Trying to fall into a fall schedule....

Hello. Yes I am updating, no I dont have a way to put pics on here :( sorry.
All in all we have been very busy since school has started. We have had one big event every week since the middle of August!! We are just getting back into some sort of routine since school, awana, and my fall work schedule have started. We are all very much in need of some regularity!

Dan has obviously been back to school since the begining of September, and has helped out at football games and stayed after school for other extracurricular activites. Most of the time he is home by 330 which we ALL love!! He played in a mens softball league and also a coed league with me. He has been able to ride his motorcycle to school most days. Yes I did let him buy a motorcycle in August. He loves it and it is definilty saving us gas money. I am sure it has not paid for itself yet but it definilty was a good "investment." He seems to really enjoy it!
I have been able to ride with him 3 times. We went away to The Shack in Newaygo for our 5th annversary adn we took the bike! It was defiinitly scary at first but I quickly got use to it and realized we will NOT be going cross country or even across the state on this bike!! My hips could barely take the hour drive we took each day while we were away. When we returned from the getaway we picked Calli up at Booshies and headed to Detriot for a Tigers game!! The Tigers won in the last inning but I was too busy standing in line to run the bases with Calli to see the end of the game! She did like watching the game but we walked around and did the free activites becasue it was kids day.
In September, we were able to get away for another weekend and go to a Tigers game with some close friends. We stayed at the Greektown Casino and we played some slot machines. We spent the $20 vouchers the hotel gave us and we came out with $18 cash. We didn't exactly win but we didnt play any of our own money so it seemed like we won :)
He has been healthy most of the fall but was diagnosed with pneumonia on Saturday, he had a fever, lack of energy, chills, body aches sunday-saturday last week and got a great antibiotic which seemed to help almost immediatley! Which was good because we had a wedding on Saturday evening.

Andi has changed so much since my last post! We took the side rail off her crib about 2 weeks after my last post and also she was potty trained by the middle of August! Her language skills are definilty growing every day!! She hardly ever says something we dont understand! Calli dn her are definilty the best of friends still but Andi is standing up for herself more and more! She still loves her baby dolls as her children. She loves the show Bubble Guppies and it seems to be getting more popular with her than Barney. Andi has been mostly healthy this fall but her allergies seem to still be affected in the fall~ she is getting tubes put back in her ears tomorrow morning to help with that. She had them at 9months but those tubes have moved so they will take those out and put new ones in.

Calli has started Awana Cubbies again which she loves! She is definitly getting ready for some more activites too! She asks "When will I be able to... play softball, volleyball, soccer, go to school, ride a school bus, have babies, go to Sparks, etc." She is so eager to grow up!! She is determined to grow her hair out like Rapunzel and to do that she is eating all the crust of her bread (one of her friends told her that I swear it wasn't me) and she is letting me use conditioner in her hair (yes that one is my little fib). She is still wearing dreses on a daily basis. She is definitly the girly girl which I have to admit is very fun! I have gotten very good at french braiding and other hair things and am always on the look out for dresses especially now with the cooler weather :) Another question that she asks almost daily is "Where can we go today?" She is such a social little girl. She loves it when we have plans and if our day consists of staying at home she tries to think of a friend who might want to come over.

I have not only been busy with my own little hooligans but Micah still comes over 3 days a week and also my friends son (another 1 yr old) comes over when his grandma cant watch him. The girls really seem to enjoy having the boys over. I am working 6 nightrs every 2 weeks at Pine Rest. 5/6 of the shifts are sleep shifts and the one night that i work a 3rd shift is only temporary. We have many fultimers out on med/maternity leave and so I volunteered to work 1 extra night per week. I am so glad that tonight marks the half way point of my 6 weeks helping out! I really enjoy my sleep and Tuesdays are a tough day after no sleep! I have been able to get away one time to scrapbook in Septemeber and I have another retreat I am signed up for in November. I have not been running regularly at all just becasue we have been so busy!! I love running but it takes a back seat to family time.

Ok I think that updates you on most of our life... I think and hope that it is slowing down! I look forward in my planner and silently rejoice that there are no real crazy plans/vacations until March and April!!

im blogging... OK!!!

I have had a few people get on my case about no blogging in awhile (8ish months). However things have been busy!

Dan is working at Blythfield country club this summer as he has for 10 years!! He likes the change of pace and being outside. He doesnt like the whole getting up to be there by 6am though.
This spring his dad bought a couple of motorcycles for all the boys to ride. Dans requirements (made by me- life insurance, safety class, and fully licensed) to getting /riding a bike have officially been met! It is very exciting to see him ride bc i know he really likes it. He is borrowing one of his dads bikes and he actually started driving it to work today. He was hopeing he didnt look like someone in a midlife crisis. I though this was funny bc he is turning 30 this November. Dan has also started running this summer and I try to beat him in distance each week bc he will always beats me timewise.

Calli is such a kid now!! She is not dependent in any sort of way. Its so fun to watch her with other kids. She is just playing all the time. We have really limited tv time this spring/summer and have been focusing on playing inside and outside, exploring outside, riding her bike, working on school work and just being a kiddo. She still isnt into coloring or anything so to work her fine motor skills were do school work which she loves!! She can identify all her letters and numbers up to 25. We just do random workbooks that i have found- and its not like i am pushing this stuff down her throat either. She asks almost everyday to work on her school stuff but i try to only do it 4 times a week so i dont overwhelm her. She loves being read to and she totally plays out books we read. I love it!! The girl has a great imagination. She loves the little french girl Madeline, Boz the bear, Gigi- Gods little Princess, Curious George, adn of course the Princesses. On most days she refers to me as Miss Clavel and the dogs as Genevieve. She attended VBS at Alto Baptist this summer. We bought her a bible during the week of VBS bc she was always asking for me to read her more stories about Jesus- "but not from the baby book mom from the big Bible." We got a childrens translation which is really a great way to read to little ones so they can picture it in their heads. She has really asked some great questions about God, Jesus, heaven, etc. Three of my grandparents have passed away in the last year so I think that has gotten her thinking also. It is amazing what her brain ponders. She did do Awana Cubbies this past school year and she loved that as well.
Some things stay the same (thank goodness) - She is still a momma's girl. She still sleeps with her silky blankie. She still likes us to rock her before bed and sing one song with her (we have done that basically since birth). She still eats very little, but loves all fruit, m&ms, Steak and Shake, Mcdonalds and asks for mac and cheese everyday for lunch.

Andi otherwise still called Baby in our house or Bubba (from daddy) or Winnie (from Booshie). Well what to say about her??? She is just a little ball of joy and we all just think she is hilarious! Calli has always been so serious about life (she has fun for sure but she just isnt goofy) Andilynn is the exact opposite! She walks on her tip toes almost all the time if she doesnt have shoes on, she plays with dolls like they are her real babies and always is carrying a purse and pushing a stroller (fully stocked-this week I found my cell phone in there which had been missing for 12+hrs). She is so goofy when she talks too. We taught basic sign language to both girls when they were little- all done, cookie, milk, more, please, thank you, i love you. Andilynn has really started talking a ton lately but is always using signs (made up or real) to help us understand what she is talking about. She doesnt just do hand motions but like full body motions too! I think it is so funny bc sometimes her motions/signs are exactly what they should be so we completley understand what she is trying to tell us. One of her favorite stories to tell is when we drive by one particular park where I got hit with a softball in the nose. "momma, ooowwwiiee, (points to park) softball hit mommas nose! (signs ball, and then bops herself in nose)." This is one of many. She has stories about airplanes/trains/motorcycles and who is on them.
She is definitley Callis little follower! I love watching them play together and just watching how their playtime develops. It very rarley goes sour. Calli might ask me maybe once a week if she can play by herself for awhile but for majority of the time they are togther! I couldnt ask for anything better.
With all of her growing up and becoming a full blown toddler we are changing things slower with her (calli was forced out of her crib, etc.) Andi is still in a crib til end of August, however we took her pacifier away over Memorial Day weekend (CJ had hers til she was 3). Andi isn't potty trained but hopefully by the end of summer. We didn't want her struggling with that while we were camping in July. She is still a very light sleeper, but she sleeps til 10am if she is undisturbed :) We dont let her take naps though since she is sleeping 14 hrs at night - she got to were she wasnt going to sleep until 11ish. She is still a huge eater! She LOVES hotdogs, pizza, mexican, chicken nuggets, bananas, all veggies, but doesnt like most berries (weirdo :) ) She is definitley like me when it comes to food- pretty much anything!

Noelle Now about me. I havent been scrapbooking hardly at all this summer. We have been so busy with other stuff. Dan and I play in a coed softball league on Mondays and I sub for a team on Wed. This was very different bc last year we played 3-4 nights a week. I have fallen in love with gardening. We did one last year but this years garden puts last years to shame! I have yet to get anything from it but the plants alone look bigger and healthier and there is far less weeds. I have also gotten into running. I started last July on a camping trip where I pushed Andi in the jogger til she fell asleep. I ran 3 miles without knowing it :) I ran my first 5k in September in under 30 minutes, ran the Riverbank 10k this spring in under 60 minutes. Those were my goal times so I was super excited!! I try to run 2-5 miles at least 3 times a week but it is hard with scheduling sometimes. Today I ran 6.2 miles-- a personal best not in a race (same distance as a 10k but very different when you are out by yourself.)
I am still working at Pine Rest minimal hours this year. I am watching 2 brothers 3-4 days a week. We all are enjoying this. Parker is 6 and Micah just turned 1. I love seeing how different Parker plays than Calli does. They definitley are great playmates and work with each others imagnations-- if they are at a tea party astro boy, mario, and luigi are in attendance, if they are playing "mom & dad" they have super powers or are in the middle of some battle while each of them carry a baby doll/stuffed animal. Micah and Andi seem to hang out together I think she likes just not being the baby anymore. She squeals with excitement when he comes over and constantly is telling me what he needs/wants, and tries to help feed him etc. We ALL absolutley love having the boys over. It was such an answer to prayer- so that I could stay home more because with gas prices driving to Pine Rest was getting crazy high. I feel like I am better mom when I can be home with the girls and just work on house/garden things. It is so weird how satisified, really I am extatic with life and the role I am currently filling as a mom and wife! Definitley a change in heart from wanting to get my masters degree and be working full time! I cant believe how quickly the time of them being little is going! I really am glad that I can be home and make the most of it right now.

This summer we have really tried to limit tv time so we have gone on a lot of walks as a family, had a ton of QT playing in the yard, playing board games, doing puzzles, playing playdoh, having bonfires, working in the garden, cooking/baking, and just imagning things with the girls (play house, school, etc)

Well that is it for now! I have completly updated you with words and not pictures this time! I promise i will bring my camera to work and download some. It is easier to use fb to see pics. I only have internet on my phone (cut some expenses) so its hard to upload photos.

Finally an update! And I updated 2 days in a row!

So i am at my moms house and decided to update 2 days in a row but forgot my camera so I decided to use what pics she had so here it goes....


Booshie and Bo Peep and Jesse! Dont u love how they are staring at the candy and not paying any attention! Tree hugger!!

Could not get any great pics of the girls in front of the fireplace bc of Ms. Attitude on the right and Goofypants on the left! They make me smile all the time-- no need to be stressed about no great pics, they will care when they see what is up at their high school graduation party ;)

some pics

me and my man! Me and my BIG GIRL!! ("Mommy im NOT little, Im BIG!!")

Grandpa Spike and his great grandgirls!!

I played in my high school, Varsity vs. Alumni Game and my mom graciously took pics :) they werent all bad. I was the catcher for a couple innings!

Calli took the time to text daddy about the game :) She took Mrs. Plummer phone and said she needed to text daddy!

some pics

Pic of Annie and Andi before she moved to North Caroliona!! The girls asked if Aunt Annie will b at the mall every time we go! They miss her and playdates!!

Below is our new puppy! Magglio is his name, he is a terrier mix. He was 2lbs and 5 weeks when we got him and is about 5 lbs now at 11 weeks. He will get to be 10-15 lbs! The girls lovce him unless he gets too playful! He sleeps in Calli's room every night, when he realizes she is going to bed he runs and leaps on to her beanbag and stays until he whines in the morning to go out.

We went to my cousins wedding over Labor Day and took Calli with us. SHE LOVED IT!! She called Emily the Princess and Dave the Prince and she loved being a little adult for the evening! She was so well behaved and burned a rug on the dance floor (with mommy of course!)

This is a pic from the July 4th Parade earlier this year but i thought it was good!

Fall Pics of the Girls

http://clevercreations.smugmug.com/Children

the photographer who did our wedding did some pics of the girls for us in September: Take a look, just click on Rottier girls!

Giving Thanks!

*no pics bc i cant upload them right now*

This year we had the opportunity to meet my aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandpa in Chicago for Thanksgiving. We got to the hotel on Wed late afternoon after circling the hotel about 8 times (Dan hates the upper/lower streets and one way streets in Chicago). The guys went and got burgers and chips for dinner and we spent the rest of the time in the pool. The hotel was amazing! It used to be the Chicago Men's Health Club so the pool was like an old Greecian bath! It was amazing colors and had a cool set up ! It is a lappool so it scared me at first with the girls but they loved it! They were both jumping in off the sides and Calli swam (with swimmies) from one end to the other! She would say "I want to swim to that 5 now,.... ok now lets go back to that 5." ( we were in lane 5 if you couldnt gather that.)

On Thanksgiving morning we went to the Thanksgiving Day Parade! It was so cool to experience it! They had all the HUGE balloons (Curious George, Madeline, Scooby Doo, Turkey, some mouse, and I know i am forgetting some). It was almost 2 hours long with high school bands from around the country, dance/gymnast groups, and cultrual groups (Guatemalian dancers, Hawaiian dancers, Mayan dancers, Irish dancers, etc.)

After warming up in the hotel (it was about 40degrees) and getting dressed up we went to lunch on the 96th floor of the John Hancock building. It was an amazing view! Calli loved to hang out in the bathroom bc it a whole wall of windows that she could move freely around! We were there about 2 hours- looking around, enjoying a turkey or ribs, all the traditional thanksgiving things along with amazing sweet potatoes in a pecan sauce, Butternut Bisque -Dans fav thing there :) can you believe it??, seafood - none for me, 'fancy salads', delicious desserts- pumpkin pie, carrot cake, chocolate cheesecake, pumpkin ice cream and plenty more! The resturant even did kid plates with Mac&Cheese and chix tenders!

It was a great Thanksgiving even though it was very untraditional for us!

Noelle is thankful for:
- 2 wonderful kiddos who make me laugh each and every morning, noon and night!
- My hubby
- our church family- amazing worship, thought provoking and challenging messages in the services, sunday school, and small group. Wonderful friendships with other families!
- Our friends and family who I sometimes take for granted who babysit, scrapbook. listen, have playdates, have coffee, encourage me to run :), and countless other things!

Calli is thankful for: (her words during prayer time before bed)
-Magglio (our puppy) Mamy (miss Amy), eeee eee (aunt Annie), Booshie, Bumpa, Uncle TJCharlie, miss Joanna, Miss teri, coffee time, CUBBIES- mommy im very thankful for Cubbies! yuke (luke) Anna, jake, Ewin (elin) Uncle Dave, Aunt Heidi, Aunt katie, Uncle Steve Grandpa and Grama, Daddy, Mommy, and Baby. Oh yeah I thankful for the pool we were in yesturday!
*She says most words perfectly and the ones she doesnt were ones that were her first words and i think she says them wrong out of habit bc if i say i cant understand her she will say them the correct way :) Stinker!! She always says yesturday or last night for anything in the past

Andilynn is thankful for: ( i am taking a few liberties- she said "yay" when i would say things)
all of the same people and things calli is thankful for, bop- (Barney) Oro (Dora), Elmo diapers and Zebra diapers-( she gets mad if its not the one she wants at that particular time) food in general- that girl can eat!! Kisses and hugs!!

Dan is thankful for:
his lovely, beautiful, hard-working wife!!
(lets just see how long it takes him to see this!)

Halloween!

ok so its after Thanksgiving but at least it is before Christmas!

Calli Jo got to go see Toy Story 3 as her first movie at a theatre! She was Jesse for Halloween and Andi was Bo Peep!

We spent 3 days celebrating Halloween! I know that is A LOT! Friday we went to Daddy's school dressed up as a surprise to him, (we brought him lunch too). Saturday we met the cousins at Grandma and Grandpa Rottiers, then to Booshies and Bumpas to see Grandpa Spike, and then went up to Pine Ridge Bible Camp for a trick-r-treat thing around the different cabins. On Sunday we did the traditional route - Dan's grandparents, Aunt Kate and Uncle Dave, did Trunk-r-Treat at Booshie's church, and then ended the evening (traditionally our last stop) at Aunt Beths house! The girls got tons of goodies to say the least! :)

Our girls at the 4th of July parade. Andilynn is such a little daredevil and the water (lake or pool) does not scare her at all. She tries to go underwater, she loves to jump from the dock or the side of a pool! I know her bathing suit is scandalous but I still think its cute :)

Calli Jo also loves the water but is a little more timid. I can trust her not to try to go under or go out past her belly.

The next few pics are fuzzy bc I was taking them without her knowing which was through our window. She was getting in and out of our two Cozy Coups but also had her cell phone in her hand and was talking the whole time!! She isnt quite cordinated enough to move the cars but spent like 45minutes playing. It was hilarious just to watch her. Dont worry she wasnt texting while driving- just talking. I dont know where she learned that! :)

more summer fun

calli was so excited to help "make corn" as she calls it. I told her we were going to husk corn and she set up my chair, her chair, Andi's chair and had a sand pail in front of each chair. She really is showing us each day that she is NOT a baby and is becoming a fun and smart little girl! Andi on the other hand still goes by the name "Baby" at our house. She is definitly a toddler and has her own ideas about things. She is definitly our drama queen. She can cry at the top of her lungs and stop in a matter of seconds!! It is awful when we are out and about and people think there is something very wrong but instead it is just that she wanted something that she couldn't have. :) Oh the excitement of girls!!

Andi tried to help with the corn but mainly watched Calli and I work and then she would grab the corn and take bites outta the cob (obviously it wasn't cooked yet but she loved it!!) Eww!! You can tell by the look in her eye that she was up to trouble!!

The Lowell Parade for the Riverwalk Festival was actually a great parade. Our kids loved it and it definitly wasnt as busy as the Grandville parade so it was much easier to park, walk and sit for the parade. However we did get caught in a DOWNPOUR!!! It was raining so hard Calli was crying "It HURTS MOMMY, IT HURTS!! We were so soaked after the ten minutes of rain that we just left festival. We did try to keep the kids dry but that was a lost cause even all the clothes in the diaper bag were wet.

The thought "I have such a cute family!" just went through my head when looking at the pic above! I know it might sound prideful but I am so happy about what God has given me.

Uncle Dave, the Jew, as we like to call him (married to Aunt Kate Lum Lax) was in town from California. So we met him at Ball's Ice Cream in Lowell for a catchup time and to expose him to children-(which was requested by Aunt Kate) We were able to enjoy ice cream, flowers, and playtime with Kim and Kai also! Of course Dave wouldn't pose for a pic but Calli loved chasing him around demanding a kiss and a hug! **Kate- I promise someday he will love kids, maybe not mine though :)

Summer pics

Andi loves riding the lawn tractor with Dan. She rides with him for like 2 hrs!!! She is so crazy! If he gets on and she didnt know she finds him and makes him let her on

Calli got to spend a whole day with her other family- the Ginacs! I think she actually prefers to be with them :) The day of the Start of Summer parade and celebration I had regionals for softball and Dan had to work so Ginacs were nice enough to let her celebrate with them. Andi got to hang with Booshie the whole day. I think they loved being apart for a few hrs.

Below I have put what I said at my grandma's funeral last week. Dont feel like you have to read it, it is a much longer than normal post. I just wanted to have a copy for some people to read who couldn't be at the funeral.

Beauty, grace, and love. These are the words that come to mind when I think of my Grandma. She was never without her perfect hair, makeup, lipstick, nail polish or perfume. She was physically stunning. She always walked with dignity and was given the respect that she deserved.

Over the past 83 years she was an amazing daughter, sister, sister-in-law, wife, aunt, mother, foster mother, mother-in-law, friend, grandma and great-grandma. All the stories people have shared over the last little bit have had the theme of her unselfishness and her love for others. We are here to mourn our loss but we need to take the time to reflect and celebrate the life she lived.

There are many Lessons that my Grandma taught us:
First of all she has taught us to
1) Love our spouse through thick and thin- She and Grandpa have a love that is almost unheard of. They have been married 65 years and still look just as proud of each other in the pictures taken this year as the black and white pictures taken September 6, 1944 when they married in Florida while Grandpa was on leave from the navy. We have been given an amazing example of how marriage and love is supposed to be, completely sacrificial, they have been patient with one another, have been more than kind to each other, and they have stood the test of time.
Secondly she has taught us all to
2) Tell people how we feel. If God had taken her quickly, we still would have known how she felt about each of us. She always said exactly how she felt. We knew when she was proud of us and we knew when she was disappointed with a decision we made. When we would ask for advice on situations, she would tell us what the right thing to do was but she would allow us to make our own decisions and would love us through the wrong decisions and never say “I told you so.”

Grandma had many quotes. First of all She would always say,

3) “If I don’t ask, I don’t know anything.” She always called to just chat with people. You may have thought she was being nosy or something like that. She was staying connected with you and was connecting others to you. If something happened in Tennessee, Wisconsin, Arizona, Indiana or Michigan she always seemed to be the first person to know and the one to tell everyone so we were all in the loop. She also was the keeper of many secrets. She knew we all trusted her and she knew when something had to stay between you and her.

Also one of her favorite quotes or way to live was believing that
4) “If we don’t have family and friends, what do we have” She made sure we always got together when people were in town. She never missed a party, a get-together, a round of hand and foot, a game of pee-nuckle, a birthday girls dinner or a just a casual lunch if she could help it. She made people and relationships her top priority. Also, when she knew two of us were bickering she worked her way into the situation and helped build a bridge between the people to make the relationship better than it was before.
One thing my sister and I both can quote her on is:

5) “Someday your sister will be your best friend!” Okay this quote was one thing that I hated hearing when I was 12 and my little sister was completely annoying. At the time Both Annie and I were always like, “Ya right grandma, I will never be friends with her!!” But low and behold, now we talk at least once every day and know everything about each other. So of course Grandma knew what she was talking about. She and Aunt Ellen had a sister bond that was great to watch. They seemed so opposite but were so perfect for each other. The pictures alone show that bond and how it was like nothing else. She loved Aunt Ellen so much that she and Grandpa went everyday to visit at the nursing home for the 6 years Aunt Ellen was there. She honored her sister and I hope I can live up to her examples.
Another thing Grandma would say all the time was
6) “You can’t take it with you” I believe she meant this not only about her money but also her love. She was always helping people out. Sending money to the charities that sent requests, she would randomly bring a bag of groceries to my apartment while I was in college, slip a $20 bill in my hand for gas, buy dresses for my girls. These were small things compared to the love she spread through helping 2 foster children and many people with countless needs. She has offered a listening ear, a loan, a meal, a bed to sleep in, a job, a cup of coffee, a ride, or just simply a hug to any one who needed it.

My favorite thing to hear her say was
7) “We don’t have any other plans” She and Grandpa were always willing to go anywhere, and do anything. Grandpa and Grandma were able to join my husband and I on vacations to Alabama and Florida. They went to Europe with my aunt and uncle. I know they have had many other vacations, and vacations weren’t the only times they said, “We don’t have any other plans.” I have heard this when I have called and asked if I could stop for a cup of coffee before I drove home from working a 3rd shift, or to see if they wanted to meet for lunch, do some Costco shopping, or if I wanted to bring the girls over to play. Grandma and Grandpa never made excuses that the house wasn’t clean or the laundry wasn’t done, or they wanted to stay home, they just went with it. I love that about them! .

So as we adjust to living in this world without her, we all need to remember her smile, her comments, and the lessons she taught us.
1) always tell people how you feel
2) keep your family and friends close no matter how much work it takes
3) love unconditionally, reach out to those who may or may not ask for your help and live each moment like it is your last.

My grandma was very special to me. She was a friend, a confident, a support, a travel buddy, a shopping partner, a psychologist, and a babysitter. All in all, she was amazing and I will celebrate her life by letting her lessons and love live through me.

Gigi-

She is already missed....

Spring Break 2010~

A lot of Rocford families are down here. Dan works with a couple of the dads of these kiddos and they planned a egg hunt this morning. It was so great!! All the kids loved it!

Easter dresses in the sand! Perfect!

Our baby surprises us all the time with how bog she is. We had this swimsuit for her and thought it would fit- size 18months. However it did not. I thought it was a funny picture though.

Our porch seems to be a favorite spot for the girls

Our view is amazing! We are having a great time relaxing and catching up on some needed sun time. Tomorrow practice starts so I will be gone until 1pm but Dan and his girls will have plenty to do. More pics on Facebook

Happy Birthday Andi!!

We stuck her on top of the table with her little cake and she knew just what to do

She just rubbed the nice moisturizing frosting all over her face. She did do it slow and lady like!

Ok it did not end up so ladylike!

Somehow I uploaded this photo in the middle of the party pics...ooops, oh well its a good sister shot!

Beautiful sign made by Lacey!! She used her cricut and all of her arsty talents!

The Climber

She crawled off Annie's lap onto the table. This is just one of her many excursions. She loves our rocking chairs, Calli's bed, and is attempting the couch by herself.

Pretty sure my husband posted the last update. Unless of course I did it in my sleep! Sorry about the lack of updates. I have really no excuse except I feel like we have been busy, doing what i am not sure.

Dan just finished wrestling season last monday, the same day that softball tryouts started. It was kinda a crazy week. We are adjusting to the new schedule. I have to drop the girls off at Dans school at 240 and go to practice from there, not a terrible schedule but in the middle of Calli's naptime. Oh well, Dan wanted me to coach and I cant say I hated the idea :) I am glad I am doing it! I wasnt going to coach and then Rodenhouse (my high school coach) called and asked if I would coach his JV team and well I couldn't tell him no. The first day I was amazed at how much I loved it. It felt great to be at Lowell again. B

We are leaving for Gulf SHores AL, in a little over a week!! WOOHOO! I am so excited! Dan is also! I actually think he is more excited than I am.

So that is a quick update on what we are up to.

It's been a while

So I noticed today that the last up date was thanksgiving. Things have changed a lot. The girls got a fish tank for Christmas and they love the fish. Andi and Calli are both finally healthy and loving the great weather we are having right now.

Pumpkin carving!!

Everyone had a hand in designing our pumpkin!

"Mama my baby in the pumpkin!!"