The Whole Bunch at Once: April Already!

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving was great this year. All my kids had the day off. Mom, Dad, Darren, Tricia, Chase and Brandson came out to Georgia. Cody and Tiffany also came over.
We went to Chucky Cheese for Branson's birthday. The girls went to Breaking Dawn. The Highlight was going to Callaway Gardens to the Christmas Light show. It is always awesome!
The boys were putting my Christmas lights up and Darren fell through the roof landing in my bedroom closet. It was hilarious! Luckily, he knew just how to fix it and you can't even tell.
We also had our White Elephant party while they were here.
Kaia and Sienna loved Brandson and wouldn't leave his side.

Washington DC Temple

In October I flew to Washington DC and went to the DC Temple with LaRene and Kim. Kim was visiting her parents. We waited until she got there before I flew up. It was an awesome day. I took the first flight. They picked me up and we went right to the Temple. I love going to the Temple. It makes my whole week feel better. After the Temple, we went to "The Cheesecake Factory." Kim had never been there. It was so fun spending the day with them. After our late lunch they took me back to the airport and I flew home. What a great way to spend the day!

Fall In Georgia

I've always loved Fall, although every Fall I get a BAD case of Nostalgia. I always miss my kids when they were little when Fall rolls around. I miss the football games, Dressing them up for Halloween, the Halloween carnivals and trick or treating. I love the colors of fall and the pretty trees but living in Georgia has taken on a new meaning to "Pretty!" It is beyond pretty, it's breathtaking. I take way too many pictures but someday I won't live here and I want to savor the beauty. I sit out on my back balcony sometimes and just can't believe how gorgeous it is. Cool, crispt air, beautiful colored trees and a lake in the background.
I trimmed all the bushes today. It took me a few hours but the front yard sure looks great. As I was throwing all the leaves away I looked around and realized that winter is very close. It has that feel. The pool is covered and all the summer toys are put away. The year sure flew by fast. Christmas is just around the corner and I love Christmas!

Leaking Basement

Brad and I got to finish off August of 2010 with a bang. We flew to St. George late Saturday night to pump water out of the basement. Tanner had made a quick trip to St. George to drop off some stuff, thank goodness! He called Brad with the news and off we went. We arrived in St. George around midnight and pumped until 1 a.m then got up around 6:30 and spent the day pumping out water, pulling up wet carpet and cleaning up. We hopped on an airplane and returned home Monday morning at 6. We are definatley sleep deprived right now!

Monday, April 4, 2011

April Already!

I can't believe it's April already.
So far 2011 has NOT been the year I hoped it would be.
It started out New Years Eve with Eja going into Scotish Rite hospital with Pneumonia.
Her oxygen levels were in the 60's and it was scary.
In March Kyden went to the hospital twice. Once dehydrated from not being able to eat or keep anything down.(The Dr. thought it might be spinal meningitis) 47 hours after being released he quit breathing and Zach had to do CPR on him. He had a small bleed in the subdural part of his head. So far it has been determined he has a blood disorder and they are trying to get to the bottom of it so this doesn't happen again. It was been a very stressful and awful situation. We have prayed alot and had alot of prayers answered. We just want them all to be ok.
The good thing that happened this year is our 30th wedding anniversary. We went to the Grand Cayman Islands and just relaxed. It was beautiful and wonderful. Brad did "MAKE" me go scuba diving and at first it freaked me out and I was a bit upset with him. Fianlly he and the instrutor left me alone and I played around and got the hang of it. It actually turned out to be a fun thing. We hated to come home.
In March we had a terrible storm come through. Incredibe rain, 60 MPH winds, baseball size hail and a tornado touched down about a mile from Zach and Nicole's houses
It's APril now and Spring it here. I keep saying "This too shall pass" and it will.

1 comment:

Claire said...: Hi, It is Great to Hear from you!
Terry says Hi Also.
I went to Jesse Ence's Wedding and your cute son was there..
Tammy and I have been Best Friends since College..
Jesse has nothing but Great things to say about your son!; July 13, 2011 at 10:03 AM

December 2011

December was a busy month. It started off with me flying to Utah. I helped Yvonne at the Diskens festival then drove to Provo to deliver Tanner's 12 days of Christmas. I drove from Provo to Manti where I met mom and Tricia. We helped Tana get ready for Tylor and Rayna's wedding. The wedding was nice and I'm thankful I was able to go help.

The drive home from Manti was nuts. It snowed like crazy the entire drive. It was beautiful! Brad met me in St. George. We saw everyone and delivered gifts. We saw Brad's family, my family, Robin, Yvonne, Kris and Mark, Nanci and Dennis.

Dusky and Nicole went to Samoa to see Dusky's parents, who are serving a mission. They had such a good time. They were gone 9 days and we kept the girls.

Tanner, Jon and Aaron also did some traveling. They went to Vietnam and Thailand. Brad's friends from Air Mekong took care of them and treated them very well while they were in Vietnam.

Dusky had to go to work Christmas Eve so Santa came to the Goulding house a day early. The girls had no clue. Santa brought them a great big doll house that Great Grandpa Barney made. They loved it.

My kids were all here and it was a very Nice Christmas.

2011 is on it's way out the door!

April Already!

I can't believe it's April already! So far 2011 has not been what I hoped a New Year would be. New Years Eve, Eja went to Scotish Rite Children's hospital with Pneumonia. Her oxygen levels were in the 60's and it was a scary. She was there for three days. In March Kyden went to Egleston Children's Hospital twice. The first time for dehydration. He couldn't eat or keep anything down. His fontanell (Soft spot) was full so his pediatrician sent him by ambulance thinking it might be Spinal Meningitis. It wasn't and they sent him home. 47 hours later he stopped breathing and Zach had to do CPR on him. Thank goodness Tasha had taught him how to do infant CPR in November. It turns out he had a small bleed in the subdural space in his head. He has a blood disorder they discovered and have been trying to get to the bottom of it. We have prayed alot and seen prayers answered. We just want them to all be ok. The good thing that has happened in 2011 is Brad and I celebrated "30" years. We went to the Grand Cayman Islands and had a wonderful, relaxing time. Brad did "MAKE" me go scuba diving and I was a bit upset about it at first. It freaks me out. Finally he and the instructor left me alone to get used to it myself. I played around for a while and it actually turned out to be quite fun. We didn't want to come home but such is life. Now it's april and I keep telling myself..."This too shall pass" and it will. Spring is here and the pool cover is off. That right there is a wonderful thing, especially to Kaia and Senny!