Skydivin Queen!!!!!!!

Annie after skydiving!  Notice the never ending smile!

Annie just before jumping out of the airplane.  Notice the duct tape around the window behind Annie?  I would be wearing a parachute too, even if I weren't jumping!

Just out of the airplane!

What a smile!  

Surfing the air under the parachute!  Annie knows what it is like to fly.
Monday August 11th will be a day that I will not forget.  Annie, Bekah and Dave all decided to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, and I have never been more proud to say, "I'm not jumpin out of anything!"  I was excited and nervous to watch them jump and very happy when they all landed.  Annie and Bekah kept their cool!  They smiled, jumped and were happy!  Dave, now thats a different story.  Dave was calm until the point he learned their was no door on the airplane and then he got a little nervous.  Well, lets just say that the guy that jumped with him called him a wussy during the jump.  He still jumped though and we are proud of him for that.  Mom has decided next time the "sisters" get together here in Colorado she is going to talk them into skydiving with her!  

Gracie's song!

Lately we have had a new development at our house.  Grace has been crying a lot more than usual.  Not sure if it is her teeth coming in, if she has growing pains or maybe she is just cranky.  Every time she cries her big brother comes to her rescue and sings her a song!  When Garret sings he puts his hands over his ears so he doesn't have to listen to her cry.  It is very cute!  

An update on Annie, she is still in pain and the Dr.s have sort of diagnosed her with possible interstital cystitis.  Don't ask me what that means but it is good to have a name to go with the pain!

Patience, love and laughter!

So things in Colorado are good.  Gracie is doing well!  She had a haircut today and in this picture she was telling daddy that she was mad and wanted to be held.  Running around with Garret and Cor she is learning how to jump, climb, fall and how to protect herself.  She has her daddy wrapped around her little finger and I don't see that changing any time soon.  It's good that her mommy is able to say no to her!

It was 81 degrees in the house when I took this picture of mom.  She was sitting in the house shivering and "whining" about being cold.  I brought her a sweat shirt, a blanket and even a Nemo hat yet she was still cold.  I have another picture of her that is similar but with out her mouth wide open.  Dad, Dave, Anne and I all looked at the two pictures and thought this one was the best.  SORRY MOM!
Garret is a funny little guy!  He is wearing my bullet proof tac. vest in this picture that weighs as much as he does.  Not that I enjoy seeing my son fall but right after I took this picture I asked him to pick up a magazine from the floor knowing what would happen.  He bent over and promptly tumbled right over.  We both laughed and I had to take the vest off so he could stand and walk.

Annie is still in a tremendous amount of pain.  The surgery she had didn't do the trick and now we are worried.  Monday she goes in for a procedure to see if there is disease or other problems in her urinary tract.  If nothing is found then we will have to go see another Dr. and hopefully he / she will be able to figure things out.   Please send your prayers and thoughts to Annie to help her get through this!!!!!!!