Gone too long

Wow!!! It's been a long time since i blogged. Seems like everything else takes place over it lately. Today is my birthday. Not telling how old. Just guess if u have too.:)
We have been very busy this summer,as usual. Our oldest daughter is a camp counselor at the Bill Rice Ranch. She is doing well. We went down there last week and visited with her as much as we could. Then we went to Georgia to visit with my parents and grandparents and my sisters family. We had a lot of fun.
Right now my family is making a big chocolate chip cookie for my birthday. Smells good in here hehe:) I know we don't need the cookie,but it sounded sooooooooo good.Hey, it's my birthday right? :)
This week is Junior camp for Ricky. He leaves tomorrow afternoon. They are going to Camp Joy in Wisconsin. He ought to have fun. Next week is Teen camp but they are going to Northland Camp which is also in Wisconsin but a LOT longer drive.
Hope u all have a great week. We are going to enjoy the nice weather today.

Random

We have had some good news lately with our kids. Our oldest daughter was made prayer captain of her dorm room for next year. This is a great honor. That means they have seen leadership abilities from her and we are very proud of her.
Our youngest daughter just found out she made it to vocal jazz. This is a singing group at their high school. She is so excited. She is going to be very busy this next year. This group requires a lot of work and practices. We even had to sign a paper saying we wouldn't be gone certain days of the year. They really take this seriously.
My best thing that has happened this week is we got a replacement dryer!!!!!!!!!! You don't realize how bad we have needed a dryer for about a month now. With a family of 6 you cannot go very long w/o it. I can't wait until tonight to get it hooked up and get caught up on laundry again!!!!! Funny how u get excited about small things huh? Guess we take those things for granted.
Have a great day. I am going to enjoy the warm weather while it is here!!! Upper 60's today.

Spring time

Not too much to blog about lately. The kids were on spring break last week and it was cold and rainy most of the week. The two older girls were out of the state. Our oldest was on the east coast with the band tour from school and our next daughter was on the west coast enjoying the warm weather. My hubby was out of work last week b/c of his knee problem. Come to find out he has no knee cap left. It needs to be replaced but not going to happen any time soon b/c of no extra help while he is off. So guess he will get cortizone shots to keep going.
This week hubby had his wisdom tooth pulled. Still don't understand why we have those teeth. They don't add extra wisdom and they usually need to be pulled. He is relaxing today with antibiotics and pain medication. Should feel pretty good right now. Ha :)
It is a rainy icky day today. Should be a good nap day for the kids...I am hoping.
Hope u all are enjoying your spring. Sunshine and warm weather are on their way.

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Too much sickness

I am so ready for spring to get here so we can open the windows and get rid of these germs that are making everyone sick. Our oldest daughter has been home all week b/c of the virus that is going around campus. She will hopefully be able to go back this weekend. The high school has told us that they have been sending 10-15 kids home every day b/c of this virus. We just need some warm weather here!!!!
We are having a thunderstorm today. It reminds us of warmer weather:) I love thunderstorms if they aren't too bad :) Most of the snow is gone now. Yeah!!!! Hope we don't have any more big snowstorms. Next week is daylight savings time and soon it will be warmer. We made it through yet another winter-well almost.
Hope everyone is staying well.

men's dessert contest

This is the finished project of my hubby's entry for the dessert contest. I think he did a great job on it. He spent quite a long time preparing it and taking time to make it look good. We had an issue with the first round. He was impatient and tried to cut the cake w/o cooling but we recovered it and he ended up getting 2nd place. Can you believe that brownies won first????? I was shocked but it was all for fun and his dessert was very good!!!!!!!!!
His reward was this Awesome ribbon. I was very proud of him and his accomplishment.

Valentine's day

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Tonight we are going to a valentine's banquet for the adults. The men of the church are having a dessert contest. My hubby has entered it and is busy right now making his dessert. The rules are the man must make 99% of the dessert. No help.:) I will post a picture later since there may be someone from church that looks at my blog.hehe:) Have to keep the creation a secret til tonight. I am so proud of him. It is fun seeing him in the kitchen having fun creating a dessert. He even bought a special plate and decorations to go around it. Can't wait til tonight to see what the men make.

Animal Crossing

This is the game that is being played sooooo much in our home right now. It is really fun for the kids. You have a town that you name, get to own your home and pay a mortgage with "bells" which is your money. You fish and grow fruit trees, meet other animals and can visit the city. You now can get wii speak which allows you to really talk to someone else that is visiting your town. You have to accept the friend and open your town gate but last night our daughter got to talk to 2 people. One from Austin Texas. It was so neat to see it. Technology has come a long way.

Useless information for the day: The peanut is a vegetable and a member of the pea family.

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According to Phil the ground hog we are suppose to have 6 weeks more of winter. Ugh. I am ready for spring. :)

tired of snow

Today I finally was able to shovel away some of the snow on our sidewalk. I haven't seen the full sidewalk in about a month because every time we try to get it shoveled or plowed we would be hit with another snow storm or ice storm. I think the weather has calmed down for a few days. It is actually suppose to get into the 30's here today. Wow!!! What a heat wave!!!
With all this coldness we have been fighting with a virus. My hubby has had it for the past 5 days. He finally was able to go to work this morning after a couple of days of anitibiotics.We have had a rough time with not having work the last couple of weeks. Way to start out the new year huh? With the funeral and then hubby being sick we are just praying we don't get too far behind on bills and all. Also praying no one else gets it. We are pushing the vitamin C right now.
I am ready for some spring time weather. Spring is my favorite time of the year and can't wait for it to get here!!!!

warmer weather

Yeah!!! Today it is above 0 degrees!!!!!!! It is actually 19 right now and feels a lot warmer. My washer wouldn't work yesterday b/c of the cold temperatures,and we didn't have water from our refridgerator either. Hopefully today we can get back to normal. We have a lot of catching up to do being gone for a week and then with the crazy schedule we had the last few days. Hopefully, next week we can all get back on our schedules.
Today we are going to be down to one child. The girls all have places to go and things to do. It is sort of nice,but then I also wish they were here. I enjoy the busy house.
Hope you all have a warmer weekend ahead.

Pictures of the family

These were taken while we were in Missouri last week. It is at my in laws house. They have a really nice place with 5 or so acres. It was also 58 degrees that day. Wish it was that right now. :)

Freezing

It is sooooooooooooo cold here right now. The kids have not had school for a couple of days because of the snow and the cold. Right now it is -19 degrees and not suppose to be much warmer until the weekend. The wind chill is -35. We have not gone anywhere unless we have too. Went to the grocery store today and that was it!! All you people who live in the warmer states please send up some warmness.:) It is suppose to be up to 25 this weekend. Wow... a heat wave. Haha.

Accident

We had to go to Missouri this week because my brother-in-law was killed in an accident a couple of days ago. He was 35 ft in the air cutting down a limb on a tree and fell to the ground when the saw kicked and knocked him off. It has been an awful shock to the whole family and it still has not seemed like it is real yet.
I feel soooooo bad for my sister in law. I keep thinking about if it would've been me and how horrible it would be. She is doing better today but my heart goes out to her. They have 8 grown kids between the two of them,and am glad that they are all coming. One of their daughter's is stuck b/c of a bad snowstorm and will be able to come either today or tomorrow. Since the storm the visitation will not be until Friday.
Please keep the family in your prayers.

new cookbook

I just ordered a new cookbook. My sister in law made a very good recipe from this book and I found it really cheap on half.com. Hopefully will be able to use this all the time.Since I don't have a lot of time to cook some days,I would really like to be able to fix supper and forget about it. Can't wait for it to come now!!! :)

Christmas break

 

This is what people in our house have been doing over Christmas break. :)Love this picture. Just had to get it when all the girls were on their laptops. Too funny. It has been so cold and snowy here there really isn't too much more too do in the house, right? Ha. I could give them tons of things to do. We had a great Christmas and since the computer was not working well, I just now got some of the pictures uploaded. Guess just too busy to take time to sit down and do it. Today I am going to get all the Christmas things put up for another year. This time of year comes and goes so quickly. I am just happy that we got to spend some time with our family this year. Am so glad that my parents and grandparents got to come visit. Even though when they were here the weather did not co-operate like we would've liked it to.

Happy New Year

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Hope everyone has a blessed 2009. We are going to my sister in laws this year for new years. Lots of playing games(video and table) eating and just plain having fun.
I haven't been able to get on a post lately. My regular computer's mouse is dead,so we have to buy another one. Am on our daughter's laptop.I have pictures to post but again need to be on my computer to post them.
We had a wonderful Christmas with my grandparents and mom and dad. I am so glad they got to come for the holidays,even though it was cold and snowy,we still stayed warm. We really enjoyed the company and spending time together.
Happy 2009. May the Lord bless you all richly.

madrigal dinner

The royal court


Katie and her boyfriend


Katie as a knight

Haven't had a chance to post pictures from the Madrigal dinner we went to. It was a lot of fun and the kids did an excellent job. Here are a few pictures of our knight and the royal court. If you ever have a chance to go to a madrigal dinner they are definitely worth going. Wish we would've gone way before this year.

happy birthday Ricky

Today is Ricky's 9th birthday. Can't believe it. I remember when he was turning 4. Time flies so quickly. We are having a small celebration tonight and a party next week for him. He is getting a new bike which I know he will love.
Happy birthday Ricky. Hope you have a great day and many more birthdays to come.

Accident

 

This is what happened to our van yesterday morning. Hubby called and said the van is going to have to go into the shop and I thought he was kidding. Then he told me about the accident and I asked if he was ok. He was fine and then I asked how the van was. It is going to have to have about $2300 worth of repair done. Maybe more they said since they just estimated what they can see right now. Also, they are going to detail the inside of it b/c coffee went flying everywhere when it was hit.
The lady that hit it is trying to get out of it saying it was our fault. Well, she didn't get too far. She was at fault and so we don't have to pay for repairs. Am so glad especially close to Christmas.
I am just glad no one was hurt. The van can be fixed but you can't replace people.