The Boyz

Just real quick, here is a picture of Randy and 2 of his 4 kids. So there is Ryan on the left and then Jeff is on the right. They are the oldest 2. They are great guys! It's always fun to have them around!

Farm Day!

On Saturday the kids and I went to a farm off of Geneva road that was open to public from 11-2. It was a little farm compare to what I grew up with but it was cute and had all the stuff for a farm. The kids especially liked the goats. I think they wouldn't mind having their own pet goat! Caitlin absolutely loved that she could feed the baby goats with a bottle!

Doggy Hollywood???

So the kids were bored this spring break and decided that Amber needed to get all jazzed up. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more...the dog or the kids! She was a good little sport about it though!

Surgery #3

Yesterday Caitlin had her surgery number 3 on her fingers. I think we are on the tail end of the surgery thing. Hopefully! The Dr. replaced some of the old skin graft with new from her right groin area. The Dr. said that we could've waited on the surgery, but I thought what the heck, let's do it now. I wanted to get it done before she had to start kindergarten. With it being her right hand and all, I didn't want to stress her out by having to use the left hand for writing. For those who don't know, when she was 10 months old, she had an accident with the treadmill. I was using it but then had to go upstairs for something. I shut it off but didn't take the key out. Caidin, who was 2 at the time, turned it on and was playing on it. Caitlin crawled up to it and tried to get on it but got her hand caught in the roller where it goes down and around again. I heard her screaming cries but didn't react fast enough to save her hand from the horrible burn. It looked horrible. I thought that maybe she wouldn't have any fingers or maybe no use in her 2 fingers. I was amazed that with her whole hand being under the treadmill roller, that her it didn't get the severe burn. Only the 2 middle fingers. I know the Lord was looking out for her! So, after many days of therapy, surgeries with pins in the fingers, lots of tears, pain, and heart ache, I think we are on the last road of healing. I can't even imagine the pain that people go through with burns all over their bodies! These are just 2 little fingers and they cause a lot of pain and tons of therapy! So one advice for everyone with treadmills........always, always, always.....did I say ALWAYS?....Well, always take the key OUT of the treadmill and put it way up high. Stash it away! Stick it in your bra, I don't care! Keep it away from the treadmill if you are not on it! I've heard worse stories than mine about those treadmills. So that's my lecture on treadmills. So back to Caitlin, she is recovering great. She hates the pain medicine cuz it taste so nasty. She refuses to take it on a regular basis. She only takes it when she is in complete pain and can't handle it any longer. She goes to the Dr. on monday to get her hand rewrapped. So I will get a upclose, gross picture of her fingers. So beware! She's doing great! Thanks for all the prayers!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!!

17 great things about Elizabeth!

1. She was my very first neice!

2. She has a great sense of humor!

3. She was a very cute baby and grew up to be a very beautiful young lady!

4. She loved tea party's at my house when she was 3 or 4. Before we had our "tea" I told her to say "cheers" and click our little teacups together. She loved doing that so much, she then asked if we could say "tables" next! (She thought we said "chairs")

5. She was a great little helper to me with my little babies.

6. She has a beautiful smile and nice, great teeth! Thanks to her mom!

7. She's full of life!

8. She's got beautiful hair with cute freckles!

9. She's smart

10. She's got a contagious laugh that brightens the room

11. When she was a baby, she would get hurt feelings one moment with a pouty little lip and then smiling the next moment. Too cute! (I think I have a picture of it somewhere)

12. She got baptized and she was so beautiful all dressed in white. She was on cloud nine the whole day!

13. She's very hugable

14. She's got the best momma in the world that loves her so much and would do anything for her!

15. She's got 1 cute brother and 2 adorable little sisters!

16. I remember at age 3 or 4, she was the most organized little person I have ever met. She would remind ME where things were at so I would put them in the proper place!

17. She's just an overall a very cute girl!

Elizabeth, I love you and I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I hope to see you this summer!

Me back in the days

Yes, that is me in the undies.....I don't think I ever wore that much clothes....saved on the laundry!

South Dakota

Yeah! We got the vacation guide info on South Dakota! I am so excited about it! It actually made me a little homesick for the good ole days of South Dakota! This trip, I want my kids to really enjoy it! I want to show them the things I did, which tree I attempted to climb, the gophers I would drown out, the pasture I would walk, the stock dam I would swim in, the school I went to, the church I went to, and so on! There is so much to do there and I am so excited about it!

Finally Jumped on the bandwagon!

So here I am. I did it! I am blogging! Hmmmm.....now what do I say? The reason why I didn't blog is because I really don't know if I know how to put picutres on this thing. But I guess I will figure it out sooner or later! Hopefully sooner! So this blog will be short and sweet. I will fix up the site better with pictures and stuff but this is what I have for starters.