Candy & Sugar

 

Here is Tanner checking them out! 

Dina & Mike's Farm

 

On the 16th of June we were invited out To Dina and Mike's farm. Tanner was very excited. He has been asking to go there for as long as he has known Dina! Well we went out right at 5 after Dina got off work! Mike was in the feild making hay bails. He stopped and asked Tanner if he wanted a ride. Tanner wanted me to come but I expalined that there was not enough room. I wasnt sure if he would go or not but the site of a big tractor won out and off he went with Mike. He had so much fun. When they were done he and Mike drove it back to the shed. We met them there and then Mike let him sit in all the other tractors and Tanner was full of questions! We then walked up to the other shed and mike gave hima 4 wheeler ride. And then Dina took him to see the calves on a 4 wheeler. She also gave him a ride on the lawn mower. We then ate hamburger and chips! Tanner had so much fun! They have to horses (Candy & Sugar) who Tanner still talks about. Also 2 dogs (Toby & Cody)

Tanner keeps aksing when we can go see Candy and Sugar and the puppies again! It was a great experince! We are forever grateful to them for showing Tanner a wonderful time! 

New big boy bed

 

A couple of weeks ago Tanner got a new big boy bed. He loves it. We had no trouble switching him over. In fact at night now he asks to go in his bed! :) 

WOO HOO Rodeo Time

 

We went to the rodeo again this year.. and had a much better experience.. no rain and no dead battery! Rick did not go this year but Tanner and I went with Dina. We met at around 630 and it was packed when we got there. Tanner had a good time but fell asleep near the end. We didnt get home until 1115. It was a late night for the little bugger but I think he had fun. It was a thursday so Friday was a LONG LONG day!

We sat really close.. and I thought some of those horse were going to come right at us! 

I didnt it again

 

Yes I promised to update all about May and I didnt. Well we had lots of days off and Ricks' mom watched Tanner to help out also, while mom was recovering! She was able to get back to full time after we got back from Colorado on 6/1.

I went to Scrap Jammies in May and got to see my wonderful scrapping friends. I just wish I could see them more often! Once a year is a long time, but with the rising cost of everything I doubt it will happen! So the message board is the next best thing! Had loads of fun and managed to scrap a few pages. but enjoyed sharing a table with Kris and Jen (Brandi came too.. she fit in awesome and I think had a great time)

Then not even a week after I got back we were off to COlorado for Erik's graduation. We got to fit in some time to go to Estes Park, get some Taffy and travel up the mountains a bit. We ate Bob & Tony's pizza.. Yum yum. Tanner got to swim in the hotel pool and had lots of fun playing with Erik and Mel! He loved the airplane ride ans said it was bumpy. There was some turbalence (sp) when we landed in Denver and some pretty big bumps.. but he laughed and thought it was great!

Right after we got back I got sick and barely made it to work on that Friday. I turned around and came back home to rest. I am not sure what it was! But it wasnt fun.

Well that was May in a nut shell! 

Start with April

 

So April was a busy month as usual. But for the life of me I can't rememember what we did. I do rememember that mom and dad went to Vegas. Well dad rememebers it but not so much mom. What we learned later is that moms apendicts (sp) burst before she went out. They went to Vegas on a sunday and they think it had happened about 5 days before but was a slow leak and therefore not as painful as a large rapture. So they were out in Vegas for about 2 days and had to return as she was so ill. Dad took her to the hospital on Wed. That is when we learned about what had happened. Mom doesnt rememeber alot of what happened. We also had to arrange for someone to watch Tanner for awhile as mom was in hopsital for almost 1 week.

She had a LOT of infection in her. She (THANK GOD) is doing much better now and is backing to having red at her house.

I guess Easter was also in April and Sharon the girls (and Nicole's BF), Sandy/John and the kids all came home. Tanner had loads of fun playing outside with the Merz kids! He got pretty sunburned also! :(

We also dyed eggs at our house and of course the Easter Bunny came and brought Tanner some goodies.

It was a busy month.

Tuesday I will tackle a long long May! 

Ohh I am so bad!

 

A very good friend of mine who I love and adore has reminded me that I have been a naughty blogger and I appreciate the nudge.

So much has gone on in the last couple months, from mom getting deathly sick (she is much better now) to seeing my best Jammie friends and going to Colorado (Tanners first airplane ride)

I will be a faithful blogger and start to catch everyone up. :) 

BUSY BUSY WEEK

We had a busy week. The first few days wer slow... but Wed we went to Walhert with Daddy to play basketball. Tanner had lots of fun running back and forth on the gym floor. He also like to dribble and try to shoot the ball. It really wore him out! He was really tired when we got home and hour later!

On thursday we took him to the library and when we took him to the kids section.. all he could do is say "look at all these books." He must have said it 15 times. I left him and daddy upstairs and went and looked for some books for me. Then I came up and Tanner and I picked some books out for him. He got a couple Thomas books and a coupl truck/Tractor books and an Elmo book! He loves to look thru them. He wasnt to bad! I thinkwe may rent some DVD's the next time.

On Friday we went to Daddy's Basketball game and He was very good.. sat and watched most of the game. We then came home and he fell asleep pretty quick.

On Sat Mommy cleaned alot of the house and when Tanner took a marathon nap I painted most of the pots that I needed to do for Laura (she had ordered 45 pots). I also cleaned and rearranged Tanners room.

On Sunday I finshed up the pots and went thru recipees and decided on what we would be eating next month. Monday I was off work and Tanner and I played, Paid bills and made up the grocery list! I also scrubbed and cleaned the toy room.. it was GROSS!

This week will hopefulyl be a bit slower.. Although Thursday is grocery night, friday Rick meets with his high school buddies and Sat he has his Fantasy Baseball draft.. so maybe it won't be slow!

Weekend update :)

Well this was a good relaxing weekend. Well at least Fri and Sat. Friday we jsut were lazy all night. We went shopping at Target. Daddy got Tanner a new train!

On Sat we went to Papa's and gave him a birthday present and then we went to Pizza Ranch for Papa's birthday! And we spent the night hanging out watching basketball and out brackets on Sat night!

On Sunday I had scrapbook class at work and Rick went to play basketball. Grandma J watched Tanner and then Rick put her grill togather and we cooked out. I fixed her computer and then we came home. Tanner did not nap and he fell asleep there in front of the TV. We came home and he took a bath and went to bed!

Today was out upgrade at work! It didnt go to bad. We got to wear our jammies to work and be comfy. On Tuesday he get to wear jeans as it is FInally the first day of SPRING! Sure doesnt feel like it tho!

St Pats Day Parade

I realized that I never talked about the parade we went to 2 weeks ago with Dina.

The parade was in Dyersville, and it was suppossed to rain. But since it was not raining when we went to leave we went! Thank goodness it didnt rain.. it always rains when I do something with Dina! (RODEO!!!!!) Anyway it was SUPER nice out. It was about 60 degrees out. Tanner had so much fun collecting candy, seeing all the big tractors and Semi's. Dina was talking to him about her farm and that he could go there and see her cows and tractors and that Mike would give him a tractor ride! Well he was so excited that onthe way home he told everyone in the car (Dina, her mom and her cousin) that he was going to the farm now. Well he fell asleep as he didnt not nap that day and when I got home and took him out of the car he cried because he realized we were not at Dina's farm. Thank goodness he fell back asleep pretty fast!

He loved to see the floats and fire engines! I think we will have to take him to more parades. It was a good time. He loves to see Dina!



Here he is at the parade.. that is Dina in the background

Half way there!

Yep it is Wed and almost to Friday. We are expecting a big snow storm tonight. But I bet we dont get hit as hard as they say! We normally don't.

This morning we were awoke (at 430AM) to sirens right outside our windows. There was a fire at the gas station on the Corner of Asbury Rd/JFK Rd. They closed the entire intersection and we had to go around! They still arent sure what happened. It isnt burned to the ground but it has extensive damage!

Yesterday Tanner had a lot of visitors.. Grandma Mi came down and Kim and Eddie were int town to pick up their taxes. The Mailman Dan stopped in to say Hello! Daddy had a meeting so Mommy and Tanner took some of Mommies profits to Target and bought Thomas Jet Engine. We also got a tackle box from papa to put his trains in.. it is huge and they still don't all fit! But He LOVES them!

Tonight he wore big boy underpants( he wanted to ) but only last 2 hours and he peed in them.. and a bit of poop!

Well its off to a bath!

TGIF

Yeeee hawww its Friday and it was so nice outside. Today wa sbusy at work.. I didnt spend much time upstairs with my team! But had a couple trainings with our HR person from Corp.

Tanner had fun this week. Grandma Di came over and babysat at Tanners house on Thursday! And then at lunch we went out for pizza. Then also on thursday was our anniversary dinner for work (been there 5 years now). So it was a good food day Thursday!

Today I went and bought all the pots to make for Laura and I need to start on those and Famersm market stuff!

Today Tanner told me he was a Red Sox fan. He even knows they play in Fenpark.. well that is what he calls it. He also says he is going to play there! :)

Bath night ... hope he sleeps in! We are also going to the St Pats Parade with Dina on Sat. Hope it doesnt rain!

Monday Monday!

Back to work. I was going to go after work and pick up all the flowers pots.. but I was to tired! Apparently I wasnt the only one becuase when I got to Mom's Tanner was on moms lap sleeping. She tried to wake him up but all he did was crawl into her lap and go back to sleep.

It was so icy this AM that Tanner slipped and fell on the way into Gramma's house, the Papa came out to help and he almost slipped and fell.. it was like a scene from a movie! At least Papa caught himself and didnt fall down!

Yesterday we also went to Grandma J's and helped fix her computer.. she had a few virus's! She made us dinner and we stayed till 815 and then came home and tried to put Tanner to bed but he was up till 930! Must have had to long of a nap.!!

He shoudl go down quick tonight as his nap wasnt as long..

Rick and I are going to start to give Plasma in a couple weeks to pay for the Colorado trip! :)

YEEE HAWWWWW

The first weekend in a month that we havent been sick. I hat to work today but still I am exzcited to be NON sick! We went to Lowes and Rick fixed the step outside.

I sold some Candy flower pots and coasters at work So I will be busy making those! I also sold my Sidekick.. SO I have a bout 200 bucks coming in! WOOO HOOO 

Wee hours of the morning!

Today we started on the new shift at work! It is from 630-330! Tanner was SO not wanting to get up! He would not go to bed last night.. in fact i wasnt until 1030! So he was mighty tired this AM! When we pulled out of the driveway he said "It's to dark out mama!" It was nice to be off at 330 tho. We got home and I cleaned the kitchen and vaccummed. I even opened all the shades so some light got in the house!

Grandma gave Tanner Arry and Bert today (2 new Thomas trains) he was VERY excited. He also went pee on the potty at Grandmas house!

Rick got home from work we had a neice conversation had some Egg Salad sandwhiches and then Tanner threw a fit. He wanted cookies and Pop for dinner. He did not want his nuggets. He cried and got mad for about 15-20 min and we told him if he ate his nuggets we would give him some soda! After the fit he ate all the nuggets and then we gave him soda. It was like he wanted to see what we would do! He is almost over the diareaha that he had!

SOOO........ maybe this weekend will be the non sick weekend. To bad I have to be at work for a while on Sat!

Catch up...

Well I am not going to go thru all the horrible details of the ENTIRE family being sick off an don since the last time I posted, as it would be icky and I personally would rather not rememeber it!

I did think this was the weekend where we would be all well, but well Tanner decided to suprise us by getting the "runs" today! He feels fine but is using lots of diapers!

My hours are going to be changin at work I will now be 630-330. Which will be super nice in the Summer! Rick is going to work earlier also, but we will see how long that lasts or if he really comes home earlier.

Poor Rick was even sick on his B-day. He came home from work and stayed in bed the rest of the day and most of the night. He then stayed home the next day too.

Last night Dad won a big jackpot on the boat! We are all going to go to dinner sometime this weekend to celebrate! I think Grandma Anne sent it to him as he asked her for it and 2 spinners later he won! GREAT job Grandma! :)

At work today we heard that the family (that is who owns us) wants us (Dubuque Branch) to "teach" everyone in the company (about 3000 people) the F.I.S.H phillosphy
Wow how exciting is that! We have been doing this for about 3 years. We actually have kind of gone off track of it and made it our own. But our turn over rate is only about 8% which is EXTREMELY low for a call center and they want that to flwo thru the whole company! It's amazing that we have had that kind of effect on the Mills family!

Well I will be a better blogger.. hopefully there will be no more sickies! At least for a while!

Promise Promise

I will start back up again on Friday night. I think we are all finally well.. or at least much much better. 

2 words

Still sick!

Had to work today, then went to bed for 5 hours. I feel horrible.

Oh nooooo

I am still so sick. I have taken Nyquil the last 3 nights and I keep having awful coughing fits. I got sick at work twice while having a coughing fit. My nose is as red as an engine! I have to work Sat morning from 7-11... and I just want to lay in bed.

We did call Aunt Kim tonight and it looks like she may come and visit on Sunday. Tanner is very excited. He also asked to visit Grandma J on Sat... so they will prob do that while I am at work!

Night all

Bad days off!

Well lets see where to begin. Sunday Tanner woke up VERY sick. Its the worst sick he has every been. It is just a bad cold but he was feeling awful, very rough sounding cough. He didnt do much of anything and refused to put on underpants... so that was it for the training! Sunday night I started to feel sick! He ended up in our bed for some of the night as he could sleep well becasue of being so congested.

By Monday morning I flet like total crap! I got the bad cold and cough! Tanner was still sick. It was a fun day trying to watch him and be ill at the same time! Her only woke up twice inthe night which was better from before. He would not take any meds so I had to put it in his juice.

Tuesday I was totally down and out, and Tanner was starting to get his zip back.. still with a bad cough tho, very snotty! Then at lunch my mom called me to tell me that Dad failed his stress test and had to go and have another heart cath on Wed. Well Rick thought I should be going back to work on Wed anyway so I called and said I wouldnt be coming back till Thursday.

Today I feel a bit better but this cough is awful it so hurts! Dads surgery went well , they found a blockage in an artery from his heart to his Kidney! So they ballooned and put a stent in. He was able to come home tonight. I just went and picked them up!

It was a hell of a 4 days and I would LOVE to spend the next 24 hours in bed... but thats not going to happen.

Positive thing for the day.. I got my wishblade ordered!

Next thing to sell is the Sidekick!