The new Kia - A post for Grandpa Ron

So as most of you already know, we recently got a new car. A 2008 Kia Optima. We chose this car because of the price, the warranty and the 30 mpg it get's. We brought it home on July 3rd, and certain people have been waiting for the pictures. So here we go, all the gut's and glory of our new Kia!

I told you I'd get around to posting these Ron! :)

The new teenager

Happy Birthday to Andrew! Today he is officially a teenager, he is 13 years old!

He really is as sweet and lovable today as he was the day he was born!!

Happy birthday Andrew, mom and dad are very proud of the young man you are becoming!!

Brett's garden

Here are some pictures of Brett's garden. He has worked very hard on it this year and it is responding great! Here is what it looked like in the beginning.

Everyone had to help to get it going.

The kid's had to have their own row's of vegetable's, even though they don't eat most of them!

And all of the hard work is paying off! Brett's garden is the envy of the neighborhood!!!

Brett and his 14 year old wife

Oops! I mean Brett and his wife of 14 years!

Happy Anniversary to us, and many more to come!

Thank you for loving me like you do, I will never stop loving you!!!

In case you were wondering...

Just in case anyone out there was wondering, neither Brett or myself have had a cigarette in over five month's now! I'm very proud of both of us and thought I'd take a quick second to mention it!

Our New American Idol is...

David Cook is the new American Idol!!! Oh how I love it when someone I like finally wins!!!

Congratulation's on your dream's coming true!!!

It's Brett's Birthday

Happy Birthday Brett!!!

Just wanted to let you know what a wonderful father, husband and friend you are!

I wish you didn't have to work on your day! I just wanted to tell you Happy Birthday for one last time today, and I love you!!!

A Refuge adventure

Sunday was such a beautiful spring day, we decided that we all needed to get outside in the great outdoors. So we headed for one of the many hiking trails available to us at the Sherburne County Wildlife Refuge. We loaded up the puppies and the boy's and we were off to explore!

As I look at this picture, it only now occurs to me that everyone in this household is a male except for me! I don't think that I like that too much! :)

While on our hour and a half hike, the puppies were in heaven, with so many things to smell!

We happened upon a lot of different things in the woods while out, obviously something got to this bird. Or what's left of this bird.

We also stumbled onto this skull, not quite sure what it is...

There was also a smaller version that Andrew had to bring home much to Brett's delight!

We also had our own Crocodile Hunter adventure, obviously not with crocks, but we did stumble upon quite a few snakes which of course all my guy's had to chase after!

Aside from all of the wildlife we saw, they were quite a few obstacles in our path that we all had to climb up and over our maneuver under.
It was really fun to see the puppies exploring, as well as Brett and the Boy's!

At the end of our adventure, we had two pooped puppies!
We came home and the kid's played some baseball with the neighbors...
Mom and dad enjoyed the fire...

And we finished the evening with one of our beautiful country sunsets!

I am so happy that Spring is here!!!

Pneumonia update

So here is another pneumonia update on Brandon. It is a little late, but we usually are right? :)

Last Tuesday Brett felt that Brandon was ready to go back to school. With both of the boy's being home from school the previous Friday for a snow day, and then all weekend long, plus Monday, Dad was more than ready to have his house back alone during the weekdays. So, with Andrew already off to school, Brandon and I started getting ready, him for school, me for work.


With Brandon dressed and waiting for the bus, I watched how winded and out of breath he was just from walking from the living room to the bathroom. As a mother, I was not ready to let my child go to school and have to worry all day long weather or not he was breathing OK. I tried to wake Brett as he had just got home from work at 6:30 am that morning, and he was already deep in sleep, not waking for the three times I tried. So I made the executive decision that Brandon had to stay home again and go to the doctor.


When we got to the doctor, which was not the same one he had seen on Friday as she was off for the day, she was really kind of panicked at how bad Brandon still sounded. In fact, she was wondering if he was worse than on Friday. I told her that he was definitely not worse, but still not as good as I felt he should be after finishing his antibiotics and his steroids. ( The kind to reduce inflammation, not the kind that wrestlers use to bulk up )


To make a long story short, ( a little late for that now I know, bare with me ) she put pulled Brandon out of school for the rest of the week out of gym and recess when he does return to school the next week, and she put him on more antibiotics and more steroids and more asthma medication's that he had not had to take in over a year. He has to be rechecked again on Wednesday the 23rd.


Andrew in the meantime, not to be left out or outdone developed an icky sty in his eye...

I love my sick children!!!

More with the sickness

So now it's just a short time after I finished the last blog update and I've suddenly got another sick child. Andrew out of nowhere, now has a 101.2 temperature! Thankfully, he has no problems breathing, just achy and cold and hot. I certainly should not be surprised, this is the way that it usually happens at our house, no one can be sick all by themselves! I like to share with my family, but come on!!!