THE TRAVELING GARDNERS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART! 27 reasons to love Dan 1. He can cook better than his wife. 2. He is a human calculator. 3. He truly loves serving his country. 4. He has his oldest son convinced he is as strong as The HULK. 5. He can keep me calm when lives stresses come up. 6. He has a photographic memory. 7. He can play ANY sport well. 8. He always puts his family first. 9. He lets me think that I win him at Phase 10. 10. He is so romantic and thoughtful when he gives me any gift. 11. He is a Yankee, raised in Buffalo, NY and he still has my Grandma from Alabama wrapped around his finger. 12. He is a great example of the gospel, and he loves the Lord. 13. He is willing to watch chick flicks with his wife. 14. He dressed up as Luke Sky walker for Halloween and matched our Star Wars theme as a family. 15. He forgives easily and gives people the benefit of the doubt. 16. He loves all music; even country. 17. His dream car is a new jeep. 18. He still gets my door for me. Chivalry is not dead...

Seriously! I am now just documenting our crazy adventures for my soon to be book of our adventurous life!!! This is way past blogging. These are now reminders of how crazy our life can be at times. Warning: The following material may be too hard for some of you to stomach. Also, anyone who has been around me, do not fear you are not to worry. The boys and Dan are fine. It is only me. I am being overly cautious now. I noticed my stomach was bleeding the night before we were set to leave for our vacation. Odd I thought. More like....What the heck is that??????? Is that blood? I thought it was a new shingle or something related. I bandaged it and decided to keep the plans with the vacation. It continued on and became worse the next day on the road trip. Very painful. So when we hit San Diego, the night before leaving for Disneyland, ER here we come. Turns out I have MRSA . A type of staph infection. NOT EVEN KIDDING!!!!!!! Turns out I never had shingles. The whole time I had this MRSA. I...

Happy Birthday sweet boy. You are growing up so fast. Before we know it you will be driving us around. But for now, we are going to cherish these special times with you. We love you! Love, Mommy and Daddy

Last week we got Ben a few early birthday presents. Little man is getting signed up for T-ball. And with that he got a new bat, ball, glove, hitting T, and a helmet. I think Dan seriously had tears in his eyes when he taught Ben how to hit a ball for the first time............... Ben was having a pj day. His kidney reflex is back and he has been running a 103.5 fever. Dr's put him on an antibiotic and he is doing much better. But we have been taking it easy. He has a referral in to Primary Children's hospital to see a urologist. We will keep you posted on our little slugger.