So Many New Things

On Saturday, Faith began to learn to ride a bike without training wheels (actually she has never had training wheels). She can ride in the grass from one end of the yard to the other. She is very proud of herself. Faith has been determined to do it since last fall.

Alicynn, yesterday, made her First Holy Communion. She looked beautiful and was really excited. Greg and I hosted a celebration party for her in my mom's backyard. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, and we were so happy that the rain held off. It did get chilly after the sun went down!

I took Alicynn to the Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor today. She will be having her tonsils out. Alicynn has requested not to know when the procedure will take place, so she doesn't worry about it. I think this is a really great idea. Tina actually gave her the idea.

Silence...

Yes, I have lost my voice completely. The girls are happy because they can't "hear" me when they get in trouble. Greg is happy because I can't ramble on and on for hours at him. Our house is pretty quiet right now! I may go crazy by the time my voice comes back. But, just wait...when it returns I WILL have a lot to say.

Coach Delancy

I thought for sure Greg would post his good news. I waited for a week, and since he has not shared it, I will! Greg has been named Memorial Head Cub Football Coach. He is really excited...I would say giddy, but he would not like that very much. Greg has really worked hard to earn this title. Each year he adds more experience and eventually his dream of being a head coach of a bigger program will become true. Alicynn and Faith want to be his head water girls for the team!

Earthquake

So, this morning I couldn't sleep! I was seriously awake and working on the computer at 3:30 this morning. I was wide awake and could not even convince myself to go back to sleep. Around 4:30a.m., I heard a really loud rumble and then shaking. I was in disbelief at first! Faith, Alicynn and Greg were all in the hallway at the same time. We all went into the bathroom! I looked at Greg and asked him if that was what I thought it was and he said yep. The girls did not ask many questions because they were still half asleep! Everyone, but me, was able to go back to sleep. I have this crazy love for watching the news during things like this. Greg gets so sick of it...he was probably happy he went back to bed.
Even after being up so early, I ran behind. On Fridays I always stop to get donuts for everyone at my mom's house (since she runs the grandchildren school bus)! Everyone was at the Donut Bank. The lady waiting on me said about 10 minutes after the earthquake people must have thought about donuts hopped in their car to buy them and never stopped coming.
Have a great day and don't shake, rattle and roll too much!

Those of you reading not close enough to feel the earthquake, it registered 5.2!

Beautiful Day!

Well, another week at hand. This weekend was absolutely beautiful! Faith played outside all day yesterday and was not happy when it was time to come in. However, I was able to bribe her with the idea of playing in the bathtub. She pretended she was swimming (aren't we all!) Alicynn's tonsils are swollen again! She has been to the doctor four times in the last eight weeks. We have for sure been referred to the ear, nose and throat doctor (our family doctor forgot to place the referral the last visit). We are expecting Alicynn to have her tonsils and anodes out. I am hoping for after school is out, but we will see. Her first communion is coming up, and soccer season...but health comes first!

It took the Delancy household a week to get back into the swing of things after our wonderful spring break. We had a wonderful time visiting Tina, the ocean and of course Disney World. However, the weather here has been beautiful the last two days which is wonderful. The flowers and trees are blooming. I noticed yellow dandelions in the grass this morning...definite sign of spring!