WE ARE FIGHTING FOR KONNER....

HAPPY MONDAY!!!! Today is a special day because our friend Konner Dowdy is doing GREAT! He’s fighting his way through his Neuroblastoma trial in good spirits!!! If you haven’t heard his story, please visit: http://www.konner13.blogspot.com/ . In efforts to help Konner and his family, we are putting together a door-to-door fundraiser this weekend! We will be doing “PENNIES FROM HEAVEN”, a fundraiser in which we collect as many pennies for Konner as we can! Of course we are hoping we get other monetary donations as well but pennies are what we are after!!!!

We are in search of the following:

• Volunteers to walk door-to-door (we are looking for at least 15-20 volunteers)

• 2 drivers (will have snacks and drinks on board)

• If you cannot participate, donations can be made at:

Wells Fargo Acct. #3670514227 in the name of Konner Dowdy

Time: Meet @ 7:30am for bagels and juice, walking begins at 8:00am

Location: TBD an email/text will be sent by Friday at 12:00pm.

Duration: We anticipate reaching as many homes as we can by 1:00pm

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANY FRIENDS, FAMILY, CO-WORKERS WHO YOU THINK WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP IN KONNERS FIGHT!!!

Thank you!!!!

Ultrasound #2...3 months!!!!

Hello everyone!!!  Well today was a VERY big day for us!  I've been stressing out, which I know I shouldn't be....about the Ultra Screen.  This test is done during 12-14 weeks to test for Trisomy 21, 18, 16 and some cardiac defects.  While we don't fit the risks for Down's Syndrome, it's still scary!  Dustin wasn't able to join me, which made it even more hard since I had to go ALONE!  But everything went well!  I'm 12 weeks and 1 day today and just waiting to see a belly pop out there!  It's exciting being pregnant, but not as exciting when you feel fat but can't prove you actually are pregnant by looking at me! hahah.  Our baby is about 2 inches long right now, about the size of your thumb!  This little one was bouncing around like crazy in there and VERY cooperative for the ultrasound tech!  I scored a 1 out of 10,000 chance of having a baby with the above mentioned anomalies, so of course this makes me very happy!  I have attached some pictures of the little one!!!

Konner...."The Little Tuff Guy"

Please keep little Konner in your thoughts and prayers as he fights through his battle, this little guy has clearly brought great joy to his family and we send warm thoughts his way!  If anyone would like help raise some funds for this little man and his family, please let me know!  Bracelets are being sold for $5 as well!!!! 

http://www.konner13.blogspot.com/

Happy Easter!!!!

Easter is coming and I’m not prepared at all…my days turn into my nights and my house is a mess all the time because I’m too tired to do ANYTHING!!! I just want to SLEEP all the time! I wanted to make a basket for Dustin for Easter, but he tells me he doesn’t like all the gross candy and that’s not really what Easter is about anyhow. So poop on him, he’s not getting a basket! This year is the first year we haven’t went to Tucson to Uncle Matt’s and it feels REALLY weird not being there! It’s always been a tradition but we understand why they didn’t have it this year….we definitely look forward to it next year!!!

I was planning on just staying home and enjoying the nice relaxing weekend, but Dustin surprised me with us going to Show Low for the weekend!!! YAY!!! I got off work early on Friday because I didn’t have much work to do, so I was home about 3:00pm and off we went! I was sooo excited to see my family, I’ve been REALLY HOMESICK lately! With me being sick and already had one failed attempt at visiting…I was bound and determined to make it up there!

I’m sure my Mom was excited that we came; she seemed rather bummed on the phone when I told her I didn’t have much extra funds to come up for the weekend and that I still need new tires on the Lexus. Boo. We made it to my parent’s about 8:00pm-ish, and my Mom and I ran over to watch Brinley color her Easter eggs! Dustin opted to hang out with Dad, so off we went! Brinley had a blast coloring eggs and boy did I make sure she got it EVERYWHERE! Well not too bad, but by the time we were done we made some artwork and colored her hands! Haha. Katrina and Mom assured me that next year; it would be MY CHILD with colored hands! It was fun though!!! How good of a job did she do writing all that out!  I just love the "2"!!!

Saturday us girls, Mom, Katrina, Myself and Brinley went to Wal-Mart for groceries and I don’t know if it was the fact that I really was tired, or the thin air up there! I was soooo EXHAUSTED! I couldn’t wait to get home and take a nap! The girls wanted lunch so we stopped at Taco Bell, but I passed out in the car! Hahahaha….it was a nice nap! We finally made it home and I about devoured chips and dip…mmmm my favorite just before we celebrated Easter on Saturday so that we weren’t getting home too too late on Sunday. We enjoyed a nice tasty ham, potatoes, green beans, rolls and of course desserts! It was sooo yummy! Saturday night Dustin and I had a slumber party with Brinley, watched Flicka and slept on the living room floor! Sooo not good for the back; halfway through the night Brin and I ended up on the couch! Haha.

Sunday we lounged around and I slept most of the day away before we headed back down the mountain about 2:00pm! Hahaha….thanks Mom and Dad for a great Easter! It was nice and relaxing!!! Love you guys!!!