HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON!

Yes, you heard me right. Today is my son's birthday. He would have been 24. He is the angel brother for the girls and they are comfortable with that. This morning we sang him happy birthday and then off to school.

Bryan was born one month premature, but that was not what he died of. He died from Group B Strep, that he got from me invitro. There were so many babies dying from this that a test for it is now a routine for expectant mothers, so in a way my dear Bryan is saving many other children...my angel.

Bryan dies when he was only one day old from this. He was the my only son, and the only birth I had. He will always be in my heart and the big brother to our girls.

4th grade recorder recital

Ruth had her 4th grade recorder recital and it was really cute. I am quite sure that many of these lovely children will not be professionals, but I am also 100% that they are all as cute as they can be!!! Ruth is the one with the white headband.

Still here

We got the breakdown and check from the insurance claim on the hail damage and I am ready for that fight. They depreciated parts of the house that were less than a year old, assuming that they were original to the 6 yr house...I will be changing that tomorrow. Of course the check will not nearly cover the damage, so we will adjust to what will get done and what will not or we will have to do ourselves, like the fence.

The girls are fine. They came in first in their age division and will get their trophy soon. We had our soccer party with this new team and instead of, like the old one when we went to someones house and swam in their pool and did pot luck, we went to a game hall and the kids both breezed through $40! Next year, we may bow out or let them know that there is a cheaper way to do things. The coach commented to me that my girls were hanging out too much together and not spending time with the other girls.....how much sharing can you do when you are trying to win games and collect the tickets for the cheap toys that you cash them in on.... I ask you! Only one other set of parents stayed, so even the parents could not "mingle", of course most of them drop the kids off at practice and run, returning the second it is over and scoop and run. Most parents I have no clue who goes with what kid! SORRY, DONE RANTING!