The rundown . . . and a new look

I can't belive that it is already May! Where does the time go? Obviously, not spent on the Wilder blog. So, since I've been out of touch lately let me fill you in on our last few months. Our family had an extremely hectic start to the year! Aren't January, February and March supposed to be the slow months? Not for us. Here are our last few months by the numbers:

• 3 boughts with the flu-like virus (one for MG and two for me--luckily Neil was spared this year!)
• 1 torn (and might I emphasize the word "TORN" here) rib muscle for me from all the coughing after suffering two boughts of said virus.
• 1 discovery that I am allergic to Loratab thus complicating the recovery of the torn muscle (Seriously, the torn muscle was the most painful thing I have ever endured -- sounds ridiculous I know!)
• 1 triple by-pass heart surgery for my granddad -- he came through with flying colors and is doing well!
• 1 kitchen remodel -- we pretty much gutted the entire room and got all new everthing: cabinets, flooring, countertops, etc. I want to post pictures but we're still not done with some of the finishing touches.
• 3 wonderful weddings -- two in April and one in May as we have officially entered "wedding season." Neil was in his cousin Nick's wedding April 18 and Margie Grace is the flower girl in my cousin Rachel's wedding May 30. We also attended in April the wedding of a dear college friend of mine.

So we've been busy and life has gotten in the way of my blogging just a little bit. But I have still taken lots of pictures and hope to have lots of new things posted in the coming days. By the way, do you like the new look? I wanted something a little different and unique for our family. I think this does the trick! I love the picture in the header -- it was taken by Heather Carson in November at Kiesel Park. She does beautiful work!