Change of plans...

I am sad to announce that my Dad is NOT getting married after all. He's put a lot of thought and prayers into it and decided that it wasn't the right thing to do. We're sad and surprised, but he and Jennifer have decided not to get married. It's sad to see Dad going through this rough time, but this too shall pass. Love you Dad, hang in there.

My dad's future wife...since future step-mother sounds so weird. lol

This is Jennifer Haynes of Glenrock, Wyoming. My dad's fiance'. He's the happiest I've seen him in a long time and we're all very excited for him. June 27th can't come soon enough for them. haha! Her hair is a lot shorter since this picture, but this is still her. :) She's a sweetheart of a woman. We're looking forward to having her join our family. YOU GO DAD! :)

Memorial day fun!

We started out our morning at the church for a flag ceremony and breakfast. It was fun. :) Then we headed for Cowley for a visit to the cemetery to see my mom's grave and Theron's mom's grave. The kids got some fun in at the park and school playground before we headed back.
The view of the water tower from the swings at the Cowley town park.
My mom's grave.Theron's mom's grave.

They always gravitate to this one particular tree in the cemetery. Too fun.

Michael in the tree.

Various pics for fun. :)

Michael putting the old VHS's to use. I guess we can't say we hardly ever use them. haha
Benjamin hanging around.

Jacob looking peaceful in sleep. :)

Jacob and Madelynne playing in the yard.

Madelynne's idea of getting "on" on the car so we could leave the park. :)

Another one of Madelynne's little moments of mischief. (and the mouse pad and the mouse...ugh).

Madelynne hamming it up.

Madelynne in Benjamin's cowboy boots striking a pose.

Katrina watching the kids play while Rita chews on some paper in the background.

Benjamin's state project

Benjamin has been working on a his 3rd grade state project for a couple weeks now. I still don't know if he picked Georgia or was assigned it. Yesterday they put them on display in the gym for parents to come see then the entire school walked through. Ben did a presentation with ten facts about the state. He did a great job. It also showed me that he'll be working on his spelling all summer long. Wow! :o)

fun on the deck :)

It's been so beautiful today so the kids and I took advantage of it and hung out on the deck.

Madelynne posing for the camera with Grandpa relaxing in the sun.

Madelynne & Jacob playing. Dad still getting some sun and is now a bean bag chair for Jacob.
Jacob letting Grandpa get some rest for a moment. :)Lunch on the deck. We spread the car rug out then set up the play tent for some shade. Gotta love the pb&j cheeks. Why they eat through the middle of a sandwich escapes me. lol :)

been a while :)

Hey there! It's been forever! It was always at the back of my mind to get on here and blog, blog, blog. We've had a busy past week. A friend and her daughter came out from California to job hunt, do a few interviews and visit some friends. She stayed with us 3 days and they were action packed. We hit the drive-in in Powell on opening night and saw Mall Cop then didn't get home till nearly midnight. Gotta love living in the middle of nowhere. :) There's always a travel time tacked onto everything. The kids loved that one, but froze were all shivering by the time they crawled back into the suburban at the end of the movie. They swore they were fine out in their chairs. Tough guys I guess. haha! I was a major wimp and turned the heater on from time to time to warm up. It was a fun weekend. Ben and Paul came down with croupy coughs and have missed all week. It's been a pain. They have appointments today with the doc so that should help. Maybe some zithromax or something. Who knows. They haven't been in in forever so I can't remember what they had last. The wedding plans are fun to watch happen for Dad. He's pretty funny and reminds me of any young couple waiting to get married. :) He's extremely happy so that's contagious. :) Theron's working like crazy. He's been gone nearly 4 weeks this time around so that's been a bummer. The longer he's gone the less and less I like to do things around the house. Crazy how that works. It's not depression I think it's just the motivation and team effort isn't there and I drag. Crazy. So he'll be home in about a week and a half. We've been exploring new job ideas for him so our fingers are crossed. Ok, this has taken me a couple of hours to get to this point so I'm thinking I'll quit now before it gets erased. There's a couple of pics from when Kortney was in town.