Our office

Last week I stopped by the office on Monday and this is what it looked like.

We stopped by today almost a week later and the walls were painted. We are making progress!! We can't wait for it to be done.

Central Florida Zoo

We promised Conner two weeks ago that we would take him to the zoo today. We went to the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical garden. We had a great time.

Conner's favorite was the Llama.

The Zebu from India. Zebu means humped cattle.

Turkey

King Vulture from Southern Mexico and Northern Argentina

The Kangaroos were tired.

Aldabra Tortoise, a giant tortoise.

At the playground.

On a nature walk.

Eagle.

Alligator.

The splash park.

These days!!

Life changes in an instant, it is a lesson that I learned a long time ago!! Life these days is kind of weird, I can be happy and then sad the next minute. I know I will get over it, it just takes time. I guess everyone thinks that their parents will last them forever, at least I thought they would last longer than they did. It is hard to think they are both gone!!! At times I feel so alone. Writing this is hard because I have a hard time sharing my feelings, I rather just keep them inside. The other day I went to call my brother and I automatically called my mom's house. It is sad to think that that number is disconnected, there is no one living at the house so we decided to disconnect the phone. My parents had the same phone number for 43 years!!!! I used to call my mom everyday during the last few months usually when I was at the car line waiting for Conner to get out of school so after she passed away I would reach for the phone to call and then remembered that I couldn't call!!

On Monday I went to have Vestibular Therapy for Meniere's. It is an exercise based program designed to promote central nervous system compensation for inner ear deficits. With Meniere's the brain can no longer rely on the vestibular organs for accurate information about equilibrium and motion which results in vertigo and dizziness and other symptoms. The good news is that I have learned to compensate on my own. The therapist did a series of tests which included eye-head coordination and other tests like standing on a foam with my eyes closed to check my balance. I passed every single test!! She said I was doing really well because I exercise. I already knew that.

Parker's, Conner's and Brinley's Birthdays and Easter

On Parker's birthday I thought I would take him out to dinner to either T-Rex or Rain Forest cafe. But Parker these days loves the bacon cheese burger at Mcdonalds so he just asked for one of those.

A lot of candles!!

We celebrated Brinley's and Conner's birthday party yesterday at our house with a BBQ and pool party.

We made cupcakes but we had so many people we ended up buying a cake too!! I made Ashley's coconut frosting recipe and everyone LOVED it!!!

Brinley eating her cake.

Opening her presents.

In her cute birthday outfit.

Singing Happy Birthday to Conner.

We had an easter egg hunt on the playground. The kids had a blast.

Playing in the pool.

Opening presents.

Happy Easter!!