Tom's Party

We had Tom's 30th birthday party this weekend. It was a great time! We did an 80's theme. Only a handful of people dressed up for the party but it was still fun. Here are a few pictures...cause the birthday boy doesn't remember much :)

TT Wee and Cupcake ;)

The Band "Lestra" played mostly 80's rock for us!


Joe & Teresa (2 of the greatest neighbor's ever!!)

Zada...she should have been an 80's child! She totally pulled off the outfit!

Liz, TT Wee & Me...as you can tell it was crazy fun!! TT Wee looked like a white Tina Turner!

TT Wee & Jaye (aka: Tina Turner & Vanilla Ice)

Mackenzie dancing the night away...love this girl! Her and Zada will be BF for life!


Tom's boss and co-worker decided to mess with him...it was way too funny!!

Tom the princess with his little doggie!

Tom & Ken...notice the sign above our bed. I thought it was too funny that it made it in the picture!

and this was the end to my weekend...s'mores and southern sweet tea

Life...

Where do we begin...? I guess we will do the last 2 months in list form!

*Zada will be 3 tomorrow! How can my baby be that big already :(
*Jaye & Lisa finally found a house that they love. They have been jumping thru hoops and will hopfully have a closing date soon.
*Tom is working his tail off and the computer business is starting to take off.
*Lisa and I are opening a daycare...so fun!
*Halloween was awesome! Our new neighborhood is very close knit so you weren't worried about the candy (yes we still checked it) and the kids could just have a good time. One neighbor even put up a jump house for all the kids to play in. Zada was a lil scarecrow, Zoe was a bat witch, and Mercedes was Hannah Montana.
*Our new house rocks! It is about 1,000SF bigger than our last house and has an in ground pool with a waterfall! LOVE IT!!
*Mercedes seems to be adjusting well to life in Arizona. It was a tough ordeal for all of us but it seems to be the right choice.
*Tom is playing softball and that is a great weekly activity to take to kids to.
*It has been 3 months since Ali went...it seems like just yesterday...
*Dad (Grandpa Gary) will be here in 19 days to cooks us on delish Thanksgiving Dinner!! Can't wait to spend time with him! I love Lisa so much for sharing the most important man in her life with me.
*I cut all of Zoe's hair off...short...really short. She looks super cute and it was worth her daddy not talking to me for about 6 hours :). He was asleep when i cut it ... oops!

On a little heavier note...Tom & Jaye's father is not doing well. It has been a crazy wild goose chase getting him back to where he needs to be. It seems that the hospital kicked him about and sent him to a nursing home...across state lines...without the families consent. The poor man doesn't want to be anywhere but home and he isn't capable of that yet. Tom, Jaye, Lisa, and their kids will be making another trip back home to see if we can MEDVAC him to Phoenix. He really needs to be where we can take care of him. He needs different doctors, different nurses, he needs the care that he deserves! I hope that everyone keeps Tom & his family in your prayers.

I will update pictures later :)

THE PAST WEEK

WOW THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN TOTALLY NUTS!

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATS TO MY BOSS AND HIS FAMILY FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR BABY GIRL! BOTH MOMMY AND BABY ARE AT HOME AND DOING GREAT! SHE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BABY AND I AM NOT JUST SAYING THAT CAUSE HE IS MY BOSS. HE IS ONE PERSON THAT I DON'T HAVE TO HIDE MY FEELINGS OR OPINIONS FROM. HE IS GLOWING AND BEEN IN A GREAT MOOD!

TOM GOT A CALL ON FRIDAY MORNING THAT HIS UNCLE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND WASN'T EXPECTED TO MAKE IT. SO WHAT DO WE DO...WE BOOK THE NEXT FLIGHT OUT OF PHOENIX GOING TO CHICAGO, RESERVE A RENTAL CAR, TOM COMES HOME TO PACK, AND A FEW HOURS LATER HE IS OFF TO CHICAGO TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY FOR 8 DAYS. WHICH AS ALL OF YOU KNOW MEANS..."SINGLE MOM FOR 8 DAYS"...GLAD IT IS ALMOST OVER. UNCLE ARLON PASSED AWAY JUST AS TOM WAS BOARDING THE PLANE...HE WAS HOPING TO MAKE IT THERE BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. UNCLE ARLON WAS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO ALL OF US BUT HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART FOR HOW MUCH HE LOVES ZOE. SHE NEVER GOT UNDER HIS SKIN...AND IF YOU KNOW TOM'S FAMILY THAT IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. HE WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT HER WHEN SHE IN FOR SURGERY, HE WOULD HOLD HER FOR HOURS ON END WHILE SHE RUBBED THE FACE OF HIS WATCH, HE ALWAYS MADE SURE TO GIVE HER KISSES...I WISH SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN OLDER AND MORE UNDERSTANDING OF HIS LOVE FOR HER. UNCLE ARLON FOUGHT A LONG HARD BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS A VERY BRAVE MAN. IT IS SAD THAT IT TOOK HIS DEATH FOR HIS CHILDREN TO SHOW THEIR FACES (THE GALL OF THEM MAKES ME SICK). THEY HAVE NOT SEEN HIM OR SPOKE TO HIM IN OVER 20 YEARS. WHILE TOM HAS BEEN HOME HE HELPED CLEAN OUT UNCLE ARLON'S APARTMENT AND PACK WHAT HE WANTED TO BRING HOME (INCLUDING ARLON'S WATCH FOR ZOE). I KNOW IT ISN'T ENOUGH TIME FOR TOM TO SPEND WITH HIS FAMILY IN THIS TIME OF GRIEVEING BUT ATLEAST HE UNDERSTANDS HIS DUTIES AT HOME ALSO. I WISH THE GIRLS AND I COULD HAVE ALSO WENT HOME BUT IT WOULD HAVE COST CLOSE TO $2400 PLUS A BIGGER RENTAL CAR. HE KNOWS THAT WE LOVE HIM AND HE WOULD UNDERSTAND. HE WOULDN'T WANT US TO PUT BILLS ON THE BACK BURNER TO COME BACK HOME. WHEN WE GO HOME WE WILL BE GOING DOWN TO HIS SITE TO TALK TO HIM...I NEED TO FOR CLOSURE.

WORK HAS BEEN TOTALLY CRAZY...WE ARE STARTING TO HIT BUSY SEASON! WHEN THE TEMPS GET OVER 100 OR IT RAINS...OUR COMPANY IS NONSTOP! BUT OF COURSE NONE OF US ARE COMPLAINING BECAUSE THAT JUST MEANS MORE MONEY FOR ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED.

WELL I CAN'T WAIT FOR 11:20 SATURDAY...I GET TO BE IN THE ARMS OF THE ONE I LOVE THE MOST...

UNTIL NEXT TIME