Craziness

Well the last couple of months have been absolutely crazy!! The girls and I have moved back to Denver(living with my mom), I started work, Brianne is in preschool and Skye is in daycare for the first time ever!! I know it is craazy!! It has been hard on Brianne cuz she is a daddys girl but we are making do the best we know how. Anyway, here is some crazy pics...B likes to take pics now so some of these are compliments of Brianne MacLeod!! :)

Happy Birthday Brianne!!!!

My baby is 4yrs old...I can not even believe it!!! She is getting so big and we have so much fun together. She loves to laugh and make her sister laugh, to hear them together makes me so happy. So, she is all about Hannah Montana right now so guess what kind of party we had...HANNAH MONTANA. We had a few friends come to Lakeside Amusement park and they got to ride on all the rides together and then we went on a train ride and had cake and lots of Hannah presents. By the end of the day, seriously, Brianne could not even stand up in line. It was alot of fun!!
Brianne also started preschool so she thinks she is pretty hot stuff going to school. She loves it and is learning so much ahh it just makes me proud!! :) (I know I am a freak)
We have some major things happenin in our life the last couple months so I will try and update tomorrow...In the meantime here are pics of Brianne's Party!!

Lakeside

We were fortunate enough to go to an amusement park with Sophie and Ellie. The girls had so much fun riding on all the rides(well, Skye was not too excited)but Sophie and Brianne went on the roller coaster like 15 times and Ellie liked the slower rides. It was great to see Ellie able to get out and have some fun BUT the best part was my sister on the whip with the girls. Now, my sister is not a ride person and I could not stop laughing at her on this ride. It was so funny and I was laughing too hard I did not even get a good picture. Anyway, it was a great night and we love it when we can all spend time together. We absolutely treasure every moment!!

Ellie's Golf Fund Raiser

This past weekend we had a golf tournament and pancake breakfast for Ellie. It was absolutely amazing!! We had 140 for breakfast and 100 golfers to show support for Ellie. It was such a fun day and Ellie was feeling pretty good so she got to stay for most of the day.(Brianne was excited to play her) Here are some pics of the day including Janice and Scotty with big sis Sophie and Ellie. They are truly an inspiration to many people.

Kit Carson County Fair...

I do not even know where to begin with the whole fair thing...Brianne LOVES the fair!!! This year I decided to have an Arbonne booth at the fair and I really do not know what I was thinking! Monday, no one was at the fair...seriously, Tues. I was sick all day, Wed. not too bad and Thurs. rained all day (my tent was the only one that survived the night) Fri...I am going to Denver, I give up!!
Well, we are a small town but we usually have a pretty good carnival...this year 3 rides that cost 3 dollars a piece to ride...are you kidding me? Whatever all Brianne sees is rides so...Somehow she got daddy to go on the tornado with her and then she went on the swings and ended with the barrels of fun. It is always fun to see her having a blast(I was a little nervous watching her on the tornado though) The girls got their face painted, they looked at the animals and oh...Brianne got 1st place on her coloring page...GO BRIANNE!!! Skye was happy as long as she was eating...pizza, ice cream, suckers, you know all the good stuff! It was a long week but always fun and now for a whole year B will ask everyday when will the fair be here?

Fun with Ellie

We are back from Children's Hospital but unfortunately Ellie will be there until tomorrow. I have some pics of the kids at the hospital. It is so crazy, that even after 10 days in this tiny room, Ellie is still smiling. I never knew I could learn so much from a 3yr old. Next Saturday, we are having a golf tournament fund raiser for Ellie and her family. We are so excited to have about 100 people involved. It should be a great day for the Rolfs to see how much support they have. So, that was our week...it is very emotionally draining seeing all the sick kids at the hospital. I honestly do not know how my sister does it...But she does and I look up to her even more because of her strength!!
The girls and I were even able to go to dinner with my friend and her kids. They had a lot of fun playing with each other and it is always good to catch up with Christy. Of course, we were seated right next to the band, so we really could not hear each other but you know it was still fun!! :)

Ellie update

I am just sending out a quick update on Ellie. She had surgery today to put her feeding tube in, they had to put an infant size tube in her because she is so small. Everything went very well but she was not happy when she woke up. She is ticked off at the world right now and i think I might be as well after being in the hospital for 9 days. She will come home on Monday so they have a long weekend ahead. I am so happy I got to spend some time with them and take my sister out of the hospital for awhile. My sister is my best friend and it absolutely kills me to see her in so much pain. I wish I had a magic wand to make all of this disappear for her. We have been following another story of a boy who has the same kind of cancer as Ellie and he just earned his angel wings two nights ago. It is absolutely heartbreaking and sometimes hard to understand why these sweet innocent children have to suffer but we do know that God is in control and He has a special plan for these kids. I thank God everyday for my children and never take them for granted!!
I will be heading home tomorrow so I will post some pics of Ellie and Brianne in the hospital. We made a caterpillar, we took a ride on the IV pole, we watched some movies, and hopefully made Ellie's day a little brighter. We Love you so much, Ellie!!!
If you remember, PLEASE say a prayer for all the families who have children who are suffering.