Macy's Baptism Day!

Macy turned eight and was baptized this past Saturday. It was a beautiful day and Macy was so excited. I am so proud of her and she is such a good example for her younger brother and sister. We had a great big family party afterward to celebrate. She has such a sweet spirit and she will grow to be a beautiful you lady and I am proud to be her mom. We love you Macy!

Happy Birthday Cami!

Our baby turned 2 on February 1st. Bring on the terrible twos' and potty training! Yeah!

She already thinks she's the boss, so not much will change is the dynamics of our home with having a (now) two year old.

Before we gave her the spoon. I guess we weren't fast enough.

"Finally a shovel!"

She really liked the present part. She had a great day for a two year old.

Happy Birthday

We have had birthdays galore at our house. First was Mr. B's then came Easton's then Mom Conklin was visiting from PA for Christmas and we got to celebrate with her and then came Macy's. We had four birthday cakes in one month. I am seriously looking forward to warmer weather to start running outside again. (Although my die hard friend Kariesa has gotten me out, but only about 2-3 times a week and most of the time it is only 2.) We didn't go this week yet because it is only about 4 degrees outside and I don't want my face to freeze and fall off :-) We have one more birthday to go Little Miss Camden turns two on February 1st. I will try to get better about keeping up on my blogging (ok Angie Love Ya).

Remembering Our Mom

It has been a long time since our last post. Our family had a huge loss, as some of you already know. On November 7th Brandon's mom Yvonne passed away from cancer. We found out 2 and 1/2 years ago she had a form of lung cancer. She suffered a long time and she was a trooper through it all. Although, we knew her cancer was terminal (stage four) it was the hardest day as we stood around her hospital bed and the doctors turned off the machines that had supported her life for the previous two days. Brandon's dad and all her boys and wives were at her bedside. It was very emotional and too surreal. We miss her so much. Everyday it feels like we relive that moment and it again becomes reality that she has passed. She use to call me in the mornings, if the phone rang before 8:00 am I knew it was her. I use to get frustrated when the phone calls would wake me up, now I lie awake some mornings wishing my phone would ring and all that had happened was just a dream. Life has certainly been different for our family and especially for Brandon's dad. But, we hold tight to our beliefs. We know she is working hard on the other side and we will again be together as a family and live together forever. Until then we hold tight to all the memories we shared with her. You can check out a video done in memory of her at woodfuneralhome.com, go to the obituaries and scroll down to her name and click on it. Again we appreciated every ones words of support and we are grateful for having such a great circle of family and friends. Thank you all.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween came fast for us since we were gone the week before. But, the kids had their costumes and they were ready to get some serious candy. Thank goodness I work for a dentist.

Camden was our pumpkin who would not take her picture with the skeleton (Easton). She would cry every time she would get by him with his mask on...it was a fun night.

Easton and Macy. Macy said, "This is the best Halloween ever."

The two cute little fairies in the picture are my sister Kristy's girls (Maddie and Karlie). She made their costumes, they were soo cute!

Pennsylvania Family

Although our trip to Penn was not for fun we did find time to enjoy some time with our family. My cousin Angie (second from the left) had all of us over for lunch. We had a great time.

Grandma (Mom) with my nephew Mason (Is he not the cutest little boy?). About 20 minutes before this picture he fell and the end result was that beautiful purple band aid on his head.


The "Girls" Aunt Cindy, Lindi (sister), Alyssa (niece), Me, Angie, Bethany (Sister-in-law), & Mom)

The "Men" Brandon, Brenen (brother), Larry (brother-in-law), Dave (cousin's husband).

My beautiful niece Alyssa, and my cousin Angie's boy, Zack. He is a fun kid, we went the rounds on the trampoline. His mom is going to send me the hospital bills when he breaks his arm trying to do the front and back flips I showed him on the tramp. Love ya Ang.

We Love Ya Pap

It has been a while since my last posting but, we have been very busy. Brandon and I had to take an emergency trip back to Pennsylvania because my Grandfather passed away. He was a wonderful Grandpa who I always called Pap. We were very close and we loved him very much. Macy and Easton called him Great Pap Pap and talked to him on the phone frequently. When we visited in March Easton got to spend a little more time with him, we had eaten lunch at their home and since Easton always talks about his great pap pap who had the really good baked beans at his house. We were all sad to hear the news but, we know he is in a better place now and is not suffering. I have a lot of wonderful memories of growing up and the time I spent at my grandparents house. My Pap taught me a lot and I admire him for his integrity he had. We love you Pap. We will miss you.