Relay for Life 2012

As many of you know I participated in the Relay for Life about a month ago raising money for cancer research. Of the people on our team I was second highest in raising the most money which I feel very good about. This is one way I feel I can help so for those of you that said you wished you would have gotten a hold of me sooner, no worries! I will be asking again next year. I found it to be such a powerful and rewarding experience that I am now devoted to doing it every year for all of my family and friends who have been touched by cancer.

 Our team all walking together for the first lap

 Our team sign which read Cancer Awareness Warriors

 Our team leader, Katie (in purple) is a survivor and one awesome person

 They had bounce houses for the kids and the boys couldn't 

get enough of them. Grandpa Greg had to hold Bryce back 

while waiting his turn!!

 A lady in Ravenna owns 2 of these breast cancer awareness ambulances

 Phyllis, Cyndy, Greg, Grady, Bryce and myself

 The owner likes people to sign the ambulances in support of

 someone they know who has been touched by cancer. 

My night was dedicated to my mother-in-law

 Luminaries

 I asked two of my friends to walk with me in support!

Thanks Shawna and Korina

Katie, Korina and Myself

Dangerous? Yes! Fun to two little boys? Of Course! If Dangerous is in the mix they are doing it! Just had to share my 'all boy', rambunctious, active little boys at their best coming up with something to do together.

And I know you all are wondering...yes, Bryce did pick out his own clothes for the day!!

Memorial Weekend 2012

Memorial Weekend we spent in Omaha with family at the Coco Keys Hotel & Water Park Resort. The boys had a ton of fun with their cousins from Kansas and Mia Tom's daughter. Below the outside shots are at Tom's house enjoying the sand, the hill, and the gator!

Grandpa Greg and his Gingers :)

Uncle Tom with all the cousins

Mia

The littles went on a shaded wagon ride!

The sand was the best enterainment of all

The hotel they provided shower caps, Bryce liked wearing

 it all the time, but never in the shower!

Grady accomplished the lilly pads numerous times

Look in the background the place was HUGE there was SO MUCH

 to do! A lazy river, 3 Huge water slides, a baby mini splash park,

splash park with 3 medium water slides, 5 hot tubs, lilly pads,

basketball/Regular pool, a bar and concessions and the list goes on!!!!

~Bryce and Kaelyn~

Kaelyn and Janessa were the best care givers ever on this trip!

I didn't have to go in the water because the boys never left the girls'

sides! Thank You Ade Girls for taking care of our boys on the trip,

we appreciated it So Much!

Glad all of us got to hang out, thanks for a Great Weekend everyone!

The Shriner's Circus Came to Kearney

The Shriner's Circus came to Kearney last week, the school had handed out tickets and Grady asked every day for a week when we were going to go. I hate to let a kid down so we loaded up and went last week. I'm so glad we did because it was very entertaining to them at this age but might not be in a few more years. They had a blast and so did mom and dad :)

 There were two motorcycle drivers in this ball, Bryce can't stop talking about it

 Anna the elephant was pretty amazing with all of her tricks

 We found Sharky the juggling clown in the hallway

 Bryce doesn't like clowns any better than he likes Santa or the Easter Bunny :(

 There were three spinning, twirling, flipping ladies on ropes, pretty cool!

 At one point this hula lady had 30 some hula hoops around her body

 Grady was more interested in the circus food than the actual events...

 Bryce however, LOVED every minute of it pointing and smiling

 Grady devoured the cotton candy within minutes

 Bryce tried it but wasn't a big fan of it

 The arena

These ponies did some neat things and Bryce kept saying he wanted to ride them :)



Outdoor Adventures

 One day Brad took his boys to the shop to build something together

Love our bird house, looks great next to my hanging basket I put together today

 Yep, seeing this is pretty common at our house. They were using the garden hose to 'gas up' their toys and when I went to snap the picture Bryce yelled, 'wait I gotta pee' with no regard to where he was at. Good thing we live in Hazard where no one cares and those that see will wave anyways ;)

 The long sidewalks around our house provide fast tracks for our kids toys

 I love summer time for the pretty flowers and freshly mowed lawn smell

 Bryce wanted to mow just like daddy

The new sandbox is never empty!!

Grady's Bday Party

On the actual day of Grady's birthday we had some of his preschool friends over after school that day. In the few short hours they were at our house I think they played with EVERY toy the boys own! For supper they roasted hotdogs and had a picnic outside. The trampoline is always a good time for energetic boys and the picture with Grandpa Greg and Grandma Cyndy is Greg shooting a marshmallow gun! The boys LOVED trying to catch the marshmallows and shooting at each other! Everyone got a turn and I the night was a success! Happy 5th Birthday Grady Lee, we love you more than life itself!