23 June 2009
Heaven
Our unborn 2nd child has been called home to live with HIM. We found out last week that our baby did not make it. We are all very sad about not getting to bring this baby home to our house on Earth, but we rejoice in knowing that this baby is living with Jesus. Please keep us in your prayers as we move through this sad time in our life.
14 June 2009
Summer!?!
It seems that the calendar is telling us that June is here, thus warm weather should be here...well we are still waiting! Calla has played in her Dora sprinkler one time and had a blast. She often asks about going again, but we tell her that sometime it will be warm enough to go. I have 4 more weeks at my current career path and then about a four week break before I start my new adventure. Hopefully during that time we can spend some time at the pool!
She wanted her picture taken this night at supper!
After playing in the sprinkler!
Calla showing her (pretend) grumpy face!
She wanted her picture taken this night at supper!
After playing in the sprinkler!
Calla showing her (pretend) grumpy face!28 May 2009
Sedgwick County Zoo
On the way back from Missouri, we spent a night in Wichita, Kansas. We then visited the Sedgwick County Zoo. This zoo is awesome! It's not Omaha, but not far off! There are so many exhibits to see and they are all divided into areas of the world. Each animal has a very detailed explanation that shows where they are found in the world, what they eat, if they are close to extinction, what is being done to save them in the wild and more. I really felt we got a very up close and personal view of almost all animals in a very clean environment. In several exhibits the animals are just roaming around and you just stay out of their way. For example, in Austrailia the wallabys are hiding in the grass and will move around as they please! Calla really enjoyed the tigers and the bears! In the Asian petting zoo she really enjoyed this little sheep that was out of the fence and she would follow him around to pet him. I really suggest this zoo to all of you!
Missouri
Our family went with my parents to Missouri. We had not been to visit Grandma and Grandpa since last summer and they were missing Calla! Calla did really well on the long car ride and even enjoyed watching movies on Papa's TV on the way there! She just really enjoyed having Mommy and Grandma back there talking to her the whole time. She really warmed up to Great Grandma and Great Grandpa really fast and had a great time wandering around outside when it was not raining. She found some frogs and was too afraid to touch them, but really fascinated by them! She even got to ride in the lawn mower trailer with Granny driving! We had a great time visiting and are glad to see that they are hanging in there!
More pics
Here are some random pics from over the last month.
One of my students gave me this frosted cookie the last day of school. I went to the bedroom to change clothes and came back and Calla was looking like this! She took the lid and put it back on the cookie and tried to look nonchalant about it, but she was covered in frosting!
She really enjoyed licking her big sucker!
She wanted to go watch Jeddy race!
One of my students gave me this frosted cookie the last day of school. I went to the bedroom to change clothes and came back and Calla was looking like this! She took the lid and put it back on the cookie and tried to look nonchalant about it, but she was covered in frosting!
She really enjoyed licking her big sucker!
She wanted to go watch Jeddy race!
Kids Explore
Here are the pics from Kids Explore that I was going to post a month or so ago!
Happy Bear!
The YMCA balance beam.
She was SO EXCITED to meet Diego!! She still is talking about it!
Happy Bear!
The YMCA balance beam.
She was SO EXCITED to meet Diego!! She still is talking about it!
26 April 2009
Hello
Last weekend Calla and I went to see my parents. Shane and B were also there that weekend. Chad stayed home to have some man time...too bad I called him several times and asked him to do some things while we were gone. The whole house was clean, the bathroom was re-caulked, the yard was mowed, the laundry was done and Calla's swing set was assembled!!! Calla and I are so blessed to have such a great guy that cares about us and takes care of us even when we leave him home alone!! We are going to Kids Explore later and so we should have some more pics to share!
On her new slide!!!
We had to try out all the "fwings!!"
One happy little girl!
Calla stole B's chicken leg and decided to eat it!
Two crazy girls!!
Calla and Papa Mike in their chairs!
On her new slide!!!
We had to try out all the "fwings!!"
One happy little girl!
Calla stole B's chicken leg and decided to eat it!
Two crazy girls!!
Calla and Papa Mike in their chairs!12 April 2009
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! He has Risen today...WHAT A STATEMENT!
Yesterday Calla went to our local Easter Egg hunt and had a great time. She got 4 eggs and ate all the candy during the next half hour. We hid eggs for her inside while she was sleeping and she had a fun time finding all of them. They had "M's, Bunny Beans, and chocolate" in them. (M & Ms, Jelly Beans, and robin eggs!) She really wanted to eat every piece in there over the next 10 minutes and thought we were really mean when we put most of it away. HA! We also went to the library and the Children's Museum and she could spend all day at those two places.
This morning we went to church and Grandma Karma even came with us. We are going to her house tonight to eat, Mike had to work today so we had to wait until tonight to see them. Calla was excited to see Elly b/c it had been a while since she had seen her!
We have had some big changes at our house this last week. I have accepted a new job in a public school as the preschool teacher for the fall. It will be their first year and so I get to help get things all figured out...I AM SO EXCITED! This will allow me to start working on my Master's Degree sooner as well!
Calla has a big announcement to make as well...She is completely potty trained! She has had only one accident over the last week and loves wearing her big girl panties! Our Daycare provider has completely done this little training with Calla...we fought most nights with her to get her to go and Shirley got the job done!
Calla is checking out her Easter Basket!
A nice messy face!
This little girl gave Calla an egg at the hunt!
Yesterday Calla went to our local Easter Egg hunt and had a great time. She got 4 eggs and ate all the candy during the next half hour. We hid eggs for her inside while she was sleeping and she had a fun time finding all of them. They had "M's, Bunny Beans, and chocolate" in them. (M & Ms, Jelly Beans, and robin eggs!) She really wanted to eat every piece in there over the next 10 minutes and thought we were really mean when we put most of it away. HA! We also went to the library and the Children's Museum and she could spend all day at those two places.
This morning we went to church and Grandma Karma even came with us. We are going to her house tonight to eat, Mike had to work today so we had to wait until tonight to see them. Calla was excited to see Elly b/c it had been a while since she had seen her!
We have had some big changes at our house this last week. I have accepted a new job in a public school as the preschool teacher for the fall. It will be their first year and so I get to help get things all figured out...I AM SO EXCITED! This will allow me to start working on my Master's Degree sooner as well!
Calla has a big announcement to make as well...She is completely potty trained! She has had only one accident over the last week and loves wearing her big girl panties! Our Daycare provider has completely done this little training with Calla...we fought most nights with her to get her to go and Shirley got the job done!
Calla is checking out her Easter Basket!
A nice messy face!
This little girl gave Calla an egg at the hunt!
05 April 2009
Isn't Life Grand?!!?!?!
We have had a FABULOUS weekend!!!
My grandparents, Marvin & Lorene, will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary at the end of the month. The whole family met in York this weekend to have a big party. In the morning, we met my parents, and Shane & Burlynn at the York Children's Museum to play. This is a wonderful museum with so many things for little ones...and big ones...to play with! Shane and I performed several puppet shows for the girls...and other patrons that wanted a good laugh. HA! Calla and Burlynn played and played and played, they both did not want to leave even after 2 hours! The whole family met at Chances R for lunch and it was so good! After lunch we all met at a motel where some of us had rooms. We hung out in the suite and let the girls swim in the jacuzzi tub. Calla has been talking about going "splash with B" for a month now...they had a great time!
Later we all met downstairs in the conference room to have Grandpa and Grandma open their gifts. We also had a bottle of whiskey that was around 35 years old that had been joked about for years that would be opened during Grandma and Grandpa's 50th Anniversary...it had even survived the Deshler tornados. We all had our drinks and man was it good! HA! The boys had all been watching the basketball games upstairs and so we turned on the television to watch in the conference room...just as York county was being put in a tornado warning. The lady at the front desk assured us that it was south west York county...so we continued and started Burlynn's birthday party. We sang the song and were starting to cut into the cookie when the sirens started wailing. We were all ushered into an interior hallway. We took the cake and cookies with us and shared with some other girls that were down there. We all knew there was going to be snow, but tornados really!?!?!? What a night! After around 10 minutes we were allowed to carry on with our party and that we did!
By nine that night Kearney was downgraded to 2-3 inches of snow so we were planning on leaving early to make it back to town for church. When I woke up at 6:30 and looked out our window there was only about an inch of snow and ice. The Wal-Mart parking lot was FILLED with semi-trucks. I then got online to check the status of the roads and the interstate was closed from York to the west end of the state. We kept checking for the next hour or so and then decided we would not be making it back to Kearney for church. We finally left town around 1:00 and had some snow covered road and blowing snow and lots of wind!
All in all we had a wonderful weekend and can't wait to spend time with all the family again! The pics are out of order, but still fun to look at!
The girls were hanging out watch cartoons this morning...they both had a very busy weekend!
Testing out the frosting!
Bolt! She was excited!
Grandma and Grandpa checking out the Anniversary Clock!
Calla and Grumpy Papa! He always pretends he is grumpy so they will give him a kiss to cheer him up!
B trying out the crutches at the Children's Museum!
Calla was showing us how she was going to 'splash with B!'
Even Chad got to play!
B the hair stylist!
Calla the Firefighter!
Taking care of Uncle Shane!
Driving the semi like Papa Bryan's!
My grandparents, Marvin & Lorene, will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary at the end of the month. The whole family met in York this weekend to have a big party. In the morning, we met my parents, and Shane & Burlynn at the York Children's Museum to play. This is a wonderful museum with so many things for little ones...and big ones...to play with! Shane and I performed several puppet shows for the girls...and other patrons that wanted a good laugh. HA! Calla and Burlynn played and played and played, they both did not want to leave even after 2 hours! The whole family met at Chances R for lunch and it was so good! After lunch we all met at a motel where some of us had rooms. We hung out in the suite and let the girls swim in the jacuzzi tub. Calla has been talking about going "splash with B" for a month now...they had a great time!
Later we all met downstairs in the conference room to have Grandpa and Grandma open their gifts. We also had a bottle of whiskey that was around 35 years old that had been joked about for years that would be opened during Grandma and Grandpa's 50th Anniversary...it had even survived the Deshler tornados. We all had our drinks and man was it good! HA! The boys had all been watching the basketball games upstairs and so we turned on the television to watch in the conference room...just as York county was being put in a tornado warning. The lady at the front desk assured us that it was south west York county...so we continued and started Burlynn's birthday party. We sang the song and were starting to cut into the cookie when the sirens started wailing. We were all ushered into an interior hallway. We took the cake and cookies with us and shared with some other girls that were down there. We all knew there was going to be snow, but tornados really!?!?!? What a night! After around 10 minutes we were allowed to carry on with our party and that we did!
By nine that night Kearney was downgraded to 2-3 inches of snow so we were planning on leaving early to make it back to town for church. When I woke up at 6:30 and looked out our window there was only about an inch of snow and ice. The Wal-Mart parking lot was FILLED with semi-trucks. I then got online to check the status of the roads and the interstate was closed from York to the west end of the state. We kept checking for the next hour or so and then decided we would not be making it back to Kearney for church. We finally left town around 1:00 and had some snow covered road and blowing snow and lots of wind!
All in all we had a wonderful weekend and can't wait to spend time with all the family again! The pics are out of order, but still fun to look at!
The girls were hanging out watch cartoons this morning...they both had a very busy weekend!
Testing out the frosting!
Bolt! She was excited!
Grandma and Grandpa checking out the Anniversary Clock!
Both girls 'splashing' in the pool!
Calla and Grumpy Papa! He always pretends he is grumpy so they will give him a kiss to cheer him up!
B trying out the crutches at the Children's Museum!
Calla was showing us how she was going to 'splash with B!'
Even Chad got to play!
B the hair stylist!
Calla the Firefighter!
Taking care of Uncle Shane!
Driving the semi like Papa Bryan's!
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