Visit from Grandma and David's Surgery

Grandma Goodman came to stay with us for a few days, which is always a treat. Jorgen and Caleb and their families came to see her so we made a party out of it

Jorgen and Amy and their daughter Keira. Amy is pregnant with another girl due in September!
The girls huddled around the table with kids
Kim with Caleb and Sarahs "little" Kade. He is so Sweet!
Grandma greeting the cousins
Great Picture! Amy, Keira, Sarah, Grandma, Jorgen, Caleb and Kade
Father and Son. Caleb is starting his second year of Dental school.
Such a great family. Jorgen and Amy moved here to go to medical school.
The kids clockwise, Atticus, Tristan, Ava, Thurston
The sweetest little giant, Kade
Sarah and Grandma
Ok, on to David's knee surgery. He has been in pain for months and finally got scheduled for surgery with Dr. Porter to scrape out the arthritis and trim the torn meniscus.

His BFF Richard Slade came to support him.
He's done and in recovery with his nurse Kelly. She was great!
Recovering at home, and not having a good time. But luckily the British open is on so it is non stop golf!!!

Birthday Bash 2011

My birthday this year was full of family and friends. We had a brief unexpected rain storm. The Krok's are visiting from Sydney, Australia so we got to see them and meet Tayce's husband, Josh. Marley is getting ready to go on her mission to Japan in October. As always, the grandchildren are a highlight for me.

Gathering to blow out the candles. Kim made a Texas sheet cake
YUMO!
The kids were never quieter!
Here's Josh, Tayces husband we had never met.
John and Anne Krok

Opening the present from my daughters.

David bought me a new formal dining table.....new to me anyways :)
The girls gave me a Shark steam mop I had been wanting for all my tile floors.
David bought me an iphone. I had been resisting getting one because I was happy with my blackberry. Silly me!!! I love it!!
Then the rain came, all 15 minutes of it. The adults ran for shelter while.....
the kids ran out into the rain!
Grandma with her 9 beautiful grandchildren.
Mom with daughters and soon to be grandchildren.

LOL!
We ended with sparklers and Pop its!
Such a wonderful day to be surrounded by those I love most.

Memorial Day

I have the cutest grandchildren ever!
Everyone got a new tube for summer.

Ivy slept through most of the festivities so she gets her own picture.
The end of the day. I love these kids!

Playing Catch Up!

I had 3 months of pictures on my camera so I thought I'd post some of the events from the last 3 months!

One of our last days in our home on Ford. Ethan, Tristan and Eva playing in the empty bookshelves.
This is Krystal and Brett, good friends and co-workers of mine. We're at the wedding of another co-worker, Charles Larsen.
This is Charles. He married his love Rosa in their backyard.
Practicing piano with Atticus.
Easter with the grandkids in Kims backyard.
Mothers Day pedicures!
First BBQ in our new home.
The BBQ was to honor Grandma Goodmans visit to my new home!



Oh how the kids wanted to jump in the freezing cold pool!

Home Sweet Home

We moved into our home on April 22nd!

1746 S. Dexter Street, Mesa, AZ 85209.

We appreciated Kim and Ethan's hospitality by letting us stay in their home for 10 weeks after we sold our home.

After living in Gilbert for 10 years, we moved 5 miles east and one block north of Baseline road which put us in Mesa.

We are in a small cul-de-sac right next to the park and community tennis courts and pool. There is plenty of parking across the street for our family gatherings.
We weren't looking for a home with a pool but we are secretly happy to have one again! It has an in floor cleaning system, water feature and a table with an umbrella stand! It even has a heater for that once a year heat up for a special occasion.

We are so happy to have the room to accommodate our entire family at the same time. After all, there is nothing that brings me more joy than being surrounded by my posterity!

Home Is Where the Heart Is

When we returned from our eventful ski trip, we put our house up for sale. Our goal was to take advantage of the depressed real estate market, reduce our mortgage debt and find a house to accommodate our large family gatherings! Because of the economy, we were sure we would find a house to buy long before we would sell our home.

Before Christmas we started packing up our home to stage it for selling. Christmas was so wonderful with all our children and grandchildren gathered round us. Kim and Ethan moved into a house in Queen Creek and Kiersten and Heath returned to Australia the day after Christmas. Things were settling down.

The first week of January the unthinkable happened. We had a solid offer on our home! We were stunned that we were going to sell our home before we had closed on another! We closed on our home on February 11th, put everything in storage and moved in the Ethan and Kim in Queen Creek.

Here it is March and we still don't have a home. During the week we stay at a hotel for a couple nights so I can continue to take call at the hospital (as required by my job). I thought the easy part would be to find a home to buy!

In the meanwhile, life goes on and our family continues to grow. Lindsay and Lucy are both pregnant with grandchildren #10 and 11!