I miss you Mom

We're BAAAAACCCCKKKK

So, its been a CRAZY CRAZY 2 months??? 3 months??? I don't know, its been nuts. So we have a few things to catch up on ...
Our neice/cousin Lucy was married in April!! it was such a beautiful wedding. My sister-in-law Wendy knows how to do it up right!!!

Gracie got her braces off !!! yeah!!!!! She's always had a beautiful smile but now its even more beautiful.


The girls both entered works of art in their school art contest and each of them won a ribbon. Hannah took a 1st place for photography and Gracie took a 2nd place for a black and white Open (what ever the heck that means..she took 2nd place). Hannah's is the Butterfly and wild flowers and Gracie's is the Koala Bear. Way to go girls!! (The Koala wasn't the one that won an award--The award-winning one was a scratchboard of a beetle)
They displayed Many of the art show entries at the Outdoor classroom on the School Campus.

Hannah was in the school play "Mulan" in March...it was a very colorful and fun play. She had a great time.

We dog sat Erin's dog when she and Mike went to Florida and Scout showed her how cool it was to stand on the compost bin and spy on the neighbors...what a couple of dorks!!

Hannah finished the soccer season...once AGAIN she fractured her arm just before the last game of the season. She almost made it through the entire season without a cast on her arm...

We finally had a REAL spring here. It seems like the last few years we've just gone from winter to summer and no spring weather in between. Here are my peonies and my mothers iris plants...several years ago my mom and I drove up to a small town where I'd read about them having a bare root sale of their day lilies. My mom picked out this one little tuber of iris and planted it in her front yard. Then they ended up moving about a year later and she dug it up and took it to the new house. It only got one little bloom on it for the next couple of years and then she had her stroke and we had to move them to an assisted living facility, so once again I dug it up and planted it in my backyard and once again it only got one or two blooms. I moved it to my front yard and it has taken off and was really beautiful this year.
My mom has had a really hard time the last 2 months. She broke her hip and ended up in the respritory ICU for nearly 2 weeks and was on a ventilator and then had a tacheostomy and was on a feeding tube...she's finally in a rehab nursing home and hopefully will be able to get back to where she was... She's obviously a tough cookie.

The Last Day of School!

Hey everyone! Yesterday was the last day of school! me and a bunch of my friends went swimming in my friends pool, then we came to my house and burned all of our school papers and roasted marshmellows over them!
Hannah

A Fresh New Post, And A Curse

Hey everyone! I decided since we haven't posted anything since April thirteenth, i'd just let everyone know that I broke my arm again. I was rollerblading and fell on my left arm. For those of you who don't know about my curse, I break my left arm every spring soccer season. It's happened for the last three years. This time, my cast is blue.
HaNnAh BaNaNa!

Gracie's Great Adventure

So, today my dad took me down to the DMV so I could take the test to get my Learner's permit (to drive). I have been studying for a few weeks and I was hoping that I had everything down. Got there, stressed out, took the test..... and PASSED! With flying Colors, (84%) I passed the test to get my Learners! Yay, I'm legal!. So, later in the afternoon, my dad took me ( in his monster truck) to the cemetary around the corner so I could practice more. I've only driven, like, twice before this, mind you. After a few minutes of driving, I arrive at the gate where we came in, right on 3300 south, which is a semi-busy street. I get there, my dad has me stop the car, and then is like, "okay, now pull out into the road" and I'm just thinking, WHAT??? Finally I just did it and I drove home without hitting any other cars, bicyclists, or pedestrians. I need to work on my turning, though. So, today's life lesson: Driving is STRESSFUL when you are first learning.
~Gracie



*EDIT* Oh, and Hannah came up with a saying for me. If you've seen the movie 'Princess Bride' you'll get it. If not, watch the movie. It is one of the best movies ever made! Here it is:

My Name is Gracie Langley. I got my permit. Prepare to die.

Gracie's 15......WHAT????????

I can't belive it,but Gracie is fifteen years old....time goes by waaaayyyy tooooooo faaassstttt! She is a joy to have in our family and we love her sooo much. She is our computer genius,pianist extrodinaire, and she has a great sense of humor. We love you Gracie and don't know what we would do without you!!!!xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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New Spec's

Gracie FINALLY got her new glasses...we think they are pretty cute/cool.