Patrick's Confirmation

Here are some pictures of Patrick's confirmation. We had a good turnout, considering we got 4 inches of new snow.



On other news, I'm fully recovered after having my appendix out. It took a couple of weeks, but I am feeling good now. Hopefully that will be all the surgeries for me for a long time.

January Update

Well, January was not a very good month. Last year I was having pain in my side and had a few CT Scans and found out I have a chronic appendicitis. Well, long story short, I had my appendix removed January 19th. I have been off work for two weeks and go back to work on this Monday, February 2nd. I'm doing good now, but for a week and a half it was rough. But, it's all downhill now.

Not much else happen in January, so there are no pictures to post. It has been very cold here in lower Michigan, I think it ended up being the 5th coldest January in history. We still have a foot of snow on the ground, which is unusual for here. Today it up to 40 degrees, so some of the snow will melt, but it turns cold again tonight.

Well, I'll keep posting as long as there is news.

Christmas and New Year

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year, here are some pictures of us during the holiday.








We went to the UP after Christmas and spend time with my mom and dad and family members.

December Update

I know, it has been a long time since I updated my blog. I said I would have it done before everyone received their Christmas letters, and I missed that date. Oh, well. I'm going to update now.

Since the last post, it has been very busy in the household. Kaitlyn has been very busy with colorguard again this year. Her school made it to the semi-finals this year, so she was very busy with trying to get homework done and practice for that. But, that is over.

In November, we had our family pictures taken, and most of you received them with our Christmas cards. We also got a new vehicle. Our lease was up on the Escape, so we went to our dealer to see what they had. He showed us a 2007 Explorer, Eddie Bauer. It was much more then we wanted on the vehicle, but it had low mileage. We had determined that we were not going to lease again, so we knew we were going to buy a used car. This one only had 10,000 miles on it, so after some thinking, we told him we would take it. We basically paid 1/2 price for this car. The gas mileage won't be very good, but hopefully the gas prices will stay under $2/gallon, and we should be alright.



We have been very happy with the Explore so far.

Halloween fell within the last update, so here is a picture from Halloween.








Also, Patrick had his play during the last update. I missed the play because it was on November 15th, and of course, I was up north hunting. But, I did go to hes rehearsal and here some pictures from then.

That should bring me up to date for now. I should have another post after the holidays.

Update

Well, it's been a while since I updated, but in my defense, I have not been able to get on the computer lately. With homework and everything, it's been hard to sit down and update the blog.

Here is Kaitlyn at a SHS game. She is the second to last on the right.

U of D Homecoming and Dresden, Ohio

Well, this weekend was very busy. Norma was out of town on a Longaberger trip in Dresden, Ohio for two days and Kaitlyn was asked to the U of D Homecoming by Will. So, I'm posting pictures of both events. First will be the Dresden pictures that Norma went to with a friend Grace. For those that don't know, Longaberger is a basket company and Norma likes baskets. So, she tries to go there every year or so. She likes it, and then I get to go hunting, so it works out.



And now, the pictures of Kaitlyn and Will for the U of D Homecoming... This was Kaitlyn's first time that she was asked to a homecoming by a boy.



She looked very beautiful.

Stevenson Homecoming 2008 for Kaitlyn

Well, it's Homecoming for Stevenson High School for 2008. Kaitlyn and several of her friends gathered at our house before they all went out for dinner and then to Homecoming. Here are the pictures from the gathering.