Tuesday, June 28, 2011
We have a house in our house
I got LeAnne this cool cardboard cottage that she can color and then play inside of it. I slightly under estimate the actual size of the thing. It takes up half of our kitchen. She is having a blast coloring it and playing inside of it. One of these days when I can no longer stand it in our kitchen it may be moving outside for the remaining of its days. :-)
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Sprinkler time!!
What a beautiful day! It was between 85 - 90 degrees. LeAnne put on her gorgeous new Disney Princess bathing suit, put on sun block and ran through the sprinkler in our back yard. She LOVED it!!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Happy Father's Day!
As I sit here trying to think of the right words to best celebrate and honor the father's closest to me in my life none seem to do justice to the smile on my face.
I smile when I think about those quiet moments I've shared with my dad where he told me he was proud of me. I smile when I think about a conversation I had with my dad when I was in my young 20's, here I was expecting yet another lecture about going to college when he started talking about me following my passion. I smile when I think about all the telephone calls where my dad has just listened, he didn't offer any one piece of advice, he didn't tell me what to do, instead he just listened and told me he knew I'd make the best decision. Thank-you dad!
I smile when I think about the man God blessed my life with. One of the first things that attracted me to him was how he treated his daughter. I am thankful for his leadership as the head of our family. I love watching him with our daughters. I appreciate the time he takes to teach our daughters important life lessons as well as the time he spends having fun with them. Thank-you for being an awesome daddy to our children! I love you!!
I smile when I think about those quiet moments I've shared with my dad where he told me he was proud of me. I smile when I think about a conversation I had with my dad when I was in my young 20's, here I was expecting yet another lecture about going to college when he started talking about me following my passion. I smile when I think about all the telephone calls where my dad has just listened, he didn't offer any one piece of advice, he didn't tell me what to do, instead he just listened and told me he knew I'd make the best decision. Thank-you dad!
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| Talking to my dad the morning after LeAnne was born! |
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| He was so excited to meet his grand-daughter! :-) |
I smile when I think about the man God blessed my life with. One of the first things that attracted me to him was how he treated his daughter. I am thankful for his leadership as the head of our family. I love watching him with our daughters. I appreciate the time he takes to teach our daughters important life lessons as well as the time he spends having fun with them. Thank-you for being an awesome daddy to our children! I love you!!
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| John & Amanda - June 10th at her High School graduation |
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| Holding LeAnne in the hospital - Oct 2007 |
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| LeAnne' 1st Valentine from daddy! |
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Children's Museum
LeAnne's preschool class celebrated their last day of preschool with a field trip to our local Children's Museum. The kids were first and foremost excited to get to ride the BIG school bus!! The Children's museum brought out the kid in all of us and we had a blast. I think LeAnne and I will be visiting there again this summer for sure. Here are a few pictures where I've cropped out her classmates out of respect for their privacy.
Preschool Graduation
This year LeAnne's preschool class put on an end of the year program showing what they've learned and honored 4 students moving up to Kindergarten next year. One of the mom's in the class put together an amazing slide show set to the song Let Them Be Little by Lonestar. Then the children told us their favorite part of Preschool. LeAnne's answer was supposed to be "bouncing" but it didn't quite come out that way. Then the kids sang their ABC, Days of the Week and Months of the year. Next they told us what they wanted to be when they grew up. LeAnne says she wants to be a doctor. Then they sang a graduation song recapping some of the things they learned this year and the graduates received their diplomas. The program was followed up by a reception in the Preschool room. We had a great turn out and it was a lot of fun. LeAnne LOVED being on stage!!! I have some great videos that I am uploading to Youtube and more pictures I'd love to share with you via e-mail (dropcqueen@yahoo.com) since I don't want to post pictures and/or videos of her classmates on the Internet.
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| School Stage decorated |
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| Preschoolers Finger painted their names |
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| Showing Grandma & Daddy her shape in the classroom |
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| Oh she loves the stage!! |
Monday, May 23, 2011
High Time for an update & new pictures...eh?
I can't believe I have not blogged since Easter! I guess we've just been busy living life. School will be out soon and I'll have more time to take more pictures and blog.
LeAnne has 3 days of preschool left for the year. Her last day is this Friday and the kids get to ride on the big school bus because they are going on a field trip to the Children's Museum. I am very excited my mama is coming home for a week this Tuesday. She is going to be here to see LeAnne's first end of the year preschool performance/graduation for the kids going into Kindergarten. This will be our school's first time having a end of the year/graduation program for preschool and it is going to be adorable. One of the moms has made the most precious photo slide show of the kids through out the year. I don't think their will be a dry eye in the place once it's seen.
Let me back up though and show you some pictures I've taken since my last update. The end of April I attended an amazing class about Sensory Processing Dysfunction in Spokane. While there I couldn't help but take a detour into Toysrus and bought LeAnne some bubbles and Tinker Toys. I am not sure who's had more fun with them her or I. I had a blast building a tractor and a robot with her. I still have not mastered how to build the Jet and Windmill. Hee hee!
Then this Mother's Day LeAnne & I headed over the BIG mountain to spend the weekend with my mama, Nana, Auntie and as a bonus got to see my cousin, my sister in law and most adorable nephew. LeAnne was ecstatic to see her grandma Marica! She misses her so much. While there Auntie Katie filled a large plastic tub with some sugar and LeAnne has a blast playing in it on Nana's deck.
This past Thursday, May 19th, John and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. The day itself wasn't how either of us envisioned. The night before my niece gave birth to her son and there were complications. Soon after birth he was airlifted to a bigger hospital. The hours leading up to a diagnosis were rough. We've since found out he has a congenital diaphoramic hernia that can be repaired with surgery. We hope the surgery will be this weekend. He was born 8 lbs 10 oz, full term and is a very strong baby. The doctors are amazed by how well he is doing. We'd appreciate your prayers for this young family. He will be having surgery today at 1pm. Our family did enjoy a very nice dinner in town and dessert afterward. John & I have an amazing marriage. I feel so blessed to have a wonderful friend. He and I plan to get away for a weekend together when we can to celebrate and look forward to another 50 years together.
Oh a brief update on the last blog... LeAnne's plants didn't make it but this was mama's fault. The directions said plant 2 seeds but the seeds were so small I planted more. I should have trusted the directions because they turned into Chia pet plants and didn't make it. :-( She does have 2 tomato plants growing at school and will help mama plant our garden next weekend. In other news I got into Fort Hays University. If I can get some financial aid through FAFSA I will be starting Fall quarter. My goal is to earn my Bachelor degree in Elementary Education with Minor in Special Education. It may take me a while but that is the plan. I am excited and nervous!
As I sit here finishing up this blog post this morning I have an incredible sense of just how blessed our family is. Praises be to God for providing us with all we need!! We are healthy, we have a beautiful family, beautiful home, transportation and jobs. Time sure does fly fast because I can hardly believe Amanda will be graduating in a few weeks, and she was just 8 when we got married. Then their is our little princess, my youngest niece said it best yesterday when she said "she sure if full of personality". So true! This morning the first thing she said when she woke up was "see my belly"! I can't wait until Thursday night for her program...they're giving her a microphone to answer a question! Look out! I think they might hear her answer in the next town! Thanks for reading my ramblings!!
LeAnne has 3 days of preschool left for the year. Her last day is this Friday and the kids get to ride on the big school bus because they are going on a field trip to the Children's Museum. I am very excited my mama is coming home for a week this Tuesday. She is going to be here to see LeAnne's first end of the year preschool performance/graduation for the kids going into Kindergarten. This will be our school's first time having a end of the year/graduation program for preschool and it is going to be adorable. One of the moms has made the most precious photo slide show of the kids through out the year. I don't think their will be a dry eye in the place once it's seen.
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| She was boycotting nap but later fell asleep in daddy's chair! |
Let me back up though and show you some pictures I've taken since my last update. The end of April I attended an amazing class about Sensory Processing Dysfunction in Spokane. While there I couldn't help but take a detour into Toysrus and bought LeAnne some bubbles and Tinker Toys. I am not sure who's had more fun with them her or I. I had a blast building a tractor and a robot with her. I still have not mastered how to build the Jet and Windmill. Hee hee!
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| A robot I created & she loved playing with! |
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| LeAnne's awesome creation! |
Then this Mother's Day LeAnne & I headed over the BIG mountain to spend the weekend with my mama, Nana, Auntie and as a bonus got to see my cousin, my sister in law and most adorable nephew. LeAnne was ecstatic to see her grandma Marica! She misses her so much. While there Auntie Katie filled a large plastic tub with some sugar and LeAnne has a blast playing in it on Nana's deck.
This past Thursday, May 19th, John and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. The day itself wasn't how either of us envisioned. The night before my niece gave birth to her son and there were complications. Soon after birth he was airlifted to a bigger hospital. The hours leading up to a diagnosis were rough. We've since found out he has a congenital diaphoramic hernia that can be repaired with surgery. We hope the surgery will be this weekend. He was born 8 lbs 10 oz, full term and is a very strong baby. The doctors are amazed by how well he is doing. We'd appreciate your prayers for this young family. He will be having surgery today at 1pm. Our family did enjoy a very nice dinner in town and dessert afterward. John & I have an amazing marriage. I feel so blessed to have a wonderful friend. He and I plan to get away for a weekend together when we can to celebrate and look forward to another 50 years together.
Oh a brief update on the last blog... LeAnne's plants didn't make it but this was mama's fault. The directions said plant 2 seeds but the seeds were so small I planted more. I should have trusted the directions because they turned into Chia pet plants and didn't make it. :-( She does have 2 tomato plants growing at school and will help mama plant our garden next weekend. In other news I got into Fort Hays University. If I can get some financial aid through FAFSA I will be starting Fall quarter. My goal is to earn my Bachelor degree in Elementary Education with Minor in Special Education. It may take me a while but that is the plan. I am excited and nervous!
As I sit here finishing up this blog post this morning I have an incredible sense of just how blessed our family is. Praises be to God for providing us with all we need!! We are healthy, we have a beautiful family, beautiful home, transportation and jobs. Time sure does fly fast because I can hardly believe Amanda will be graduating in a few weeks, and she was just 8 when we got married. Then their is our little princess, my youngest niece said it best yesterday when she said "she sure if full of personality". So true! This morning the first thing she said when she woke up was "see my belly"! I can't wait until Thursday night for her program...they're giving her a microphone to answer a question! Look out! I think they might hear her answer in the next town! Thanks for reading my ramblings!!
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