Wow- we are only 11 days into the month- and I am wiped out. Jessica turned the big 21 on 2/3/09- wow 21 years old... YIKES- that means I am old:) we had a week full of parties for her, and she is so worth it. what a great daughter...Dinner party on her actual birthday- with the family... Wendy watched the boys( thank you!), a surprise party at Jeremy's house- thanks Jessica Ann, then the bar crawl on Saturday night- Thanks G for driving us all... Then it was Zack's 10th angel birthday- wow- what a long 10 years it has been, and I went to Tahoe- alone. It turned out to be a great little get away, thanks to ALL my dear friends for their support- 10 years seemed like such a milestone- especially with all the trauma and drama of the last 5 years. I figured a lot of things out that will help me in my moving forward on my life journey- and I feel blessed, if only to have him for 60 days- they were great. He has taught me so much! Gerald job is going well- its draining on him:( but he feels great contributing to the family- we miss him, and realized how much we loved all the things he would do with the boys while he was looking for work. He really seems to like this job- so we pray that his will be the only W2 for 2009:) Aly is still my little social butterfly- going to be 15 soon- old again... it seems like she was just a baby...she is doing really well in school, and we never see her! Jackson- is well- LOUD... and funny and so smart for a three year old... he always has something to say- he is a little G! Colton- my last little miracle- is a whiny baby- Daddy's boy but a charmer, cute- Aly says "mom, your best work yet", too cute. He is my little OBAMA democrat baby, long hair and so wise... he does not like commercials and hand us the remote when he wants us to fast forward on the TV- too funny! My mom and dad are doing well- on a cruise to Mexico right now- sailing out of PV to Mazatlan, I wish I was there- its cold here! My mom is still doing so well- and dad is busy and happy- they have been amazing to all of us during this last two years of so many ups and downs. My work is VERY rewarding- but a tad crazy- I have a lot of fires burning- but feel very fulfilled. I am glad that 02/10 is over. Now its on to who am I and where do I go from here? So blessed, despite the economy and all the uncertainty in the country- its about HOPE, without that we are all in deep trouble... Its a 5 day weekend, with TAX time, cleaning, shredding old papers, and relaxing. Time to get out of debt and have some NORMAL in our lives... Blessings... Candace
