Yep... Definitely getting the Gray Hairs Now!!!

Well.... today marks a very sad day in the Sullivan household. It started off just like any other day, we got up, did a little housework, Patrick left for work... you know, just normal stuff!!!! Then it happened! Patrick put a down payment on his first car!!!! YIKES!! Well, as if I was not stressed enough now I have to think about my teenage son driving! Mind you, he does not have his license yet but he does not have too much longer before he gets it. How is it possible that these boys have grown up so quickly.... I mean I am not aging so how is it possible that they are :) Patrick is a good kid and I know he will do just fine driving but I now understand why my parents were so stressed when we reached driving age!!! Of course I had the luxury of practice driving on good ol Desmond Rd!!!!!

Our Trip To Arizona

Well we are back from our trip to Arizona and it just did not last long enough.... of course vacations never do!!!! We had a blast though! We had our entire family together which has not happened in many years!!!! We mainly hung out at my parents house and played in the pool but we spent a few hours down at the park and took some pictures of everyone..... no telling how long it will be before we are all together again!!! It was so awesome to see everyone but it was so sad when we all had to leave!!!! Below is a slide of some of the pictures that were taken when we were there but there are SOOOOOOO much more.... stay tuned for updates!!!
OH, the people in the Whole Family picture are..... Mom, Dad, Rick, Hannah, Jayna, Kali, my Grandma Betty, my Mother in law Carol, Patrick, Mikie, Pat and Myself!!

Here I am AGAIN!!!!!!!

OK... so I am not doing so good at updating this thing lately! SORRY!!!!!! I have received emails from people yelling at me about this then last night my mom starting giving me a hard time about it so I figured I better get my butt on here and update!!!


So, my mom is doing better... she had her surgery and after 2 long, agonizing weeks in the hospital she was finally released!!! It was a good thing they released her when they did... she was threatening to run away from that place at any moment! After doing the biopsy on the mass they discovered that it was cancer, however the doctor is very optimistic that he got it all out during the surgery but he is still having her do chemotherapy as a preventative measure. She had her first chemo session last week and had a few days of feeling sick but is feeling better now!!! We are all feeling good about her prognosis and we just know that she is going to be ok and back to herself in no time!!!! My Dad is doing great, feeling pretty good and being a good caretaker for my Mom. He is starting the same Photography school that I am in so I am pretty excited about having a study partner during this school!!! My family along with my brother and his family will all be in Arizona next week so my parents are REALLY looking forward to that! It has been almost 6 years (since my wedding) since we have all been together!!! That is just WAY too long!!!! And of course... we are planning on doing a ton of family photos so I will get those on here as soon as I get back into town!!!

(This is one of the last pictures we had done with all of us.... this was taken in 2001!!!

Yep, definitely time for a new one!!!!!)

The boys are doing good... they are out of school now for the summer. Patrick is working full time and Mikie has gone to Arizona to stay with my parents! He was only out of school for 2 days before he left for their house... I guess he was anxious to get out of New Mexico :)


Pat and I are just working and looking forward to our vacation time next week. I am taking 5 days off and Pat is taking 10 days.... HMMMM, must be nice!!! All I know is my house better be spotless everyday if he is going to be home while I am working... that is not too much to ask, is it???


OK, well that is pretty much the update so far. I will try to get better at updating this thing.... I hope everyone is doing great!!!!! Take care :):)

Here are the newest pictures of Patrick and Mikie, taken on

May 10, 2008!!!!

Update on Mom!

Well... my mom has been in the hospital for a week now and still has not had the surgery that she was originally scheduled for. She was due to have a hysterectomy on Monday, 4/21, to remove the huge mass that is on her ovary. Last Thursday she went to the doctor and they discovered that she had blood clots in her leg so she was immediately admitted. Finally.... after a few different procedures she no longer has blood clots in her leg. The surgery has been rescheduled for Monday so in the mean time she is going nuts sitting in this hospital!! Her spirits are pretty good... she is still having some pain but for the most part she seems to be holding up pretty well! I will update more once she has her surgery and I know more. Thank you all so much for having her in your prayers.... that means so much to all of us!!!

Here is my mom in the hospital with what my dad calls "her new best friend" (The pain meds!!)

Goodbye our dear friend

On March 31st we lost a very dear friend of ours! Chano is the brother of my husbands best friend.... but he was more than just a friend, he was part of the family! His passing was sudden and such a shock however we know that he is now in a better place and with his Mom. We love you Chano.... we will miss you forever!!!

Happy Birthday to my MOMMY!!!!

I have to say I have by far the world's BEST MOM!!!! She is the strongest person I know and she has gotten me through some really tough times over my 31 years!!! She is my best friend in the world and I could not imagine where I would be today without her!!!! Happy Birthday Mom.... I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

Here is my mom and I on my wedding day. This is obviously not how the picture turned out but I was having a little fun with turning it different colors.... what can I say, I get bored easily!!!!

Another old picture but I love this.... and it is a very rare picture of my parents with the entire family!!!!!

Another Update!

Well it has been a couple of weeks so I guess I better do a little update on things. Nothing too much has been happening here! Mikie had his follow up appointment on Friday and everything is great! He is back to being obnoxious again and eating everything in sight!!! His incision looks like a little scratch now.... hard to believe just 3 weeks ago he had surgery!
Patrick is doing wonderful! He is leaving on Thursday for Arizona to spend a week with my Mom and Dad over Spring Break! Mikie says he enjoys being the "only child" while Patrick is gone but I know he misses the heck out of him whenever he is gone! I know I sure do!!!!!
Pat and I are just about the same..... the adoption stuff is just about final. We finished the home studies and now just have a few more papers to turn in and have our final home inspection and that should be it! We are hoping to have our approval letter arrive sometime in April. Once that happens then we just pray and hope we will soon have our little bundle of joy!!!!!
Anyways, that is about it here in the land of the Sullivans!!! Sorry there could not be more exciting news to report....