Has it been a year?

Turns out, I haven't been much of a blogger lately. I have no excuse really. I can't say that my life has been so busy that I haven't had an extra 10-15 minutes a day to post a little something. I guess things just got away from me. I am going to try to make a better attempt at keeping things up to date. What has changed in the Toay household?? To tell you the truth, not a whole lot. One thing major that has happened, is that we purchased a farm in Northwestern Illinois. We have been back a few times helping out on it, but we are blessed to have the farm just a few miles from Garrett's parents and his dad has been fantastic in helping us with everything. I don't think we could ever repay him for the work he has done for us. My mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer. These last few months have been trying and stressful and sad. My mom has been a trooper. She has gone through surgeries, chemo, and heart ache, but through it all she has been a trooper. We all love her so much and to see her going through hell and back is so hard. The best news is........today is the LAST day of chemo. It has been a horrible road with many bumps and bruises along the way, but we are happy to report, that she is DONE!! Well at least she will be by the close of the day. We have a few trips planned for the remainder of the year. In August we are going to Las Vegas with a few friends for the KISS/Motley Crue concert. I can't say that I am a huge fan of either, but they are definitely legendary and will be a fun concert. Everyone that I have talked to says that KISS are definitely great entertainers. We are probably going to the Dells where we got suckered into a timeshare thingy. Last time we did that, I nearly got sucked into a timeshare at Atlantis in the Bahamas. Luckily, my rational husband was able to put his foot down and say no. I will be giving reports of what we have been up to the last year as well as what we are doing in the present and promise to get better and update more often. This weekend, my sisters, parents and nieces are going to Kansas City for the Color Run. This race has become quite the craze lately. We signed up for this months ago and at that time Kansas City was the closest race to us. Since then, they have announced a race in October here in Des Moines. oh well. We will be able to do it before all of our friends here in Iowa. It sounds like it should be a great time. Pictures to come.