they say it comes in threes

WHAT A WEEK!!!

ONE

On Tuesday my older brother had to go the ER. He was having horrible pain in his big toe. They gave him some pain medication, and finally discovered that he has gout!!

TWO

Last night my brother-in-law called me and said I need to come over to their house ASAP. My sister fell down the stairs and he thinks she broke her leg! I jumped into the van in my jammies...no shoes and drove as fast as I could. When I arrived at their house the ambulance was there, firetrucks, firemen, EMT...I guess not much to do on a Saturday night! I took her kids to my house, put some clothes and shoes on, and drove to the hospital. She had surgery this afternoon. She broke her fibula bone, and tore all the ligaments in her ankle. She also will be sporting some new hardware in her leg. We are hoping she gets out tomorrow. Thankfully my brother-in-law is on vacation all next week!

THREE

My neighbor called and asked me to take her to the ER...different hospital this time......she is having stomach pains, can't eat, and is throwing up!! We sat in the waiting room for 2 hours........at first they thought she had an ovarian cyst. They decided to do a CT scan, and that is where the found out her appendix burst....so now she is having emergency surgery.........

6th Graders!

First day of school for the Fidler kids! They had a great day, and they also love their teachers!


....my babies are growing up....next year Jr. High!

Our state fair is the best state fair.....

We love going to the Iowa State Fair. This year Jim was out of town, so the kids and I went with my brother and his family, my sister, and her family, and my mom and dad! The kids ride the rides, while I eat and watch people.

This is one of the first rides the kids went on......soon after the ride was over........

Grant felt sick! He had to lay down...I got him something to drink....took the girls down the midway while my mom and dad sat with him....as we are walking I turned around to check on him, and he was throwing up in the garbage can...poor kid....he felt a ton better, and after a few hours was ready to go on the rides again!

The have a room filled with over 5000 butterflies. The kids loved it, this is Caroline with her new friend.

Isabelle with her new friend.

This is my older brother Michael with my nephew Nicholas going down the slide......

Here is some of the gang people watching!!!!

Tatoo!

I have always wanted a tatoo, but I could never decide what I wanted! While we were at the lake, I went to the same tatoo parlor that my niece goes too! I love fluer-de-lis, and did you know they also means The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit?? It is on the top of my foot, so I can show it if I want too, or cover it up!

Flowers....

More pictures I took at the lake......of the Surprise Lillies...

Lake of the Ozarks...2009

We are so lucky as a family to have a forever vacation spot. My parents bought a house on The Lake of the Ozarks 11 years ago. For many years they owned a houseboat, but when more grandchildren starting arriving they knew they needed to be on land! It is a magical place...

Nicky tubing all by himself for the first time!

My mom and dad surprised the grand kids with a trampoline! They had so much fun!!!!

Isabelle bouncing around the lake!

Caroline, Nicky, and Issy waiting for their turn to knee board!

We ran out of gas!! Of course my mom and dad did not have their cell phones, and couldn't remember numbers......these boaters were so kind to tow us in to the gas dock!

They view while we are boating.

Grandma telling Nicky a funny story!

Kelly, Steven, Ben, and Nick. We vacationed with my brother and his family.

Steven and Nicky taking a nap. My nephew is three, and he is very busy!!!!!!!!

These are one of my favorite flowers.....Surprise Lilly's. They remind me of my Grandma Beulah...I think this is an award winning photo!!!

My Aunt JoAnn, and her family own the house next door to my parents. They were on vacation also!

My cousin Emery Rose.......don't you love those blue eyes!

My cousins Lisa and Joe......

Raina ready to jump back in the lake.

Jim and Issy hanging out.

Miss Caroline

Nicky getting ready to scuba!

More jumping and taking turns on the jet ski!

a miracle

In May of 2007 my dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 Esophageal cancer. He had the hiccups, and they wouldn't go away. We also found out that his cancer had spread to his liver We knew it was serious, but none of the Dr's led us to believe how serious it was. They told us it is not cureable, but it is treatable. My dad endured, radiation, chemo, cyber-knife, mouth sores, lost his hair etc. He went to work every day, and complained very little. There was one spot on his liver that was very stubborn, so he went to the University of Iowa to have a Sphere procedure. We found out last Thursday, that the tumor is gone, and he is in remission! Praise the Lord!!!