Friday, May 20, 2011

April - May

So these pictures are of things from April - May. April bringing Taylor's 6th Birthday! Hard to believe she is 6!! Tim and I went to Spring Celebration (aka.. PROM) in Des Moines. Phil Vassar was our entertainment! He put on a pretty good show! We had a great night....however gambled some $ away at the casino after the Celebration had ended! Oh well, can't win 'em all! Easter arrived too. We ended up going to Gma & Papa Cernin's on the Saturday before Easter, then to Gma and Papa Stevens' house on Easter Sunday. At both houses, the kids enjoyed egg hunts! Tim escorted 2 WWII Vets on the April Honor Flight to Washington D.C. on April 26th. It was a 1 day trip, but they got to see the WWII Memorial site and many other DC memorials. Tim really had a great time.
May~ Taylor had her 1st School program...which was absolutely DARLING!!!!!! The teacher(s) put alot of effort into that program and it was fantastic!!! Tim was in Dallas, TX for a FMI Conference the week of the 9th. The last night there, they got to tour Dallas Stadium and met 2 of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. Needless to say, he brought an autographed picture of all the Cheerleaders that was signed, 'Love to Colin!' Tim is hoping he appreciates it later on!!! Ha! The weekend of May 14th brought us down to the Lake!! Tim was invited to play in the Hy-Vee Adopt a Platoon Golf Tournament. It was so nice to see our Osage Beach family and friends again!! We took the kids to Miner Mike's and Pirates Cove. I even won us a free round, next time we are there!!! (Got a hole in one on the mystery hole!!!) It was a little cold and windy, but none the less, we enjoyed it.!
So, in a nutshell, that's what we've been up to!!!



After Taylor's program everyone got to go to their child's room, where the kids had made 'Mother's Day' things for the mom's!! It was so sweet!!






Singing with her bear! The whole program was based around "bears". Winnie the Pooh, Jazzy version of Goldilocks and the 3 bears, etc.

Easter 2011



Our first family pic since,....um.....probably fall/winter of 2007....gosh i hope not! Either way, it's been long!!




Taylor's Easter goodies








Colin: "CHALK!!!"






Waiting to come down the hall....





Coloring eggs....












Taylor's BDAY....

The evening ended with Taylor and Peyton playing "just dance 2"!!! What a hoot!!!




Me and my kiddos!!! (yes, for some reason, I never seem to get a pic of tim and the kids...)






Party at The Playstation. She invited all the girls in her class. Jayden, Gavin, and Petyon came up for the fun too!!!



Just a few of the girls...and Peyton!!!


...I take that back...here's a pic of the kids with Tim!! We went to her school to have lunch with her on the day before her bday!!



Keaton was home on leave from the Army...we had a family get together!! We are so proud of him!!



The 'guys' (except Colin) are somewhat 'cut off'...since none of them were cooperating....'birds' were flying everywhere...if you catch my drift????!!!!

Us ladies and the boys...minus Kelton.




Me lookin snazzy for "Prom"!!!





Colin's only smile!!!!












Down at Osage Beach.

Met up with the Krecklow girls and had to get a pic of all of them!!!

Colin, Kennedy, Katie, Calyn, Taylor




Arrrrggghhh, shiver me timbers....we just finished at Pirate's Cove!!




Our little golfer!!



Colin taking a break!




Just had to ride the train at Miner Mike's!!



Taylor's last day of school is May 27th. She will be taking golf lessons again this summer. As well as probably T-ball.

Colin has been going to the neighbor's house while I'm at work. He will go to preschool in the fall. Hard to believe both kids will be in school.

I however, will continue to work during the summer...probably 2 days/week, since Taylor has golf 2 days/week. I've gotten to know all our neighbors and we all enjoy getting together for 'Wine Club'. We have such a wonderful neighborhood and wonderful friends. We are already planning a 'block party' which will be awesome!! We all love being outside, chillin, relaxing, and talking over cold beverages!!! Can't wait for summertime!!!

Tim has been keeping busy with his store. They will start a remodel this summer.

Other than that, not much else....wooohooo! exciting huh???!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow....

Our first snow of the season!!! And since we are back in Iowa, where snow lasts a little longer than it did in MO, we just had to buy a sled!!!!



We don't have that big of a slope in our yard, but this worked well! I pulled the sled, then let them fly!!! A couple times, they'd flip over and Colin did some 'headers' into the snow!! He thought that was the best!






Had to try sledding down the rocks...:)




















My 'snow angel' Colin



My 'snow angel' Taylor





Monday, November 15, 2010

Welcome Fall!

I'm not an amazing photographer, but I try at least! Just reminiscing of fall. The time is here again! On the upside of that, we have a fireplace this year!! (We had one in the condo at the lake, but never got the propane tank filled). I LOVE having a gas fireplace. It's on almost every morning, with me sitting by it, watching the news or shows I've DVR'ed and enjoying my coffee...before I have to get the kids up and at 'em! There is nothing better than having to stay inside on a cold, rainy, and windy day, and sitting around a fire!!!!

The front door is already for Thanksgiving!




Yes, I found a few others from last year that I just love and wanted to share again!
LOVE this of the kids!!









HAPPY FALL TO EVERYONE!!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Trick or Treat....

What a fun Trick or Treat it has been!! I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween!!

Our pumpkins lit the way to the front door!


Yesterday morning, the kids woke up and I gave them their little gifts from us.

Just got them simple things; t-shirts, a color book for Taylor, Buzz Lightyear sunglasses for Colin, and Halloween cups for each of them.




Later in the afternoon, we went over to Gma and Papa C's to eat before heading out to trick or treat.








Ready to head out! The kids were so excited this year! Colin of course is Woody and Taylor is Princess Tiana (from Princess and the Frog)





Knockin at Nick and Erica's house




























We were VERY proud of the kids, as they rang the doorbells, and loudly said, "Trick or Treat". Then we could hear them saying, "Thank you!" They did so awesome! Very proud of them!!




We didn't even make it around are entire neighborhood and the kids were getting tired. We decided to head home, so they could hand out candy. Not sure if they had more fun doing that?!! Either way, I think they had a super fun time! I know I did!! I LOVE Halloween. I even wore my costume...which oddly enough, I don't have a picture of myself in it....I will find one!!



Going thru their 'loot'




So now, the morning after Halloween, all Colin wants to do is eat his candy!!! Anyone want, some milk duds for breakfast??