Have A Wonderful Life Together!!!!

On November 8, 2008 my sweet cousin Terra married her soul mate Nick. She looked absolutely gorgeous! Nick you were pretty handsome yourself too. They got married at the Regency Gardens. It was beautiful. I loved it that she had a lot of little touches throughout the wedding to make it unique and their own. As favors they gave caramel apples. Anyone who knows Terra knows she LOVES caramel apples. They used sand instead of a unity candle, they had little pumpkins on the table that were holding peoples place cards. Their colors were gold, chocolate brown and green. I loved this wedding. Plus I got my hubby on the dance floor more than once for a slow dance. I think it was like 4 times. I only danced with him once on my wedding day. Ha! Ha! I just want to tell you Terra and Nick that I love you both. I have missed our Tuesday night dinners (due to all the wedding planning) and hope we can start that up again soon. You two make a cute couple and it's very clear that you're totally in love with each other. Have A Wonderful and Blessed Life Together Mr. and Mrs. Gailfus. We Love Ya!

Happy Birthday Luke and Brayden!

As most of you know Luke and Brayden's birthday's are only 3 days apart. Brayden's is on October 31st and Luke's is November 3rd. It's nice for our family and friends because they only have to come to 1 birthday party but it's tough on mom and dad. So this year I opt for something a little easier. We decided to hold their birthday at Bounce U. The kids big and small get 75 minutes of bounce time and then 45 minutes in a party room where I don't really have to do anything they do it for you. NICE!!! HP and I love going to Bounce U. I think we enjoy the bouncing more than the kids.

Now the hard part. I can't believe I have an 8 year old. My baby that I carried for 9 months is now 8. Luke is such a bright boy and keeps his dad and I on our toes. I love it when he tells me jokes and stories. He always writes me sweet notes to tell me how much he loves me. He's so sensitive. I love that most about him. These days HP and Luke are bonding over the pool table. I think HP is trying to mold some possible competition someday. I think he has a good shot. Well Luke you've been a joy to our lives. I'm so blessed that I have you everyday. Happy Birthday Buddy!

Here's something cute and funny. Brayden for an entire month, asked for race car cupcakes. So for his birthday that's what he got. He doesn't look so excited eating them but maybe he was tired from all the bouncing he was doing. Love the face buddy!

Happy Halloween and Birthday Brayden!!!!!

As you all can tell I'm running way behind on my blogging so bare with me and I'll get it all up. On Halloween it was Brayden's 4th birthday. I can't believe he's 4. He has made so many strides with his speech and everyday life. HP and I are so proud of him. He's a very sweet boy who besides the fact he runs EVERYWHERE doesn't get into too much trouble. If you know me you know I HATE running in the house.

So Halloween was crazy busy. I wanted to be at both boys Halloween party so I went to Brayden's in the morning and Luke's in the afternoon. In Brayden's classroom Ms. Debbie and her wonderful staff took the little kids around the school for a parade to show off their costumes and then they came back and ate eyeball cupcakes. Yummy!!!! For Luke's classroom, I was the party organizer and we made graham cracker haunted houses and decorated them. I think the kids had a good time. They are all so cute. Here's a funny story. I was in Luke's classroom helping out and I had tons of frosting on my fingers from trying to "glue" the haunted houses together. I didn't want to lick them of course because it wasn't sanitary. Well apparently it looked tasty enough for this little boy to ask me if he could lick my fingers. I'm sure the look on my face gave him my answer.
Later that day we gave Brayden his presents. He got a new Cars bike and helmet. A big boy bike now. I was worried he would be too scared to ride it and resort back to his trusty scooter but as you can see he got on I reminded him he had to peddle peddle peddle and away he went. He was soooooooooo cute. I didn't think he would get it the first day. Never underestimate the power and determination of a 4 year old. Isn't he cute?



So the rest of the day was to trick-or-treat. We went to my sisters neighborhood for a potluck dinner and then we all walked around trick-or-treating. It was a lot of fun. I hope we can do that again next year. I love seeing my kids with their cousins. They were all so cute. Luke was Darth Vader, Brayden was Anakin Skywalker, and Sophia was a ballerina. Or as she calls it a "reena". Lauren was Cinderella and Nicholas was a handyman. They all did really well and was ready for bed when they got home.

Our 10 Year Anniversay!!!!!!!!

We finally made it to 10 years! On October 10th 1998 HP and I decided to spend the rest of our lives together. Wow!!! It's been a long time. The last 10 years have had a lot of bumps and tons of happiness. As HP and I faced more and more challenges in our lives we grew to love each other even more. I will say that I love him more today than I did on the day I married him.

Soooooooooooooo...... to mark the last 10 years we decided to splurge and eat at The Melting Pot. I was so worried that I wouldn't be feeling better by our anniversary night and wouldn't be able to enjoy the yummy food but I was much better and enjoyed every minute of it. I also got the opportunity to finally surprise HP with a gift since he always does the surprising on me. I got him a new wedding band that doesn't scratch, bend, or break. It's the tungsten and one. I had the restaurant bring it out and surprise him with our chocolate fondue dessert. He was completely shocked. I think he thought I couldn't pull something like that off. Fooled him didn't I? I'm so blessed to have him in my life. He makes me laugh, he's a great husband, and a wonderful father to our kids. What more do I need? I can't wait to spend the next 10 years with him.

TAKE YOUR VITAMINS!!!!!!!!!

I totally thought that I would keep up better on the blog but I never thought that I would feel this bad/sick in my life. After a few weeks of feeling nauseated, exhausted, lethargic, very irritable, having horrible headaches, and so on I found it it is because my iron, B12, folic acid, and hemoglobin (red blood cells) are all really low. Hopefully the hematologist (blood doctor) Dr. Basha has me on the mend. I'm to go everyday this week to get fluids and iron through an IV. Quite fun. NOT!! Of course it did humble me. Like I said, I really don't think I have felt worse in my entire life. I've had several surgeries in my lifetime but there was always pain pills. Pain pills won't help this problem. On Friday, as I was getting my IV iron I was sitting in a room full of recliners, IV poles, pillows and most importantly cancer patients. I "just" have extremely low iron these people are sick with cancer getting these toxins pumped through their bodies and are smiling and telling me everything is going to be OK. How amazing and quite humbling at the same time. It basically shut me up. Yes, I still feel like heck but then I think how they feel and I quickly become very thankful low iron is my only problem. So I'll leave you with a few things I've learned. 1)If you think your life and situation are bad someone always has it worse. 2) Care more for others. Just picking up the phone can make a world of difference and it doesn't take that much time. 3) TAKE YOUR VITAMINS!!! My problem is not from lack of vitamins mine is that I don't absorb what I need. I never really realized how essential vitamins are to our bodies. I do now! Also, I need to thank everyone that helped me out during all of this. I couldn't have functioned each day without you. I need to especially thank my wonderful mother-in-law Eileen for helping me with the kids and my husband. HP you have been amazing. I'm sure if I never spoke of sickness again you would be set for life. I know and appreciate everything you have done for me. You work a full day and then take care of me. Thanks for loving me so much!

I haven't had the energy to take any pictures so as soon as I do I'll post some of the kids and the puppies. The puppies mostly will be leaving us this weekend. We are going to be sad to see them go. Especially Luke. What a nice litter Chewy and Sara cooked up. We love you all and will catch up soon.