Summer of '09

I want to apologize to all my loyal readers....all 3 of you....for being absent from the blog lately. My only excuse is that I "misplaced" my camera for a short while...then it was just pure laziness! So here it is....I'm catching you up on what we've been doing this summer.

Raegan graduated from 8th grade!

Tyler, Sydney, Raegan, my sister Debbie and my niece Alison took a rode trip to Dallas, Texas to my nephew Travis' graduation! We love you Travis! We had a blast!

My sister Amy and her beautiful family.

Tyler and Kaden

Kallan and me

Debbie and Alison

Addisyn and Raegan

Dad with his girls

Mom and Amy

Keegan and Sydney

Me and Travis

Mya, Tyler and Aleigha

We have been spending many days just chillin' at the pool.

Syd reluctantly poses at her job at the pool!

Tyler even had one day off this summer to spend with us here!

Madison worked on her dives.

Mario did too!


And for a kid who swam for the first time last year.....he mastered his!!!!!!

We spent every night in June at softball and baseball games.

Madison's team took 2nd in the tournament!


We were all very proud!

Raegan is singing in the youth band at church!


We swam some more!

We've made several trips to the cemetary to visit with Jack and Duncan.






We found a great outdoor nature children's playgroud! I took the kids I watch during the day! Mario was not with us this day so we are definitely going back soon!

Outdoor stage


Huge tree climbing
Log cabin with accessories!



And Ziplining!

We have sold our house...still waiting for the buyers to sell theirs....and we have made a bid on this house! We love it but it needs lots of TLC! Pray for us!!!

We had a garage sale and Madison reminded me of the little girls in Guatemala that sold merchandise on the streets. She asked people if they wanted to buy a purse! Too funny!

And most recently..Brian and I celebrated our 11 year anniversay. We took a last minute trip to Galena where we were married. We stayed in a bed and breakfast for the first time! It was a much needed getaway! We had a blast!

Our bed and breakfast

All the shops on Main St.

This is exactly the place we stood when we took our vows.

Awwwwwww

Oh yeah.....one more thing........




I got a tattoo! I call it walking in faith! Gotta love me!

Happy Mother's Day!

I thought this Mother's Day was going to be a TOTAL disaster when Sydney called me on the phone..... from her room....in the house...at 12:20 a.m! Mom, "I puked!" I thought maybe there could be one day a year that a Mom is off duty! When I entered her room and she handed me the waste basket that she had lost her cookies in....and gave me a big smile and said, "Happy Mother's Day!" A few hours later in came Madison complaining of a non-stop runny nose. This rotated all night long! When my alarm clock went off at 7:00 a.m. I myself felt like I was gonna join Sydney. (Possibly too much butter popcorn the night before?) I called off from teaching Sunday School and slept away most of the morning. As I sat there feeling sorry for myself...I read an article in the paper about a family who lost their 3rd grade son. I also thought of what Amy must be doing to survive today with out Jack and Duncan. I realized that instead of doing the old poor me....I should be grateful that I have daily duties as a mother. I thank God that He has blessed my life with five amazing children and that I get to be their MOMMY!!!


Today we planted our beautiful scrubs and flowers!

Syd reluctantly posed for my blog.

Sydney's Prom