pics....:)

Hi Guys!!! well, i am still alive and surviving my two weeks alone!!! it helps that this is a very busy year for me....i am gone a lot driving kids where they need to be and going to meetings for MOPS. So, the time has gone by fast. Don and Jarrod are doing good. i don't get to talk to them much...it is hard to find a time with the 8 hour time difference since i am not usually home when they are ready to talk.

Jarrod did have a run in with some monkeys....:) one day in the middle of the afternoon between meetings don went to the room to rest up for the night meetings while Jarrod (our 20 yr old nephew) wanted to go for a walk and take pics of some of the animals. sounds simple enough right??!! well, he found some monkeys and started to take some pictures and the monkey's did NOT like that. These are wild monkeys remember....not monkeys in a zoo. Well, the monkeys decided they would see how fast Jarrod could run and started to chase him. He ran all the way back to his room.....when he entered the room don was like "what the heck"....Jarrod must have had a pretty funny/scared look on his face:) i am sure they will have plenty of stories to tell when they get back. i told the girls about Jarrod getting chased by the monkeys and Maddie said "did Jarrod cry??".....she asked them on skype and daddy told her "yes" with Jarrod laughing in the background!!! So, they are doing well. they get home on Tuesday afternoon so hopefully the trip home goes ok...i know it will take a lot out of don and i am preparing myself for my husband to need lots of rest time when he gets home!!!!

The girls and i went to my moms in Colorado Springs this weekend since she had the weekend off from work. on Saturday we went to the Royal Gorge outside of canyon city and we had a GREAT time!!!! the girls were really good and it was a beautiful day and not crowded at all!! the pics are below from our day and you will also see Maddie sporting her new purple cast!!!!!!!!! tomorrow we go back to the children's hospital for ex rays....they want to keep a close watch to make sure she is healing just right so we go for ex rays once a week till she gets the cast off!!! i will let you know how things go. Enjoy this pics!!