Stupid Gall Bladder

SERIOUSLY - Didn't I say ENOUGH bad news for me and my family? ;-) Well, I had an emergency surgery on Monday night to remove my gall bladder which was FULL of stones. It was gross. I was going to post pictures of the surgery that I made the surgeon take but I thought it might gross some people out. I was in the emergency room in Lansing on Saturday night - we were visiting my sister. Marianne took me to the ER at 11:30 AM and after they gave me morphine - we had a blast hitting on the hot male nurse - we called him Nurse McDreamy. He loved it. They released me at 5:00 AM and Sunday we drove back to GR. Monday the pain got worse and I headed for the ER at Spectrum again. Anyway, now that I have five scars on my stomach - one from the c-sections and four from this surgery - my bikini days are gone (not that it would have been a pretty sight before). The surgery went fine and recovery is going slowly but surely. Anyway, thank you for the phone calls and thoughts. Sorry I haven't answered all the calls but most of the time I'm hopped up on pain medication and our conversations would be pretty funny. Who knew you could live without a gall bladder? ;-)

Rest In Peace Uncle Guk

My Uncle Guk passed away yesterday around 11:30 AM. He had such an accomplished life. He built a wonderful, loving, strong family from nothing. He was talented beyond words and had a heart of gold. He passed away peacefully after a long, hard fight with cancer. My love to my Aunt Jean and their sons and grandchildren.

P.S. - Our family has exceeded our "quota" of bad news so this is it.... no more saddness or bad news.

Rest In Peace, Steve

After a nearly perfect weekend of beautiful weddings and celebrations, our family had a horrible accident take place. Our cousin-in-law, Steve Wright, passed away late Saturday night unexpectedly. The father of two angels - Ezra, 3 and Eden, 1 - and a husband to my cousin Jennifer, he will be greatly missed and remembered as the fun, loving person that he was. Please keep his daughters and wife in your thoughts and prayers.

We love you Steve!

Charlie's First Bite of Cereal

Charlie took his first bite off of a spoon this past weekend. It was so cute and hilarious. He really wasn't sure what to do with it but is getting the hang of it! I can't believe time is flying by so quickly!

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lee

Another Wedding this weekend! My cousin Paul got married this weekend. Again, another beautiful, perfect bride, Jessica looked stunning! The wedding and reception was gorgeous!

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Nate Armstrong

Nate and Amanda tied the knot this past Friday! The wedding was absolutely GORGEOUS and, of course, Amanda was the most beautiful bride there ever was! We all had a blast at the reception - maybe too much fun!? ;-) No, you can never have too much fun!
Congratulations Nate and Amanda! Here's too many, many years of happieness and laughter!