Visit with Senator Reid

I was able to visit Nevada Senator Harry Reid last week with the American Institute of Architects. It was a very interesting meeting. We sat and talked and shared stories. He is actually very nice and down to earth, I would recommend that everyone take a chance to meet a senator.

I have always been intrigued by politics and this was a great opportunity to lobby our local politicians to discuss issues important to architects. Other attendees at the meeting were the leadership of AIA Las Vegas chapter.

Sydnee goes down!

Scary parent moment yesterday. Sydnee was wandering around the kitchen when she decided to take her adventure to the great outdoors. She walked (or tried to) out of the sliding glass door out to the patio; the only thing I heard was the thud of her face against the concrete!
After picking her up to comfort her, Cathy noticed that she was bleeding everywhere. Apparently she whacked her nose pretty good and she sprung a leak. Having never seen that much blood from any of my children I was somewhat concerned! After some tears and bloody sneezes everything was okay. I'm really glad we didn't have to take her to the emergency room, as I would have missed my fantasy baseball draft...

Lucky for us, kids survive in spite of parents, not because of them!

Sydnee's Chicken Pox

This is a picture of my latest creation. I love the website http://www.scrapgirls.com/. I signed up for their monthly club downloads. I have never actually paid for digital scrapping stuff until now. I loved the kit they put together in February. I am not as enthused about March's though.

Sydnee got Chicken Pox from Abby in December amid the holiday hustle and bustle. It was crazy! Poor baby Sydnee. I guess now she doesn't have to get the vaccination. This was Abby's second time enduring Shingles. She missed school for a week. She needed a doctors note before they would let her come back. This outbreak was nothing compared to her first back in June of 2005 just before we moved. She had big patches of painful blisters on the back of her neck and all along her left shoulder and down her left side. I have some pretty sad pictures of it, but won't post them to save your stomach.

My poor little girls.

Sorry about the picture... I just couldn't help myself.