Happy Birthday Vonda!

Happy Birthday Vonda

Happy Birthday Butter!! We love you much and boy have 8 years flown by quick. I hope 9 is your lucky number. Hopefully next year we will make it to Trish's.

Hello, everyone! Grandma you look beautiful and wonderful in your shoes! Monica, the food over here is not as wonderful as we had in Paris! It is heavy. They have a lot of potato dumplings called knodel, noodles called spatzle, beef marinated in vinegar and wine called saurbraten, and a lot of fried pork chops called schnitzel, not to mention all the sausages! Every state (Germany has 16) has its own sausage as well as every city in each state. And then there is the beer; there are thousands. Crazy! They drink all hours of the day, it is even allowed on some jobs. Hunting is expensive because the animal belongs to the state, so even though they love venison and rabbit, it is as much as 20 euro/$27 in restaurants. Insane. But the breads and cheeses are cheap, and amazing. And yes, I remember playing on those swings. I have a picture of you and I on them at Grandma and Grandpa's when we were about 5. And yes, my girls have tons of hair!! Love to all of you!

Today, Joe and I have been married 11 wonderful years. I wanted to share pictures with you.

I posted a video from our football season so far. It was senior night and it was cooooollllldddd. But the boys had an awesome night of football. They put a wallop on Midland Trail 61 to 13 and that was with the JV team in most of the night. We grilled hamburgers after the game for the guys and cheerleaders and parents and anyone else staying after. Shawn lit the grill and he and Danny started the bon fire in the 4th quarter. The smoke took over the field, it was soooo cool. When the officials came through the line for their burger I asked them if it was considered interference! He just laughed and said no but it did make him turn his head and look! Thanks to Lonnie for letting us borrow his grill and thanks to Shawn for helping me cook them! We managed to cook 200 burgers in a little bit of time plus it kept us warm! We had a bon fire too for marshmallows...it was kind of sad knowing that was their last "home" game. We have one more regular season football game next week with Fayetteville then we are guaranteed one playoff game for sure. 9-0! Looks like our football season will make it til December!

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This is Mommy, her Physical Therapist and Sally with her new shoes.
The Physical Therapist said she was walking sooo well with her shoes
and brace. She was so surprised at how well she did.

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Looks like those little girls are having a ball, and Clara looks almost as big as Emma.

ring around the rosie

 
 
 
 

clara's new dooooo!

 
 

Tomorrow night is senior night and the last home game. Come on out and root
for the cavaliers!

You three ladies are looking pretty snazzy in your fall colors :)

 

 

 

Mommy going to get her new shoe! Get you a pic of her standing soon. After she walked with it at the clinic, she gave "Hank" the biggest smile! He said that was payment enough.

Michelle, I love the pics of the girls, and Joe too lol :p They look so much like you. Makes me reminiss of the days when we would play at Grandma's. They have your head full of hair as well. I seen that you don't get taco's that much over there, what are some of the usual or normal foods that you guys have? I know nothing about Germany. I took 3 years of French in school and I can barely remember the basics from that :( How often do you get to talk to Joe? He looks so small standing amongst the equipment in the desert. I'll be keeping all of you in my prayers. That goes for everyone else on the blog as well!! :)

Janet, I have not talked to mom this evening but I remembered the pictures from last year. Who could forget Christmas in October? lol I don't remember the saying about the black woolly worms but I saw one today in the road and that thought came to mind :p Since Emily has been listening to Christmas music for a couple months now, if she were to come over to your house for Halloween, yal could have a winter wonderland providing there is some kind of white stuff on the ground.

Happy Birthday Teresa and you look good to be older than dirt! Haha 

Monica, Did you talk to mom?  She was just making fun of me this evening when Olivia told her we were putting up our tree next weekend and she didn't believe her.  I think the nurse that was there thought we were off our rocker...atleast she saw the true side of us:)  As a matter of fact, I wouldn't want our trick-or-treaters to be disappointed.  They get in  the holiday spirit when they come to our house.  I hope to get it up next weekend.  A little snow would certainly set the mood.  I know, don't even say that right?  For those of you that have heard that saying about the black fuzzy caterpillar or something like that... our prek teacher found one today that was pitch black and really wooly.  She said that means "WINTER'S COMIN AND GOING TO STAY A WHILE."  Never heard that myself, but I am thinking SNOW DAYS!

I bet I know why grandma was laughing...TERESA!

What an adorable little lamb!  Tell Clara to bring her football gear on Thursday if she is coming to play with Kaiden.

I do agree with Janet, the little ones are growing up!! Janet, you need to post some pics of your kids. That goes for you too Addy, I miss the furry ones lol. Marleigh is taking steps if we hold her hands but still has no balance, so we wait :) As you can see she is going to be a lamb. She will be wearing this to the library next Tuesday, all the kids get to dress up that day. It's a 6-12 month but when we tried it on (to see how big it was) it barely fit length wise! Happy Birthday Teresa :) Rita, I think you could try the story on us (why Grandma is laughing). It might get us to laughing too :P Oh, while I'm thinking about it, Janet are you getting ready to put the Christmas tree up????????

Happy Happy Birthday Teresa, Hope you have a million more.Mommy it is great to see that smile again of yours. Trish what kind of report did you get from your appointment, at the clinic. Sure hope it was a good one , Brooks and Marleigh, sure look pretty in those pictures .

Brooks-isn't he handsome!

 

Happy Birthday day Teresa! If you need anymore friends to go with that food we could probably round up a few;)

Marleigh looks like she is about ready to take off walking...maybe she and Mommy can do it together! HA!!

Mommy, you look so pretty! And it is not the duster! It is the laughter!

Happy Birthday, Teresa. Food and Friends sounds great. Wish I were going.

 

This was taken this morning. I can't tell you what she was laughing at...you wouldn't believe me. But she looks real pretty this morning in her new "duster" that Ruth got her.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Teresa! Rumour has it that she is going to FOOD AND FRIENDS for dinner this evening. Kaiden asked her if she was older than dirt! It was soooo funny.

These babies are growing up so fast!  Keep the pictures coming- love watching Marleigh and everyone else too.  So sweet:)  Love you all! 

Well tonight we had a great family evening :) Marleigh got to play with her first pumpkin. It was nice at first, until she touched the guts. At that point she turned her head and started gagging. Thinking that maybe it was rotten on the inside, Mark and I smelled it and looked at it and it was fine. Apparently pumpkin guts gross her out lol!! I sat her on my lap as Mark finished and it turned out so cute and she seemed to enjoy it after that.

Those pictures of mommy and Marleigh are beautiful, looks like they are making the same face. laughing.

 

 

 

Gotta love that little sad face. Michelle, it sure is good to hear from you. I'm glad Joe is doing Okay. I know you all miss him. My goodness, your girls are growing up. Keep posting the pics.

 

 

 

 

Bobbie and Marleigh visited yesterday and we had a nice time. Marleigh is the best little thing...as long as Grandma is in the room! Mommy enjoyed watching her play in the room.

Everyone is invited revival this week at our church.  Sure to be a blessing.  David Cook is going to be ministering.  I haven't hear him speak, but have heard good things about him:)