Current Numbers In Our Life

In the past six days....

* My husband's beautiful 91 year old grandmother passed on from this life.  She died on Tuesday morning peacefully and with her family by her side.  

* Six of our family members from New Jersey and New York flew in to Oklahoma City including:  Mike's parents, sister, niece, brother and sister-in-law. 

* Four of the six are staying with us at our house.  It's a full house, but a comfortable house.  Being around family, even during a sad time, is so so good.

* We gave our girls a wonderful 4th birthday party.  Eleven of their friends and family came to celebrate, eat cupcakes and open gifts.  Leah screamed when she opened her Belle doll.   Pictures to come soon. 

* We had a Big 12 Championship get together Saturday night as we watched our OU Sooners beat Missouri 62-21.  We're headed to the National Title game on January 8, 2009!  Woo-Hoo!

* Mike's brother and sister-in-law, Juan and Tracy, took our girls to Chuck E. Cheese's for a special surprise.  Mike and I tagged along.  We spent $10 on tokens, played about 15 games of ski ball (most of which Mike won-- he's found a new calling) and ended up with about 4 cheap plastic toys as prizes.  But the girls had a blast, so it was all worth it!  

* We have had a whirlwind of people and activity in our house, but with all of that comes hundreds of laughs, many meaningful conversations, a few tears as we mourned our family's loss, and enough hugs to last until the next time we see each other again.