The kids and I took a trip out Kansas to see my family. can we say HOT HOT HOT! I actually have a sunburn on my legs! I don't know who had more fun my parents or the kids! We were so busy the whole time it's all most kind of hard to believe.

BIG NEWS.... Garrett got his first tooth!!! He's been a real trooper I tell you what! Cutting a tooth and being dragged all over creation can't be easy!

Man when it rains it pours though! As soon as I got out there I got a wicked cold! Then Clint called me and told me he had to get an MRI on his back and as it turns out has a herniated disk and the one above it is bulging!! :o I tell ya I leave for five minutes an the show falls apart!! He has to go see a specialist tomorrow (Monday) to find out how we need to go about fixing his back.

***UPDATE***

Today (Moday) the specialist said he would give Clint a steroid shot and 4 weeks of physical therapy. If his pain increases, his symptoms get worse or don't go away then they will talk about surgery.


Aside from all that I tried to enjoy myself and not worry too much about my ailing hubby. We went to the childrens science museum, had family pictures taken, went to the park a ton, played outside blowing bubbles and making chalk drawings, went for walks went to the Zoo! We did a lot!

Then Friday we drove up to KC and stayed at The Great Wolf Lodge. The water park was a blast!! the Room was spacious, but the beds SUCKED beyond suckage!! None of us got any sleep except for the kids. Saturday we did the water park again and were there for most of the day. When we left we went and got a late lunch which was nice but both kids fell asleep at the table.

Of course the weather was great all day (and every day before) until I show up at the airport! Then Thunder, lightening, high winds, Tornado warnings! A tornado touched down about 15 minutes away from the airport! ALL flights were delayed. My flight was delayed 2 hours! Then when our plan actually arrived we had no crew to fly it! It was nightmare! So we finally get boarded and in the air. Now I'm not a nervous flier AT ALL I actually find it really relaxing. But for the first time in my life I was actually scared to be on the plane! I looked out the window and there was lightening all around us and the wings were bouncing like crazy, not to mention the turbulance! It was not a fun ride until we got to 40,000 ft! That's how far up we had to go to get above it! Then of course on a night like that we had to loose something and of course it had to be the car seats! I didn't leave SeaTac until 12am and then I didn't get home until 1:30am because we took the long way thinking it would be faster than sitting in what ever HUGE traffic pile up had occured on I-5.

Needless to say I'm a wee bit tired this morning. But I'm so excited to be back! Home sweet home! Can I just take moment to give a big shout out to my friends who helped take care of my hubby while I was away! Words cannot begin to express my grattitude for all your help! Thhank you thank you thank you!

I had pictures of the kids taken while I was out there so as soon as they are online I'll share.