and she says that plain as day! Zada...she is our handfull! She is eating us out of house and home...she will eat anything that won't eat her first! She is a total chatter box like me, constantly on the move, and always into stuff that she shouldn't be. She is the typical 1 year old that knows everything!

Hope all is well for everyone...cause it is here.

THE BEST SISTER IN LAW...

OK...SO I HAVE THIS GREAT SISTER IN LAW. NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY OR WHAT SHE IS DOING SHE ALWAYS HAS TIME TO LISTEN TO ME. WHEN I MARRIED INTO TOM'S FAMILY I MARRIED IN TO HER'S ALSO. HER DAD, HER BROTHERS, HER SISTER, NEICE, SOON TO BE SISTER IN LAW...THEY ARE ALL GREAT...OH AND NICOLE TOO! THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT FAMILY VALUES...THEY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE TO HELP THOSE THAT YOU LOVE (AND WE AREN'T TALKING MONEY!). I ALMOST HATE GOING HOME TO VISIT ANYMORE CAUSE IT IS JUST HARDER TO COME HOME. WHEN WE AREN'T THERE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T SEE EACH OTHER EVERYDAY...BUT WHEN WE ARE THERE AND IT IS TIME TO COME IT IS A HARD THING TO ADJUST TO. ALOT OF PEOPLE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO MAKE US HATE EACH OTHER...FOR THE FIRST YEAR THOSE PEOPLE GOT THEIR WAY AND WON THAT BATTLE...THEN WE TALKED AND LEARNED THAT IT WASN'T US THAT HATED EACH OTHER...SO THEREFORE WE WON THE WAR. I WAS HER MATRON OF HONOR...I WISH I COULD HAVE DONE MORE BUT LIVING 1800 MILES AWAY IT WAS HARD. I HAD BIG SHOES TO FILL...AND I HOPE I DID JUST THAT FOR HER. NOW HER HUBBY...THAT IS A WHOLE NEW SUBJECT. HE IS THE BEST BROTHER I COULD EVER ASK FOR. YEAH WE FIGHT JUST LIKE A BROTHER AND SISTER BUT I KNOW I CAN TALK TO HIM ANY TIME THAT I NEED TO ALSO. BUT OF COURSE HE JUST MAKES ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MOVING HIS "BABY GIRLS" CLEAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW WE JUST NEED TO FINISH WORKING ON GETTING THEM OUT HERE WITH US. I WOULD BE IN HEAVEN! ANYWAYS THIS IS TO LET LISA KNOW THAT I LOVE HER TO DEATH AND TO THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING WHEN THE GOING WAS TOUGH AND I WAS READY TO GIVE UP!