Countdown till Winter break

Kaydee is anxiously counting down to finish up this semester of College. Here is an updated picture of her.

Kaydee's summer coming to an end

Kaydee and Jeanette at EFY in Rexburg, Idaho


Well Kaydee definitely had quite a summer. Like Cancun was not enough for her.
In June she had a friend come visit her for a few days. Then July 7th she left for her final year of Young Women's girl camp. It was in LA and she has been attending since she was 12. She had a great time hanging out with her friends, and teaching the younger girls some camping skills.
She returned home on Saturday, July 11th, went to visit her dad in the hospital, (where we filled her in on what had happened during the week) and then home to do laundry and repack.

Sunday morning at 6 am, Kaydee and I flew to Idaho where we met up with the girls and Kaydee was finally able to meet Kassie's boyfriend Joe. She thought she was gonna be tough and scare him away, but she just couldn't get that tough talk going.

Monday morning, we met up with some good friends, and dropped Kaydee and Jeanette off at Especially For Youth at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg for the week, and I drove to Salt Lake to fly back home.

Kaydee had a great time at EFY. She was able to meet some wonderful kids and have her testimony strengthened. However, little did we know that between Girls camp and EFY, Kaydee's body would wipe out with a more serious effect.

After EFY was over, she was put in the care of Kellie and Alex. For 2 days she hung out with the girls and had a great time. However....

Monday July 20th, I received a somewhat panicked phone call from Kellie. She informed me that Kaydee had be shaking and jerking uncontrollably for about an hour. She said it looked like seizures but she was fully conscience. So what was a mother to do but to tell them to get her to ER immediately. So a trip to the hospital they went. They immediately gave her seizure medications and also found that she had Bronchitis. But this being in Rexburg Idaho, did not know what else to do, so they sent Kaydee home telling her to follow up with her doctor for more testing. Kaydee ended up seizuring for 4 1/2 hours!!!

Since I could not get to Idaho, Grandma and Grandpa left early Tuesday Morning to help out with Kaydee. (oh yes, this was finals week for the kids).

Wednesday we were all together and Kaydee managed to get enough energy to attend Kellie's Graduation festivities....

Upon returning home, marked that her summer would soon be coming to an end. And College life will start up again.

Next week, she will start back up at College of the Mainland. A JR. College here close to home. She is excited to have a good friend of her's in a few of her classes!

And with this, Summer is over...

Kaydee's trip to Cancun Mexico

I just thought I would post some pictures of KD in Cancun. She now believes that being an only child isn't so bad afterall. So enjoy looking at some of her favorite times while visiting the wonderful city of Cancun, Mexico.

Kaydee gets a Bigger Bedroom

This week we decided to tear down the wall that divided Kaydee's room and a make shift sewing room. This brought the bedroom back from a 12 X 12 to the original 12 X 18. Kaydee worked for 2 days straight! I've never seen her work so hard. But her room is complete and very nice.
(PS) yes, and mom got a nicer and bigger sewing room as well. Visit the Mace page for pictures!

What's KD been up to

Since the kids have been gone KD has gone from bored to death, to busy with college classes, and in her spare time... being spoiled.
She is counting down days until her 1st semester of college is over, but first needs to get through all her final exams! She is actually doing very well and we are proud of her.
The first of the month we took KD and a friend of her's to the Houston Rodeo and saw Clint Black in concert. The girls weren't really excited with his singing (as they didn't know any of his songs, and neither did Rick and I) but we had a great time anyway. Just being at a concert with thousands of people make it fun!
Kaydee and mom have been on many therapy sessions together. (Retail therapy that is! ya know "SHOPPING") Yeah, it's the best type of therapy and KD thinks she needs a new wardrobe for our Cancun trip which will be here in about 6 weeks!
She has been enjoying hanging with her friends at dances, and on the 11th will go with us and a friend of hers, to a Dynamo soccor game. She is really excited about that!!!
She added four more new piano students this last week (all sisters) so that just added to her week schedule. So she now teaches 11 or 12 students each week.
That about does it for an update on Kaydee..... until next time.....

Kaydee's 1st day of School...

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Kaydee attended her 1st day of Public School. Ok, so it was College, but at 17 years old, KD finally got to experience the life of a "real" classroom. She is attending a local Jr. College. Mom and Dad feel old now as our baby is now "officially" attending College!!! She plans on following in her sister Kellie's footsteps and going for a degree in... "Music".

Talk about Spoiled....

Kaydee will be traveling alot this year. Starting out with a trip to Cancun for a week in May.
She'll be flying with mom and dad. It was suppose to be a trip for mom and dad, but we got a deal where kids under 18 were free. Since KD just happens to be our only kid under the age of 18, we thought we'd be nice and let her come along. So, her passport arrived yesterday, we have our tickets and she is just waiting for May 19th, so she can get on that plane and enjoy the beach!

Kaydee Legal to Drive

December 16, 2008 (a day before her 17th birthday) Kaydee became legal to drive! All I can say to all of you who live in the state of Texas is..."Stay off the roads!"