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..

Welcome Kayla and Kyle!

My dear friend, Heidi, had her twins on Saturday 7/11/09. She had pre-eclampsia and had a seizure at home and one on the way to the hospital before having an emergency c-section! So thankful to God that Heidi and both babies are doing well!
"Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; GOD never blinks"!!


So cute!!

Happy Father's Day!

Lauren's Graduation!

Lauren graduated from All Star Kids Pre-school today!!
So proud!..

She got a book with a $5 Walmart Gift Card


Lauren's class

Lauren's Teachers

Lauren's 5th birthday!

My baby, Lauren, turned 5 years old yesterday! Wow!! It's amazing how time flies by!

Good news..

Last month I had posted about my brother, Davey having prostate cancer surgery. He got the report back today and all 15 lymph nodes were negative. The cancer was contained to the prostate!! THANK GOD!

In honor of our mothers..

My mother..She is the greatest!

And for Scott....He has a great mom too!!

It's May already!

Jon with his new puppy from Grandma and Grandpa Heskett's dog, Nellie. As Scott says, "I don't know what we are going to do when he turns into a dog!"...LOL :)...take him back to Grandma and Grandpa!!!..LOL ;)


We went to a birthday party for great nephew, Ryker on Sunday.
1 year old!


Last Saturday went to a baby shower for friend Heidi. She is having twins. A boy and a girl. Due in August..this belly will be getting a lot bigger, I would say! LOL :)


Jon with his birthday cake!


Velma's dad was in the U.S. from Papua New Guinea..she brought him to church and we went to McDonalds with them after church.





These were taken at IHC..Lauren with her cousins, Candi and Sarah.

Happy Birthday to Jonathon Scott....8 years old today!!

Here he is in his Easter outfit. He hates dressing up!

Jon playing basketball. Poor thing has a little net in the neighbor's tree. We are going to remedy that problem for his birthday and get him a little better basketball hoop. :)


Happy Birthday, Jonathon!!!

Enjoying the warm days!!

I think everyone has been enjoying the beautiful weather we had over last weekend!! I had to work but took advantage of it when I got out of work!! It is supposed to rain today but hasn't started yet! Almost summertime!!

We went for a drive down to Atwood Lake yesterday after work/school for Scott and the kids.



Scott and his family used to live down in that area when he was around 9 years of age. It is amazing all the things he remembered and the stories he shared with us!!:) LOL!
This picture is taken from a golf course that was practically in their backyard. It is still there and I took a picture of the back part of the land where their house used to be..

This is where their house sat. And I guess they lived in houses on both sides of the road, right across the street from each other. Both houses are gone now..

A pond on the golf course where they used to fish...

This is just a view from the top of the golf course. It was a beautiful view..the camera didn't capture it as well as we saw it...

This is one of the kids favorite places to go in the summer!! It was still so nice after I got off work on Friday night and we took the kids to get ice cream!!