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West Texas Weekend






This past weekend my very sweet husband did without me and Maddy for four days so we could go spend time with great grandparents in West Texas. When I first planned the trip I didn't realize that my parents would be at my Mema and Papa's house at the same time as us so that was an added bonus. My cousin's kids came over on Friday and Maddy wanted to see everything they were doing. She had a snack with them and sat at the table while they colored pictures. I was hoping it would be nice, but as you can see from the pictures, the first day of spring was cold, snowy, and super windy. Mema and Mom made me a nice b-day cake. I actually haven't had cake for my birthday in several years so it was a nice treat.
The only bad thing about the trip was that my Grandma in Lubbock went into the hospital while we were out there. She had some complications from the surgery she had a couple of weeks ago. She is doing better but they may have to remove her gallbladder now. They are doing tests this afternoon to find out about that so keep her in your prayers.
When I got home Aaron had done a TON of work around the house. He washed the dogs and trimmed them all up and shampooed all the carpets. He got a light for his fish tank finally. He has supposed to have gotten one for a b-day gift for several years now and has never picked one out. He cleaned the fish tank and got some more fish and it looks really nice. He also go the tire on the Isuzu fixed. It was all very nice to come home to.
On Thursday my parents are flying in for a visit and we are having a birthday party for Maddy on Saturday. Looking forward to another great weekend!
Tomorrow Maddy gets new hand splints. We are excited about that. She has outgrown the ones she had and the ones she's getting are supposed to make it easier to support her weight on her hands and arms. Hopefully she will be good tomorrow while they are making them.

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Zach and Alyson said…
Excited to see you, Maddy and Aaron on Saturday. Can't believe it's already been a year.

Alyson
March 22, 2010 at 9:10 PM
Blabber said…
I love the one with Dad!
March 24, 2010 at 8:24 PM
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