May 2008

May has been a very odd month. We had snow at the first of the month and it has only been above 70 degrees a handful of days. I am soooo ready for spring, but I am afraid we are going to pass right through spring into summer. The last few days we have had torrential rains. The roads are flooded and they are afraid the river will overflow it's banks. We had water coming in the house last night. It has been crazy. With the weather being like it has, we have only been able to enjoy our new porch swing a couple of times. That is right, I finally have a porch swing! I was so excited. I got it for a birthday/mother's day present. It looks so inviting on our porch. It makes you think of cool summer nights, swaying with a glass of sweet tea in your hand and the one you love beside you.
We have been doing a lot of home improvement projects, trying to get ready for company for our June meeting. I have been working out in the flower beds quite a bit. It will take a while to get them the way I want them, but the journey is half the fun. I have also been doing some painting, trying to get all our three different styles and colors of trim to look a little more uniform. One of the drawbacks of owning an older home.
David has been very busy at work the last month. Doing a lot of overtime. It has also been very stressful, because his company fired his boss. There has been a lot of tension in the company for a while. I hope it will get better now that the "problem" is gone.

Katherine is getting to be such a big girl. She is now going in with me on our meals on wheels route. Her job is to take the sack of milk and dessert. She knows what her job is and she takes it very seriously. She has gotten on a hair kick. She has to have her hair fixed in the morning, if I forget she will come to me and tell me to "Fix Hair". She also loves to go to the library and get her weekly books. She will have me read them to her over and over again.

Devon is also growing into a little man. He has cut two teeth on the bottom and is eating table food now. He has gotten pretty proficient at pulling himself up to standing and cruising around tables. He is a pretty content guy. He will play by himself in Katherine's room for up to an hour. He doesn't mind being by himself. It is so very nice.

"The Lord has been so good to me, I want to sing his praise."

April 2008 Pictures

April 2008

April was the month of the Arkansas trip. That was one reason for Thomas to stay with us was so I would have someone to ride with me on the way down. I was in AR for three weeks! I never want to be away from David for that long again. It was too hard. I can somewhat relate to the wives of men in the military. Anyway, we were down there to help my sister, Stephanie, get ready for her wedding. The kids also had a school program while I was down there. It was a medieval feast. Everyone was dressed in the "Authentic Garb". They had a dinner with musical numbers, a skit and even a court Jester, my brother Justin. It was a lot of fun. My brothers were so excited about their costumed and they really did look pretty good.
We were pretty busy most of the time. I was sick for the first week we were there. I guess my body decided I would have enough help with the kids and took the opportunity. The boys were so sweet, they babied me something terrible. It was kind of nice.
Stephanie's wedding was on the 19th. I helped her with decorations and shopping for the food. But my main project was making her cake. This was the second wedding cake I have made and I really enjoy doing it. Thankfully, she was easy on me and picked something simple. Katherine was the flower girl, she did so good I was a little surprised. She just walked right up there like she knew what she was doing. we had told her to throw all the flowers out of her basket. So she walked up the isle and stood by me. Then she took out each petal and dropped it to the floor and when the basket was empty, she walked back down the isle. Her job was done! :)
The wedding was beautiful as was the bride. The wedding was held on Mt. Magazine. The trees had not leafed out on the mountain yet, but it was still beautiful.
But I would have to say the highlight of the trip was seeing David again. It brought back memories of our dating days. The excitement of seeing each other after an extended time apart. Only now there are two kidos who are just as excited to see their daddy again. My, how time changes things.

March 2008

Hey everyone, March was a busy month. My Family came to visit us and see our new house. They were able to stay for four days. We had a great time visiting and the Lord blessed us with a little snow storm while they were here. So we spent most of one day building snowmen and taking turns sledding down the road behind the truck. It was a lot of fun. The rest of the time we just hung around the house and played board games and video games. As always their visit was not long enough. The only consolation was that my brother Thomas was able to stay with us for two weeks. He worked for Bro. Howard some and was able to go to work with David one day and go out on outage calls with him. We kept him pretty busy, but I still think he thinks we are a couple of old stick in the muds that never do anything. :) We did take him to the Cabela's store in Kearney, which was one of the highlights of the trip I think. Katherine got to where she liked Thomas pretty good and would let him do just about anything with her. Which was a big breakthrough for her. Following are pictures of the month of March. Enjoy!