This Crazy Thing Called Life: We Are Still Here!!

Life has been way too busy lately and blogging has not been a top priority. A few weeks ago I went to update everyone and the website kept giving me issues, but now it seems to be working fine. I am not even sure where to begin. There's been great things happening around here and not so great things. Let's start with the positive!

- Marley is graduating preschool. THIS Friday!
- The triplets will be 2 NEXT WEEK!
- I am back in school to be a teacher! And will be certified by THIS September.
- Mike has lost 80 pounds. Yes, that is 8 0.
- Marley & I were in a wedding this past weekend.
- We had a quick visit from Mike's brother & his wife recently

I am in disbelief that my little Marley will be turning 5 in August and a couple weeks after that she will be starting Kindergarten. It is just amazing what a sweet and loving little girl she is. She is doing so good in gymnastics, t-ball and swimming and hopefully will get to go to some summer camps in the upcoming months. She loves her babies more than I could have ever imagined and I am so proud of her. She is an awesome little kid!!

The triplets are almost 2!!! In 9 short days, they will officially hit the "Terrific Twos." They are doing great. The girls talk my ears off and are so dang smart. You can have actual conversations about things with them. Such as this recent one- Me: "Good morning girls. How are you this morning?" Makayla- "Good. I'm uppppp." Me- "I see that. Who made this mess in the living room?" Makayla- "Not me. It was Jack Jack." Me- "You didn't do any of it?" Makayla- "No. Just Jack Jack." It is amazing how quick they pick up on things and all that they know. I will give more detailed updates on their 2 year post. Jack is doing great too. He is not quite as developed in the speech department as his sisters, but he communicates in his own way. He is still a little ham and always so happy. He's a great brother to his three sisters. He's shown he can be very protective, very caring and very silly with them. They have a great bond and I have really enjoyed the age they are all at lately.

I decided to pursue a dream I have always had and am back in school to become a teacher. If all goes as planned, which so far it is with A's in my first two classes, I will be done by September. I hope to teach Kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade. I will be certified to teach thru 6th though and will take what I can get!

Mike has still been going strong at eating good and exercising and is now down 80 pounds!! So proud of him. He has done really good and needs a new wardrobe. Maybe he should replace those Yankee shirts with Rays shirts!

This past weekend Marley and I were in a very good friend's wedding. It was so much fun and Marley rocked it out as a Flower Girl. I can't even count how many people came up to us to tell us how beautiful she is and what a good job she did. Girlfriend loved all of the pampering she received and is already asking to go back to get her nails done.

Mike's older brother and his wife came to visit us in March. It was a short visit, but we all had a lot of fun. The kids loved playing with them and we hope they come back really soon!

So, that is the big, good stuff quickly. Now the not-so-good stuff. Many of you know my mom and know what a wonderful person she is. My entire life, anytime I have met someone who knows my mom, they talk about how great she is. Or how she is always smiling. Or how she is just so sweet. Roughly 2 months ago, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 Breast Cancer. Words cannot describe the shock and sadness we felt when we found out. Life just isn't fair sometimes. She has already undergone two surgeries and is about to begin several months of chemotherapy, radiation and hormone replacement therapy. It really doesn't make sense sometimes, but I guess all we can do is hold on and keep moving forward. She's got 6 grandbabies who aren't slowing down for some stupid thing called cancer and I hope soon that this is all just a bad memory.

So, that is our life in the past couple months in a nutshell. I know it's been awhile and I rushed thru this, but I will be more diligent now :)