Tiffany – She is doing well in school this past year and loves her 2nd grade teacher – she is very nice and definitely has helped her confidence and her greatly this year. She is still probably about a grade level behind though, but is trying VERY hard. Tired of being cooped in the house after our winter, so finally starting to go to friends houses, etc. and to get away from Kaden too. Tif has spring pictures at her school this Friday.

Kaden – He talks non-stop this kid! He now goes to pre-school every afternoon M-Thurs and he enjoys it a lot and is doing well. And FINALLY, he is pretty much potty trained! Night -time he really isn’t and he tends to have some accidents during the day, but he is pretty much trained. (what a relief that is!)

Rob – Has a Judo Tournament in April that he is practicing and training for and then a week later… his first debut and he is going to be in a MMA Fight! We are getting things ready and got his physical and next is blood work, etc. and then getting his gear and gloves.

Jen – Things have started to pick up for me business wise out of the blue and I just worked on a company web-site, quoted a possible project, have another web-site to do in the works, so it is improving. I continue to look for a job too, but not much out there yet and I’d rather do my business if I can make some money doing it anyway!

We traded the Durango with someone and now got a 2000 Monte Carlo. It saves a lot on gas and drives really well.

Home Stuff – Let’s just say – it is time for us to let this burden of stress go and whatever is supposed to happen – will. And the sooner the better! We won’t let our home go without a fight and an attorney can and will now handle things for us.

In early April we have Rob’s younger brother and wife coming to visit, so that will be nice! And the rest of April will be busy with the fight stuff! Then.. end of May – Summer break already for the kids!

Will post pics sometime soon!

On another note, I’m having surgery tomorrow to get my gall bladder removed. ugh. I’ve been having problems the past year and finally decided to go to the ER this week while it was happening – hoping to figure out what is going on with me and they did an ultrasound and found out that I have many gall stones. It is hereditary and my mom had this too and hers removed as well. So, I’m nervous about tomorrow, but it is an out patient surgery and I’ll be home in the evening and have the weekend and Monday to rest for the most part. What a way to start a New Year, hey? At any rate, as much as I wanted to cancel it, I’d like to be pain free this year.

Here’s a few pics (before WI). A digital scrap I made and one at Santa’s Cabin in town – Kaden was chicken, so I had to be with him!

I’ll be changing this blog design soon too obviously. ha. I got a digital photo frame for Christmas too so I have all the pics from WI on there – it is soo nice!

Wish me luck and I’ll post soon!

Here are a few pictures – I have many more to come, but trying to re-organize this web-site a bit. I’ve had off from watching the other child I watch during the day all week and now this week has gone by so fast, feel like I haven’t gotten much done, but had lunch at KFC with Rob yesterday after Kaden was taken to school, so that was my little day out and shopped around a little bit just to get ideas. So, I hope to get with it soon or more like today! I started organizing and cleaning out a cabinet in kitchen, etc and hope to make my x-mas labels and figure out gifts and get them sent out – early was the plan, but it surely isn’t working out that way!

Wisconsin for Christmas?? Well, we’d like to. Rob’s schedule works out better for the week after IF we were to head out that way, only because if he took off Wedn./Thurs, he’d have to be back at work on Monday. The following week would give us an extra day and he’d be off Wedn.- Mon. and since we’d have to drive, so that day would really help. But, again, we are not sure yet and have to see how things go in the next week or so – may have to make another plan – once again; one of these days we will make it there.

Fibber & Sleeves – wearing goofy Halloween scarves that they are sooo thrilled to have on. (not!)

Got a few pumpkins at Wal-mart – went to pumpkin farm first, but with the snow, etc. I guess they cleared it out. We just got one large one and a small one – dad carved larger one and Tif helped in what she wanted face to be like.

We went trick or treating in our old rental subdivision and it was getting cold and pretty dark, so we then went to Sunrise Assisted Living Center where they have indoor trick or treating. It was pretty nice and very, very warm in there! Lot of suckers given out there so Kaden started sorting through and picking out anything but a sucker – it was pretty funny.

Here’s some pictures…