Halloween

Here are some pictures from Halloween. The kids had SO much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cutest Spiderman and Cutest puppy ever

Isn't this the cutest puppy ever?

Misc

Here is a picture from Gabby's actual birthday

There is a 13 year old in my house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gabby had her big "13" party yesterday. Here are a few pictures!!!!

Chandler is doing better. He has stones in his gallbladder. Will have to watch him even more closely.

Life!!!!!!!!!!!

Life is pretty good at the moment. Since my last post Russell has turned 33, we had our 8 year anniversary and our daughter will 13 in 1 week.

Gabby is getting ready for her birthday party on Saturday. We are going bowling and then 3 friends are sleeping over. She is doing very well in school. She is going to be in a play in January. The play is "THE MUSIC MAN". We are all very excited.

Chandler is having some problems with his spleen right now. His H&H is very low. 7.3. WOW!!!!! I am waiting on a call from the Doctor to see what they want to do. If they transfuse him most likely he will be getting his spleen removed very soon. He is loving school. He is very tried though (might be linked to the spleen issues).

Andrew is doing great!!!! He loves school. They say he is catching on very well. He is already wanting to write his name. He is such a little smartie.

Russell and I are doing well. We are going to go to Arkansas for Christmas and then next summer a week or so in Wyoming.

Andy is 3

This picture is of the pinata at the party.

Here are pictures from Andy's birthday party. He had a great day. Auntie Stacy made the "Kung Fu Panda" cake.

DEER AND ANDY

Here are a few pictures of Russell with his 6 point deer he got last night with the bow. The pictures of Andy are from his STAR day at school. In one picture he is leading the prayer just before snack. What a big boy he is getting to be. He will be 3 on Sunday.

Updates again

It has been a while since I updated. All is well here in Green Bay. Except for the weekly trip to the vet with one of our 5 dogs we are great!!!!

I am babysitting 2 little boys every weekend. Starting the 8th of Oct. I will start watching a 5 week old. I am so excited to have a baby in the house that I can give back at the end of the day. I am taking a ceramics class on Tuesday mornings while Andy is at school. So all in all I am great.

Russell is doing great at work. He loves being the head of his dept. there. He will finish school in December. We are planning a huge party. Then we will head to Arkansas for Christmas.

Gabby is doing great too. She got braces last week. They are still bothering her a little bit. But will get better. We have some pre-teen issues sometimes.

Chandler is still getting used to the idea of going to school daily.

Andy is ANdy a little PILL. No really he is great. I am so glad I have this time alone with him. He is really a funny little boy.

Alone

Today was Andrew's first day of preschool. He LOVED it!!!! When I dropped him off in his class room he looked at me and said "BYE"!!!! I had a great 2 1/2 hours to myself. Did a little shopping and went to visit with my neighbor. Still haven't got a real good picutre of Gabby. Will try again tonight.

Updates

Here are a few updates:

Gabby-She started 7th grade on the 2nd. WOW!!!! She loves school. She is also in VolleyBall. We have to pick her up from school everyday from now until the end of October.

Chandler-He started Kindergarten today. I was so crying and balling. He got on the bus and didn't even look back. He is getting so bick. Pictures are posted.

Andy-He is now the "MAN" of the house. He is my little helper. He really wants to go to school too now that he is a big boy.

Russell and I are doing fine. I am applying this week for the Medical assistant program at the local Tech school. Russell and Chandler put a new roof on the chicken house on Monday. Pictures included.

Will add new Gabby pictures tomorrow.

ROOM

Do you ever feel like you just need some ROOM to breathe? I do right now. I have 7 kids at my house right now. I just want to be on a beach in Mexico.

Fishing

Here is the catch of the day.

Andy is happy that he gets to go fishing with daddy and Chandler. He is a big boy now. He is all potty trained. YEAH!!! He has been for a few weeks. No more diapers. "Diapers are for babies mama."

Also added one of the pool all set up. It is so much fun. Well worth the $100.00 price tag.

Updates

Here are a few updates.

-Chandler went to VBS this past week. He said he had a great time, but wouldn't sing or dance at the performance today.

-Andy is getting bigger every day. I can't believe how smart that boy is. He is already counting to 5.

-Gabby is 12 going on 23. She is all set to start Middle School this year. Oh yeah!!! What fun that will be.

We went to Bay Beach the other night with our 4-H group. Here are a few pictures that took of the kids. I am getting pretty good at doing our own pictures. I really enjoy taking the pictures of the kids.

NEW BABIES

Here are a few pictures of all our dogs. The top 2 pictures are in order Daisey, Chloe, Chilli, Willi.

The bottom picture is of Russell holding his NEW BABY SISTER!!!!!

Wiggles

I just got a phone call telling me that I won tickets to the Wiggles LIVE on Aug. 8th. We only have 2 tickets right now, but the lady bringing them over said she may have an extra. So Chandler and I will go for sure and maybe Andy. YEAH!!!!!!!! WE LOVE THE WIGGLES!!!!!!

POOL

Here are a few pictures of where our new 20 foot pool is going to go. We are going to level the ground tomorrow and put sand down on Thursday and start putting it up. YEAH!!! The kids are so excited. I am excited about the fact that we won't have to take it down every year. Next year we are hoping to put up a deck around it.