Never Enough Time

Hello All,
Unfortunately, it's taken me a long time to add anything to this damn blog! I thought it would be an easy way to keep in touch with everyone and help all you to follow what's going on with the kids, but it still requires me to update! Sorry I've been a slacker lately, but there has been a lot of stuff happening in the past few months!

MOM RETIRES
It was a great chance to celebrate with the family and friends we haven't seen in a long time! Long are the days when an employee spends that amount of time at one job! 23 years...wow!! I remember when mom went back to school...it had a huge impact on me. I was extremely impressed with her dedication to school while continuing to hold down the fort at home! I have always been influenced by her amazing ability to balance her life as a mother, wife, career person, and woman. I only hope to live up to her standards :)

The retirement party was fun. The kids looked cute in their suits (even though they couldn't breathe!) and i've never seen Dylan so poised and patient and non-complaining!! It was also really fun to see all the family at the party at the house! Congratulations, Mom, on a wonderful career and cheers to a new chapter in your life!!!

MOM'S ACCIDENT
And not 2 weeks after retiring, mom falls off a ladder and breaks her leg! What a way to start your retirement, huh? Well, all things happen for a reason...God knows what this is for!! You've done amazingly well with this obstacle, just like you have will all things in your life! Your determination and strength only seem to get more secure and steadfast with age. Now 7 weeks after surgery, there's a new ramp in the garage for freedom, and a little bit of weight being put on the leg....keep up the amazing work!!

MELODY'S ACCIDENT
What's with all you people getting hurt? Stop this nonsense now!! Mel was in a bad car accident that totalled her car, broke her hand, and knocked her unconscious. Thank God it wasn't worse; it could've killed her!! We are all thankful you are ok and on your way to a quick recovery! We love you and your resilience will pull you through this!

TAZ'S ACCIDENT
Out of nowhere, the kitty hurt his leg to the point where he was not putting any weight on it and I had to take him to the urgent care for x-rays! $700 later, we still don't know for sure if there is a fracture, but slowly over the past few days, with the help of kitty morphine, he's starting to put some weight on it and is feeling better. We think he tried to sneak in the garage door to the house as it was shutting and got hit by the door. Poor Kitty!

on a positive note....

GAGE GRADUATES
No more kindergarten for the Gagers! It was a really cute ceremony, complete with caps and everything! It's hard to believe he'll be 6 already in August! He's very excited to go to "big kids" school next year and get picked up with his brother and not have to go to daycare anymore! (so are we...it's expensive!!) They are both growing up really fast...it's crazy!

DYLAN GETS STRAIGHT A'S
And we couldn't be happier! It took a lot of work and a lot of make-up credit, but he eeked it out at the last minute (almost literally!) Hopefully he learned a lesson on the importance of doing your homework right the first time and actually turning it in on time! Next year we are expecting a smoother year for him with his new skills in homework management! No taking away from him, though! He definitely earned the A's. Great job Dylan!!

GAGE RIDES A 2-WHEELER
The training wheels have come off and he's a speed demon on the bike!! He did very well and took to it quickly. He's already asking if he can do tricks!! He's very proud of himself :)

DYLAN'S SUMMER BUSINESS
The entreprenural spirit lives on....in a lawn mowing business! The flyers are in the making and hopefully, he'll make enough money to buy himself a new bike this summer! He wants to get into BMX racing! He's charging $20 for a cut and weed service. He's figured that if he can just get 5 accounts and do the lawns every week, he'll be rolling in about $100 every week. We've talked about how he will have to save at least half in the bank and spend the rest (soon enough, he'll be buying a car with that money!)

I'll try posting some pics and videos soon so watch out for that! And I'll try to keep this more updated. Luckily, I didn't really have anything going on at work today so at least I got this far!!
Love you all and keep posted!!!