OK - So I have not done very well over the past 11 days in posting daily like I wanted...UGH!! I have only dissapointed myself here, or at least I think that is it. well enough mumbling... Start over!
So at about 2:30 am this morning I hear Braydon open his door and coming up the stairs. I rolled over so that I could see him and held my arms out. He saw me and bolted the other way, not sure why, so I called him softly back into the room and he says, I'm jiggly.... OK, not sure what he means, but OK. So I tell him to go to the restroom and then he can crawl in bed with us. Well he seems to be taking forever, so I go check on him and he standing in the bathroom and says again, I'm jiggly... So I turned on a light and sure enough, there he is shaking (or as he said jiggly'ing). I go to help him and notice his pj's are damp, so I got him dry pj's and got him in them and in bed with us. There he lay for a few more minutes just jiggly'ing. But he warmed up quickly and they jiggles stopped. Poor baby was damp and cold and started shaking....
Other GREAT news - Andrew made the Staley HS Golf team yesterday! I am SOOOO proud of him. The golf team was one of his goals and I know he will represent the school to his best!! I can not wait to go and watch him play! Once I know more of his schedule, I will try to post it here, so that if other family and friends want to come, they can.
My new position is going great! I am loving my new job and can not wait to be able to turn the old position over to the new girl, Sarah! There is SOOOO much to learn and for the past two weeks I really have not been able to give the new duties 100%.
Well, Off to bigger things for the weekend! OH YEAH - Happy First Day Of Spring with Snow Storm!! Too Much!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Day 12 - Ward 365
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
New Goal.... Day One - Ward 365
I have a friend who has just recently started blogging and made a goal to blog everyday for the next 365 days.... So I have been reading and enjoying, so I thought, I really need to post updates for family and such, so why not set the same goal. So here goes post # ONE!!!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Hey Blog
So time goes by, computers are slow and I just did not feel like blogging.... But really want to.... So here goes....
Doug's work is going GREAT (BTW, need to move investments around, need a new life insurance policy - Contact Doug 816-651-1050!!) He helped my parents and got them a GREAT deal, as well as several other friends.
House is OFF the market! YEP, God is AWESOME and is taking care of us, so we are NOT gonna have to move... Now once the market improves, I am ready to move but of my choice!
BACK TO SCHOOL FOR 80% OF THE HOUSE!!
Andrew is getting ready to start High School - He will be at Staley, and we are all excited about this, as this is the new school and has state of the art everything! His first day will be 8/17.
Braydon is getting ready to go to pre-school. We are putting him at Northland Christian, which is a private christian school! If things go well, he will probably continue on through his elementary years, but time will tell. His first day is 8/24.
Alex is enrolled out at JOCO in the Chef Apprenticeship program (Culinary) and is due to start 8/17 as well, but who knows here! Please keep this in prayer!!
I am enrolled at Maplewoods Community College. I am going back to finish up my Associates Degree in business. I of course will only be attending one night a week, so Come 8/20, I will be in class on Thursday nights! So call Doug if you need anything on Thursday nights....
So that is what is happening now....
For the older new's:
Celebrated Father's Day
Photographed a wedding
Braydon spent a week at Grandma's in Wichita
Photographed my Niece Emilee's Senior pictures
Participated in Kansas City Corporate Challenge events
Celebrated my Grandma's 91st Birthday
Celebrated the 4th of July
Went to Theater in the Park in Gladstone
Went to a friends 50th Birthday Party
Went to the Royals Hall a Fame game
Celebrated Doug being baptized!
Attended a Northland Cathedral Youth Group of the 80's Reunion
So here at some point, I will post some pictures, but if you just want to go see them before here and know my main password, visit my site: http://snapshots.zenfolio.com/ There are some out there that are not password protected, but not many... If you need the PW, you can e-mail me and ask, and I will get back to you!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Ward Weekender - Fun times with friends
'psst... Do not know why I never posted this, probably because I had not uploaded pictures... Well, here it is without them....
So last weekend (actually in MAY!!)we too time to head to Branson and Springfield to visit friends and attend a graduation.
We started off by taking off work a bit early, yet it was I think 3:00 before we actually headed out of town.... We drove straight into Branson and played around at Branson Landing for about two or so hours. Then we headed out of Branson to E.J. & Vicki's house.
Got up Saturday lounged around and had a big late breakfast... It included pancakes, farm bacon, FRESH FARM eggs, bagels, fresh fruit, milk and juice! WOW - we were so full and had eaten a bit later, that we all skipped lunch. We went into downtown Branson; went into a few shops there, which included a flea market (Lots of Fun!), then we had to take Vicki to work :(!. E.J. then drove us down the Branson strip and showed off what was new and such, then we headed back to their house for a walk around the Farm.
The Farm is awesome....Oh to live liek that. First thier house is cute! Then the land is plenty, with trees and woods around, far enough off of the road to quiet the highway noise, then there is the Wedding Chapel they own, then the veggies, then the chickens, the donkey and Bubble's the ostrich! Then his parents also have a house down around the bend on the same property! Gotta Love it!!
So the kids spent the late afternoon and early evening jumping on the trampolene, riding bikes, trying to play baseball, or was that kickball? Anyway, they all played very well together, which is what mattered most.
We then had a very nice dinner of fresh farm pork chops and chicken! After dinner we sat on the sofa relaxing, talking and I zonked from such a wonderful relaxing day!
Sunday we got up, gathered our stuff and headed on back to Springfield to goto Phillip's graduation ceremony! CONGRAT's to Phillip! after the ceremony, we went over to Jordan Valley Park and the Ozark Stream & Fountain.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Ward Weekender - Mother's Day
Time for a more up-to-date Ward Weekender...
Friday - Got a new microwave for over the stove at a garage sale for $35.00!!!!
Saturday - Got up and saw Doug & Bradyon off to Lyon's KS for his Uncle's funeral. I then sold our old tent to a lady that came by, then I went garage sale'ing for about an hour and a half. I found some GREAT deals!! The best find of the day was the box of jewelry that I got for $5.00. It included 8 necklaces, three bracelets and five pairs of ear rings! There were several pieces that were silver, so what a deal it was! After the sales, My Mom picked me up for a Mother/Daughter tea in Liberty at Ann Marie's Tea Room. it was very nice and a quaint little place. She has a shop where she sells tea and tea pots, but then for tea's she opens up her house. It was a nice time. After that, later on my parents came over and we all had dinner together, which included Alex.
Sunday - Got up and went to church. had lunch at McDonalds (by Braydon's request), once we got home, I laid down and took a two hour nap. my Mom then came over and we went out Geo Caching. We found two. Then the guys cooked us dinner. We had finshed eating and my brother and family showed up and ate some too. Then we all sat around and chatted till about nine, when I said, Doug you have the extra hands, why not install the microwave. So they did! So once again, we have a decent microwave in the kitchen.
Well, I personally did not take any pictures, but Mom did and I have not seen them yet. Once I have some, I will post them.
I hope that everyone had a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Ward Weekender April 24-26th 2009
So you see the videos below of the boy.... He did have a good weekend and loved his new bike, skateboard and he also got a cool little toy firetruck for free from another sale!
The house is LISTED! - Yes it it for sale, MLS# 1606308... I took more pictures than are listed and if you want to see them, visit the following and the password is house http://Snapshots.zenfolio.com/p535422784. Please pray that it sales quickly or that God brings other financial opprotunities our way, not that we don't love our house, we just need to downsize.
The garage sale this past weekend was just so-so as usual... We had LOTS of stuff (Thanks to Mom) and because of all of the other neighborhoods that were also having sales, we only made $200. But we are VERY thankfull, as that was money we did not have before the sale.
Sunday morning our little ray of sunshine was up at 6:00AM - YES!!! He did really good and had a little case of the "no's" with us around lunch time, but got over them quickly after sitting in his room in a time out for a bit... Then he & I went to Wal-Mart to fill Grandma's shopping list. Well about 10 minutes into the trip his eyes are getting heavy and within 15 he was out cold! So I got to shop with my almost 4 year old asleep in the cart the whole time! It was like I was there alone - GLORY!! There were no grumpies when I went to the bakery and asked for a cookie to be told they can not do that anymore thanks to their manager, there were no 'Can I...., PLEASE, I'll be you're best friend", I need that, I want that!! Yes, this trip was wonderful - Me & a sleeping toddler. He was so cute, that when I was checking out, I grabbed a box of 'nilla waffers and snapped his picture. Oh & he some how stayed up right and held onto his toys the whole time as well.
Alex came to my work a couple weeks ago - He had got a hair cut and had his braces removed... My boy is looking like a fine young man... Now if we could just get him to follow some of life's rules. 
One last thing - Saw these on a walk to the P&L district a week ago.... is there such thing as a Daffodil Tulip? If not, does anyone know what these are, they were so pretty. They looked like a thick Daffodil on top and the green looked like a Dulip....BMW New bike
We traded in Braydon's Thomas bike at the garage sale over the weekend.... Bought this one for $20 and sold Thomas for $10.00... Thomas was well loved and had lots of knicks and paint scrapes as well as a spot that was torn on the seat... He rode on the new bike for HOURS while the garage sale was happening and begged to ride more on Sunday, which of course he got to do.
