Catchin' Up....

Ok, so instead of trying to catch up in a lot of little blogs I'm going to do one big one. So here we go....

What's happened in the last 7 1/2 months.....

Danielle turned 2 on January 22nd. We had a Dancing Diva birthday party.

Lots of Pink Frosting!

Grant and I finally gave in to God's call and started a life group. We are called "Family Matters" and have been getting together every other Friday night for fellowship and just started a Sunday morning class.

Grant's birthday was April 7 and he turned the big 35 this year!

The biggest news this year was Brigee GRADUATED! Yay! She starts at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Ia in August. She will be studying to be a Radiology Tech.  

Ella Ann had her 1st birthday June 30, so of course we had a "Princess Party"!

Mama got a promotion and started a new position at work as Financial Coordinator for Radiation Oncology.

We went on a week long vacation in July. It was supposed to be in Dauphin Island, AL, but due to the oil spill, we went to Osage Beach, MO. We didn't actually see a beach there, but had tons of fun on the lake!

While at the Lake of the Ozarks, we celebrated our 6th Anniversiary, my 37th birthday,

and Brigee's 18th Birthday!!!!

and you'll never guess how Brigee and Katelin celbrated....

Yep, that's them "up in air" as Dani likes to tell us :)

So, that takes us up to the end of July. Of course, that's only the big highlights.

Since August has started...

I have been in EPIC training. Our hospital is converting to an Electronic Medical Record and that means lots and lots and lots of classes!  It will be awesome when it "Goes Live"!

Danielle and Ella have both moved up into different classes at daycare. (Ella moved 6 mths early. The child cannot be still for more than 2 seconds! )

Brigette is very excited about starting college in a couple weeks. She is so ready to be on her own. I think she has a bit of my independent streak :). We will get to go see her new dorm next month.

Grant and I will be teaching Timothy Team again this year on Wednesday nights. And then on Sunday mornings Grant will be teaching the same lesson in our Life Group/Sunday School.

We are studying Genesis and he has been reading the whole book!  God is getting ready to do mighty things through him, I can just feel it!

Our Life Group started hosting an evening Food Pantry at our church. We will be there the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month and are very excited about getting to serve our community together!

So, I do beleive I have caught up on this blog. I promise the following posts will most definitely not be this long!  Hope you continue to follow us as we try to live the "Simply" wonderful life God has planned for us!

New schedule

Mama went back to work full time. The early morning schedule (4-8am) was too much. We have been blessed to find open spots at Elite Kids Academy, so I'm going back to full time. It's been an amazing experience these past few months. I was able to stay home with my girls during the day, but also find out what a wonderful employer I have.

Not so good at resolutions.....

OMGoodness! It's been 6 months since I posted? Ok, so I totally failed at my New Year's resolution! Honestly, I wasn't being realistic when I made it, so now there's no promises, just "If I can scrape out the time during my day I will post".
There's been so much that has happened I don't even know where to begin catching up...Oh well, I'll try :)!

New Year's Resolution

Ok, my new year's resolution is to write on this blog each and every day, no matter what happens! I hope that my followers will keep me to that and I am giving myself until January 1 to preprare myself! :) See ya in the new year!

A house divided

by college football that is! I am a diehard Oklahoma Sooner fan and of course my husband is a diehard Arkansas Razorback fan. We decided when I was pregnant that we would not buy the "baby" anything for either side until "they" were old enough to decide which one "they" liked. Well, Aunt Carrie got Dani an Arkansas cheer outfit for her 1st birthday, so when I found an OU cheer outfit I had to buy it! I told Grant I was just making it even :). So you can see that she is representing both teams in these pics, but you will notice that OU is first!

Starting a new way of life

On Sept. 21 I started my new part-time hours at the office. I will be working 4-8 am, yes, that's 4 am - 8 am! It's amazing how much work you can accomplish when there is no-one else around! I do believe this is going to work out, at work anyway, let's see how the homefront fares :)

Last day of daycare (09-18-09)

Today is a day of mixed emotions. We are excited that I am going to be able to stay home with the girls, but at the same time sad that we are saying goodbye to these wonderful people who have taken care of and loved our girls. We are going to miss seeing them and pray for blessings in their lives. They have been a blessing to ours!

Miss Angel and Miss Judy

Infant 2 room

Dani was in their room from about 7 months to 15 months

Ms. Wanda Infant 2 room with Dani

Ms. Marcela baby room with Ella

Ms. Sonya was in the Waddler room and Infant 2 room with Dani

Ms. Frances works in the baby room and had both Dani and then Ella.