The Fedele Family

Dance Recital June 2009

2009-06-10T15:40:00.002-04:00

Ready, Set......Go!!

2009-05-31T01:49:00.000-04:00

Mary has been taking swimming lessons this past week and will finish at the end of the up comming week. She has had a total blast! Mary LOVES the water! Here are a few pictures to enjoy!

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Natural Bridge

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Noelle at the Natural Bridge

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Natural Bridge with the Stewarts!

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Bye, Bye....Pre-School

2009-05-17T14:51:00.000-04:00

Mary had her pre-school end of the year program. She had a blast. She loves to sing! She even got a Diploma!! Way to go Mary...we love you!

Ethan and the Gang

2009-05-17T12:38:00.000-04:00

Here is a photo of Ethan's friends on his birthday. Great Friends, M&M's, Jones Soda, Glow sticks and the game Apples to Apples....could it get any better than this?

Our Big Secret

2009-05-17T12:34:00.000-04:00

We have been keeping a secret!
Mary has joined the crew of the Mystery Machine!
Wow! We have a dectective in the family!

Fantasic Friday!!

2009-05-15T23:15:00.002-04:00

Today is a very special day! Thirteen years ago, we were blessed with the gift of a wonderful baby boy.....today he is growing into an awesome teenager. We are so proud of him, he is a great boy! Happy Birthday Ethan!!

He is having a group of friends over to celebrate! They have entertained themselves and had a good time. All Ethan asked for is Jones soda and glow sticks. They snacked and ran around the yard playing games in the dark with the glow sticks. Ethan has a pretty cool group of friends!!

On another note......Noelle found out today that she made the Henry Clay dance team. She is now a dancing Henry Clay Blue devil!! Noelle, dad and I are so proud that you took the huge step and tried out for the team. We were so impressed with you dedication....going to school and practice while being sick with and ear infection! Noelle, we would be proud of you no matter what the outcome was....but we are so happy that you will be able to get connected with other kids at your school. Have fun and always remember that we are so proud of you no matter what you do!

Finally, today was Mary's last day of preschool....actually, it was her end of the year program. She sang her heart out! She will miss preschool. It was an awesome experience and so hard to believe that the year is over already....now we are preparing her for Kindergarten. Oh, I am so sad that Kindergarten will be right around the corner....I will miss my baby being home with me but, so excited that she will start her educational career and embark on a new "adventure" in her life.

Oh....a little blurp about Lauren. I just sat down at Mary's program and my cell phone rang...it was Lauren's teacher. Lauren was feeling sick to her stomach. Chris who was not yet at the preschool event went and picked Lauren up and brought her home. So Chris missed the pre school program but won "super dad"status. Chris, you are the best!! Oh, and Laure is feeling 100 percent better. In fact, right now all 3 girls are having a "sister" night upstairs while Ethan hangs out with his buddies!!

We are blessed!!

Catching up

2009-05-06T22:26:00.005-04:00

Wow.....it has been a really long time since we have posted an entry. It's not been because we have had nothing to write about, quit the opposite. Life has been very busy and full of lots of activities.

Noelle

Noelle has been been keeping busy with surviving her Freshman year at Henry Clay High School. I think she has adjusted pretty well, but if you ask her, she will tell you the opposite. Only 21 more days to go before she is officially a Sophomore. Next week, Noelle has decided to try out for the Dance Team. This is a huge decision for her. Please pray for her. She is a beautiful dancer but does not seem to have a lot of faith or confidence in herself. We will keep you posted.

Ethan

Well first off, Ethan is almost officially a teenager...on May 15th he will be 13! It hardly seems possible. On the other hand, he has really acted a lot like a teenager the past few months.(okay laugh it up...he is a lot like his mom)! Ethan has been BUSY with soccer the past couple of months. He has 2 practices a week and 2 games on the weekend. So this has really kept all of us on the go, but he loves it and so do we!!

Lauren

Well, big news tonight! Lauren lost another tooth tonight and it looks like the tooth fairy will need to make another visit. She lost a tooth a couple of weeks ago as well. Lauren is loving the spring weather. Riding her bike, jumping rope and just running around the yard. She is great and plays so nice with Mary........okay, not all of the time. Lauren is once again preparing for her dance recital which will be on June 9th. She LOVES to dance, and is really looking forward to the show. She will once again have 3 costumes this year and they are all gorgeous!! Lauren is wrapping up her 3rd grade year. Makes me sad...time is flying.

Mary

Where to begin? This little lady keeps us on our toes. She is a total sweetheart and grouch all rolled into one adorable little body. She is really enjoying helping me around the house. Tonight, she helped by drying the dishes that came out of the dishwasher wet. She was so helpful~and I am being serious. She is almost done with pre school. BooHoo! I am going to be so sad! She has had an amazing year and she had two wonderful teachers! She loves Miss Nikki and Miss Monica. We will miss seeing them. Mary has a field trip to a gymnastics place on Friday and then regular class on Mon. and Wed. next week and then Friday is her end of the year program. Then Kindergarten will follow in the fall...............to be continued!

Well, now you should be up to date on our lives. Well except for Chris and I. Well he is working hard and I am also doing the same at home. Exciting stuff!

Oh.............let's talk about the Kentucky Derby.......Mine that Bird!!Whohoo!! I told Chris I thought that he would win and he placed a $2 bet and we won $100! It was so fun and I still cannot believe it!!

We love and miss you all and hope that the sun is shining wherever you are ~it has not been here lately so I thought it had to be visiting you!!

Snow...in March

2009-03-12T23:04:00.010-04:00

Check this out.....SNOW on Still Meadow Lane!

WOW.....we are getting more snow!! Just two days ago it was 75 degrees.

Kentucky in March.....go figure!!!

Okay.....tonight was full of surprises!!

We took Lauren and Mary to the Disney on Ice 100 year Celebration. We did not tell the girls anything until we were inside Rupp Arena!! They were so shocked and excited!! It was really good and a lot of fun!!

(look at those serious faces....Mary told me that when she is 13 she is going to try out for Disney on Ice)!!

When we walked out we were shocked to see to "Disney" like snow falling from the sky. It was beautiful but looked so fake...unfortunalty, it was 100 percent real snow!!

This weekend we have decided to stay in KY. Ethan was chosen for a Younge Achiever Award and we have a meeting to attend on Saturday! What an honor for Ethan....Way to go E....we are so proud of you!!

Happy Birthday Dad!! We love you and hope that you have a Great Birthday weekend...wish we were there!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

P.S. The Kentucky Wildcats WON our first SEC game today!!!!! GO CATS!!!!!

Just Another Monday

2009-03-09T09:27:00.002-04:00

Well, here it is Monday morning again.

We had a beautiful weekend! The weather was AWESOME on Saturday.
The girls played outside nearly the entire day! Okay for those that really know me~that means nice weather=flip flops. I love them, the kids love them and as much as I love flip flops that means DIRTY, YUCKY feet. I detest dirty feet. My poor kids know this and know that when they come inside they must wipe their feet clean with baby wipes and then head off to the tub to really clean them. So...........I love the nice weather but despise the dirty feet. Crazy...yes...but that is me!!

We had a birthday party with some of Mary's neighborhood friends. Noelle was a AWESOME!! She and Ethan decorated on Saturday night! Noelle did a GREAT job of planning the games, decorating and entertaining the children. She has really become the Pied Piper of the neighborhood! It was so cute....Noelle babysits for a few families her in Still Meadow, one the little girl at the party loves to have Noelle babysit~ she calls her Fedele!! It is so funny. Noelle adores these kids as much as they adore her!!

Mary had a BLAST at her party! Good fun!! PHEW, now that 5 year old birthday party is behind us!!

We are all doing OK adjusting to DST. I think that this has been the easiest transition for me. I set our clocks forward on Saturday at 7:00 pm (trying to trick myself...it seems to have worked for me). Mary did have a hard time waking up this morning for school. I had to carry her out of bed at 8:30. She got a slow start but is at preschool as I type. But.....my house is not empty...Ethan is home. He says that he feels sick. He also felt sick last Friday but pushed himself to school and did fine soooooo........maybe he really is sick today?? We will see! No soccer practice tonight since he stayed home. RATS....I will miss driving a half and hour to practice for a hour and fifteen minute practice and then another half hour drive home (during dinner hour).
So......Monday is off to a good start!

Have a good week!

Survival!

2009-03-05T00:08:00.002-05:00

Okay...our baby is officially 5 years old. It is so hard to believe. Mary has been such a blessing to our family. She is happy, funny, theatrical, inventive, creative and sweet as can be!! We have been so blessed to have her as the "baby" of our family!!

Mary had a great birthday. She loved her cake, which she helped me make. She opened gifts every hour all morning long to bask in her birthday glory.

So needless to say...we have a happy little 5 year old and Whew....we made it through another birthday!!

***Thanks to everyone for all of the phone calls, special messages left for her! ~especially two singing messages. Thanks Aunt Lori ,Uncle Brad ,Ben and J.J. for the gift...she loved it and so did I!! Can't wait to cook up some of those fun recipes!

T'was the night before.........

2009-03-02T20:32:00.006-05:00

T'was the night before Mary's birthday and all through the house. All the children were stirring...thank goodness we found Lauren's favorite blouse. The two little girls were snug and tucked in their beds while visions of presents swirled in our little Mary's head!!

Mom was baking a wrapping and crafting away. Dad had just finished his chores and sat down for the first time today!!

When down in the basement we heard such a clatter we ran to the hall to see what was the matter! Oh....down in the basement the teens played the WII!! They just scored the record high it shone bright on the big screen TV........

Okay.....you get the idea!!

Happy 5th birthday

Mary Emilia!!

Pretty Princess.....and Coco Chanel!!

2009-02-21T17:18:00.006-05:00

Mary was invited to a "Fancy Nancy" birthday party! She needed to dress up fancy. At the Pary she had her nails, hair and makeup done! She had a wonderful time at the party! Thank you Becki & Emily!

Mary prepared for this party the night before. Noelle helped her pick out her dress and "fancied" her up!

Mary woke up excited for the party today!! Noelle came down the stairs and Mary said "Good Morning Coco Chanel"!

Looks like Noelle had a new alias!! By the way.....Noelle wants a Chanel Purse or Bracelet. Rats.......I thought we got the CHANEL out of her system at Christmas when Santa brought her CHANEL nail polish! Oh....well......the girl does have great taste!!! ;)

OHHH...NOOO....NOT AGAIN...!!!!

2009-02-20T13:53:00.010-05:00

Well, once again we have had yet another minor glitch!

Over the past several months, we have been noticing an increase in our water bill....we do have 2 teenagers in the house (who take LONG showers) so we chalked it up to that. Well, Tuesday we got a WHOPPER of a water bill. The water company came out and determined that we had a leak from the main supply to the house...AKA...we are responsible for the $$$$ to fix the leak. Long story short..... We had a BIG leak outside near our foundation that was beginning to seep into our unfinished part of our basement(thank goodness) where the main water line entered our home. If we would have put if off much longer we would have had a BIG mess in our basement!

The plumbers came yesterday and found the leak!! It was at the connection that was made for our irrigation system.....so now we have no leak but also no irrigation system hook up!! Hopefully, we will have a solution soon!!

I am just so thankful that our basement was spared!! We have sure had our share of "little" glitches that end up being a constant head ache! However, we are thankful for our health and continue to thank God for all that he has blessed us with!!

Over and out from Lexington.......have a happy,safe and wonderful weekend everyone!!!

Happy Birthday Grammy!

2009-02-18T12:40:00.003-05:00

Today is ...............

Grammy's birthday! We wish that we could be there to help you celebrate this special day!! Grammy, make sure that you have a great day and that everyone treats you like a Queen! We love and miss you!!

Thanks Grandpa & Grandma North

2009-02-16T21:17:00.005-05:00

This past weekend was a lot of fun! Mom and Dad came down to visit us! We love it when they come and stay for the weekend! We don't get many visitors and the weekends are pretty quiet and boring so we had a great weekend.(We love visitors.....come and stay at the Fedele - B&B)

Saturday, Grandpa got up and got donuts for everyone. The kids love getting donuts!!YUMMY! We watched the UK basketball game.....CATS won!!YIPPEE!!!! After the game Mom, Noelle and I went to Old Kentucky Chocolates to get some chocolate covered Strawberries and some chocolate grapes!!! I know the grapes sound crazy...but they are phenomenal!! Then we went to the mall to do a little shopping. Then it was off the our Valentine dinner at BAJIO!! All 8 of us !! It was a great day!

Sunday we went for a scenic drive! We drove out to Versailles KY and to Woodford Reserve..... it was closed so we will have to tour it next time! We also went to Midway KY. Wow...do we live in a Gorgeous part of the country!! The horse farms, rolling hills and beautiful bluegrass countryside is breathtaking!!

Thanks mom and dad!! We had a great weekend and we love you both very much! We love it when you come and visit!! How about moving to KY?????

Our Kentucky Derby Girl!!

2009-02-12T21:55:00.006-05:00

Mary went shopping today.....and was searching for her

2009Kentucky Derby Hat!

She did not find what she was looking for so we are returing to Macy's next week when the rest of the Derby Hats arrive.
ohhh......can't wait to see what she tries on next!

Sunny Sunday...and Monday!!

2009-02-09T20:20:00.010-05:00

Whew!! We are thrilled to have had such wonderful weather the past couple of days!! It has been in the mid to upper 60's. WOW...what a change from a week or even a few days ago!! It was COLD, we are talking low in the single digits cold!

So Sunday Noelle, Ethan and Lauren all went to play or as we now say"hang out" with their friends and Mary was left home alone with Chris and I . She was so bored and sad. We cheered her up with a little walk around the neighborhood and a little nature walk near our backyard (across the street and about a hop, skip and jump)! Look what we found!!

Chilesburg Road or Narnia?

2009-01-28T17:08:00.009-05:00

As I ventured out this morning, I thought that I saw the

"WHITE WITCH"

on Chilesburg Road or maybe....it was me!!!

My first trip out in three days....

2009-01-28T17:02:00.004-05:00

So this is my Sanity trip out. We NEEDED toilet paper....someone had to go.....ME,ME,ME...I went (by myself)~ for safety reasons of course!!

Fun in the Freeezing Rain??? Yes... I guess!!

2009-01-27T15:42:00.002-05:00

As these pictures are being posted....two sisters are still outside in the freezing rain having a ball!
Any minute my door will open and what do you think that they will ask for??? That's right.....HOT CHOCOLATE!!!

I'm off to go prep the mugs with piping hot chocolate goodness and carry on a childhood tradition!!

Day 2 and still counting!!!!

2009-01-27T14:25:00.007-05:00

Okay....so this is day 2 with no school.

Yesterday,we got the kids up and started to get them ready for school and we heard talk on the news of school closings so we took a look. Sure enough...that dusting of snow was enough to call off school on Monday.

The pictures posted above are from today. We have had several inches of freezing rain and are to get some snow and more freezing up until Wednesday morning.

Looks like the kids will have at least Wednesday off as well!

We were praying for the 4-8inches of snow but we were right on the line and got the ice instead...bummer.

Lunch Date

2009-01-23T15:56:00.004-05:00

So I got a very important text message today that asked if I wanted to go on a "cookie date"~i.e. lunch date with Chris and Mary! Well of course my answer was YES!! Lunch with two of of most favorite people( who are able to meet me for lunch in Lexington)!! So that disqualifies all of the family and friends in Indiana and as for my family here...you are all in school! So anyway we ate at Cosi~Yummy one of my favorites. They have awesome flat bread....can you tell by the mound in Mary's mouth.

I am going to enjoy these lunches....next year Mary will be in all day Kindergarten and I will miss her. It will be just Chris and I next year. I guess that I will learn to adjust hahaha!

Have a wonderful weekend!

The sun is shinning!

2009-01-22T17:19:00.004-05:00

Hope that everyone is having a good week! The sun is shinning as I am typing this and the temperature is 47* outside. Thank goodness January is almost over!

Our sweet neighbor girl and Mary's BFF, Lizzie, had her tonsils and adenoids removed this morning. We are so proud of her. She is such a trooper. Way to go Lizzie!! Get better little girlie, Mary cannot wait to play with you again!

This afternoon, Mary and I watched The Chronicles of Narnia. I have never seen it before today. Wow....it has inspired me on several levels.
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*to see my kids love and be kind to each other and work together(who better to have your back than your sisters or brother)!

*to find joy in my every day life! Life is a precious gift!

*to find a church to attend. I miss our church sooooo much!! I want to reconnect with my spiritual side. I miss attending a Lutheran Church more than I can say. My heart has held a void in it over the past few years... We have tried so many churches here but no fit. Sunday, We are going back to one of the first churches that we tried. Hopefully, we will feel more comfortable now that we have "shopped" around.
*last but not least...I want to spend some time doing things to help others. Not sure what yet but my heart is open...I am on mission.

Thanks for checking in on us! Lots of loves and good thoughts are heading your way!

Keep Praying

2009-01-20T23:13:00.003-05:00

Just a reminder to keep Chris's sister Carrie and her husband Dan in your prayers!

Thanks!

Happy Tuesday!

Naturally curly or straight?

2009-01-17T16:11:00.005-05:00

Okay...we are totally bored on this 4 day weekend! It is COLD and WINDY so we are "playing" indoors.

okay....is this Mary's natural look? (WOW...does she look like a mini Noelle or what)???

okay... is this Lauren's natural look?

You busted us! We have been playing with Noelle's new CHI flat-iron. We straightened Mary's hair and we curled Lauren's hair.

Pretty exciting, huh!!!

Well, we hope that you enjoy our fun little experiment.

Take care!

Hugs and Kisses.....Lisa and girls :)

Back to the Grind~Thank Goodness!

2009-01-05T22:52:00.002-05:00

Well today was it.....our household and school schedules returned to normal.

All four kids were back in school and Chris returned to work. Me....well, same old~ Target ( it had been over a week) and wow do they have the best stuff ever. The World Bazzar is back! I love this time of year at the old Target!

Ethan returned to his Guitar Lessons. He is really getting good and he LOVES it! Mary and Lauren return to dance lessons tomorrow. Life is back to normal! Crazy!

Please continue to keep Carrie and Dan and family in your prayers!

Prayers Requested

2009-01-03T17:27:00.005-05:00

As we have begun to move forward into 2009, The Fedele side of the family has be given some devastating news.

Our brother in law, Dan has been recently diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. This has been such a SHOCK and SADNESS to our family!

We ask that you please pray for health and strength for Dan and Carrie and their girls.

We wish that there was something more that we can do to help, but realize at this point asking for prayer is the best way to help!

Thanks for keeping these wonderful people in your prayer!

God Bless!

2008-12-28T19:27:00.003-05:00

We are safely at home sitting in our family room and it is quiet.

The kids are in the basement watching a movie.

We have been to Indiana for Christmas. We went home on Sunday the 21st and celebrated Christmas with the Fedeles and then we celebrated Christmas with the Norths on Christmas Day.

It was a good week at home. We had a great time visiting with our family and friends but the times seems to run together and we can never remember what day it is.

My mom was involved in a automobile accident on December 18th. She has really been through a lot. She looks wonderful and I know that she pushed herself to "feel" better when we were around.She is pretty bruised and swollen in areas that are concealed by clothes so that is good. She such a blessing in our life, I just thank God that she is safe and sound. We all love mom so very much! My dad is also an amazing man,(we love you too dad}!. He has done a wonderful job taking care of her. Please keep them in your prayers!!

We returned home to KY on Saturday early evening. We walked through the door and the kids ran into the house and starting opening up the presents that were left at home by Santa! I wish that we would have taken a picture of our Yukon on the way home....you could not have put another item anywhere in our vehicle. Crazy!!

Well, Christmas is now gone and we are anticipating a the new year. We hope that 2008 has been good to you and we hope that 2009 will be even better!!!

Take care and God bless!!

Lisa

A visit with Santa

2008-12-15T21:47:00.001-05:00

Yesterday, our neighborhood association held it's annual Visit with Santa.

Mary and Lauren were the only ones who wanted to go this year. Oh well, Noelle is 15
and Ethan is 12. I guess that it is okay that they think that they are too big to sit on Santa's lap. BOO HOO!!

Mary was a little nervous. I think she was a little concerned that she may not quite be on the good list. She was really whinny and really grouchy last week. She did decide to sit on Santa's lap. He was so patient! I think she feels a little more confident as to which list she is on....He told her she was on the good list. She had been GREAT today!

Lauren had a good visit from Santa. What do you expect? She is a good kid! I am sure that she is on the good list!

As I write this we are now getting the icy rain that we have been warned about! The teachers pumped the kids up today and told them that they may not have school tomorrow, so if that is true we will make a fun Holiday Prep day out of the day off! We will make cookies and Buckeyes and Holiday Crafts (for Mary). I also bought a Gingerbread House....What is WRONG with me???? I thought that I was the modern day Scroudge....am I softning? Shh...don't tell anyone!

Have a great last week before the Blessed Christmas Day!

Lots of Love!

Lisa and Family

Crossroads Preschool Christmas Program

2008-12-15T21:39:00.005-05:00

Last Friday was Mary's Christmas Program at School. Is was ADORABLE!! She was as cute as a button and she sung and preformed her heart out! She lives for the stage.

You did such a great job Mary! We are so proud of you and we love you!!

Holidays are here again!

2008-12-07T13:46:00.004-05:00

Here we are again hedging into yet another fun filled, busy Holiday Season!

On Saturday, we took the whole family to WLEX's Holiday Children's Party! The kids had a great time. It was at our local Gatti Town (kinda like a chuckie cheese -but a little cleaner and more things for bigger kiddos). Mary, Lauren and Ethan got to sit on Santa's lap and received a gift! Poor Noelle!!

This upcoming week is busy! We have parent visitation at dance on Tuesday evening. Noelle has her High School Choir concert on Tuesday and Wednesday night. Thursday, Chris and I are going to watch to musical " Movin' out". Finally on Friday, Mary has her preschool Christmas program! I can't wait to see it! This will be our last Christmas preschool program ever! She has been singing her songs ALL of the time. I'm sure that she will put her all into this program. She LIVES to be on stage. In fact, she keeps talking about being a famous singer some day( oh, to be young and think that the entire world is yours)!

We have been shopping, shopping, shopping trying to make a dent on our Christmas Lists of gifts for others! We have a lot of shopping to do and we are trying to stay within a budget!

Hope that the upcoming week is a wonderful week for everyone!

Take care and God Bless! We are sending our love to you!!

Chris, Lisa & Family

The King Singers

2008-12-05T14:14:00.002-05:00

Last night, we took a family "field trip" to Danville, KY to Centre College to see the King Singers perform.

I was really thinking that this might not be a good idea because it didn't start until 8:00 and it was about a 45 minute drive from home. Chris really wanted to take the kids and I am so glad that I listened to him instead of that little voice in my head.

The kids enjoyed it! Mary LOVED it! She has been listening to the CD all this afternoon! Who would have guessed that a 4 year old would sit quiet and attentive while a 6 men sang in A~Capella!

Thanks Chris for leading me to another great memory! I love you!

Being Thankful!

2008-11-24T16:54:00.003-05:00

Well, right now I need to take a moment to remember all that I am thankful for!
Family,great friends,a wonderful KY angel(you know who you are~thanks),wonderful husband, wonderful children, our health and many other blessings in our life.

Today, I found myself sad and feeling angry and upset but I am going to push all those negatives aside and focus on the positive.

On a lighter note...We saw TWILIGHT at midnight on Friday. Noelle and Amy and I. I LOVE those books...if you haven't read them~ READ THEM NOW! You will thank me later!!

Thanks for checking in on us! Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving.

Lots of love and kisses from all of to all of you!

Happy 9th Birthday Lauren!!

2008-11-10T15:29:00.003-05:00

Today is a VERY special day!!

Our very sweet, kind and beautiful little girl, Lauren, is turning 9.

She has blessed our lives in so many ways! God has truly blessed us with all of our children!

Happy Birthday Lauren, We LOVE You!

Mom and Dad

It's raining.....in our kitchen??

2008-11-08T18:33:00.009-05:00

Beware.....what you are about to see is an edited version of what our kitchen ceiling really looks like. Proceed with caution at your own risk! These pictures actually look better than what it looks like in person.ENJOY! ;)

Okay, it has been a little over 24 house since I got home and Mary said " mom, why is the counter and the floor ALL WET"? I did and immediate panic. Saw water dripping from the kitchen ceiling and ran straight up stairs to find one of the upstairs toilets filled to the top and running over.

Long story short, Chris was out of town for the afternoon, Lauren was having 5 girls spend the night for her 9th Birthday Bash! So I gathered my thoughts, the phone rang and my angel on the other end, Amy, sent her husband over to help out. In the mean time I called one of our builders guys and he called another and in about 10 minutes time I had 3 great guys helping me. I was so grateful!!

So we have had a huge fan running for about 30 hours... the sound is driving me crazy and Noelle said it was also driving her crazy!! But, it is drying out!

We have about 8 places where the drywall tape is sagging, two holes that need repaired and the whole ceiling needs painted!

The new me is trying to relax and I have once again learned that it could have been a whole lot worse.

I hope that everyone is having a great weekend!

We are in such a better place this year than last. One year and one day ago Lauren got a terrible stomach flu the night before her birthday. Mary was two days before that. At midnight Noelle got it, followed by Ethan a couple of hours later and finally Chris got it at the crack of dawn. I was the sole survivor. Lucky me!! Someone needed to be well to care for the sicklings and empty buckets!(ha ha)!

Take care! Love and miss you all or y'all!!!!

I am Thankful!

2008-11-06T08:46:00.004-05:00

Well...this has been a challenging week. The kids have been disorganized. Forgetting important things such as turning in homework ( which takes 100 points off a middles school advanced math grade), forgetting to print essays that need to be turned in and printing them five minutes after the usually "leave for school time" ( not to mention he "BUS DRIVER" has an important department head meeting that morning) and not grabbing a 500 point assignment from the printer (at least it was printed this time~but forgotten at home). So needless to say there have been a few "talks" and a few extra trips to schools.

Last night I was being consumed by frustration. I know that it is part of being a parent of 4 children but I was MAD. So this morning our "talk" appeared to have made an impact. Everyone was off on time and so far so good!

I am blessed and I am thankful, I just need to remind my self of our Four Blessings!( plus much more)

I am thankful that I live in a great, beautiful state! I am thankful for my wonderful husband~ who is such a constant source of strength to me. I am thankful for our children and our wonderful families{parents, brothers and sisters}. I am thankful for my sister( Laura you are the best)! I am thankful for my Wonderful Neighbors and Great Friends. I have a lot to be thankful for and I need to always remember to count my blessings. I am going to try to be a girl with the glass that is full!!

God Bless!

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-01T14:42:00.003-04:00

Noelle is 15 today!

2008-10-27T12:14:00.005-04:00

It is so hard to believe that 15 years ago our first beautiful baby girl was born to us~ Noelle Elizabeth Fedele. She was so tiny a BEAUTIFUL!

God has blessed us with this wonderful little girl who has grown up into a Beautiful young lady! Noelle is beautiful inside and out. She is such a sweet, kind and helpful soul! She is such a joy to us!(On most days...we all were teenagers once or have teenagers of our own so...enough said).

Happy Birthday Noelle! Dad and I are so proud of you! We love you with all of our hearts!!

Happy October 27,2008 a very special girl is celebrating today! We miss all of our family at home! We wish that you were here to help Noelle celebrate # 15.

Okay.... I wasn't going to mention this but I can't help it! Guess how old I was when I started dating Chris ( Noelle's dad)?????That's right and very scary to us...I was 15 (and a half)! Wow....my parents must have known what a good, honest honorable guy he was even back then! Ahhh...Noelle this does NOT mean that it will be okay for you to date yet~ I know your not interested but...just in case some time in the next year you are....the answer is NO WAY!!!

Please feel free to add you own wish for Noelle below in the comment section.

Daddy's Girl

2008-10-25T19:01:00.002-04:00

Mary has been a real Daddy's Girl lately! I love this photo! Capture these moments....when you blink they are a teenager about to turn 15( Hard to believe but Noelle will be 15 on Monday).

Here is a photo of SLEEPING BEAUTY!!

Birthday Celebration

2008-10-25T18:51:00.005-04:00

Another year....another celebration.

This year for Chris's birthday, we stayed home and I fixed his favorite meal. Meatloaf, baked, sliced herbed new potato's, beans with toasted almonds and macaroni and cheese.

For his cake, Mary wanted Chocolate and we went and picked up a famous Missy's Apple Pie!

We had a really nice, quite evening at home!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY~ WE LOVE YOU!

2008-10-23T15:14:00.010-04:00

This picture is from last year's birthday!

Today is a VERY special day! On this day (a few years ago), a wonderful guy and his twin sister were born! The world is such a wonderful place with these twins in it!

Happy Birthday Carrie! Happy Birthday Chris(daddy or da,da) as Mary has been calling him for about the past week!

We are so very thankful for you...we love you very much!!

Oh...we have a surprise for Chris(shh..don't tell MARY).

It is something that he LOVES to eat more than anything else in the world. It is from a place that he has heard has the best _ p _ _ _
_ i _

in all of the state of Kentucky! Mary about gave it away but we are trying hard to lock her mouth up and throw the key away for a few more hours!

Happy Birthday! Here is something special for you....on your birthday we think that you need a little more COWBELL

Two Wheels, Bourbon and Fall Break

2008-10-15T13:50:00.005-04:00

We have had an exciting event take place in our house~Mary can now ride a two wheel bike without training wheels. On Sunday, our wonderfully kind neighbor invited the kids over to play and inflated her HUGE water slide for the kids to play on. After the water fun, she and her 5 year old daughter taught Mary how to ride a two wheel bike!

Mary came home SO excited! She rode circles around and around our driveway for about an hour or so(until it got too dark). She has been obsessed morning thru night riding and riding and riding that bike!

Now Bourbon?? Okay....Chris totally has fallen in love with Bourbon (especially..Makers Mark)! He has taken tours of about 4 or 5 Kentucky Distilleries and is fascinated with the history associated with Bourbon and Bourbon making! Well...last night he went to pick up his prescription at Walgreen's and had a little wait so he decided to visit the Liquor Barn! He has been searching for the 17 year Pappy Van Winkle and found it behind the glass counter last night! It is VERY rare. Unfortunately, he did not purchase it because it was a little on the pricey side. Go on..take a guess???????????? Ready~ it is $199.00 a bottle. It's just very RARE so it brings along with it a hefty price tag. He also spotted the triple dipped Makers Mark Political Party Bottles...dipped in red, white and blue wax. It think we might be able to swing this one ($25.00) as a birthday gift for him to start his own Makers Mark Collection. He is after all a Makers Mark Ambassador!
We tease him about his new passion... but it is all in good fun. It has been fun to see him get excited about something that interests him and I don't think that he minds the taste too much either!!

So this is the last school day this week because of Fall Break!! The kids are excited and ready for a few days off. We are heading home to see everyone! We should be back in the New Haven/ Fort Wayne area Thursday early evening! We look forward to playing with our cousins and old friends and seeing our grandparents, great grandparents, aunts and uncles. I am especially looking forward to seeing on little convict(#030207). She is in the process of getting her transfer papers in order for her extradition to the great Commonwealth of Kentucky! She is seeking asylum for being misunderstood and wrongly judged and wrongfully sentenced by the prosecuting attorney. I am prepared to take this convict home and SPOIL her rotten!!! I really wish that I could!

Anyways....Have a great day!

URGENT UPDATE! I've just been informent that convict # 030207's paperwork is in order and has been cleared for extadition!!

Helping Out a Needy, Sick Brother and other Stuff!

2008-10-09T20:48:00.006-04:00

Well today was an EVENTFULL day!

First of all...Ethan stayed home from school today and I took him to the doctor early this morning. He has a nasty ear infection and his sinuses are a mess.

He was feeling well enough to work on his "project" that is due tomorrow but has waited until Monday evening to start. He has known about this for a while ...a good month or so but, by Ethan's standards he started earlier than normal.

He took a break about lunch time. Mary must have taken pity on him and decided to "HELP" him out. You can see her black sharpie lines all over Ethan's artwork! I was fixing lunch and turned around and about died when I saw what she did to help him! He was pretty calm giving the assessment of damage. He was upset but said that maybe it was a good thing ~ He thought that maybe he could do better.

Well, it's 9:00p.m. and he is still working on his project. It looks really good and think that it will look even better when it is finished!

Now about Lauren
We went back to her orthopedic doctor today and ...............Drum roll............

She is HEALED and no longer needs the air cast or her crutches!!! YA...HOOOO!!!

She was shocked. It was a pretty quick 7 1/2 weeks. She was a little shy about walking on her left leg but....she is getting more comfortable with every step. She is limping slightly but I am SO PROUD of her. She has been a pure JOY!!! She is a great kid!!

I am so thrilled that tomorrow is the weekend!! I need an date night. I think that we might even go to Keenland this weekend!!

Have a wonderful, Happy and Safe Weekend!

I've been taged by Laura for 6 Random things about me. Enjoy

2008-10-06T19:09:00.005-04:00

Tagged- 6 Random Things About Me

1. I love,love, love, love , love to go shopping....especially at Target!

2. I am a "dream" crafter! I wish that I could be "crafty" like so many people. I would love to sew and create cool things that would be useful to my family and that I would be proud to say that I made it!!!

3. I would love to go back into time and make right all the wrongs that I have made!

4. I miss seeing my Grandpa and Grandma together. They were the "real" love(like in the movie ~ The Notebook)! that most couples only dream of....I love Chris that old fashioned way.....and I hope that some day, some one will think of us like I think of my grandparents.

5. Right now, I would love to eat Ben & Jerry's coffee heath bar pint of ice cream!!

6. I wish that I could live closer to my family! I do LOVE our life and friends here but I miss my family being near.... I used to love to drop off left overs or cookies to my sister and parents.i would also LOVE to steal my nieces and nephews away for some FEDELE FUN! There is no place like home!

Okay....now it's your turn...go ahead and tell me 6 random things about you in the comment section...I tag you ....who is brave enough to answer!!

Oh...and buy the way Laugh yourself silly at my answers~ especially #4...I am an old fashioned romantic...I know I am a dork!!

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Laura's answers are below!

Okay... Carrie Nominated Me for 6 Random things about myself so Here I go.....

1. I have an unusual fear of birds. I think they are creepy.. I have always been terrified of Peacocks, but since we moved into our new house we constantly have birds fly into the windows and die!They leave feather on my window ewwww

2. My tongue... Chris says it is freakishly long... I can easily touch the top of my nose with it. hmmm is that weird??

3. I love the show the King of Queens....The father in the basement cracks me up. Watching it is one of my guilty pleasures.

4. I never ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich until I was 22 years old. My mom never made them for us when we were little (everyone thinks that's totally weird)

5. I have a "thing" about long nails (fingernails and toenails). They gross me out. BIG TIME. When I was in nursing school I about threw up when I saw how nasty some of the people were in the nursing home. So I would put on a surgical mask and glove and cut them. (Except the really thick yellow.....I got to stop my stomach feels queasy just thinking about them)

6. I don't eat seafood or fish (basically anything that swims underwater) or eggs.

I nominate....Chris, Tina, and Lisa~

Look Who's Running for President Now!

2008-10-02T17:38:00.006-04:00

WOW.....we have had an extremely eventful week here in our humble household.

Please follow the link below to see what is going on: ENJOY!!

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=357563&altf=Disjt1&altl=Gfefmf

Love and Kisses,

The First Lady

P.S. In reality it has been BORING here!

No School for the big kids!

2008-09-26T16:08:00.004-04:00

Today the older 3 did not have school. Mary did!

I thought that I would get Mary up and tip toe out of the house not to wake up the other 3 but.... I was wrong. MARY decided to stand in the upstairs loft area and sing her beautiful song~ which woke up all of the sleeping beauties and the beast!HA,HA!

So....I took Mary to school and ALL of the kids had to come along. I think that they really thought that it was cute how much she loves school and they could not wait to take part in this! She looked adorable and went off to her class and told her siblings " Only Daddy and I have to work and make $$ today"! She just cracks me up!

Happy Friday! Here's to a great weekend!

P.S. Next weekend is Homecoming at Henry Clay High School and we are hearing some talk in the house about attending the game and the dance (with girl friend of course)!

Mary.....how does your garden grow?

2008-09-24T15:18:00.006-04:00

Mary had another great day at pre-school.

She experienced her 1st fire drill! She said that a man's voice came over the speaker and said "emergency" but there was no man around! Then they had to go and sit on the "curve"(I think she meant curb)!

She was the calender girl and she told me that today was September 24th. I am so impressed with her memory and all of the details that she shares with me regarding school!

Okay....now the Mary how does your garden grow. She and her class went on a nature walk. They made backpacks out of a brown paper sack cut off and a string attached. It is very cute. Then she was able to pick up all sorts of nature. Her most favorite item was a long seed pod that had fallen off of a tree. She could not wait to get home to "plant her Tree"!! She got out the shovel and dug a hole and then placed the seed pod inside and covered it up! Last but not least, she watered her tree with her watering can!

She had a great time!

We will keep a watch for "MARY'S TREE"! We will post some pictures when her tree grows BIG!!

All is Quiet

2008-09-24T11:22:00.003-04:00

This has been a really peacful, non-eventfull week.

Noelle, Ethan and Lauren have no school on Friday but, Mary does have school. She thinks it is so neat that she will be at school and the kids will be home. I am so glad that she feels that way, I only hope her LOVE of school will remain for a while and not be destroyed by the other kids opinion on school!

Not much new! Hope that all is well for everyone!

Take Care!

It's the Weekend!

2008-09-20T13:09:00.004-04:00

The weather is gorgeous outside and the kids are all inside.

Noelle just returned from volunteering at a Diabetes Walk. She, as a freshman, is required to fulfill 20 hrs. of community service. Noelle and her friend Kayla got up early this morning to help with registration at this event.

Lauren and Mary are playing "House and School". Mary informed us that she is now married to Troy (High School Musical)...ahhhh..... poor Kevin. Looks like Mary has moved on. Lauren is a really good sport. She plays so nice with Mary and is VERY patient with her.

Ethan is bored and keeps wondering around playing his guitar.

Chris and I are going out with some neighbors tonight to one of our favorite places. So this will be fun. Good friends, Good food!!

Hope that everyone has a great and relaxing weekend.

Fallen Tree ~GONE~ YEAH!!!!

2008-09-17T15:47:00.004-04:00

Just a tiny update( that we are thrilled about). The top half of the old Black Locust Tree that fell on top of the kids swing set is now GONE! I am so thankful for the wonderful McGee Springs Lawn Service. These guys are the best...and work really hard!

After some inspection, I think that we will be able to save and repair the swing set. Mary REALLY misses being able to use it. In fact, I think it appears structurally safe so I might just go ahead and let her swing on it. Unfortunately there will be NO sliding~ the slide was trashed!

Anyway, It is wonderful to have the backyard cleaned up and ready for more play!

Happy Wednesday!

**Tomorrow is Grandma (North) Burhop's 98 Birthday! Isn't that amazing. She has been blessed with wonderful health but recently, she has hit a bump in the road. She is home once again and beginning the regain her strength . Please keep her in your prayers and wish her a happy 98th birthday!

Guitar Lessons and a "Cookie Date"

2008-09-15T21:28:00.004-04:00

Monday means......Guitar lessons for Ethan at Lexington's downtown YMCA and for the lucky lady who gets to accompany Chris....a walk, downtown tour of historic homes and streets or a fountain tour or the best of all ....a cookie date.

Tonight was for lucky lady Mary. She was so tired after a morning at school and playing outside all afternoon by her new favorite play place ~the fallen tree. Anyways, Chris said that she could go along with him and she jumped at the chance.

She loves to go with Chris anywhere...her favorite by far~Starbucks for her "cookie date". She gets to sit at a table in Starbucks with her dad and drink a hot chocolate and eat a cookie. Tonight she got a frosted cookie and she called me and asked if I could see her cookie and then wanted me to describe her cookie to her. I think that she may be on to something....maybe soon we will all be carying a "live"
3D cell phone. Wow....I hope not. I still value my privacy at the end of the phone receiver.

So when they returned home both Ethan and Mary had big smiles on their faces and a Vanilla Latte for me! Ethan's guitar teacher may be selling him an electric guitar. Ethan has been really wanting one for a while now. He is the neighborhood dog sitter and has saved quite a bit to purchase an electric guitar. He loves playing his guitar and has really gotten good over the past 9 months.

And Mary....she was thrilled to have time alone with her dad! She adores him. All of our kids adore him... I adore him! We are blessed to have him.

Happy Monday....Have a great week. We are off to a good start here.

P.S. Tree update.....it is leaving our backyard tomorrow. Hopefully!

.Chris and Jason tried to saw it this afternoon. It is a black locust and it would not cut! Let's hope that the guys have a more powerful saw tomorrow!

Sunday....Wind Damage

2008-09-14T15:42:00.013-04:00

We came home from church today and here is what we found. I am SO sad~ The swingset survived the move and rebuild only to be taken out by a big old tree in our backyard.

On the good side, I am thankful that the kids we not outside playing on or near this when it happened! I am also happy that the tree top fell where it did. If it had fallen straight down he would have been headed toward our house.

School Girl

2008-09-12T14:18:00.009-04:00

Mary had a full week of Pre-School this week and she LOVED it. I am so shocked by her! She has been the easiest of our 4 children to adapt to school.

She is growing up so fast and Loving life!! She is constantly dancing, singing and dressing up and pretending to be someone else!

So here are a few more pictures of her.

Grandma these are for you!

Mary sends her love!
xoxoxox

Princess Maryweather

2008-09-12T14:05:00.006-04:00

I used my 3 hours of free time wisely today and went to my favorite HomeGoods store. I didn't find anything for the home but I did find this gorgeous "Halloween" dress for Mary. She thinks she is a princess from Barbie and the Diamond Castle. Of course this is her new favorite movie right now!

Just wait Aunt Laura, some day all of these dress up dresses will belong to Carly! She will be a girly girl!!

Have a good weekend!

Ahhh.....walking on air!!

2008-09-11T15:49:00.015-04:00

Lauren went back to the orthopedic doctor today and had her cast removed. She had another x-ray. It showed that the healing process has begun. The doctor put her in a walking "air cast". This will encourage new bone growth and expedite the healing process. She is to wear this and begin to walk on it. She is in this at least another 4 weeks but it sounds like it might be a little longer than that. She returns to the doctor in a month for another x-ray.

The best news is that yucky orange cast is now gone! She wanted to keep it until it was laying beside her on the table and she started to notice an unpleasant odor!! (that is putting it nicely)!! Wow~ YUK!!

She really wanted to keep Patrick Patterson's autograph so the nurse cut that out for her to take home!

Lauren was scared of the saw that was used to remove it. She had the Sweetest nurse who took it off and Lauren was laughing...it tickled.

So here are the photos to sum up this part of the Monkey Bar Mishap!!

Enjoy!

All done!! She was so happy we got to scrub her leg clean and even put on some Good smelling lotion (bath and body Plumera)!

Here today...gone tomorrow! ~Hopefully :)

2008-09-10T14:24:00.003-04:00

Today is the last day that Lauren will be in her cast! She goes back to the ortho doctor tomorrow and he is going to take the cast off and x-ray her leg to see if it has healed enough for a walking cast! Hopefully, that will be the case!

We are so proud of Lauren! She has really adapted well to being in a cast and she has not complained~ not even once! She has been a really great patient!

So keep her in your prayers!

Hopefully, we will be able to post a new updated photo tomorrow!

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By the way~ Mary informed me that when she breaks her leg she is getting a purple cast! Let's hope not!!

Patriotic Mary

2008-09-08T15:19:00.000-04:00

Today was Mary's 3rd day school! She LOVES it!

It was "wear your red, white & blue" day! She learned a lot today! She told me that she learned about presidents and "did I know that they live in a White House?"

She made a cute flag out of red construction paper. Her hand prints,(white paint) where the stripes and her fingerprints were the stars! It was really cute!

We are so thrilled that she is doing so well adjusting to school! She is really a big girl now! (As hard as that is for me to believe)

Hope that everyone else had a great Monday as well!

Love and Miss you all or Ya'll!
Lisa

Sunday Afternoon Jumping.....

2008-09-08T14:34:00.000-04:00

There are two girls in our house who adore jumping rope! Mary and Lauren.

In fact recently Lauren had to write about her favorite toy in school. Can you guess what it was???? Maybe her purple motor scooter, NO...her i-pod,NO....her nintendo ds,NO. She said that it was her jump rope. We were so happy to hear this! It's so refreshing to see one of our kids love the simple (cheaper) things in life!

Okay so Mary has been fascinated with us swinging the rope for her. Now she can jump up to 16. And now we are starting the chant...Cinderella, dressed in yella.... and the good old teddy bear, teddy bear! Anyway, yesterday she decided to try jumping on her own.

Well it was not too long before Lauren just HAD to try to jump rope WITH her cast on!

So here are the photos to share!

Enjoy!!

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Okay.....we also let her ride her scooter!!

Mary's First Day of Pre-School!

2008-09-03T11:16:00.000-04:00

Today, Mary attended her first day of pre-school.

She woke up so extremely happy and ready for her first day of school. She ate breakfast with Ethan and Mom.....and guess what she had~Grandma's favorite cereal (aka...grape nuts crunch).

She entertained Ethan with her "first day of school song" sung in a crazy voice. He was laughing so hard, it was a great way to start his day!

We arrived at her school and she walked happily into her school and down the hall to her classroom. She saw the children in the room playing with blocks and barbies and reading books and she froze. She became a little teary eyed and a bit apprehensive but with the help of her kind new teacher she did just fine!!

I am so proud of this sweeet little girl and I just love her to pieces! Mary, I am so proud of you! You are a big girl now!!

When I picked her up~ she was beaming she loved school! She cannot wait until her next day of school. In fact she said " I wish that I could go every day"! Wow....did that surprise me but, I am thrilled that she has seemed to adjust so well and that she is doing just fine without me!!

Here's to hoping that Friday only gets better!

Have a great day!

Lisa

Kentucky Basketball Star, Patrick Patterson signs Lauren's cast!

2008-09-01T11:38:00.000-04:00

took

Lisa's parents

on a sunset

walk at the

Arboretum.

Lauren, who broke her

leg two weeks ago,

came along riding

in her wagon.

We ran into

Kentucky Basketball's

Patrick Patterson,

who gladly signed Lauren's cast!

(Thanks Patrick Patterson, You are an awesome guy! :) )

They actually look like they like each other!

2008-08-26T16:00:00.000-04:00

Okay... I love this picture! I know that my kids all really do love each other. Some days, they seem to forget but deep down they know that they would be lost without each other.

So to see Lauren and Ethan standing next to each other looking happy~ I just love it!!

I only hope that as they grow older....maybe we will see more pictures that resemble this! I can be hopeful~ right!

~Downtown Girls~

2008-08-26T15:46:00.000-04:00

Lauren's Locks of Love!

2008-08-26T14:36:00.000-04:00

Lauren decided awhile ago that she wanted to donate her hair to Locks of Love. So back in mid June, after school and dance recitals ended....and swim season was beginning she took the plunge and finally got her hair cut!

She endured many days even years of hard daily brushing of the mangled, tangled, knotty hair.

She was so scared to cut her hair but said that she really wanted her hair to go to help a sick child without hair.

She was thrilled to be able to share with someone who really was in need and ended up with the cutest hair cut ever! I really was (selfishly) hoping that she would wait a few more months until her hair grew out even more so that she would be left with a longer style herself but turns out she was totally listening to her heart and she knew more than me!

I am so proud of her! She has always had such a big heart! We love you Lauren and we are so proud of you!!

P.S. I better also say we love you Noelle, Ethan & Mary! You are all great kids!

Dance Recital Photos

2008-08-26T14:29:00.000-04:00

Old News....Dance Recitals Photos From June Dance Recital!

Catching up today!
Enjoy!

Ahh.... a relaxing weekend!

2008-08-24T16:52:00.000-04:00

We had a really nice weekend here in Lexington.

No hospital ER trips, no school buses and no schedules! What a peaceful weekend!

Noelle was busy babysitting Friday & Saturday night. At the rate she is going she may be able to pay for her first year of college herself(I am crossing my fingers).

Ethan was hanging out with his friends and spent 90% of the weekend building legos.

Lauren spent a lot of time resting and trying to forget that she is restricted from her usual busy athletic self~ scooter riding, jump rope hopping, swimming and biking self. She is getting really fast on her crutches~ I am shocked at how adaptable kids are.

And Mary....she spent her weekend dancing, singing, dressing up and her favorite swimming in her inflatable pool in our yard!

We hope that everyone else had a nice weekend! We love and miss all of you at home!!

Back to School

2008-08-19T15:30:00.000-04:00

Okay..... Lauren went back to school today and did a great job!

She is such a great girl!! She had A LOT of help from her fellow classmates which I think she appreciated but got a little frustrated because she can do most everything on own. However, we feel so blessed that her classmates are so kind and willing to help~ and the staff ate ACE is WONDERFUL!

It was a good day!

Lauren's Fall

2008-08-17T12:52:00.000-04:00

Lauren is no monkey!

Last night she fell off the monkey bars in our back yard.

She had been practicing for about fifteen minutes with her Dad spotting her.

When she decided that she wanted to try it alone, her hands slipped off the rung and she tumbled to the ground.

Here is a picture of her X-Ray and nurse Mary and Noelle taking care of their sis.