Kristyn's First Day of School...

Today was Kristyn's very first day of school. She has been SO excited and counting the days for quite a while now. When I got her up this morning, I asked her what she was most looking forward to about school and she said, "Recess." She started asking if it was time to go at least 30 minutes before it was time to leave and she asked every couple of minutes. "Is it time, yet?"........



Off to school!
Daddy came up and met us half way. :)
Anxious to start learning!
She said she had a good day, but she was disappointed that she didn't learn to read, yet! :)

What's Been Going On......

We've been keeping busy with our "new" life and thoroughly enjoying it. Jeren now weighs 10lbs 6oz. We have all been soaking up his sweetness. They grow so fast! He has started looking at faces and smiling. He looks just like Owen when he smiles. Owen still calls him his little buddy. He says, "Daddy's my big buddy and Jeren's my little buddy." :)

We have been blessed with tomatoes this year. This picture only shows some of them.
Me and my wonderful helper! Keith was a HUGE help with them, too. So far we have canned 36 quarts and 8 pints of tomatoes....we've already tried some out and it's delicious! Elise got to enjoy the recliner during all this process, because she had to have all of her wisdom teeth taken out....ouch!
Some of the finished product!
We have also been blessed with corn! Keith and Elise got to pick....and get all the chiggers. :)

So far we've done 40 quarts with more still to do. We went in with another family, so we split the labor and the results. :)
A favorite for our family!
We caught SO many fish and the kids loved it. We had to throw all of them back, because they were too small, but the kids still thought it was great.


We are so blessed!

Better Late Than Never...

9 years ago today, (with 2 minutes to spare) I married my wonderful husband!! Life has been great with Keith by my side. I wouldn't want to travel this road with any other and I'm so blessed to be his wife!!! I love you, Keith!!

Here's a few pictures of our little cherubs. :)
Jeren's first bath...no, I was not choking him. :) Look at his beautiful hair!
Megan picking tomatoes. You can't really see the little cup in her hand to put the tomatoes in. :)
Looks like Owen's got it made. :)

Last, but not least, Happy Birthday, Mom!!!!!

Thank you to a VERY special lady....

This beautiful lady is my MOTHER!

I don't even know where to start on how to describe what a wonderful person she is. I couldn't have asked for a better mother. She came up the day Jeren was born and stayed with the big kids, then went home a few days after I got home from the hospital and then came back a week later when Keith needed to be gone (except at night) for the week for school training. She has been here this week staying with us and we've had a great time. We've gone shopping, picture taking - couldn't have done it without her - living room re-arranging, clothes hunting, (she managed to get up here without any clothes, except what she was wearing) and just had a wonderful time in general.

Thank you, Mom, for all did and for coming and staying with us! We enjoyed it very much!!! We love you!!!


On another note, I saw these beauties the other day, so I thought I'd share.


Have a great weekend!!

Pictures...

We headed out to the farm the other day and took some pictures. Hope you enjoy them.









Little Miss "I don't want my picture taken."

Big Footsteps To Follow...

Jeren is blessed to have these three wonderful men in his life that he is named after.

My dad, Jerry!
My brother, Jeremy! Jeren has big hands like Uncle Jeremy.
And Keith's brother, Kyle!

We got to go down this weekend for Keith's grandpa's wedding and that side of the family got to meet Jeren. We also got to see Jeremy and Trelanie and let them meet Jeren. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family.
Little Miss Rachel got a new cousin on her birthday. As you can plainly see, she is not proud of that fact at all. ;) (Haha)
The whole family.

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