Grandparents day and parade

Our School had a grandparents day Breakfast and Jaren was lucky to have both sets of his grandparents there.

During this years football season the town opened up the parade to anyone that wanted to enter a float.  The kids got invited to be on a float for future owls.  It was so cute and their float actually won!

Opening football day/family day

First things first.  Mima Ginia update.  She woke up this a.m. not doing great and had to go to doctor and pnemonia was confirmed, but not blood clots.  She is in the hospital tonight and actually needing lots of Oxygen to maintain a good rate or breathing.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PRAY for her to recover from this and continue with her treatments.


Opening football day for this season Mark and I decided we wanted to have a family day. 

We had a great time and even included our annual Halloween costume picking party into the day.

Elizabeth with baby Olivia

Papa Mike with Ryland Reece

Gabe 

Eating on Patio

Watching the game.

Isaiah

Little game of Canasta

Jaren John trying on costumes

Emma Kate

Alyssa, Jude and Elizabeth

Landrie Lynn

Mariah

Ryland Reece

Still here with some updates

Mima Ginia is doing great, all things considered.  

She has underwent her second round of Chemo now and while it is leaving her exhausted she is in good spirits and the nausea has been bearable.  

Thanks for all the prayers and please continue to send them.

After I posted last time that I had not thrown up for two weeks I threw up that night.  So Here it goes again after finally getting back on track and being 20 weeks along now HALF WAY!  I have not throw up in about two weeks and I have not taken any meds in 4 days.  Holding my breath.

My masters class is going okay.  Will be SOOOOO ready to be done with it.

Jaren is almost done with this season of basketball and I am so proud of him.  He is doing a great job of dribbling better and makes some great passes.  

Landrie and Ryland are doing great too.  Landrie can not wait to be a big sister, but is pretty sure that it is ONLY fair that this baby be a girl.  

Ryland is happy as ever and always smiling!  

Mark started a new position at Cargill and is very happy with the switch - if he is happy I am happy.  

I can't believe we have almost lived here for a year now and I have only hung one thing in the house, but I kept saying I was going to do that in the winter when we weren't working on stuff outside and then I felt like crap all winter and the weather has been such that we have found ourselves back outside on projects.  So maybe next Dec. I'll hang a decoration.  

Hope to catch up more on here soon since I have not gotten past posting Sept. happenings in our family on here :)  

Gotta catch up before the baby comes or I never will.  

I'm HERE I promise

WOW I know it has been a while, but I am here.

Sept for Rylands birthday party was my last post and  A LOT has happened since then.  

I'll just start with the big stuff. 

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!

Our little bundle of joy is projected to join us in Mid to early July.  This pregnancy has been, well.... Difficult. 

I spent the first 15 weeks throwing up everything I could think of and basically feeling miserable all day.  Evenings being worse, but all day was no fun.  After two prescription nausea meds and hitting a few weeks into the second trimester.  I have not throw up in about two weeks now and feel pretty good during the day.  Evenings still not fun especially being in a car in the evening.  

Christmas was GREAT.  Our first one in the new house and if I hadn't been sick for the whole Christmas season I'm sure it would have been a bit more enjoyable.  

My dad RETIRED from UPS the first week of Jan.  It has been so nice for him to be available in the evenings.  We couldn't be happier for him and for my parents to figure out how to live together again after 10 years of being on different work shifts.  

Amy is engaged to Mike and planning an early May wedding!

Monica is engaged to Rod and planning a mid October wedding! 

(Mark and I are so sad to travel to Manhattan for a long weekend) :)

Now for the not so fun stuff.  And REQUEST for MANY prayers.

I am once again taking a Masters class.  The Deafblind program from Utah State opened up another online class and it is a 4 credit class.  Which happens to be the exact amount of credits I need to move over on the pay scale.  (I know I've said it 5 times now, but this WILL be my last class for a long time)  The timing was perfect.  I needed 4 hours and I 'll be done before baby comes.  

This past week my Mima Ginia was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer.  She is 84 and has never had a surgery or been hospitalized (other than having her 5 children).  

We are awaiting results and a plan of action (surgery or chemo, etc) tomorrow a.m. 

Please keep her in your prayers that she may have strength and peace during this most difficult time.  

I have it on my own personal wish list to get going on this blog again.  

Thanks for prayers.  

Ryland Reece's Birthday Party

We had a construction theme or 'trucks' really for Rylands party.  

We had a GREAT time and can't believe how amazing he is. The kid is ALWAYS smiling.  Strangers will constantly comment on how happy he is and ask if he smiles like that all the time and we are BLESSED to be able to say YES!!!  

He LOVES LOVES LOVES babies

 Opening presents with daddy

He got PEANUT BUTTER 

Rylands birthday!!!

Jim and Phyllis could not make it to Rylands birthday party so they came over on his birthday and celebrated.

Sept 15 misc

Fun at Menards - the past year with the house build the kids have spent a LOT of time at Menards.  Good thing they like it there.

Ryland chilling and watching for Daddy at the Royals game on his brothers weekend.

And we saw him!!!  Uncle Jeremy has the white t-shirt on and Daddy has the blue shirt with his arm in the air right by Uncle Greg in the light blue shirt.  Matt and Michael were not sitting at this point.  

Sunday Dance Party