Mike's Birthday

Mike's birthday was Friday. He was helping pick high moisture corn, but it started raining, so he got home around 8:00. I made a cake, and we gave him his present.

The kids were crafting that morning.

I think Collin and Kendra were much more excited than Mike about his birthday. Collin asked all day (Is it Daddy's birthday yet?)

A new mp3 to listen to the audio Bible.

Some new shirt.

Our Week

Here are just a few pictures from our week.

Collin and I got to visit Aaden for a little bit. So sweet!

Kendra helped me clean house.

Collin begged to spend the night at Grandma's house. I said yes, and here he is all ready to go. The only problem is he changed his mind when it came bedtime!

Piano Practice

Kendra started piano lessons this year. She is excited to learn how to play. I took this video of her practicing tonight.

Visiting Baby Aaden

We went to see Renee, Marty and family in the hospital this evening. It was so much fun to get to meet Aaden. He is such a cutie, and we loved getting to hold him!

Grandma with Aaden

Collin liked his soft hair.

Kendra and Maycee held him together.

Kendra didn't want to leave. She loves her newest cousin!

10 Years

Mike has worked for the State of Nebraska for 10 years as of last March. They have an awards ceremony for State employees each year for those that have been there for 10 years, 25 years, etc. They paid his milage to go to North Platte and receive it, so Collin and I rode along.
On the road bright and early...all smiles!

I tried to take a picture of Mike at the ceremony, but it was too dark. Here is the mug he received, with a piece of paper in it so you can see what it says!

Then, we went out to eat at Ruby Tuesday. Collin enjoyed his lunch....okay, maybe he enjoyed his french fries. :)

Mike got his favorite drink there....handcrafted peach tea.

Then, we went shopping. Collin decided to ride the cart this way.

Of course, we had to go to Menard's....Collin loves to play there.

"Mom, come ring the doorbell!"

It was such a fun day. Thank you, Mike, for including us. We are proud of you!

Fun at Grandma's & fun at home

It's been a long time since I posted anything on here, and I guess it's mostly because I haven't really taken any pictures. So, here a few taken recently.

We went to Grandma's house for Renee's birthday and had a yummy supper and ice cream cake. Maycee and Kendra had lots of fun playing "wedding".

Collin and Ashton had lots of fun with the trucks, tractors, etc.

Kendra was playing school the other evening. She got a Charlie Brown dictionary from school, so we had to figure out how a dictionary works.

Collin plays with his Thomas train set a lot. My favorite part is how he dumps the whole thing in the middle of the living room floor!

Porch Project

Mike and I painted our porch this week. It looks so much nicer now that the colors match the house. While we were working on it, Kendra decided to pull weeds...what a nice surprise! That day Collin had his play tools and was "fixing" the house.

Yesterday I painted the cement, and Collin wanted to help. So, he got craft paint and freezer paper. Here is his painting.

Before....getting ready to paint the iron.



With the iron painted.

All done!