November 2008

For Thanksgiving this year we went to my side of the family. It is suppose to be every other, but I think it is going to turn out Thanksgiving with my family and Christmas with David's. Anyway, we went down the weekend before Thanksgiving and stayed through Thanksgiving Day. I can't believe how much we did in the time we were there. The day after we arrived we were invited to Sis. Lisa Green's house for a Tea Party. She had made the cutest pumpkin ice cream cakes decorated like Turkeys. Katherine and Aaron Green were the guests of honour. They had fun. It was the first tea party Katherine had ever been to. It was great being able to catch up with everyone too.

David and I took Stephen, Jared, and Jonathan. To see Madagascar 2. Katherine went with us too. It was the first movie she had been to in the theater. She was mesmerized. I don't think she sat back in her chair the whole movie. And of course, as is our custom, we broke the rules and smuggled in our own candy. The boys get a kick out of doing something bad. Shhhhh, don't tell anyone! :)

Rebekah Sacran invited us to go to story hour in Fort Smith with her and her girls. So I picked up Anna Green and we all went to story hour. I don't think Katherine knew exactly how to react to so many kids in one place. But by the time we left she had found her nitch.

David went with Thomas to see his college were he is studying to be a lineman. David is proud that he had that influence on Thomas. So David spent the night with Thomas and got to see Thomas' stomping ground.

We also went to Anna Green's house for supper one of the nights we were there. Rebekah Sacran got to come as well. We had a lot of fun being together again. The kids had a blast playing with one another until one of them decided it would be fun to pour all the baby powder out onto the floor and play in it like sand. I was impressed how well Anna reacted, she was so calm. Sad to say I would not have been so easy going. She even had the presence of mind to document it with pictures. Wonderful Mom! I need to take lessons.

We spent Thanksgiving with Grandpa and Grandma Hill. We are getting to be such a large group I don't know how much longer we can fit in her house. It is fun trying though! Katherine and Devon got to experience "The Slide" for the first time. For those of you who don't know it, it is a huge slide Grandpa built. It is tall now to me so Imagine what it is to a little kid. Katherine finally got the nerve up to go. And she loved it, Devon on the other hand like to climb the ladder and then sit up at the top and cry. So he got his thrills climbing up and down.

We left at around 5 'o'clock to head back home. We had a good trip until we got on I-80. We were in between Grand Island and Kearney when a deer ran right into the side of the Armada. We pulled over and amazingly the only damage was a 2 inch scratch on Katherine's door and a dime size dent on the fender. God is good! Katherine didn't even know anything happened.

Well that is it for this month!

October 2008

I have been writing down info as the months have gone by so I will remember what happened in those months. So here goes, for Oct.

There were a few spring flowers that sprouted in the flower beds here this last spring, but not nearly as many as I wanted. So I planted around 150 bulbs in the flower beds. It took forever! But I hope to have forgotten the bruised knees and strained wrists by this spring and be able to appreciate the beauty of the first buds of spring.

We had a Fall Party at the first of Oct. I hope to make it an annual tradition. I invited all the surrounding neighbors and the church. We had about 40 people show up. It was so much fun. It bought back memories of our get togethers in AR. We had a bonfire and games. The wind was blowing so hard we had to have a bonfire NE style. We built several small fires in halved 50 gal. drums. It was not what I had in mind, but it was a memory anyway. One of our neighbors brought his Clydesdale horses and wagon and pulled everyone on a true to life hay ride. Katherine loved the horses, although I think they made her a little nervous because of there size.

David finally talked me into dressing the kids for Halloween. It was not a thing my family ever did so it took me a while to concede. I made them Raggedy Ann and Andy outfits. When I tried them on Katherine and Devon they refused to wear the wigs I had made. I was a little frustrated, but when the night came to really go all out on dressing them up, they were so excited they made no fuss over the wigs at all. We went to a costume party in Cozad for the kids. It was so crowded and noisy I will never go again. And some of the costumes the kids were wearing were just awful. I can't imagine allowing my son or daughter wear something like that. Anyway, we went to Pizza Hut with Granny and Grandad afterwards and then we went and visited Mamo and Papo. They got a kick out of seeing the kids costumes.

Our whole church went to see the Fireproof movie in Kearney. It was sooooo good. I am rejoicing to see some wholesome movies come out and do very well in the box office. Both David and I were crying over this one. It will defiantly be one we will be adding to our collection.

David and I celebrated our 4 th Anniversary this year. Our anniversary is on the 30, but this year it worked out for us to celebrate on the 31st, Everyone gives you interesting looks when they think you got married on the 31st! Weirdos!! We went to the nicest restaurant in Kearney the "Alley Rose". We both dressed up , David even wore a suit! We were not the only ones dressed up, a witch and Iron man showed up as well. :) We stayed the night in the Hampton Inn. It was so wonderful to be by ourselves and be able to sleep in as long as we wanted. A wonderful Anniversary.

Happy Fall Ya'll!!!!

September 2008

Yes, I am still writing this from the month of October.

The first weekend in Sept is Hay Days for the town of Cozad. They have a parade and a carnival. This year was fun because Katherine was old enough to be excited about it. She loved running for the candy during the parade. But she is to generous for her own good, she kept giving it away to the kids around her! She finally figured it out and kept some of it. Devon had fun too. He loved the huge tractors that went by. Devon got to have his first ride on carnival rides. He and Katherine loved it.


I have been having to take a lot of continuing classes this month I am suppose to have 20 hours before next month. I have had 2 years to get the hours, so I don't know why I wait until the last minute. The last two I have gone to have been free, which is a blessing, they usually cost $60-$100 for an 8 hour class. I guess that is why I have put it off. I hate to spend money for something I don't enjoy! I have been doing a few more building projects. I have made Katherine a book shelf for her room to organize all her toys. It took me a good 2 hours to get everything put into the labeled baskets. It looked so good! Then she came in and began to dump everything into the floor again. Yeah, I almost lost it! :) Kids are so fun sometimes.


David has been taking call a lot lately. We discovered we need to replace our outside heat pump unit. It got all banged up during our hail storm this spring. We hadn't even noticed, all the fins were beaten down. Insurance accepted our claim, so we decided to go ahead and replace it. We are going to have to pay for a portion of the bill, so thus the overtime. He is such a wonderful Dad, He loves to wrestle with the kids and they eat it up! Katherine is always begging him to play with her, "I want a piece of me, Daddy!" is what she says. She got that from David, Every time they begin to wrestle he says "Do you want a piece of me?!!!" So she thinks that is what it is called. I laugh every time I hear her say it.

God bless you!

August 2008

Ok this is really backtracking, I am writing this at the end of Oct. I am not doing good at all! Get with it girl!!!

As my last post stated, this month has been a very difficult one for us. But we are all doing good and back in the swing of things. We bought a new vehicle in July, because we were expecting our family to be outgrowing my car. The new vehicle is a 2004 Nissan Armada. I love all the extra room(seats 8), I do not like the gas mileage(15mpg). It has an entertainment system in it, which will make the trips to AR much quieter. I have never had this new of a vehicle so it is pretty fun. It still has the new car smell! Imagine:)

Katherine got to experience her first circus. I was not able to go, but she was talking about tigers and lions all week. But I think her favorite part was the Big Slide she got to go down. David said she went down it countless times. The operator must have thought she was cute because he let her go as many times as she wanted to for free.

Devon has begun to walk finally! He is pretty timid about it, but he is catching on fast. He loves the independence I think. He seems much more content. He has said Mama and Dada, but he doesn't say that very often. He is your typical male, he has a difficult time communicating! :)

David and I have started a Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University class here in Cozad. It is a 13 week long course, but it will be worth it. We have been really falling behind on our commitment to our budget. Well we haven't even done one since we moved, so yeh we need a little boost. I would really recommend it to anyone. It is a great program and Dave is very funny (we watch a video of him each week).

I guess that is it for this month, at least all I can remember now 2 months down the road!

God bless you all.

Baby Taylor

Baby Taylor was not meant to live with us here on earth, but is waiting for us to join him. We found out Thursday afternoon that something was not right. The ultrasound dates didn't match and they couldn't see anything of the baby I thought I was carrying. The Doctor told us to expect a miscarriage to occur. Sunday I began to loss the baby. It has been a great blow to us, but it is a comfort to know the Lord is in control. David and I would ask that your prayers be with us. We greatly appreciate our families and church family for the support they have given us, it has been such a blessing. God Bless You All.

July 2008

Sorry I never got a post out for June. July has come in hot, but I am enjoying every minute. With the memory of the LONG winter still fresh in my mind, I have a new respect for 90 degree days! We had a good fourth of July with David's family. Mark and Emily came with their three kids and Emily is expecting their fourth. Uncle Victor and Aunt Elaine, Stephen and Jeremy also got to spend the holiday with us. They were on their way home from Denver where they had helped Josh and Zusanna move from Virginia. Joanna, Dennis and Addy were also here. We ate Supper at the Bonds. David shot off some fireworks that evening, The kids didn't know exactly what to think. Katherine began to enjoy them after she found out she could hold her ears to muffle the sound. Devon was very wary of them, but didn't didn't fuss about it. At dusk we went to Gothenburg to their fireworks show. We all set up camp in the back yard of the nursing home where David's Grandpa and Grandma are now living. They got to come out and enjoy the show also. It was a good memory, (mosquitoes and all :).

I am doing good in the pregnancy, No sickness at all and not really feeling that tired any more. Hope this keeps up. I am now 8 weeks along. I go to the Dr. Fri so I will have a official date then.

David has found his niche and his hobby in wood working. I really enjoy it too. We have decided that is what we will do in our retirement. Our latest project was a dog house for our two labs. We didn't just make a dog house we made a dog mansion! The thing is 8 feet long and 4 feet wide with a porch on the front. It is so heavy we had to get Bro. Howard's fork lift to move it onto the foundation. We had a blast making it. Our next project is to build a play house for the grand kids for David's folks.

Katherine has finally been potty trained! She has become a very self sufficient young lady. God forbid you help her in any way! She can now dress herself except putting on her shirt. She has really enjoyed our little wadding pool this summer, she is always asking to go swimming. She is brown as an Indian.

Devon is now one year old. His Birthday was on the 11th. We had David's folks over and Lara, Duane and Luke. Luke and Devon have the same birth date. Luke was 10 years old. Devon loved his cake and ice cream. He got a brain freeze eating the ice cream, so he was a little leery of it from then on. He is beginning to let go of furniture and try standing on his own. At least he is beginning to at least think about it.

Lucy our black lab got run over one morning and broke her back leg. so it was another trip to the vet. It is kind of funny to see a dog with a cast on her leg, every time I look at her I see the old dog on Fox and the Hound :).

Till next month... God Bless Ya'll!

I'm a Mom!

I'm going to be a Mom again! We are expecting the new arrival in March, around the 17 I am saying. We haven't been to the Dr. yet so we don't have an official date. I am feeling fine except for being really tired. Please keep us in your prayers.
Click on the "I'm a Mom" title to hear a song. I thought this song described motherhood so well I had to include it. Go fish has become my favorite kids group, although they can get a little too crazy for my taste sometimes. David will actually listen to them with out complaining! :)