Happy New Year!

Wow! I guess this is Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, since my last blog was before Thanksgiving!! It has been a very busy Holiday season as usual!! Thankful for the many blessings that God gives us!
So to all our friends and family, Happy New Year!

Thank a Veteran today!

God Bless America...our home sweet home!

It is Veteran's Day today! I am so grateful for the men and women in uniform who keep us safe everyday and fight for our freedom! Thankful for my mom and dad who are veterans!

13 years later!!

Scott and I celebrated our 13th Anniversary this past Monday!
Wow!! Time flies by!


and three kids later..

and 1000 lbs heavier...lol...

Hoping and Praying for many, many more! :)

Happy 10th Birthday, Kaitlyn!

Kaitlyn is 10 years old today,and she is sick, and home from school!:( Hoping she gets better soon!! :)

The Brooke's Reunion

We went to a family reunion on Scott's side last weekend.
This is his mom's family..

Scott and the kids with his mom, Donna...

Donna with her brother and two sisters. Two sisters were unable to come..

Scott and his cousin, Tommy, playing guitars..

Scott and his cousin, DJ..

Cousins...Wow! Look at those faces!!..

The Best Reunion

We spent Labor Day weekend in West Virginia at my dad's cabin. Some of my mom's family from Ohio and mainly from New York came and we had our first "Best" Reunion.


Playing cornhole..

Riding the four wheeler..

Cousins..

Me, mom, and my neice Nicole..

My mom with her brothers and sisters that came. Two brothers were unable to come..

Kindergarten for Lauren!

Today is Lauren's 2nd day of Kindergarten and actually her first day with her whole class. Last week, they just went a few at a time for their first day! I can't believe that the summer is over and it is school time again! I love the Fall...but I just want a little more summer!!:/

Here are a few pictures of Lauren's first day:

Kaitlyn, Jonathon, Lauren and a neighbor girl walking to the bus stop...

Getting on the bus...

Posing for a picture...

She had a good first day...

When I asked her what she did, she said "nothing". When I looked in her book bag when we got home, I found this poem..8-) Funny..