Just the latest...

Last weekend we took the family to the horse races. That was our first time! Here the girls are on a pony ride! We lost five dollars betting so we will have to go back again and try to win something! A real jockey came over to talk to us after a race. We tried to get him to take a picture with the kids but only Emily was brave enough. Leanna ran away screaming - literally. Ran away. Damien had to go chase her down!

After Alyssa was voted in for student council, she deceided to run for school secretary. So of course she comes home from school yesterday saying that she "HAS to go to Wallmart" for campain materials such as posterboard etc. I am like "you crazy" you can't make buttons and posters and go shopping and type your speech and do your homework all in one night. Just forget aboout it! Who needs to be secretary anyways?? But the girl is very persistant and next thing you know our house is over run by the campaign. She had four friends over, her aunt, neighbors, and me all working for HER! Paper, markers, glue, streamers, pins everywhere! I guess she will get an A for effort even if she doesn't win...

Emily has a new hairdo. She does braids in at night so she has curly hair in the morning! Yesterday, I was taking Leanna to the zoo with my neighbor after we dropped Emily and Hayden at school. I was trying to keep it somewhat quiet however, Leanna's friend keeps telling Emily she is going to the zoo in the car. Emily from all the way in the back of the van says "Mommy is Leanna going to the zoo??" I said "yes." She says with her voice cracking "by herself??" (meaning without me??) I said "yes." She says, with big silent tears running down her face and really quiet "but you know that I love the zoo." Poor thing! But she is learning A LOT!
In other news, since people have been asking about Leanna. She is doing really good and is eating everything now and gained all her weight back. She still is a little traumatized. She is very fearful and cautious at the park now. She made Damien hold her on the play equiment the other day but kept saying "Daddy don't fall, Daddy don't fall" !!! She also brought the accident up out of the blue the other day at lunch. She said "Mommy goes to the park with me. I cry at the park." I said "why?" She said "I fall and break at the park." I said yes but we took you to the hospital to get you better. She says "mommy lays down with me at the hospital, it goes beep beep beep and the doctor turns it off, they poke me and give me shots." So she remembers...
Also, we have straightened out most of the bills that they were not covering. We still have to pay a lot but not as much as they tried to get us to pay. That's it for now!