Well one year down and one more to come. We are all hoping for a great year this year. Our for boys are getting so big and our adopted son is settling into family rules well. This year we have a new addition to our family. Our oldest boy has brought us a girl, his girlfriend is the sweetest. Her name is Ana. They have been together for alittle over a month. She spent monst of the holidays with us.
Speaking of the holidays, December 23 with Nikki's mom, sister-in-law, neice and nephew spent a few hours here. It was a nice visit. Chistmas Eve was spent with Kevin's family at his parents house. It was a blast a lot of laughing and crying. Our first Christmas without Antie started out sad but ended on a high note. Christmas day was spent in Lake L.A. Papa, La, Aunt Helen, Aunt Pam and all 8 of us were there. After opening all the presents the boys started playing with all their new toys. Steven shot himself in the finger with one of the BB guns, Austin strummed on his guitar. Austin wanted to try out his new skate baord. In his attemp he broke his ankle. The brake was on the end of his Tibia. We spent Christmas evening in the ER.
The next few days were spent worrying about his growth plate and he was going to need surgery. When we made it to the orthopedic surgen we were elated to find out that all he needed was a cast for 6 to 8 weeks. His growth plate had already closed on that side so there was no problem there.
December 30th was Noodles birthday. Kevin and Austin stayed home because Aistin is not stable enough on his cruches yet. The rest of us went to Disneyland. It was chilly and drissly all day. It was quite an event. Nikki's ex-husband, Eric, his wife, son, mother, step-father, grandmother, sister, nephews, and mother-in-law were all present for the joyous occation. Jon and Matt spent most of the say with their grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, auntie, and cousins. They had a blast. they left with them to go to the Rose parade. After everyone left Nikki and I got to spend some quality time with Ty and Steven. Then there was one more surprise to come. Keith, Shell, Jojo, and Jazzy met us at Downtown Disney for birthday dessert.
It was a great ending to a turbulant year.
So far this year we have had a quiet new year. Just relazing and enjoying the peace and quiet of home.
My hope is to write in this blog as often as I can this year. I want to document my boys growing; I also want to document the progression of Kevin's new diagnosis. He has AS which is an arthritis of the spine. This can also fuse the bone in the spine together.
Peace and Love,
Us
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