An update

February is over already. What a month it has been too. I have not had much time to post on here but here is an update.

My brother moved into his new home (Yippee!). He now lives right down the street from us. It went pretty well for a while with his family living with us, but as time passed things went down hill. I won’t go too much into details, but it wasn’t much fun having my brother, his gf, and his 3 destructive kids living with us.
February was also a very, very snowy month. We had two major snow storms. The first one we received over 24inches of snow. I think our area had 28”. Then shockingly we were hit with a 2nd storm not even a week later that dropped over 18” of snow on our area! I have always loved snow, but I must say I’ve never had to deal with quite this much of it. The snow was so deep it almost came up to my waist. It was almost impossible to walk threw. The kids looked like they were swimming through it. I wish I had pictures that did the snow justice. Looking back at the pictures it doesn’t look too bad. But anyway.. It was fun getting to see so much snow, even though it was hard work, and annoying being stuck in the house. I am not sure that I will ever again see that much snow. I have never seen two huge snow storms hit back to back like that.

Brad and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on Feb. 11th. We didn’t do anything special because of lack of money, and lots of snow. I am just so blessed to have been married to this man for 4 years. I love Brad so much, and we are the perfect match. We have been together for 6 years and married 4 now. I look forward to spending the rest of my life with him. I love you Brad!

February was also a bad month this year. It was the end of a family members life. A life I wish would have been longer. My precious cat Ashes (who was 16-17) passed away. She had to be put to sleep because of an illness & cancer. The vet said at that point, having Ashes euthanized was the best thing for her. It would take away her pain. I would like to think Ashes is running around with my other beloved childhood cats - Blacky, Peanut, and Holly. My childhood cats helped make me who I am today, they are the reason I love animals so much.

Some other bad news from February was about Bradley. Bradley’s eye Dr. appointment didn’t go too well. I never knew surgery was even an option for my boy. Now Bradley will have to have surgery to fix his right eye. For now he has to wear a patch over the better eye to make the one stronger. Bradley’s good eye is the one that will need the surgery because the muscles aren’t connected right. I am so worried about putting Bradley threw surgery. Unfortunately I have no choice, and it is something that has to be surgically corrected.

Brad has also been in contact with his ex. We have been invited to Samantha’s birthday party. What a shocker that was. Her Birthday party is this Saturday March 6th. On Sunday Dustin is having his Birthday party, since Sunday is his real birthday. I am a little concerned about how us attending Samantha’s party will go. It will be Samantha’s mother, and her side of the family. Brads parents will be there as well… Oh yippee (sarcasm). It should be pretty interesting anyway.

For Dustin’s Birthday we are going to go to McDonalds. They have a big play area, and it’s something the kids really like doing. I figured I’d get all my boys happy meals and bring the cake along for dessert. I’m thinking of making a fire engine cake for Dustin’s 2nd birthday. I’m hoping my brother and his children come for Dustin’s little party. It’s still so hard for me to believe that Dustin is turning two. I still refer to him as “the baby”. He is already so grown up though, he talks pretty well now, and is even singing some of his ABC’s. Time flies by way to fast!

Well I think that is enough of an update for now. It’s been a very long post.