Ella Brooke is BLOOMING...and Carter is too!

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support! Trust in the Lord...







Monday, June 13, 2011

Summer Week Two

Sunday- It was the annual NICU reunion. It was fun to see familiar faces again and here the "experts" say how great Ella looks!!
Ella with Nurse Alisha

All the NICU babies (that were there) and born in 2010
Ella and I are in the front row-2nd from the left. She has on a neon-lime sweater .

At the reunion, they had ANIMALS! Snakes...

and a baby alligator!

Carter enjoyed the bounce house...

and Ella really like the cookies!!

Here is Ella and I with Nurse Sandy!

We also saw other nurses and Dr. Anderson, Dr. Carr and Dr. Calanbaugh. It was fun and we are looking forward to next year!

Monday- We got out our baby pool and the hose! We put our swimsuits on and had some fun!!


Carter washed his car.

Ella loved riding her horse.

Much of the week was spent getting ready for the garage sale. But we did find a few moments of fun...

Carter and our neighbor Henry with Silly String!

Our garage Sale was rained out on Friday. Thank goodness I found "painters plastic" in the garage to get everything covered fast. We had a total of 6 people participating in the sale-  It was HUGE. It was good (except for the rain-out Friday) and we had lots of traffic. (This is only about 1/4 of the "stuff" left on the driveway in the picture).

Friday night we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores in our fire pit.


Carter needed to go to the restroom, and he went in by himself. Daddy went in to check him-and this is what he found! Ha! "Working" on the toilet!

Carter had his 2nd game. He had fun-but it was hot. Guh Guh and Uncle Kyle came to see him play ! (My cameras battery went out...so no more pictures).

Cute girl walking!!


Summer- Week One

Summer- Week ONE
Sunday and Monday- Daddy was off for Memorial Day, so we did a lot of fun things around the house: cleaning, mowing, picking weeds, planting flowers, going on walks, grocery shopping...

Tuesday- Wonderscope! We purchased a year membership at my school's auction. It is a great, fun play place for the kids! Each room has a different theme.

Ella loved being a "farmer"! ha!

Carter is stacking the hay bales and Ella is grocery shopping.

The health room-Dr. Carter and Patient Ella

The art room-face painting!!
Wednesday- Deanna Rose Farmstead! Our favorite place EVER!! It is a FREE local petting zoo...but it is huge and so cool! 

We love the goats...especially the baby ones. Carter always enjoys feeding them.


Ella and Carter petting the a baby goat.

Sitting in the shade -taking a swing!
Thursday- We went for a walk and then Carter had T-Ball practice.

On our walk

Swinging at the park! Carter likes to push Ella.
Friday- Did you know that it was National Donut Day? We celebrated with Will, Lydia and their friend Olivia at Krispy Kreme. 

Yummy donuts!!

Then it was pool time!

Carter loves the water and Ella does, too.
Saturday- Carter's 1st T-ball game!! 

Carter is up-to-bat with Daddy's help. Daddy is one of the assistant coaches.

hitting the ball

He made it to first base!

 Good job, Carter #10!!

After the game, Daddy's band had a gig and we organized for the upcoming garage sale.

Ella found a few of the pricing stickers!She is NOT for sale. :)

Then we had a picnic dinner on the back porch.

It was fun to eat outside, since we had nice weather!


Thursday, June 2, 2011

Carter's Last Day at Debbie's House

Happy Summer!! School has ended.
Carter will be moving to he Holy Trinity Preschool in the fall. He will be right across the street from me and we will ride to and from school together each day. :)

Carter celebrated his last day at Debbie's House with donuts. :) The other kids had already left, so Annie and Carter enjoyed them.

We love Miss Debbie. She is awesome. I wish she could keep my kids until they were 20. We will see her often since Ella will continue to be at her house and she is our neighbor. We are so blessed to have her in our lives.

She loves my kids and we love her.




Newton Trip

We went to Newton for Caden's First Birthday!!
We met for breakfast at the donut shop!

Ella loves donuts!
Grandma Deb and Pappy were there.

Carter and the birthday boy!

Caden loved his cake!

The 3 cousins in their party hats.

Ella in her party dress! SOO CUTE!

Caden and his parents, Aunt Stacy and Uncle Chris.

On Sunday, Jay and his family came over to help get the pool ready for the summer.
It was hot-so Jennifer and I made a SONIC run!

The boys helped clean out the pool.

Even Grandpa Ranny came and helped!
Now, the pool is ready for the next time we go to Newton. Carter cannot wait!

Tunnel Fun

The kids love to play together!
 I am so glad. We got out a "tunnel" for them to crawl through-they loved it!



So fun!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Lauren's wedding

May, 14 2011  It was a beautiful day for a wedding!!
The air was chilly for our outdoor pictures but they will be beautiful!!
Lauren looked....SIMPLY STUNNING, GORGEOUS, SOOO HAPPY, RELAXED....
 This was in the awesome RV that took us around for pictures. We went to her family barn to take pictures.
Lauren, Summer, Christen and I on the RV
Pinning the corsage on my big boy!

 Pictures with Lauren and the flower girls-Erin and Mia
 Cutting the cake-notice the KSU Groom's Cake
Carter walking down the aisle:)

It was so fun to be a part of Lauren and Chris' wedding!!