It's been awhile!

Audrie tested in Taekwondo last week. Thank goodness she passed and received her camouflage belt. She can now spar with her classmates. I am so proud!

Here are a few videos of Jake that I took yesterday. I know my voice sounds really stupid, so don't remind me.

Halloween!

For Halloween 2008, the kids and I went down to my sister's in Goddard since Daddy was hunting elk in Colorado! We had a great time trick-or-treating. Ayden and Audrie got a lot of candy. Jake even got out of the wagon a few times to go get some candy. In case you can't tell, Jake is a monkey, Audrie is a 'monster girl' and Ayden is Thomas the Train.

Shooting Guns/Jake's Kinesio Tape

Jake is wearing Kinesio Tape that will provide a gentle pull on his hand/fingers/arm to help train it so he doesn't fist his hand as often. It seems to be working. I've also noticed that it provides extra support while he is doing everyday things. It's a pain to put on and take off, but I think our Bubs will survive! We've designated one thing that he can only do with his right hand, and that is pushing the garage door buttons. Today, I put his finger on the button and he pushed it twice!! I was very excited!

Mark and I did some target practicing this last week. We both did fairly well. My biggest thing is that I forget how each gun operates. I'm sure I'll remember them all some day!

Happy Birthday to me! Today i am 27!!

Granny Mae's Pumpkin Patch!

This weekend, my sister Jinny and her son Ayden came and visited us. We went to the pumpkin patch. Everyone enjoyed riding on the little train, especially Jake and Ayden. Audrie had fun picking out candy and pumpkins. The lady who operates Granny Mae's, Tonya, carved her name in a pumpkin and gave it to us. Audrie was excited to ride the gator out into one of the fields to get her pumpkin. Tonya is so thoughtful!

Colorado!

On the last week of September, we rented a cabin in Colorado. Our friends Todd and Andrea Dinkel came along also. We had a great time exploring the land with our fourwheelers and enjoyed the cool weather. It even rained slush on us for a bit. Everyone had fun panning for fools gold. Audrie, Andrea, and I had to cross a creek in our jeans and shoes. That's why i took a picture of mine and Audrie's wet shoes. Jake didn't really do much but play with his toys. He got on the four wheelers for a little bit with Daddy and loved that!

I took a picture of my arm to show the bruises I have from playing volleyball last night. I'm glad we won our games. It's nice being on a winning team this year. My body is so sore though!

Audrie's Birthday!!

Last week, Audrie turned 9 years old! She is growing up so fast! We went down to Wichita to see Uncle Scott, Aunt Ninny, and Cousin Ayden. As part of Audrie's bday present, Uncle Scott took Audrie to High School Musical on Ice. She enjoyed it so much. We got her a cake from Coldstone. It was $37!!!! The cake was good, but not worth that much. On Friday night, we rode go carts at All Star Sports. Daddy Mo, Uncle Scott, Uncle Jon, Aunt Amanda, Weston, Aiden all enjoyed riding and bumping into each other. One time, Audrie ran out of gas and they had to push her off the track. It was a great time. For Audrie's bday present from us, she got a mountain bike. She likes to ride it without holding onto the handles. She thinks she's the cats meow.

Jake is still scooting all over the house. He says 'ball' and 'bye-bye' now. Jake enjoys getting into everything. He likes putting his fingers in the outlets and babbling to the Murphy's Oil bottle. Daddy needs to screw in the safety latches on the cabinets. I have put in those plastic plug in things so he won't get electrocuted. We also need to buy gates, but since our stairs are so wide they are going to be like 80 bucks a piece! Kids are not cheap!

Audrie's Testing at Taekwondo

Last night, Audrie tested in Taekwondo to move up to her yellow belt. She did very well and I'm sure she passed!