February Thoughts!

Well, February was certainly an exciting month!! Mom and Dad were able to go to California to visit with Grandma and Grandpa Dellinger, Uncle Allan and Aunt Barb and Shellie, Kyle and Kelsey. (We don't think they got to see Mollie and Sophie while they were there. We are hoping that we get to go next time!!) While mom and dad were gone we visited our cousins, Karma and Maya at Aunt Jewel's house! Boy did we have fun, you would not believe how much mischief the 4 of us can get into!!! We usually sleep for about 3 days after we have a visit there!! Mom took us to the Dog Park on Saturday after she got back so that we could play with the other Doodle's! Some of them are really NUTS!! (Not really...they are all as cute as us!) Oh and by the way, here is a picture of our new cousin ( the Oldham's Puppy!), Daisy! Ok, enough from the Peanut gallery ( I am taking over from the Furry Ones for a little while!!) I flew down to Texas by myself to visit my Birth Daughter and her family on February 26th. You can see a photo show from my trip on the right, but here are a few of the pics with some side notes!! Blaine is now 13 and has completed all of the work for his Boy Scout's Eagle Project. He also swims competitively year round. Trevor is 11 and just finished his Basketball Season. He also plays piano really well and will be starting Flag Football soon and then Swim in June. Megan will turn 9 on April 7 and also just finished Basketball. She plays piano like an angel, guess some of the family talent has trickled down(although I don't think I ever played so beautifully at her age, but Amy plays beautifully also!) She will start Swim in June as well.! Paige will be 7 on June 7. She played Basketball and is also finished for this year. She will start Swim in June and can not wait until she can start Piano lessons this summer! Amy and Dave are doing well..although keeping all of the kids activities straight takes A LOT of energy. This grandma came back exhausted!!! But it is the very best kind of exhausted! We had a great time and managed to fit in a movie for the adults, "TAKEN", (with Liam Neesen) and dinner at Maria's Taco for everyone on Saturday night. Amy, Megan,Paige and I also sneaked in a trip to Hey Cakes! It is one of those cute little places that are tucked away all over Austin. Just a little trailer with LOTS of yummy cupcakes!! It all ended way too soon and I flew back on March 2nd. Hopefully we will be able to go back in another few months! The final comment for this post is that we finally got a date scheduled for Kenny to have his right knee replaced. He will be having the surgery on Monday, March 16th and will probably be in the hospital 3-4 days before they move him over to the Rehab facility, Health South, for about 7 days until he gets to walking well enough to come home. We are both looking very forward to the relief he will get after the surgery is done! We are hoping to make a trip back down to California around the beginning of April, as soon as Kenny can travel... So, all in all, we have had a really good year so far and are certainly grateful for all of our family and friends love and support. Take care out there and leave us some comments!!