Family Get together, Carvel Ice Cream Cake and Remembering the 80's

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BLOG ABOUT MY OLDEST BROTHER CLAY... HE LIVES IN VA AND WITH 3 CHILDREN AND BEING CRAZY BUSY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER SINCE I GOT SICK WITH CANCER... SO AFTER A MUCH NEEDED VISIT. HE DETOURED FROM A BUSINESS TRIP IN VEGAS TO COME VI ST THE FAMILY.

IT WAS GREAT TIMING BECAUSE WE GOT TO CELEBRATE MY YOUNGER BROTHER MATT'S BIRTHDAY. CARVEL ICE CREAM CAKE! A FAMILY TRADITION. MY BROTHER CLAY USE TO WORK THERE WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SO HE AND THE CAKES GO WAY BACK. IT WAS SO FUN REMEMBERING THE OLD CARVEL DAYS. CLAY AND I LITERALLY GOT FREAKED OUT WHEN WERE REALIZED HOW LONG AGO IT WAS THAT HE MADE THE OLD CARVEL CAKES AND WHEN WE USE TO GO GET ICE CREAM WHILE HE WAS WORKING. (WE WERE SO PROUD OF THAT) WHERE DID THE TIME GO?

OUR NEWEST ADDITION TO THE FAMILY! HUDSON MILLER!!! An Angel from Heaven!

HE WAS BORN 8 DAYS BEFORE THIS PICTURE. MAYA COULD NOT GET ENOUGH OF HIM. MY POOR MOM! (NOTE: Maya is sucking her thumb with the blanket over her mouth. That's a little habit of hers)

Denise... Matt's wife. Sweet Sweet Sweet person. ALL I CAN SAY IS LOVE HER!!!!

And finally, my oldest brother of the pack! Funnest person you'll ever meet~ Love Hanging with you Clay! Come back soon...

Part 2 of a possible 4 surgeries

I met with my Plastic Surgeon today. Shes ready to begin tweaking me. I have a lot to fix. I thought about showing what needs to be done and then I decided it might be to much for ya! So I will describe.



When they took my back muscle, skin, tissue and fat their is a major blood vessel attached. This is part of the reason I have so much "puffiness" under my arm all the way to the front. It seriously looks terrible and very hard to hide.



So she will do the surgery in 4 weeks. She said this will probably be the 2ND of 4 surgeries!!! No big deal I have been through a lot worse! So for now I will enjoy my freedom of working out and getting back to normal activities until I'm back to recovering again... I will always say this to myself... Is it really worth all this for breasts!!!!!

My First Born...

Ethen wrote this letter.

Ethen is one of the sweetest kids! This just proves it even more!

When I went to bed the other night this note was under my pillow. For the life of me I could not think of anything he had done to make us upset. (I wonder if I was ever like that when I was 8! )