Surgery day again....

Happy Friday dear friends! Well, Monday morning I had "another" back surgery and thank God, all went well. I have an amazing surgeon who specializes in what I have and I am so thankful for that. Thank you Dr. MacMillan, we love you! One of the things that never ever cease to amaze me is God's ordained and gift of "FAMILY". I couldn't go thru one more surgery without my family's love, encouragement and support. My sister Andi is here with us for almost 2 weeks, my daughter and son in law have taken days off work and daily schedules to be with me, and of course, my precious husband is always cheering me on rain or shine, in sickness and in health. As I reflect on all these blessings, I thank the Lord for His goodness and His love for us!

It wouldn't be me if I wasn't taking pictures and goofing off even when I am in pain! And of course, I already made two layouts for  this "special occasion". I am a scrapbooking addict at heart after all!!!!

Make sure to document life even in the simplest and/or hardest moments of life. Remember it's a wonderful journey! Have a wonderful and blessed day.

Taking a Turn for the Nurse

Good morning and happy Tuesday.  As most of you know, I've had my share of back problems over the years.  Yesterday I went under the knife one more (I wish I could say one last) time to remove the metal rods that had held my spine in place while it fused.  They are no longer needed and one of them had come loose (my DH says that it's not the only loose screw that I have) causing me pain.  Here I am ready to go in for surgery.

One of the reasons that I like this hospital so much is that they have the BEST anesthetics!  When I'm coming around I always have animals visit in the room.  After past surgeries there have been Anibal the tiger, Dora the giraffe and Julio the rooster, just to name a few.

This time was no exception.  I was visited by Mandy and 23 of her friends for a flamingo parade.  Once they all got into the room, they put on a show with dancing and twirling.  They even did a Russian Cossack dance.  It was amazing!  After the show, Mandy stuck around and spent most of the afternoon with me.

Well, when my DH spilled the beans about Mandy's visit, the flamingo wishes flowed in.  Here are Madison and Landon posing with a couple of flamingos somewhere in St. Pete.

Carolina and Andrew brought me some inflatable flamingos to the hospital.

Here are my daughter and my sister & me posing with "Mandy".

And here are a couple of hospital layouts that I made.  I think that I'm going to have to re-do them to include some pink flamingos in honor of Mandy and her friends' visit.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Opening Day

Good morning and happy Monday!  I hope that you had a wonderful and fun-filled weekend. Mine was amazing! Yesterday was opening day for the Tampa Bay Rays.  Of course, we were not going to miss it for anything.  Danny, our son,  had the opportunity of pitching the 8th inning in this 7-3 win over the New York Yankees, and we were all there to cheer for him! What an exciting moment. You can imagine how nervous I was watching my baby on that mound!!!!!

Here's me with Danny before the game.

Here's all of us after the game celebrating "being together" as well as  a great victory on Opening Day.

And last, but not least, here are a couple of baseball layouts I made on Saturday.  Unfortunately, they don't have room for the 84,697 pictures I took yesterday, so I'm going to have to pick the best of the bunch.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful and blessed day.

Beauty and the Beast

Good morning and happy Friday!  The new Disney movie Beauty and the Beast is definitely a hit.  Here I am at the theater when we went to see it. Even though Gaston is the mean one he is still sooooo handsome!

I've actually made two different  kits, based upon the characters from the 1991 animated movie.  These kits sold out very quickly.

And here is our own little princess trying to decide which dress she's going to wear.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day and a safe and restful weekend.