Lauren came home last weekend for a wedding, she is the forever bridesmaid. Apparently I am the forever bridesmaid's personal assistant. She woke me up bright and early and asked me if I was ready to go? Hmm, let me see it's 7:30 am on a Saturday, I am still in bed....sure I am ready. We stopped to pick up bagels and headed to the Chase Parc Plaza so she could get ready with the bride as well as the other bridesmaids. She encouraged me to Park at the meter because they are "free" on Saturday. I trusted her, after all she used to work there. She looked beautiful and they all headed for the church. I decided to skip the wedding and head to Nordstrom Rack to find a new dress for the reception. I noticed a green ticket stuck to my windshield blowing in the wind on my way home. So much for the free parking.

  When I arrived home Dave was asleep. Perfect....so much easier to sneak a new dress in the house when he is asleep. Later when we were ready to leave he said, "You look pretty." I said, I found this dress in the back of my closet, isn't it pretty? Some days it's like taking candy from a baby.

Erin has been experiencing a lot of pain since her last surgery. We have made the difficult decision to go head and schedule tissue expansion this summer. For those of you that have known us a while you have walked this all to familiar journey with us before. For those of you that don't know, google tissue expansion. It's horrible for lack of a better word. We have a consultation on May 4th with her surgeon. If we move forward with surgery, we are looking at a minimum of 2 surgeries. That will be surgery number 11 and 12 but who's counting? Erin is a little moody these days and has decided she will be locking herself in the house this summer. She even has a plan for Shannon's graduation party. She plans to lock herself in grandmas room so no one can see her. I told her not to worry, I will slide some food under the door. we will worry about that later but I will not let her hide away.

Dave accepted a new job, we are excited about this new opportunity but a little nervous. He has been at his current company for 17 years. We went to dinner Friday to celebrate. While at dinner I received texts from Erin stressed about her upcoming surgery then moments later Kelsey texted me from Kansas City to let me know her high school soccer team lost in overtime, she didn't get to play much and her asthma is so bad she can barely breathe. She used her inhaler 8 times and it hasn't helped. I motioned for the waitress and ordered a bottle of scotch, I told her no need for a glass just to please pour it directlydown my throat.

Ryan had a baseball tournament this weekend. I skipped this mornings game and let Dave take him. It was a little too cold and rainy for me. Later in the day Dave received a text from the coach that said, "I have Ryan's helmet and glove, I'll bring it to practice on Tuesday....I love that kid. Dave texted back.....good, he is available for adoption if you are interested. We bought Ryan a bag of peanuts last night to bring to his game. Dave said after the game he handed him the bag of peanuts in front of all the parents and said, Here dad, can you please hold my nuts?" Mr funny man was so worried about making everyone laugh he forgot his $100 glove.

Dave and I went grocery shopping yesterday. I am still on my diet so I don't exactly enjoy the grocery store. Last time I sent Dave to the store I asked him to just pick up a head of lettuce. He pleaded for me to go with him. I said, "are you serious? How hard can it be to buy a head of lettuce?" he looked at me panicked and said, "it's really hard punkin, remember when I bought cabbage instead of lettuce?" Shannon called me on our way to the store and asked me to pick up instant mashed potatoes. She is weird. She likes them better than real. At the store I grabed a box of potatoes and started to put them in the cart. Mr Asberger grabbed my arm and said....wait, those don't say instant. I said, "Dave, they are in a box,do you really think there are real potatoes in here?" I shook the box, threw it in the Cart and said, if they aren't instant honey, I will peel them for you and boil them before I serve them."

I texted Shannon on Saturday and told her she needed to clean her room, no exceptions. I found a pair of my sweatpants in her room that have been missing for 6 months. When I told her she said eww, I would never wear those they are ugly. Well that is fine but do you need to hold my "ugly" sweatpants hostage for 6 months. Of course in perfect Shannon style, her room is still a mess. I wouldn't let her go out on Saturday. It is now after 5 on Sunday, the sloth upstairs aka Shnnon has not moved in the last 3 hours. Looks like I may be taking her place at prom on Friday. That dress will look fabulous on me!