Disappointment

Many of you know that Brock had his accident ONE YEAR ago. It's really so crazy how fast it has gone by. We were scheduled to go back to Seattle yesterday and see Dr. B and talk about what needs to happen in the future for his foot. We were really excited becasue we were hoping for good news and to find out just will come about in the future(whether some metal needs to come out or not). We decided to cut the trip down a little on Wed. (since we drive to Seattle and back in the same day) so we drove out to Chad and Jande's in Royal City tues. night. Thanks so much Jande for putting up with us for so long!! We woke up the next morning to the pass being closed! OMG! Just what we need huh? It didn't sound like it was going to open, and we were missing classes so we decided to head back to Tri-Cities to hit our last class. I called Harborview before we left Jande's and they said the next appt would be in MARCH!!! We were like we can't wait that long. We don't know how much longer Brock's insurance will last. So we decided to wait a while longer in Royal. Finally at 11:00 it was still closed and so we went home...missing a full day of school. They are going to try to get him earlier than March, but they still haven't let us know when. Looking at the new this morning I'm glad were didn't go over...looks like tons of flooding going on over there. The Lord really watches out for us...even when we want a different outcome!

I'm so Lucky!

First off, sorry about the color on the last post. I don't know how to go back and edit previous posts, so everything is weirdish in the previous post.

So for Christmas this year Brock spoiled me! I wanted a bicycle so badly, to work out during the summer. They are pretty expensive and a little over out budget so he did EXACTLY what i would have done and found one on craigs list! I'm so proud of him. To make it better, he painted it pink for me!!! haha. I love it! I haven't rode it yet to make sure it works, but he said it does. (I forgot my camara Christmas morning so i don't have any pictures of it, sorry) He always built me a thing to go behind the toilet. I swear, he is such a handy man! I love it! It's my favorite. He actually has really good taste too. He told me he did it all by himself...which is amazing!

These pictures aren't in the right order. I dont blog very much and i can never remember which way i'm supposed to add them. Oh well. So after we put the toilet thingy in there we decided to paint. I dont have a final picture...but it looks SO much better!

Party Time from Dec. 1st-Jan. 3rd

WE HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE HOLIDAYS, BUT HOLY COW DOSE ANYONE ELSE FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT PARTY? WHICH IS FUN, BUT EXHAUSTING AT THE SAME TIME! FROM BROCK'S FAMILY, MY FAMILY, MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS, HIS HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS, HIS SINGLE GUY FRIENDS, AND OUR MARRIED COUPLE FRIENDS.....WE HAVE REALLY LEARNED WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LITERALLY PARTY EVERY NIGHT FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS! WE WENT SLEDDING ON ANDERSON'S HILL. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!

WE GOT SO MUCH FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. WE ARE SO BLESSED, IT'S AMAZING!

WE THOUGHT THE SNOW WOULD NEVER GO AWAY. IT FINALLY DID FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS, AND NOW IT'S BACK AGAIN! I KIND OF LIKE IT THOUGH, DOESN'T HURT ME...AS LONG AS EVERYONE DRIVES SAFE!

I ALWAYS LOVE DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS. OUR LITTLE HOUSE IS HOLDING UP AND I'M STARTING TO GET USED TO IT....BUT I'M STILL NOT USED TO HOW COLD IT IS!!! I SWEAR THERE ARE DAYS IT FEELS LIKE WE MIGHT AS WELL BE OUTSIDE!

Brock's got Skill!!

So here is what Brock has been up to! Isn't it BEAUTIFUL?! My mom and him have been talking for a while now about how she wanted him to build her something (last year for christmas he build me a hutch!). She picked out a book case she wanted and he went to work. He cleaned up an old shop on the Gibbons' farm and we added some very expensive tools to make it his work place. It really has worked out great!

So it was originally made for the hallway at my mom's house...but it was too much for the hallway. After lots of talk and trying to decide what my mom wanted to do, it got moved.

We moved it to the formal sitting room, where the piano used to be. It looks great! It looks even better in real life! Good job hun!

My favorite pictures of the weekend!

My Favorite

Good ol Dayton!

This sign was so funny: No Poop Zone. Brock just couldn't hold it any longer:)

I have the BEST husband!!

My birtdhay is on Halloween and this year Brock made it the best birthday ever! I canned applesauce with mom and Jilayne in the morning. Then around 3:00pm we left....yep, that's it, we just left. I had no idea where we were going! He told me to pack clothes for 1 night. I was so excited! I love surprises! We ended up in Dayton WA and it was a BLAST! We stayed at a sweet little hotel that was very old/antique. It was just a a nice quick get away, just what we needed. Thanks so much for the surprise trip brock!!! I love you!

Our hotel

This was our room. The place was very old and decorated nicely. The picture of the family hanging on the wall kind of creeped us out at first.

The colors are so beutiful! It was so fun!

This is the surrey bike that the hotel had for their guests. It was SO MUCH FUN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!!!

So there are so many people in our lives that have birthdays this month so we just wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! (now that the month is almost over..oops!) My sister, Jilayne, my sister-in-laws: Jande and Karyn, Brocks sister Camille, Camille's husband Travis, my nephew Hunter, my cousin Laurin Eppich....and....I know there's more but I'm drawing a blank(and I dont have my calander with me). Hope everyone had/has a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! love you all!