Gol' Dern Blog

Make sure to scroll down to ALL of the new posts. With my new fancy, schmancy computer, something went down and I couldn't post anything! It was driving me crazy because there was a lot of fun stuff to share. I'm so blessed to have my very own tech support who can figure out ANYTHING to do with computers. It just took a while. He's got a big ol' honey-do list that NEVER ends. But this became priority when I started to try to fix it myself.....THANKS TED!!

Memorial Weekend!

We had a great weekend with family and friends
One of the days was spent with Ted's sister Heather and fam, who are moving back from China (yea!) Our kids are thrilled to have their baby cousin, Tyler, back.

Uncle Peter, showing his strength. Please don't try this at home.

Another day was spent at my Dad's. Here are Mindy, Marcy and I enjoying the new bean bag toss yard game. We were REALLY good.

The LAST preschool :(

I cannot believe our youngest is done with preschool, and kindy is only a few short months away. Oh, my heart....here's the last day of preschool
and Anna, with her favorite friends at school, "her dudes"--Eric and Luke (and Grammy behind them). Ted is not particularly pleased that her favs are boys.

I'm not sure where she gets her facial expressions....

Will's soccer tourney

We are having such a great time with Will's soccer team. They went to their first tournament and it was fantastic! They lost in the semi-finals, in double OT. We knew as parents we were out of control with our overly-enthusiastic cheering. As Ted said, it was THE most exciting sporting event he had ever seen. (Can you tell our kid was playing in it?) Here's the team, and families, after the loss. We're already signed up for the Badger State Games. The parents better simmer down...

Awards night at AWANA

For the past few years, the guys have been going to AWANA ("Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed"--2 Timothy 2:15). Towards the end of the year, they worked REALLY hard to finish their books, and here are their awards. Their scripture memorization no less than EXTRAORDINARY. Need a verse? Ask them! We are soooo proud. WAY TO GO GUYS!

Happy Mother's Day!

Here's how we celebrated. Hope all of the mothers in my life--related or not--were celebrated MIGHTILY!! MOMS ROCK!

The one who made me "Mom".....

Fancy Smancy

Ted and I were invited again this year to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation GALA. This is a formal event, and you know how formal we are! But we cleaned up pretty good, and had a great time!

Look how happy Ted is about wearing a suit!

I LOVED my hair. Guess how much it cost me? SEVEN BUCKS! My friend's niece is in Cosmotology at MATC so I went to her. I loved it so much I almost didn't want to take it out at bedtime. I loved it so much I may have her do it again just for fun and I'll go to the grocery store or somethin'. She wanted a picture of it, so here you go, Jess. THANKS!