it's been a minute...

...or ten, since I've been on here. I guess, really the last goings on - were that I was bummed out and missing Rhonda. My phone broke, so I got an iPhone (that I can mobile blog from and I just haven't) and so much stuff has happened. Well, gee, Tisha, it's only been what? 2 months.

Okay, moving on. In April, we had Camden's 3rd birthday (and NO he's still not potty trained!) Cadynce was student of the month - AGAIN! We went to a fun pirate birthday party for our friend, Kelan.

This is my favorite picture from the party of us, because it's just so us.

Colby was gone right before Easter, so Papa came over and dyed Easter eggs with me and the kids. We went to the city of Arlington's Easter Egg Hunt, and the kids had a blast. Papa even brought Great Grandpa Ben to come and watch. We celebrated Camden's birthday on Easter at Grandma Cleone's house with the family, an Easter Egg Hunt, and cupcakes.

The day before Easter we had a fundraiser for Relay For Life and raised just over $500.00! We had a good time, but definitely learned some things we will do different for next year. During the weekend of paint the town purple (relay fundraising weekend in May) Cadynce needed a haircut. I picked her up from school and she said, "mom, tomorrow when i get my haircut, I'm really going to get it cut. I'm ready, and somebody else needs my hair." Kid, in one moment you make me so proud and thankful that I have you.

And just like that, 11 inches of my baby girl's hair was gone. Debby even reluctantly agreed to a picture with sis. Debby has been cutting the kid's hair forever & her son passed away a few years back from cancer...

In May, Colby and I had a quick weekend trip to L.A. for Carson's big graduation from UCLA Law. Everyone is so proud of Carson. (I did tell him, he has used up his allotted graduations though.) We enjoyed our quick break from the kids and were thankful to have great friends step in and watch them for us.

We got to do a lot in our short little weekend, including taking in a Dodgers Game! (I was going to put a link here to an older post about Colby and me wanting to eventually visit every ball park, but evidently I never wrote about that...so I guess it's a "note to self" to write about that. duh!)

That pretty much sums up May. The first weekend in June was Relay. What's that you say? How was it? Ah-maz-ing of course! It's always hard for me, thinking of Rhonda (or anyone else affected by cancer for that matter) but, a  great weekend all the same. I think we raised over $290,000!! Pretty good stuff right there.

Catching Up.

Remember this? So, you all know we were having a rough pre-Christmas time. I hate to say it, but that was just the beginning.


On Christmas Eve, we were celebrating with the Knudson family, and Mike's mom hadn't been feeling well. In the midst of Christmas gift opening we ended up having to call the aid car for Grandma Evelyn; she was transported to Everett, never coming home. Grandma had a blood clot in her lungs and didn't make it to the hospital. We spent our Christmas Eve in a daze at the Colby Campus. The evening had some weird things to it.

-Grandma had told more than one person she wouldn't live into the next year.

-On our way home with the kids, before Colby headed down to the hospital, Cadynce said, "Daddy, I hope you get there in time." When we asked why, she said she didn't know.

-My friend Sarah just happened to be working admitting that night. So we at least had a familiar face while we were sitting there waiting.


Anyways, it was just weird, sad, and totally unexpected. I did go to the hospital to be with the family after Sissybugg (cousin Kayci) came down to stay at our house and wrap Santa presents for me.


The kids kept us all busy and were a joy in our lives at such a hard time.




The days to follow were hard; Grandma didn't want any services, Grandpa was sad and at times very confused . . . the kids and grand kids are all taking shifts staying the night at Grandpa's house because he can't be left alone.


I posted about Relay for Life here the day before my birthday. And the post before I talked about my failures last year and my goals for this year. Well, Saturday of Relay for Life kick off (also the Saturday before my b-day) my car didn't start. And it's still not running. The gym membership has been put on the wayyy back burner, as with the paying off of said bills, until we can find out for sure if the car is fixable, or if we're going to have to bite the bullet and have a car payment again.


How is your New Year so far?

Relay For Life 2011.

Dear Family and Friends,

Imagine a world with no cancer . . .

Can you even wrap your brain around that concept? It’s hard . . . we have all been affected by cancer, somehow or another it has hurt each and every one of us.

This year I am participating in the Arlington Relay For Life as a captain again Last year Arlington was the #1 rookie relay city in the nation (Thanks to your donations )

Please consider making a donation to help us find a world with no cancer. Here is the link to my personal page where you can make a donation, remember that every penny counts.

Click Here!!!

Some facts:
$5 - Can provide an hour of toll-free access to the National Cancer Information Center, providing support and valuable information for a newly diagnosed cancer patient anywhere in the country.
$15 - Can provide 50 test tubes needed by scientists working on a cure for cancer.
$50 - Supports advocacy campaigns to increase funding for cancer research or smoke-free laws.
$100 - The cost of training and providing resources for the Road to Recovery volunteer to make sure patients get to their treatment appointments. OR can provide a gas card to a patient to help them get to treatment appointments and relieve financial burden.

Please keep in mind these are just a few of the ways that your donation can help...

Thank you in advance for you continued support, I truly can not even begin to express how much I appreciate it . . .

Imagining a world with no cancer,
Tisha