Stanley family happenings

britney spears concert

2009-08-09T17:11:00.001-07:00

Melissa and I went to she Britney Spears on her circus tour. It was interesting to say the least, fun, entertaining.

Once upon a mattress

2009-08-09T16:50:00.000-07:00

Megan was in the union middle school play. Once upon a mattress. She was a lady of the court which is sort of an ensemble part. She did a great job. I got to do the make up for the cast, it was a lot of fun

Kyle gets his beloved bike

2009-08-09T16:47:00.001-07:00

Kyle had been looking for a bike for a long time, he wanted to spend like 2000.00. We wanted to spend like 200.00. So we comprimised and he found a used bike on craigslist for 750.00. It is the love of his life.

Grandma Joan has a big birthday party

2009-08-09T16:42:00.000-07:00

It was fun, we decided because she didn't want a big birthday party surprise we would have a birthday funday and surprise her with little surprises along the way.

We took her to the spa then to lunch and a movie then home for a fun dinner and family time.

Sharon had a balloon lady come and decorate her whole house with balloons, she was very surprised. Then we made an album for her of all of us and we each wrote her a little letter. It was a fun day and I hope she enjoyed it the way she wanted to.

The Dolphins - Abigails baseball team/girlscouts

2009-08-09T16:28:00.000-07:00

Abby was on the girls softball team called the Dolphins. I was the teams mom. She had a lot of fun and met a bunch of friends. Her favorite part was hitting and she loved to bring the dog and go to the snack shack after.

Disney Cruise to the Caribbean April 2009

2009-08-09T16:11:00.001-07:00

For spring break this year we decided to go on a disney cruise, we got a great price and for my 40th birthday we decided it would be fun!

The kids were totally jazzed, we invited vickie and diane and thought after the cruise we would spend a couple days at epcot.

We took off out of port canaveral and after a few days on the ship we were in St Maarten, then off to St thomas/St john and finally disneys private island.

One night we eat at this exclusive resaurant on board the ship called Paolos. It was some of the best food we had ever experienced. They gave us what ever we wanted and brought a couple of other choices to try as well. Yum Yum.

The shows were amazing. Every night disney style broadway shows. We were truley spoiled! Megan met a bunch of friends for life and was out every night with them until midnight. Kyle hung out in the teen lounge and hung out until 2 am some times. They had to come back to reality when we got off the boat. curfew, dark! Abigail loved seeing the characters everyday! We all had a fun time.

Willy Wonka birthday Megan 12 years, Abigail 7 old 2009

2009-08-09T15:53:00.000-07:00

Well, it was decided Megan wanted a willy wonka and the chocolate factory birthday party. She had been looking on face book and saw that Sadie Williams had had one and it look totally fun. We convinced Abby to have the same theme on the same day so that it would be easier to plan. They both invited a ton of friends, including Megans's newly broken up first "boyfriend", Tyler Poulsen. Abby invited Alex Post, the boy she says we wants to marry. We had decorated the whole house and both back an front yard. We had a walkway up to our house, a contract that we had the kids sign. We had lickable wall paper, a full candy store and a chocolate fountain. We had an oompa loompa food table with lots of mini foods and mini drinks. We had games... donut on a string, fizzy lifting burping contest, pudding eating contest, bubble blowing contest, mento rocket race, a cotton candy machine and bubble blowing everywhere. We hand made the cake for Abby to look like a wonka land and Megan had red velvet cupcakes. They were so yummy! It was a fantastically fun day.

Deanna Kratz - 20+ years later - January 2009

2009-08-09T15:48:00.001-07:00

One day I was looking on facebook and low and behold I found our old friend Deanna! We got in touch and set a date for dinner and some fun. Her husband came too and we went out for a fun night of dinner in Los Gatos and bowling. We talked about old times and what had been happening in our lives since then. It was a great night, and so much fun reconnecting.

kyle breaks his arm January 2009

2009-08-09T15:26:00.000-07:00

Ok, as if it isn't enough to have heart surgery, Kyle decides to break his arm.

He had been itching to go on his bike, all of his friends were riding theirs so he had been counting the days. When the day came that the doctor finally released him to his regular activity he was out the door. He went to Leigh high school to cruise around with his friends. What he didn't take into account was that his friends hadn't had a 2 month break of no bike riding. So when his friends decided to go on jump off the steps, he thought it looked fun too. Wow, he didn't know what happened all of a sudden he was lying there and he didn't want to move. He looked over at his arm and yelled out to his friend Jaden. I think I broke my arm. Yep he sure did it was not pretty. Lucky for him the baseball coach and team was practicing there and saw him fall and ran over to help him. He kindly asked them not to touch him and to call his mom. That was a phone call 6 weeks after heart surgery that I didn't want to get. "Hi this is the coach from leigh high school and your son has had an accident. He has broken his arm and wants you to come and get him. I said, my son, Kyle, you know he just had heart surgery! Yes maam, he told us. Do you know he was just released from the doctors care today an hour ago. I am sorry, I will keep the gate open for you so you can drive on to the campus in the back, Thanks I will be right there. ScREAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM,, dance around in a circle, gather the girls and call Terry. I was on my way speeding down harwood, there Kyle was laying still in the position that he fell in chest to the cement arms out legs spread apart. Kind of like the dead man chalk marks. I went to him and the coach helped me to get him up as he held his arm from not falling. It was gross, disgusting but even so I pulled it together and drove, fast as I could to Kaiser. They took us right in and in moments Terry was there too. They took many xrays and finally it was determined that they could only do surgery to repair it but it would have to be done the next morning early. Surgery again! That was funny and heart wrenching at the same time. He couldn't take any pain meds in the morning because he had to have an empty stomach, unfortuately for him it wasn't until 2pm when they finally did the surgery.
All went well and they sent us up to a regualr room to spend the night for observations since he just had heart surgery. The guy next to us was a diabled man and kept me and him up for most of the night. Yelling, Nurse, the tape is over, and nurse my feet are itchy, nurse, nurse, nurse. Nurse I can't reach my applesauce. He was probably 400 lbs. It was no nice to get back home again. The ordeal for the most part was finally over. 2 screws and a plate placed in his wrist and forearm. Look out metal detectors.

New Years EVE 2008/2009

2009-01-18T19:45:00.001-08:00

We had a great new years. The nuzums came over and Jacob Diaz came over, we had lots of goodies to eat. The adults took over the family room and played guitar hero world tour, then we watched the guy do a death defying jump at the paris hotel in las vegas. Whe the time came to ring in the new year, Abby had just fallen asleep, we tried to wake her, but she was out cold. The kids all went outside and down the street to watch the neighbors do fireworks in the light rain. all and all it was a great night, hope for the next year to be great too.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-18T19:36:00.000-08:00

Christmas seemed like a blur to us. Mom went and got us a tree when we were up at the hospital and Diane put the lights on so that we could have a bit of christmas when we came home. The first few days, it was a little nerve racking, checking on kyle all the time. He slept in our bed for the first few nights so that we could keep a good eye on him during the night. So sleep didn't go so well at first for us.

Christmas way nice, we had a quite christmas with diane staying with us. She was nice enough to come and take care of Abby and Megan while we were gone. Christmas day dinner we went to my moms and had a wonderful dinner with all the rest of the family.

Kyle open heart surgery Dec 10, 2008

2009-01-18T18:33:00.000-08:00

This is the final look of the scar when we left. We were there for 7 nights, 8 days. We had so many great nurses there, Kyles favorite and longest to take care of him was Eric. Eric was a great guy, fun to talk to and nice for kyle to have a big guy to look after him. Eric made sure that all of our needs were met at all times. He lived in santa cruz with his wife and commuted every day four days on, 3 days off. What a great profession. I have a great respect for all of those medical personnel that helped with kyle. They were so attentive and always kept us completely informed on what was going on, when doctors would be by and such. Dr Azaki came by nearly every day to see kyle and check on his progress. They were concerned at one time that his heart rate was too low. They came to the conclusion after they changed the setting that kyle just runs a low heart rate. We only had one crazy night of not knowing what the monitors were really telling us. Eric fixed that and we were all good after that!

There were so many babies there, some born with defects and had been there since they were born, months ago. There were a few big kids like kyle with basically the same thing as kyle. It was a great experience if you have to go through it! We were so glad to go home, Terry and I took turns staying with kyle in the room over night and staying at the hotel in downtown. I grew to appreciate san francisco a lot more. not just a crazy city, really it showed us its charm .

Megan and Abby came to see Kyle. He also had uncle scott, Melissa and Jack, Cindrina and Sydney, Aunt sharon, uncle joe grandma diane and Grandma joan, she came everyday for the first three days. Kyles friends came to see him too, Jaden, jacob, monica, don and cira came as well as guy,sherri, ian and trent. What nice family and friends to support kyle. He was really glad to have the company. It gets pretty boring sitting in bed all day watching tv.

Chest tubes came out, wow did that feel weird, and painfull. NP Laura came in and juiced him up with morphine, gave him a breathe in and out 123, yank! The chest tubes were out! Yeah, not kyle could really start to feel better.

This is day 3 snoopy came for a visit to bring around snoopy socks! Kyle will take 3 pairs! he has all kinds of wires comming out of his chest, arms 7 for the final count. The pace make wires, the drains, the 2 iv's and 1 artiery line, also the catheter, but lucky for him that came out pretty soon after surgery.

Day two and he is looking a bit better, still in pain but his spirits are starting to come back

He doesn't look like he is having much fun here. He is really drugged up, this is his first sit up the next morning. When he was coherent enough to talk to us he wanted to tell us what it was like to go into the surgery. He told us it was really weird. They took him in and gave him some gas to make him get really groggy. Then he heard the nurse tell him that they were gonna put on a tunecut to start the iv. He said then every went dark and there were these flashes of light, and he was out. When he wsa back out of surgery he was coherent but not really with it. He cold hear everything that we were saying to him but couldn't really open his eyes yet. It took quite some time for him to come off of all those drugs.

This is kyle staight out of surgery and back in the ICU. the first thing he did was try and tell us to get that breathing tube out of his mouth. Then when they finally took it out a couple hours later, he said he wanted to go home. Oh well, that's not gonna happen for another week.

This is us, the surgery waiting crew. We were so anxious that we had to play an intense game of monopoly. The surgery took about 5 1/2 hours in and out. We were hoping for about 3.

This is an appropriate balloon for Kyle. SUPERMAN!

Aunt Sharon and Uncle Joe sent Kyle 2 huge Balloon boquets. there were so many we couldn't even fit them in the icu room so we gave one of the boquets away to the the other kids in the icu. The nurses really appreciated it!

This is kyle the day after surgery. He is up and out of bed, he looks great.

This was the morning of surgery, getting prepared to go in. Our last hugs and kisses. He doesn't even look nervous. Kyle was such a trooper. They woke him up 10 minutes before they came and picked him up on the gurney. so he didn't have much time to be worried.

This was the day, the day we had been waiting for for 3 months. We were super nervous, this was going to be a major surgery for Kyle. We did however know that we were in the very best hands. Dr Tony Azaki from UCSF is one of the best in the nation. We had to check in the night before to make sure he would be ready for early morning surgery.

The weekend before Kyles surgery

2009-01-18T18:14:00.000-08:00

This was Kyles last hurrah! He is going in on the following Tuesday for Open heart surgery. We told him he could go to Iflysf to go flying in a wind tunnel and have some fun. That sunday the girls from Church came over to bring him a cake that they made. He was so excited. LUCKY. He also go his patriarchal blessing this weekend by Brother Flodger. This was an awesome blessing, gave him a lot of insight to his life and told him he would live a long life.

Valle monte

2009-01-18T18:07:00.000-08:00

Every year Carol and I take the kids to a charity event called Valle Monte. This is fun for the kids. We all try and win this giant childrens tree surrounded by tons of gift. We have a light dinner and a show, with daffy dave and the dancin dancers.

halloween 2008

2009-01-18T17:49:00.000-08:00

This was a fun Halloween, we had a ward party that was probably the best one in a long time. The had atv rides, a jumper and it was in the parkinglot in the back. We also went to my mom s ward halloween party. There were lots of people that I hadn't seen in a really long time. Pam and Ken garvey came with their family. IT was fun to see them and hang out with them. Scott and Carol and their family came too. Halloween night was chili of course and a good walk around the block. Lucky for us it started raining just as we finished trick or treating.

morro bay with the Pawlowskis Fall 2008

2009-01-18T17:37:00.000-08:00

We met the Pawlowskis' in morro bay for Ians water polo tournament. This seems to be an annual trip. When Ian was on his mission to argentina we went and watched Hannah in a water polo tournament. It is great to go and watch the game, the cousins love to be together and it seems to be the only trip we can all afford to go on together.

pismo camping september 2008

2009-01-18T17:23:00.000-08:00

We had the great idea of going camping on the beach at Pismo. We went with Scott and carol and emily and charlie and Rex and his friend Collin. It was a fun time, camping not so much. The kids loved it but us adults are getting to old or are to spoiled to camp in the cold. The kids had a complete ball riding atv. Charlie didn't want to get off. We played all day, then went to a great dinner.

2009-01-18T17:20:00.003-08:00

Brandon had to have ear surgery to remove his ear canals. He has had cronic ear infections for years, we could never get them completely under control

brandon has ear surgery

2009-01-18T17:19:00.001-08:00

Maui 2008

2009-01-18T16:00:00.001-08:00

Maui was super fun. We went horseback riding and zip lining. We jogged the beach at kaanapali, and some of us jumped off the black rock.

Kauai July 2008

2009-01-18T15:22:00.001-08:00

This was a great trip to Kauai. We go every year, and every year we look forward to going again! It is my favorite island, quite, beautiful and real true hawaiian. We always go with Scott and Carol Emily and Charlie and my Mom. This year we also brought Terrys mom Diane with us to Kauai. It was her firest trip to Kauai. It was fun to just relax by the pool and swim in kalapaki bay. Scott and Carol and I were on a search for sea turtles. We scaled the rocks and made our way out almost to end on the bay then jumped in and swam out to see if we could see the turtles. Scott had seen one earlier when we were out trying to learn how to paddle board. But no luck, we were so far out that I am surprised that we didn't see any sharks. Even the locals were giving us crazy tourist looks. Maybe next year carol will see a turtle! We also took a trip up the Waimea canyon. This is the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. It was a beautiful view. We stopped along the way on the planet mars. No really, the dirt there is so red from the iron in it that it looks like you are on the planet mars. It was fun.

First Day of School 2008

2008-08-25T18:53:00.001-07:00

wow I can't believe it is the first day of school Kyle is going to high school! A freshman at Leigh. Megan is going to Union middle school a sixth grader. Abigail is going to Noddin, a 1st grader. Abigail has Ms Asaro. we all hope it will be a great year.

boating Lake Anderson Aug 2008

2008-08-25T18:52:00.002-07:00

This was a great day of fun, we went with Scott and Carol, Emily, Charlie, Uncle Todd and our family. It was a fun day.

Lake Tullock 4th of July 2008

2008-07-13T13:59:00.000-07:00

The kids and I went up to Lake Tullock with Scott and Carol and their family. We had a really fun time. Scott was busy all week making sure that he gave the kids a ton of fun. What was the term again, oh yeah five finger death punch on the tubes. They all loved it! The only part that I didn't love was going to the initiation spot and plunging ,let me rephrase that, taking the arctic polar swim at the foot of Lake Melones dam. Wow was that crazy. It was like 55 deg. it felt like is was 20 deg. Chad went with us, we called him Rambo boy, for his crazy unwilling to quit attitude. We had a fabulous time. We had to go home for the 4th, much to Scott dismay. I couldn't go and have fun without Terry for the week and then desert him on the 4th. Besides his sister and chad were there and they couldn't party without me! We had a fun time, the kids did a ton of fireworks and we went up to boulder ridge and watched the firework with my mom and Janean.

Horsecamp June 2008

2008-07-13T13:44:00.000-07:00

Well we had quite a group at horse camp this week. Kyle, Chad,Trent,Megan,Emily,Alyssa,Rebecca and Abigail. It was a fantastic week they all had a great time. Poor chad got the flu, but only really missed one day. Megan had Master, Abigail had Monte, Kyle had Nick, Chad had Rocky, Emily had Rocky too, Rebecca had Teddy and Alyssa had Sante Fe. The kids went on lots of trail rides, learned a ton of new riding skills, went swimming and mucked stalls. This is a must every summer.

Graduations June 2008

2008-07-13T13:05:00.000-07:00

Graduation was great. Crazy since we had Abigail on Thursday morning and then Megan on Friday morning and Kyle on Friday night. Three graduations in one family. I bet that doesn't happen very often in life.

Abigail's graduation was so cute, they all sat in a group and sang a bunch of cute songs to us and then they called out the graduates names and they all got a picture with the teacher and a cute little certificate. It was so fun. All the parents with their cameras recording and clicking, grandparent and parents alike. I was sad to see Abigail leave this, and now she will be moving on, for me knidergarten has got to be the very best year of school! I love Mrs. Tully too.

Megan's graduation was a bit more formal. All the girls were dressed up and most boys too. There was one boy that looked like he just rolled out of bed. Megan got a new dress, she looked so grown up, heels and all. They sang the fifty nifty song and banana slug and last but not least the tear jerker shooting star. She tried to duck and not get photographed while doing it, so we tried extra hard to embarrass her. I think she won that one. I can't believe she is going to middle school! I feel like she is growing up so soon. It seems like as soon as they go to middle school they grow up 3 times as fast. The fun thing about her getting older is that she is now like my little buddy, thats' fun.

Kyle's graduation - This was of course the most formal. He got to wear a robe, and they had a huge ceremony in the quad at Dartmouth. Uncle Chad was visiting with us, so it was that much more fun. It was a hot day and since we have been having so many fires, the sun was being browned out by the smoke. It was kind of erie. Kyle looked fabulous, he was beaming with pride. He got great grades, most of the time all three years, not enough to get on the honor role, but he did get on our family honor roll. He tried really hard and most of the time got A's and B's. After the graduation Kyle got to go to his first real dance, being 14 and all now. I think he had lots of fun. I asked him if he danced with any girls and he said, well mom what do you think you go to a dance for anyway. I guess he told me. I still can't get a defined girl's aren't ickey from him yet. I know he thinks they are awesome, but he isn't sharing too much yet. My first born will be in high school! I will throwing him the wolves in just a couple of months, I don't know if I should cry for me or for him. He is really excited and the idea of high school and growing up, not me, I wish I could turn time back about 10 years!

Donuts with Daddy Day June 6, 2008

2008-06-22T19:24:00.000-07:00

This was a special day for Abby and her Daddy! Mrs Tully planned a special day in celebration of fathers day. This was really nice because so many time the fathers get left out of the celebrations, because fathers day is generally after school gets out. Abby got to sing Terry some songs, which included take me out to the ballgame, bingo ( Daddy), she had a great time signing to her daddy. She wrote him a special poem too. At least on her poem to him he was only 55 years old, much better than the 89 she said I was.

Her poem

The important thing about my dad is that he is special

his name is terry, but I call him daddy

his hair is brown

his eyes are blue

his favorite food is popcorn

his favorite color is blue

he's only 55 years old (not!)

he works hard on work

he likes to play with me.

he does not like to watch shrek 3

one thing he says over and over is "stop fighting with your sister and brother"

he loves me because I don't bother him.

I love him because he plays with me.

But the most important thing about my dad is that he is special.

By abigail June 6, 2008

Doug and Kat's Wedding May 31st

2008-06-22T18:48:00.000-07:00

We had a weekend of fun in LA. First of all, I had to drive all by my self. For anyone who knows me well enough, that was a feat for me. But I did it and it wasn't too tough. Terry flew down the next day. We came for Terry's brother Doug and his wife to be Kat's wedding. It was a really nice day and we were so happy to see Doug and Kat finally tie the knot. Vickie and her family went with us and we got to spend the day chatting it with family. We even got to see Terry's uncle George. He had his 80th birthday the following weekend. The bride was beautiful and the groom never looked better.

family fun night with the Hutchings

2008-06-22T18:39:00.000-07:00

We had fun night of dinner out, bowling, miniature golf, and ice cream to top it off! Whirl wind. It was great fun, The Hutchings team pulled out a win bowling! We'll get them next time! Golf was interesting, the kids end up not caring about the score. So it was an adult game, Scott winning, Terry coming in second, kyle coming in 3rd and and Me last! What was that about! I better sharpen up on my putting skills!

Sicky

2008-05-21T09:40:00.001-07:00

Abigail is home sick today, she got the 24 hour flu bug from Megan. she is feeling pretty good today but she is happy to stay home!

Boardwalk

2008-05-17T20:23:00.000-07:00

Today was a fun day. We went to Boardwalk for builders exchange company party. Wow was it a beautiful day! The weather was perfect and the view was wonderful. Kyle brought a few friends, Ian and Trent. Megan brought her friend Natalie. The whole family was there except Scott and Carol and the crew, they were out of town. When we were shopping on the boardwalk we ran into Lex from Survivor, he was shooting a commercial for the boardwalk. I tried to get a photo with him, but they were taking tooooo long. Mom was taking photos of those wearing plaid pants so I had to buy a pair while I was there.

Mothers Day

2008-05-11T21:08:00.000-07:00

Today was a busy day. We went to church early because Kyle was being ordained to the office of teacher at church. Then we had lunch with my brother and mom at the golf club. Then we had a barbecue and swim at my moms with my sister and her family too. So it is 915pm and we just got home. Wow what a mothers day! All and all it was great. I got my mom a panini press that she wanted for Christmas but didn't get, as well as a mothers family birthstone necklace. Terry got his mom the same necklace and a beautiful vase. I got a the same necklace and a cookbook. None of which is really as important as the time and love and fun that we all got to share for the day. Next year for mothers day, my sister said all the mothers should go to the spa and lunch the day before. Sounds good to me, then on mothers day maybe I could just take a nap. ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz. Diane is going home tomorrow and we are all sad. It is fun to have her around and hang out with us. She is always happy and fun to be with. Happy Mothers Day.

Kyle's 14th birthday

2008-05-09T16:07:00.001-07:00

Kyle turned 14 on Wednesday! Wow how could that be possible! He will be in High school next year. He had a great day. I let him stay home from school. ( My mom would have never let me do that!) Took him to lunch with Dad, Megan, and Grandma Diane and ME at Teske's - a german restaurant in downtown San Jose. It was good he had a pork shank sourkraut and german potato salad. WE all decided that when we go back again we will all get jaggershnitzel. He got the Mountain dew green label bottles to add to his collection, a big black shirt ( rob and big show) and a pin bag and lanyard, plus lots of cash. We got him a Itouch for his birthday and he had to pay 1/2 so the cash will go to good use. Tonight we are going to Kyoto Palace for dinner with the family, Grandma Joan, Emily and Charlie and then tomorrow he is going to see Iron Man with some friends (Ian, Trent, Jaden and Michael). I would say he had a great birthday! Happy Birthday Kyle!

Abby is learning to balance and roller skate, Kyle was being a good big brother and holding her up so she didn't fall. They are so cute, when they are not beating each other up!

Mothers day tea - kindergarten

2008-05-09T15:41:00.001-07:00

Today was an awesome day at kindergarten. Mrs. Tully (Abby's teacher) had a fun mothers day tea for the class. The kids sang us some cute songs ( bumdiada, abc mothers and m-o-t-h-e-r). It was so cut to see these cute little kids honor us like that. Then the kids served us angelfood and strawberries as we wore crowns that they made for us. Abby wrote an all about my mom poem. See below:

The important thing about my Mom is that she is SPECIAL!
Her name is Jenifer, but I call her Mom
Her hair is like mine. Just like mine, but it is curlier.
her eyes are blue.
Her favorite color is blue.
Her favorite food is cherry pie.
She's about as tall as our refrigerator
She is only 89 years old or so.....
She works hard on her computer, but she doesn't work too hard.
She likes to cook
She does not like to play
she loves me because I am cute
I love her because she is pretty
But the important thing about my MOM is that she make cookies!
By Abigail

Wow how cute is that, she got most of it right, except hello I am a long way from being 89 years old! And, I do like to play!

I was sad thinking this is the last time I get to share a kindergarten mothers day tea! I wish I could stop her in time and freeze these moments.

I can't wait until sunday. I love mothers day! Not because I get spoiled, which is a nice benefit. Because I get to get those sweet loving hugs and time to reflect on how much my family means to me. I also get to enjoy spending time with my mother. Every minute I get with my mom is special for me. For the first time in a very very long time Terry gets to also spend mothers day with his mom. Mothers are so important to all of our lives, we learn so much from them. We learn how to be good mothers through them and most of us will see our mothers in ourselves at some point in our lives. It is a very special day.

May 1 - May Day 1st post

2008-05-01T10:49:00.000-07:00

Ok so finally I am going to start a blog, mostly because my Aunt Chris does it and I absolutely love going on there to see what is going on in her families life! She make it look so fun! The other reason to do it is I am not so good at journaling. So I thought it would be a good way to keep up on my own life and what's going on so I could look back in the future. Anyway hopefully it will be fun! I also hope that it will be a fun thing for my family and friends to see what is going on at the Stanly household. The pictures are the best I love to see everyone's pictures. Well here we go!