Summer update and such.......

I've been so busy keeping up on my weight loss blog, that this one has gone neglected.
Summer has been crazy busy with having all three boys home, all day long, every day!
Now, we're down to 19 days till school starts again. I love my boys, but I must say that I'm really looking forward to school starting!!! lol It's not getting rid of them, but to have structure and routine back in our lives. They always do best under those circumstances. I just hope and pray it's a good school year. Last year was crazy and my nerves were shot by the end of the school year!
They've been out almost 2 months now, so it's definitely time! :)

Not too much else has changed. We've been back and forth to Nashville a few times. Including one 11 day stint! Erik's parents put Alex in some beginner tennis lessons and Aidan and Connor went to an all day camp at a gymnasium and had a blast. :) When they weren't at those, they were in the pool. I got a nice little sort of vacation out of it too. :)

The last blog I wrote was about Grampy's toe/foot. That drama is still going on. He's had a partial amputation and things are still not great. I guess he's got an appointment this coming Monday and they will determine then if they will send him up to some specialists in SLC who have equipment & technique not available in St. George that might save the rest of his foot. Mandy just told me this and I am questioning WHY they didn't do this 2 months ago??? UGH!!!! When Mom got cancer they didn't say, "Oh we can fix you here!" No, they sent her up to the Hunstman Cancer Center where she could be treated by the best. I just worry that the doctors there gambled with it all a little too long and it may be too little too late. *sigh* But, he's doing okay considering and his spirits are pretty good.

Speaking of Mom......It's rapidly approaching 2 years since we lost her. On one hand, I can't believe it's been that long. On the other, it feels like forever. I still think about her all the time and miss her so much every day. So much has happened in the past 2 years that I wish I could share with her. Connor, my baby, is about to enter kindergarten. I'm so sad that he doesn't get to call Grandma and tell her all about going to school like Alex and Aidan did. Though we lived so many miles apart, she was always a huge presence in their lives.
I hope that she's around and can see them growing and changing and see the crazy things they say and do. Does she know Connor is obsessed with doing cartwheels, especially one handed cartwheels....and that he's REALLY good at it?? He was cartwheeling the other day while holding a nectarine in one hand. :) Does she see our happiness and our struggles and everything that I so wish that I could talk to her about? I hope so. Great, I've gone and made myself cry. I just miss her so so much. I hope that she can see the amazing job Erik and I are doing losing weight. I know that she was very concerned with our weight issues and when she was battling her health issues....first diabetes and then cancer, she begged me to do something so that I could prevent it from happening to me. I hope she knows that I've lost 55 pounds and Erik 76 and is smiling down on us. :)
Wow, I really didn't mean to turn into such a Debbie Downer in this blog! But, sometimes that's just life. I'll try to do better at keeping this blog up to date!