WOW WHAT A WEEK!!

I AM SITTING HERE IN THE DARK JUST TAKING A MOMENT TO BREATHE, THIS PAST TEN DAYS HAS BEEN CRAZY AT OUR HOUSE!! WE STARTED OFF WITH CHEROKEE'S 18TH BIRTHDAY PARTY ON THE 21ST, SHE WANTED TO GO TO "CHUCK A RAMA" FOR HER BIRTHDAY DINNER-IS SHE CRAZY OR WHAT?? THEN WE HAD SEMINARY GRADUATION FOR HER THAT SUNDAY, IT WAS AWESOME, SHE LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL, SHE JUST HAD A GLOW ABOUT HER IT WAS SO NEAT!! THEN ON MONDAY MORNING MARTY AND ME AND CASH LEFT TO GO TO UTAH TO HELP CONTESSA GET THAT BABY HERE!! WE STARTED WITH HER IN THE HOSPITAL AT 10P.M. ON MONDAY NIGHT, SHE TOLD ME I WAS NOT TO LEAVE HER, SO I STAYED UNTIL 3A.M., THEN I SNUCK TO HER APARTMENT FOR SOME SLEEP, AT 5A.M. LORIN CALLED TO SAY SHE NEEDED ME, AND THAT THEY BROKE HER WATER, SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS AND SCARED AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER WELL, ALSO KNOWS THAT IS SAYING IT VERY MILD!! ANYWAY WITH TWO HOURS OF SLEEP I STAYED THE WHOLE DAY TUESDAY, EXCEPT FOR ABOUT 1HOUR, I WENT TO LUNCH WITH CASH AND MARTY. CONTESSA WAS SO AWESOME, SHE NEVER COMPLAINED AND WAS VERY BRAVE, I WAS SO PROUD OF HER!! AT AROUND 11P.M. THE DOCTOR TOLD HER WE WERE GOING TO START TO PUSH AND TWENTY MINUTES LATER THE SWEET LITTLE BABY CAME. CAN I JUST SAY THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE TO SEE THAT LITTLE GIRL COME INTO THIS WORLD, I COULD HARDLY HOLD IN MY TEARS AND MY SMILE WOULDN'T LEAVE MY FACE. I LOOKED OVER AT MARTY AND WE JUST BEAMED AT EACH OTHER, HE GOT TO SIT IN THE CHAIR, IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE HIM IN THE ROOM ALTHOUGH FOR PRIVACY REASONS HE DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL BIRTH, HE STILL FELT THE SPIRIT IN THAT ROOM. IT WAS AWESOME AND YES I AM SO EXCITED TO BE A GRANDMA!! THANKS TO SHAWNA FOR TAKING CASH SO THAT MARTY COULD BE THERE AND THANKS TO MARTY FOR TAKING CASH TO WORK MONDAY AND TUESDAY SO THAT I COULD BE WITH TESS AND LORIN!!
WELL WITH ABOUT FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP WE PICKED UP CASH AT SHAWNA'S AND HEADED HOME TO IDAHO FOR CHEROKEE'S GRADUATION. BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME I HAD 45MINUTES TO SHOWER US ALL AND GET US READY, WE WERE A LITTLE LATE, BUT STILL MADE IT!!! THE GRADUATION WAS GREAT-SHORT AND TO THE POINT!! IT ONLY WAS ABOUT 65MINUTES FROM START TO FINISH!! AFTERWARDS WE TOOK CHEROKEE TO BIG JUD'S, HER AND CHEVY ATE ONE OF THEIR BIG BUGERS AND FRIES AND ICE-CREAMS!!! MARTYS AND ME BARELY ATE 1/2 OF A BIG BURGER, 1/2 OF OUR FRIES AND I DIDN'T EVEN EAT MY ICE CREAM!! TEEN-AGERS!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF CHEROKEE, SHE IS TRULY A SWEET DAUGHTER AND WE FEEL SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN OUR LIVES!! MARTY AND ME TOOK OFF THURS. TO GO BACK TO UTAH TO HELP THE ZIPPAY'S, WE WERE SO EXCITED TO HOLD THAT LITTLE GIRL AGAIN, MARTY COOKED DINNER WITH LORIN'S HELP, WHILE I SHOWED CONTESSA HOW TO BATHE HER LITTLE"SNAPS" THAT IS WHAT GRANDPA MARTY CALLS HER. ON FRIDAY MARTY AND ME TOOK CONTESSA'S HOUSE TO TASK, WE CLEANED, MOVED FURNITURE, HUNG PICTURES, WASHED EVERYTHING FROM LORIN'S UNDIES TO THE BATHROOM RUG!! WE COOKED AUNT BECKY'S CHICKEN CHOWDER-IT WAS YUMMY, FOR DINNER AND THEN WE PRETTY MUCH POOPED OUT!! SATURDAY WE FOUND THEM A BED AND SOME MUCH NEEDED THINGS FOR THEIR APARTMENT AND THEN MARTY AND ME HEADED HOME!! WE GOT UP SUNDAY AND WENT TO CHURCH AND SPENT SOME MUCH NEEDED TIME WITH OUR OTHER THREE MONKEYS, THEN ON MONDAY WE CELBRATED CASH A ROO'S FOURTH BIRTHDAY!! I CAN'T BELIEVE HE IS FOUR, HE IS THE LIGHT IN MY LIFE!! MARTY HEADED BACK TO UTAH FOR TWO DAYS AND THEN IS BRINGING KENNEDY AND MOMMY,DADDY BACK TO IDAHO FOR A FEW DAYS!! CONTESSA AND LORIN ARE GREAT PARENTS, THEY TALK SO CUTE TO THAT LITTLE "SNAPS" IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY, THAT LIFE IS SO FAST, IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY THAT SHE WAS IN MY ARMS. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE TENDER MERCIES THAT WE AS A FAMILY HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH THIS PAST WEEK, I THANK MY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR MY SWEET BLESSINGS!!
MARTY AND ME TOOK THE TIME TO GO TO THE CEMETARY ON SATURDAY, HIS FATHER'S GRAVESITE IS SO PEACEFUL, IT IS AGAINST THE MOUNTAIN AND YOU CAN HEAR THE BIRDS AND HEAR A STREAM AND IT IS JUST SO SPECIAL TO FEEL THAT PEACE WHEN YOU GO THERE TO KNOW THAT SUCH A GREAT GUY WAS A PART OF YOUR LIFE, I MISS HIM DEARLY AND I KNOW THAT HE THINKS OF US AND PRAYS FOR US. WE ALSO GOT TO VISIT WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS WERE BURIED ON MY MOM'S SIDE, THAT WAS NEAT TO, I GOT TO TELL CHEVY AND MARTY SOME STORIES AND I JUST FELT PEACEFUL WHILE I WAS THERE. ONE MORE THING I NEED TO SAY TODAY, I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD, I MISS YOU WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE DOING A WORK FAR GREATER THAN RAISING US KIDS, SO FOR NOW I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU!! A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL MY FAMILY FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO MARTY AND ME AND OUR KIDS, AND TO ALL MY SISTER'S FOR BEING CASH A ROO'S GRANDMA'S AS HE CALLS ALL OF YOU!!! THANKS TO MARTY'S MOM FOR SENDING THE KIDS CARDS AND GIFTS THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND LOVE YOU!! TO MY HUSBAND- I THANK YOU FOR BEING MY BEST FRIEND AND SUPPORT!! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM, 143MARTY!! LOVE, C