McKayla Dance Performance 2015

We had such a great time watching McKayla in her dance performance this year! She's been working so hard and although she was a bit nervous beforehand, you never would have known it once she was on stage. It was so much fun to watch her with all her dance friends and my girlfriends and I had a lot of fun being "dance moms" :-)

15 years later...dance mommas at our Alma mater

Flowers and love from Aunt Nonnie

Playing games back stage

Frozen yogurt after the final night

Soccer Trophy

B was so excited to get his soccer trophy!! We had a blast with soccer this year and can't wait to watch him in more sports throughout the years :-)

His every day "strong" breakfast of waffles and peanut butter

Last soccer videos for the season of Bodie in action

On the Move...

Last week was one of the most challenging weeks Todd and I have ever had...and actually, the last two weeks would go into that catagory. After much thought, looking, prayer and faith we decided to sell our house and embark on a new adventure. We were supposed to close on the house the weekend Kayla ended up having her appendix out (so thankful it got pushed back), but ended up closing last Thursday and having to be out of the house on Friday by noon.
Todd had his busiest event of the year for work on Sunday and I had mine on Thursday so our work schedules were definitely not conducive to us being home packing, but we got it done working together, around the clock and with help from family.
Along with the craziness of moving, poor Bodie started throwing up on Thursday night and continued throughout the day on Friday (I felt SOOO bad dragging him around when he felt so crummy), McKayla's music performance got moved 30 minutes earlier at school without anyone telling us (hence, I missed it and felt like an even worse mother that day) and I came down with the stomach flu on Saturday night (although it didn't last as long as Bodie's, I couldn't even get out of bed on Sunday so my sweet parents and TJ took care of the kids all day for me). By Sunday night, we were absolutely drained beyond what we could have ever imagined, but we were completely out of our house and settled into my parents (yep, that's where we are staying for 4 weeks).
Now for the good stuff!! As we sat in our closing for our old house, we went under contract on a new house. We are super excited and hope to be moving in by mid-June. We love the neighborhood and plan on raising our kiddos there for many years to come.

A very empty house...this was our last look

SOO many boxes

Last night sleeping in our Gregson house

Our car was THIS packed...no room left! Thanks for your help Momma!

The POD taking all our stuff away

Last pic of our house (9 years of amazing memories)

To add to the craziness, Kayla had dance rehearsals for her big performance coming up

And Bodie and Todd had their soccer game

Mother's Day 2015

Flowers, handmade cards/treats, makeup and a pedicure...my babies were very sweet to me this year. They had been telling me "Happy Mother's Day" all week and were so excited when it was actually the day. We enjoyed the sunshine, church, shopping and dinner with my family. I love my little munchkins more than I could ever express and I feel incredibly blessed to be their momma. I'm also so blessed to have my mom and Todd's mom in my life...they are wonderful role models and give me love and support beyond all else.

This kiddo enjoyed the dessert

Some of the handmade items from the kids

One of the bouqeuts...love!

My love, my life

This week

Oh this week...it's been interesting. We had so much going on (and actually it'll extend into next week with some things), but with faith we are making the best of everything and focusing on our blessings. We've had 3 close family members in the hospital this week and I'm so grateful to say they are all out and recovering well.
McKayla is recovering SO well and is already feeling like her old self (now the trick is keeping her from "normal" activity for 2 weeks...yeah right!). Todd stayed home most of this week to help with McKayla and our move (oh yeah, by the way...we have to be out of our house in less than a week) and it has been wonderful being able to sit down for family dinners and enjoy our time with him. It's also been great being able to cry on his shoulder with every picture I take off our walls (this move is a good thing and a new adventure, but the emotions are creeping up and so many memories come to mind with every item moved). I was in charge of Teacher Appreciation Week for McKayla's school this week too and I am so happy to report it went really well and I think our CRA teachers felt the love all week (cake, massages, treat tables, cafe rio gift cards, flowers, school supplies...it was fun).
I'd love to say we are going to relax this weekend, but Sunday is one of TJ's biggest days of the year at work and we have to move with every spare moment we have. I am looking forward to a moment of relaxation on Sunday when we do dinner with my family to celebrate Mother's Day. Heaven knows I couldn't have gotten through even this week alone without my Momma...she is always there for us when we need her.



I love watching these two at the soccer games

I promised this girl a mani/pedi while we were in the hospital...she definitely deserved to relax

I thought she might fall asleep...she was feeling a lot better and definitely relaxed

Love these cute fingers and toes

McKayla's surgery

This past weekend did not end up how we planned. McKayla had been complaining of stomach pain for a couple days and on Friday night it took a bad turn. We ended up at Primary Children's hospital and on Saturday she ended up in surgery to have her appendix removed. It was the longest night of our lives and she was INCREDIBLE and SO strong. The nurses told her she was handling the pain better than most the teenage boys that come in. Todd and I felt so bad and did all we could to comfort her...it was heart breaking to not be able to do more for the pain and misery she was in.
Her surgery went really well and once the surgeon got in it was actually better than he thought so we were very grateful for that. She was able to come home late Saturday night and she's been such a trooper with the recovery (really with everything). The whole thing is honestly a bit of a blur, but we are beyond grateful to our family and friends for their love, support, help and prayers. We are also so grateful to Primarys and their amazing nurses/doctors and to God for watching over our baby and us as we went through this. There is nothing more important in life than God and family...although we wish McKayla didn't have to go through what she did, we hope that we can carry this reminder with us in our daily life and focus on the truly important things. THANK YOU beyond all words to our family and friends who were there for us this weekend!!!!!!!!

We were able to get small moments of sleep for her in between the waves in the ER

Finally checked into her room and able to sleep after getting some pain meds (she was in the ER w/o them for 6.5 hours). 

The nurses brought her a brand new Barbie for being such a strong girl

Sleeping before surgery (she had to wait so long...the poor thing could't eat or drink (besides a couple ice chips in the ER) which ended up being around 19 hours by the time she got out of surgery...FYI they were pumping fluids into her so she didn't get dehydrated)

Just out of surgery w/ her new blanket from the nurses and some essential oils to help calm her tummy

Taking her first walk a few hours after surgery (w/ her new horse from Aunt Michelle)

Feeling good enough to eat a little something and color

Roses from our Helbling ladies...so beautiful!

Bodie was amazing during all of this too ...my wonderful parents took care of him for us

Bodie's 1st goal

Bodie scored his first goal at their second game this week. I didn't get a great video, but I promised him I'll be ready next time :-).