Jesse's Grandpa Ed passed away this morning. He will be greatly missed by all of us. He was greatly loved and respected by Jesse and my girls loved playing with him. He was a wonderful father, grandfather and great-grandfather and even grandfather-in-law! Please pray for Jesse's family. I'm sure John, Kathryn and Grandpa Ed had a wonderful reunion today. We miss you and will see you again someday.
Read more...In July Lorelai had tubes put in. We had been battling ear infections and then Lili stopped talking as much and some of the words she use to say she was no longer saying so we decided that is was time. 
Lili looked so cute in the gown but it took me awhile to convince her that it was a pretty dress. She wasn't so sure.
She played happily before the surgery. We were worried when we were told no food or drink after midnight. She always gets a sippy first thing in the morning. She surprised us and did wonderful.
Goofing off before. Trying to keep her entertained and out of trouble.
Taking my baby. I had a hard time letting go and trusting that she would be okay. I had prayed for weeks, but still...it is so hard to trust fully when it's your baby. I am learning.
This is the only picture of after which was at home. She threw a huge fit coming out of the anesthesia and I could barley hold her. This is after coming home and taking a couple hour nap. She was still so tired.
Well, Kat waited and waited and finally got to meet Suzie. Suzie McEntire Luchsinger is a wonderful singer and role model and I was so happy to be able to take Kat to see her and not have to worry about this concert being inappropriate. Suzie is, yes, Reba's sister and Kat sometimes gets them confused. We watch Reba on TV a lot (both the show and music videos). Suzie sings gospel music and does Cowboy Radio. She is truly a women of God and I have to say that I am happy that both her and Reba are some of Kat's favorite singers. They are wonderful women and I pray for their continued testament.
This is after Suzie sang just for Kat. 'My Kinda People' is Kat's favorite song and this year Suzie didn't sing it, but was kind enough to sing to her.
Suzie wanted to make sure we had a good picture and spent sometime talking to Kat.
As for me, I had a heart appointment last week and my heart is actually better. Praise God!! I went from a 3+ (high moderate) to a 2+ (mild moderate). We don't know what did it, but not having the stress of extra kids (daycare) is my guess. I have to go back in 6 months and if everything is the same or better then I will probably start going once a year. I have been worrying about the future and surgery, but it won't be anytime soon if things stay good.
Have so much more to post and will hopefully have more time this week.
Saturday started out rainy and dreary, but turned into a beautiful day. Jesse was the best man in his friend Joe's wedding, so we spent the day chasing kids, helping, taking pictures and finally enjoying time with friends.
Joe and Jesse grew up together and have been friends nearly all their lives and since Joe only has a sister Jesse had the honor of standing up with him. Joe and Danielle dated for 5 years and we have all been waiting for this day which we knew would come eventually. The wedding was short and sweet and really showed their personalities. The wedding party even took a hay ride to the reception. I didn't get pictures of this because our two year old was crying because she didn't get to go with Daddy. All in all it was a good day, but very tiring!
Kathryn and Daddy. She was a little tired!
Lorelai was worn out after dancing all night.
Karaoke again. The wedding party serenaded the happy couple.
Jesse and his brother Eric and our niece Meredith. They're finding a song to sing, but Mer Mer left so she didn't get to sing!
The start of the summer here in Iowa has been cool. Many days have been spent inside because of rain, cool temps, or muddy yards. Finally we have been able to spend some time outside and it so much easier to take the girls places with no jackets/coats and just head off for the evening.
Kathryn loves her little house (it was left here when we moved in!), but the wasps and spiders seem to like it to!!
Kathryn is great at taking turns because she has more fun getting to push Lili...well, except the one time Lili's shoe caught her eye:)Well, as you can see we have a new look. Someone from Etsy designed business cards, banners, avatars, address labels and such for my Etsy store so we carried over the idea. Dots everywhere!!! I love polka dots and watermelon colors so I'm happy. I'm having a garage sale this weekend and also introducing my bows to our town and after that I will be adding more things to my Etsy store. I've been busy creating so many new things and have them all ready to sell. I'm so happy to finally be kicking things off. Check me out at http://princesschunkymonkey.etsy.com. Happy shopping!!!
Read more...Well, we spent a long week ( and I mean LOOONG) weekend in Kansas. We went down for my cousin Erin's graduation which was Sunday afternoon. After all these years I still miss Kansas and consider it home, something my husband doesn't understand.
We all stayed at Grandma and Grandpa Smith's so their house was FULL. The four of us, Britt and the twins, Mom, and Wes and Madison. Enough people to keep the kids out of trouble, but I'm sure some of them wished we were somewhere else when our children decided that after being sleep deprived that staying awake all night would also be great fun!
The weather was perfect and Hesston's graduation was nice (short and to the point). Aunt Peg thought that Erin deserved a Hallelujah when they called her name, but we went against our nature and refrained!!! Erin's party was a hit. Aunt Peg spent so much time getting ready (I'm sure Uncle Mike helped to) and the house was beautiful. They just put in a pool in the past few year and added a pool house maybe just last summer. The area is now landscaped and looks like something in a magazine, completely amazing. The girls love their house and, since it was too cold for swimming, spent time playing soccer, barbies, arcade games, and even riding bikes.
It was great to see family and friends. I feel like we miss out on so much with my family. We are all very close and spent most of the day together. Jesse couldn't believe when we first started dating that our holiday gatherings lasted all day, but they do. Hours of playing cards, eating, watching old movies, and visiting. It has always been this way and I love it and miss it so much when we aren't together. Each one of my aunts and uncles and both my Grandma and Grandpa Smith played a huge roll in making me the person that I am. I am thankful for all of them and I am extremely glad that my girls are getting to know them. It is fun to see how all the hard work of their parenting is paying off. My cousins have turned into such wonderful young people and will someday make wonderful wives and husbands and also great moms and dads.
One of the highlight of the weekend was getting to eat at Nuway. For those of you from Wichita I'm sure you understand. I love their sandwiches and homemade onion rings and root beer. We try to eat there when we're down and when I was pregnant I craved it so we definitely ate there before coming home.
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