Somebody is Walking!!

Happy 1st Birthday Colby!

Good Times!

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Chance is Three!!

 The Birthday Boy!

 

Now that he is a big kid, it's time for school!!

6 months

Graham is 6 months old! I can't believe how fast time has gone by.
He is rolling all over, can sit up by himself for a few minutes at a time, is trying to crawl and loves to stand. He loves his vegetables, but fruit is not his thing (he gags and sometimes spits up). I have tried hiding them in some of his veggies and that has worked a few times :).
Here is a picture from his 6 month photoshoot.



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Smiley Aela!

Aela is spending a little time with Nana today while big sister, Clara, takes swimming lessons.


Aela was at e doctor yesterday. She weighed 10 lbs. 3 oz. and was 21 " long. Which means at two months she is 1 oz. heavier and 1/2" shorter than her Aunt Trina was when she was born!


She really isn't as big as the picture makes her look But her smile is that big!
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The Little Patient

As some of you know, Colby has been sick pretty regularly since birth. After consulting with an ENT specialist, it was decided that his adenoids needed to be removed. He had his surgery this morning. He did awesome and is resting at home. Chance has been checking on him quite a bit, he doesn't really know what is going on, but he knows Colby has been sick and this is making him better.

Texas Trip

We got home from Texas last night in time to have birthday cake with Clara, but I have no pictures. We were gone from home for a week, and if I remember correctly this is the longest we've ever stayed in Texas. Bud started off by playing farmer and moving bales with Josh. Then we headed for the lake. Bud and Dean fished. Look close and you will see the pole in Dean's hand and the string in Bud's. Sometimes you just have to shake your head.


We also went out on the pontoon. Gay took her turn driving.


Which led Graham to drink!


Bud rode the jet ski with Jud. We weren't sure he was going to come up when he jumped in the water, but he did. Apparently even with a life vest he has a hard time swimming!


We parked and swam for a while. Ruthie was in charge of everyone.


Gay was lucky enough to be tethered to two of her favorite people! She wanted to be sure neither of us floated away!


We never dried off thanks to the bratty Nessa who soaked us continually.
We went to NM to visit Roger and Helen, Susie and Greg, and Sheri.


We visited Teddy and Donna, and Corrine and Hilbert came to the lake.
We had a great time! Thanks to my Texas family!
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Summer Fun

We got together last week with Trina & Tanner and the boys and went to the splash pad, lunch, naps and grilled out for supper.  We had a great time!

Cool Kids in their shades

Monkey see Monkey Do

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Maddux

I'm 5 months old!

Graham is 5 months old today! I can't believe how much he has grown.
He is rolling around like crazy, and we started solids a few weeks ago. He loves his food so much he cries when it's all gone. He is a very happy baby as long as someone is paying attention to him but he is learning how to entertain himself.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!



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Almost Six Months!

Colby is growing up so fast! He will be six months old on the 12th. He is really starting to look like his daddy!

37 Years!

Thirty-seven years ago I married my high school sweetheart!


I'm hoping for thirty-seven more! Love you, Bud!

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Picture Overload!

 I realized that I haven't done much with the pictures on one of my cameras, so I am just going to post some random ones here! I also realized that poor Colby doesn't have near the number of photos that Chance does. Sometimes it just sucks being the last kid!

Chance on a pony ride at the Family Fun Fest in Maquoketa

Chance loves frosting!

The Cs with Grandpa at the last wrestling meet.

Colby is helping Chance color!

Fisherpeople!

Clara was TRYING to show Grandpa where the fish were! Payton was thinking it over.



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Cael's First Communion

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 Cael received his First Communion. It was a terrific day. I also teach the class so this was a big year. We were all a little nervous but had practiced. The kids did a great job and everything turned out great. The church was standing room only. Cael was so excited to see his family there. He commented about how he couldn't believe that all these people (meaning our family and friends) were here for his First Communion. After mass everyone came back to our house to enjoy a meal. We had pork loin, turkey, mashed potatoes, baked beans, corn, pasta salad, chips, dinner rolls, oreo dessert, a ding-dong cake, pound cake or angel food cake with fruit and whipped cream. Quite a meal. Thank you to everyone who was able to make it. Words can't describe what it means to Mike and I for everyone to be there and enjoy each other and to support Cael in this big occasion. I know that the kids had a great time. After everyone left and we had cleaned up, I went to my room to chill while Mike, Nate and Payton went to do chores. I had a huge headache and was so tired by then. Cael came and to check on me and snuggled up with me. It was amazing that he leaned over gave me a great big hug and said "Thank you. Can you believe all the people who came to our house for my First Communion. Wow! I can't believe it. Thanks, Mom". We then enjoy some quiet time while watching a movie. It truly was a blessed day.

Group picture.

Graham was babtized Easter Sunday. Chase and Chanessa are his Godparents. We were blessed to have Bud, Kim and Kathy in attendance. And of course all the regulars, Judd, Becca, Kadelynn, Bev, Ruthie, and even Uncle Ted sat with the family.

I haven't posted in awhile because I was having trouble logging in. I just wanted to drop in and post a picture of Graham. He is getting so big!! He will be 3 months tomorrow:) hope everyone had a great Easter!



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Happy Birthday Nate!!!!

Today my Tater turns 5! I can't believe it! I don't know where the time has gone! We started the celebrating this past weekend with Mike's family. Our theme was farming of course. We made our own tractor cake. It had to be John Deere and nothing but John Deere!! He is so in love with John Deere it drives Payton crazy! At least he doesn't get into Payton's junk red tractors. Right now besides John Deere, Nate is loving dinosaurs. Anything that has to do with dinosaurs. Movies, figures, books, etc. He made a haul on Saturday night and got a great selection of stuff.
Nate continued his celebrating yesterday at daycare. Connie is amazing! She went out and got pizza lunchables for all the kids and root beer; both are Nate's favorites. She also made cookies and we again made a John Deere cake. He had the best time and was super tired when he got home.
We will continue our celebrating this weekend with a joint party. Our theme is Pirates and Pizza. We will be celebrating Grayson, Nate and Mom's birthdays. Everyone is to dress like a pirate. I have a couple things up my sleeve. We should have a great time! Hopefully we will be able to post some pictures after Sunday.

Chance and Colby

I put Colby in this sleeper of Chance's and was reminded of this picture I had of Chance. I think they kinda look alike, what do you think??

The Prego Girls

Trina and Kayla posed together Saturday night. Clara was sick, so Tasha wasn't there. I think Kayla is about four weeks ahead of Trina.


Tasha and Trina Monday night. Trina is about four weeks ahead of Tasha.


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