A Full Heart...

I look forward to Thanksgiving every year and the gratitude that fills my heart. I am so thankful for 4 beautiful healthy daughters and 1 handsome healthy husband. I am thankful for our family and friends. I am thankful for our jobs and the life that they provide us with. I am thankful for our home and the roof it holds over our heads. I am thankful for trials as it makes us stronger and more spiritual. I am thankful for life and the many more days to come. I am thankful for our pets and the love they show us without judgement. I am thankful for Dr.'s and medicines. I am thankful for happiness and love. I am thankful for the gospel and knowledge that we will be with our passing loved ones once again in the after life. I am thankful for Heavenly Father and our Savior whom make this all possible for us. Hope you all have a Happy Thankgsgiving. Love you all...!

To My Brother...

I wanted to wish my brother a Happy Birthday and let him know how wonderful and special he is to me. Memories and thoughts I would like to share with you:

-Pushing me around in grandpas wheelbarrow
-Confronting a boy that sat on my bike basket and broke it
-Mama cat
-Moving often
-Fishing
-Camping and learning that I hate coffee
-Holding me down and spitting sun flower shells in my mouth
-Listening to ACDC aloud
-You leaving moms car in the mountains
-Coming to my rescue when I fell out of a moving van
-My protector and leader
-Girls googooing over you
-Our years of braces
-Yellow cake with chocolate icing
-Our millions of pets
-Volleyball with Montoya's
-You telling me there is no Santa
-Sharing a top bunk bed
-You throwing-up in the top bunk bed on my favorite stuffed animal
-Wyoming Dude's Ranch (I loved this trip and was so proud of my big brother)
-Bebe guns
-Weekends at dads
-Playing Atari Frogger
-Vanilla ice cream with hershey syrup
-Sleeping in dad's waterbed and you waking me up to get my feet and legs off you
-Playing Manopoly and you always winning
-Playing Sorry and me mostly winning
-Dad and Joe's cabin
-Drawing and coloring
-Watching you do amazing tricks on your bike
-Playing kick the can
-Your first car (grandpa's). Your friends loved it because you could fit so many of them in it
-Mom tucking us in at night and us holding on to her neck forever before letting go
-Life through thick and thin
-Parties at your house
-Meeting Tracy
-Broken mirror over your head
-You telling me a movie I couldn't watch with you and your friends and me peeking out to watch
-You dressing up as a girl for Halloween and we were amazed at how beautiful you looked
-Getting a box of food on our doorstep for Christmas
-Mom making our school lunches with a bite taken out of our sandwich
-Mom's homemade plumb and bread pudding
-Mom's homemade pies
-Miniture golfing and go carts
-Mechanic
-Your first baby
-I love you's
I can go on and on about more wonderful memories. My brother is an amazing man. He loves his children, wife, family ,sister (me) and is a lifetime friend. He would give his shirt off of his back before he would let you go with out. He always thinks of others and is willing to help them in every way possible. He is the best mechanic I know and will drop everything to help out when needed. We grew together through triles and it made us stronger and who we are today. I love you with all my heart and I am so proud of who you are today. I love you big Bro...!

Hadlee's 2 Month Check-Up...

Hadlee had her 2 month visit yesterday. She had 3 shots and of course my little tuff baby girl cried for two seconds and that was that. Her legs are a little sore today though. Her height is in the 20% at 22 inches, weight is in the 40% at 11.5 lbs., and her head in the 70%. She has the Forbes big head. We just say it is because they are twice as smart. It is filled with more brains. Even her doctor says she will just be smarter. He knows them well. Hehe! She was recently diagnosed with Vesicoureteral Reflux (reflux in the kidney's) like her big sister Avree. The urologist say it runs in the family. I haven't heard of anything before in the Haacke, Forbes or Allred side except Bobbie saying her and grandma had problems. What about you? Avree has to take a daily antibiotic for a year and then get tested again to see if she grew out of it. We have an appointment to meet with the Urologist on Thursday with Hadlee. I am pretty sure they will do the same thing for her. I pray for our sweet girls everyday to make their little bodies stronger and to help them grow out of it. I thank our Lord everyday for the blessings of doctors and the technology used today. I thank our Lord everyday for the signs he gave their little bodies to help me be aware that something was not right. I thank the Lord everyday for Dr. Forbush and the love and concern he has for our children. He is a wonderful and exceptional Dr. I have a co-worker that got diagnosed with Vesicoureteral Reflux at the age of 15. He never had signs of a bladder infection, fevers or anything to warn him. He is now 34 and has had two kidney transplants. The urologists is positive that since we caught it early in our angels that they may grow out of it by the age of 3 or 4. We are so blessed to have our little angels Hadlee and Avree. We love them with all our hearts.

Our Birfday Celebration....

For Mattee's and I birthday celebration with the family we went to Olive Garden. I haven't been there for years. It was wonderful of course. Thank you for making our day special. Love you all!

Friends...

Friday Mattee celebrated her Birthday with her friends. They had a wonderful time of opening gifts, playing games, making up an awsome dance, and watching movies. Our rule of celebrating birthdays is that the other sister can invite one friend. Kelsee invited Brooke and they were wild and crazy. Thanks girls for making Mattee's b-day a special one.

Happy Birthday Mattee...

November 1st Mattee (Mavis) turned 9 years old. Mattee is growing up fast. She is quite the character. She loves to tell jokes and loves to read books and learn from them. She tells me something new everyday she learns from books that I didn't know about. She is a beautiful young lady. She is very strong willed and loves to make others happy. She is always helping me around the house without me having to ask. She is a wonderful and thoughtful sister. The other day Kelsee asked me for some change (those of you who know me well know that I never have change. I always use my debit card) and of course I didn't have any change on me. Well Mattee over heard this and had $3 in her piggy bank. She put the $3 in an envelope and snuck it in Kelsee's school bag (Kelsee found it when she got to school). She is always doing something thoughtful for others. She is a strong animal lover and wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up. I (we) love Mattee so much and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. We are so proud of you...Happy Birthday!