I've had 3 nephew's get married in 2011. And another one will be married soon.

I don't have a picture of Caleb and Shantel Schwartz. They were married in Sept. Very cute couple too. Caleb is one of the "extra boys" we have. Lee and Todd have loved and cared for Caleb and Andy as much as their own boys. So we all claim them.

Ethan and Ka-Rynn are getting married in June.

Here are Jeff and Amanda Slichter. They were married in May, in Spokane, WA. They are very cute together.

Here are the boys plus their first niece. Katie-bell. Now Jeff and Andy are married, and Ethan is engaged. It goes, Andy, Ryan, Jeff, Ethan and then of course Katie. Caleb is missing.

Christi and Evan are a great example of married life. 5 years and counting. They had fun at the wedding too.

Here is Andy and Jessi Tyler. sorry I couldn't find a better picture. We had Andy in our family so long, he's just one of the boys now. I made the cake for them. It was fun.

A better look at the cake.

More Christmas of 2011!

I love the snow in Idaho. We didn't actually see to much snow this year. But we had so much fun with your family. Mom got to spend 3 weeks in Idaho. It was a good long break. She needed the break! This picture was taken near Smith's Ferry, Idaho.

Wow!!! it's been a long time! Christmas again!

Here are a few of the Christmas presents I made this year! The robot dolls were a big hit!

Here is one of our little angels! Katie! Christi's little girl. She is almost 4. She has such a great imagination. We laugh at all the things she comes up with.

I have a wonderful little guy in my life. My nephew, Porter! He is Christi's baby! 13 months old. He loves the camera. He says, "Cheesssseee!" He then wants to look at the picture on the back of the camera. I never even imagined something like that when I was little. He makes us all laugh!!! I went to Idaho on Dec.1, 2011. Sam's birthday was the next day. We had fun! He turned 12. Emilee's birthday was two weeks later. She is 10 now. A double digit girl.

An Idaho Christmas!

Snow fell in the night before my birthday! So when Jena and I woke up, it was a white Birthday! I loved that. Well, I've been 35 for a week now. I don't feel don't any different. Even though 35 sounds SOOO old.
Christmas was very fun with tons of family! We even have a new baby to celebrate with. Porter is super fun. He's an easy going guy and loves to be held. He hops from person to the next. Kirk says he's a keeper. As soon as I get my pictures downloaded I'll put some pictures up.
I have many funny, and just great pictures. I love my family!

Funny little things!!!

Kirk, Jena and her kids came to visit for a couple of weeks. We had soooo much fun! Here we are actually just waiting for the oil to be changed in the car. But it was a good picture.

We spend a lot of time at the pool. Sam loved the goggles and snarkle. Even if we weren't in the pool. He's a genius!!!

Dottie LOVED the kids. I was kind of worried that they would freak out. Especially Emilee, but she really like Dottie too. This is Dottie being "hopeful" that Emilee might share. There were very funny together.

Dottie- the Dog!

This isn't a very good picture. Dottie doesn't like her picture taken. So it's hard to catch her. She is a doberman. But her ears aren't clipped. She's awesome. I love having her around. I didn't realize how much I miss having a dog. I guess.. it's having a dog love me. She loves me. I'm not her "human" but I'm really high up on her list.
We are still waiting on more news on the house. It is looking good for next week though. That's the latest news anyway. I have a doctors appointment on Friday for my foot. I hope to be done with the boot. BUT.... I only have right shoes. All of my left shoes are packed and in the storage unit. I find that to be a problem. We'll see????

A new day.

Today is Sunday. A new week is here. A new chance. I've been thinking a lot about my life now... Not that I want to be negative. I'm tired of being negative. But I want to explain what it is like to be me. People see me and don't see that I dizzy. They don't see that there is anything wrong with me. I can walk. So when you see the walker, a person that is so young (yep that's me, young) with a walker, it has to be weird. Why would I need a walker? Well, because I need something stable to hold onto. Something that I can predict here it will be. Holding onto people works but is not as good as something that I control. Especially when I go outside. Outside I lose my vertical reference. I don't have anything above me to tell me where things stop. Something simple like that is really important. More than I knew, but boy I know now.
When I'm indoors I can "cheat" I touch things. furniture, walls, etc. I touch them with the back of my legs, and I casually leaning on thing. I can do it without people noticing. Sometimes I don't even notice. It's just something I do. I have to, that way I know where I am in a room compared to everything else. That's the problem, I can't tell where I am in space. (sort of, It's hard to explain.)
Then there are the migraines... that's another problem all on it's own. I have a wonderful Neurologist. He has me on some medicine that has made a HUGE difference. I used to have a headache that would last for 4-5 days. Now I can take medicine when I first feel them and usually stop them before they really get going good. YIPPEE!!!! On those occasions when I don't get them stopped. I have hope. Dr. Ales is still here and ready to help.
I feel stupid when I get those stare from people who are probably thinking. "What can possibly be wrong with her?" It does help right now that I have a boot on my foot. But that's only temporary. I don't stumble and fall enough for everyone to see. :0) I've been stared at my whole life... no biggie. That's one thing being a twin has taught me not to care about. For once in my life I would like to know what it is like to be normal. But I guess normal is over-rated. That's not the life I was dealt.
A new day... still being the only person I know how to be. I'm still dizzy, but hopeful that we will get to move this week. Broken foot and all. My kidney infection doesn't seem to be any better... I'll go back to the doctor tomorrow. That's not fun. But that's the plan.