ALL MY BABIES

THIS IS MY DAY! AND THERE IS ONE MISSING FROM THE PICTURES...THE BABY HE IS 5 MONTHS OLD, AND WE HAVE A NEW BABY THAT WILL BE STARTING PROBALLY SOMETIME IN AUGUST. THERE ARE DAYS THAT I WONDER IF I AM GOING TO MAKE IT UNTIL 5 AND THERE ARE OTHER DAYS I AM SAD I DONT HAVE THE KIDS AROUND. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART...I LOVE THEM LOTS. A FEW OF THEM HAVE BEEN WITH MY UNTIL BIRTH AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT I AM GOING TO DO WHEN IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL. MIGHT HAVE TO BE THERE THAT DAY SO I CAN SEE THEM WALK IN THE DOORS...LOL. IT NEVER FAILS THOUGH I CAN BE HAVING THE WORST DAY EVER AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVE ME A HUG AND SAY MY MANNY...AND IT IS ALL BETTER, IT MAKES EVERYTHING I DO WORTH IT....

YES! ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING

DO YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE LIVED IN EMPORIA FOR 4 YEARS NOW, AND NEVER HAVE I HEARD THE TORNADO SIRENS....EXCEPT THIS SUMMER .... I HAVE HEARD THEM 3 TIMES NOW...AND YEP YOU GUESSED IT WE ARE HANGING OUT IN THE BASEMENT AGAIN!!!!! I THINK IT IS ABOUT OVER SO I CAN GO UPSTAIRS AND FIX SUPPER. IT IS BECOMING A WAY OF LIFE THIS SUMMER...OHHHHH THERE GOES THE SIRENS GO DOWNSTAIRS! BUT WE ARE ALL SAFE....JOSIE IS PLAYING, JASPER IS IN HIS KENNEL AND THE BLANKETS AND PILLOWS ARE UNDER THE STAIRS...WE ARE READY!

MY LITTLE BAKERS

THE OTHER NIGHT THE GIRLS STAYED OUT THE HOUSE IT WAS ALOT OF FUN, THEY ATE SUPPER AND THEN WE WENT OUT IN THE BACK YARD AND WENT SWIMMING FOR A BIT, THEN THEY WANTED TO COME IN AND MAKE A OREA CHEESECAKE....AND JOSIE IS JUST NOW LEARNING TO BAKE...IT IS QUITE INTERESTING SOMETIMES...BUT SHE FIGURES IT OUT...BLAIR WAS SOME PRETTY GOOD HELP...SHE HELP GET THE INGREDIANTS....AND THEN THERE WAS BROOK....SHE WAS THE TASTER....THERE WAS LITTLE FINGERPRINTS IN THE CRUST AND IN THE FILLING...AND SHE HAD QUITE THE CHOCOLATE FACE........MUST MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY HAD FUN DOING IT.... I LOVE MY THREE GIRLS SO SO SO SO MUCH!

OUR DAY IN NEBRASKA

WELL JOE HAD TRAINING IN OMAHA ON THURSDAY, SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE OFF AND GO WITH HIM. WE LEFT ON THE NIGHT BEFORE AND TOOK OFF WE HAD A BLAST...WE DID SOMETHING WE NEVER DO, WE STOPPED AT A CONVEIENT STORE NORTH OF TOPEKA AND BAUGHT JUNK FOOD LOTS OF JUNK FOOD...WE HAD CHUCKWAGON SANDWICHES, FUNIONS, AND CHOCOLATE, AND OF COURSE SLUSHYS....JOSIE WAS IN HEAVEN...SHE TOLD US SHE HAD THE BEST PARENTS IN THE WORLD...AND THEN WE WERE OFF ....NO STOPPING UNTIL WE GOT THERE! WHAT A ROAD TRIP....WE SANG AND ATE...AND MOM TRIED TO SLEEP....AND NOPE THEY WOULDN'T LET ME THEY RUINED EVERY SONG I PUT IN THE CD PLAYER WITH THEIR OWN WORDS...I NEVER KNEW TWO PEOPLE COULD MESS FISHING IN THE DARK UP SO SO BAD! WE FINALLY ARRIVED IN OMAHA AROUND 10:00 GOT TO THE HOTEL, CHECKED IN, AND HEADED UP TO OUR ROOM...JOSIE AND JOE THAUGHT WE NEEDED A BED TIME SNACK...SO BACK DOWN TO THE SNACK SHOP IN THE HOTEL THEY GO..15 MINUTES LATER AND 2 SACKS BACK FULL OF MORE JUNK FOOD. WE ATE AND WENT TO BED. JOE GOT UP AND WENT TO HIS CLASS, JOSIE AND I GOT UP AND GOT READY AND WENT SHOPPING WITH MONICA AND HER LITTLE BOY....WE HAD SO MUCH FUN! WE HEADED BACK THAT AFTERNOON...IT WAS A QUICK TRIP. BUT SO SO MUCH...AND MADE ALOT OF MEMORIES THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET.

JOSIE GOES TO LIBBY LU

THIS WAS JOSIES MAKE - OVER AT LIBBY LU....THEY DID HER HAIR, NAILS, MAKEUP AND CLOTHES...DOESNT SHE LOOK FAB-U-LUS! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN....THANK YOU SO MUCH MONICA FOR TAKING US HERE...JOSIE THEN WALKED THRU THE MALL JUST LIKE THAT...PEOPLE WERE LOOKING BUT HER RESPONSE WAS "NO AUTOGRAPHS, PLEASE!" EASTEN WANTED TO WALK HOLDING HER HAND...I THINK HE WAS SAYING..."YEAH, SHE IS WITH ME...CHECK IT OUT!"
WHAT A GREAT TIME!!!!!!!!

The Reason I Do Everything I Do

I WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING ON HERE ALMOST EACH AND EVERY DAY. I WAS LOOKING FOR PICTURES TODAY TO PUT ON HERE AND WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT, I THEN DECIDED WHY NOT SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THE REASON I DO THIS WEBSITE. JOE AND JOSIE.
JOE IS THE MAN, I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH...HE HAS SHOWED ME THAT YES IT IS OK THAT I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, BUT IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME SOMETIMES AND IT IS OK TO LET HIM DO IT TO. HE HAS ALSO SHOWED ME THAT ANYBODY CAN BE A FATHER OR A STEP FATHER BUT IT REALLY TAKES THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE TO BE A DADDY. HE HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL TO JOSIE, TAKEN THE TIME TO SHOW HER HOW TO DO THINGS, COACHED HER SOFTBALL TEAM WHEN THEY NEEDED A COACH. AND MOST OF ALL JUST LOVED HER AS HIS OWN...THANK YOU JOE!
THEN THERE IS JOSIE....THE LITTLE GIRL WHO HAS SHOWED MORE STRENGTH THAN ANY 9 YEAR OLD YOU WILL EVER MEET. SHE IS SO MUCH LIKE HER MOTHER....SHE IS GOING TO DO IT HER WAY AND THAT IS HOW IT IS GOING TO BE. SHE CAN MAKE ME SMILE WHEN I THINK SOMEDAYS THAT IS THE IMPOSSIABLE. SHE KNOWS WHEN I NEED JUST A LITTLE HELP AND SHE IS THERE TO GIVE IT ALL TO ME. EVERYTHING SHE DOES MAKES ME HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE HER MOM. I LOVE YOU JOSIE!

JOSIE AND THE HOT PEPPER!

WE ALL KNOW HOW HARD HEADED JOSIE HAS BEEN HER ENTIRE LIFE! THIS WAS PROBALLY ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS SHE HAS DONE! AND I TOLD HER NOT TO DO IT THE ENTIRE TIME...AND NOPE SHE STILL DOES NOT LISTEN TO ANYTHING I HAVE TO SAY!
JOE BET JOSIE ONE NIGHT THAT SHE WOULD NOT EAT A HOT PEPPER! AND SHE WOULD GET A DOLLAR IF SHE DID......SHE DID IT FOR A DOLLAR! I TOLD HER YOU ALWAYS GET MORE MONEY WHEN YOU DO STUPID STUFF...SO WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER WITH I GAVE HER $10 CAUSE I FELT SO BAD FOR HER. HERE SHE GOES PICKING OUT THE BEST ONE! AND I AM STILL TELLING HER TO NOT TO DO IT!
YEP IT WAS HOT!
WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER WITH....SHE TOLD ME AFTER ABOUT 20 GLASSES OF MILK AND 40 PEICES OF BREAD....MOM I SHOULD OF LISTEN TO YOU! HA HA HA ....DO YOU THINK SHE WOULD REMEMBER THAT....NOPE! IN FACT THE BETTING CONTINUES!

WATER IN THE RIVER

I KEEP TELLING GRANDMA JEAN THAT I WILL EMAIL HER SOME PICTURES OF OUR RIVER AND MY FLOWERS. WELL HERE IS OUR RIVER. AFTER WE GET SOME RAIN LIKE THE REST OF THIS WEEK I WILL GO AND TAKE MORE PICTURES. THE WATER GETS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THAT BRIDGE. AND THE ZOO AND A PARK ARE LOCATED NEXT TO IT, THEY ARE USUALLY BLOCKED OFF CAUSE THE WATER WILL GET SO HIGH...IT IS PRETTY NEAT! SEE EVERYONE BACK THERE IN SW KS....THIS IS WHAT WATER IN A RIVER LOOKS LIKE.

JOSIE PLAYED BALL FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SUMMER! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. JOE ACTUALLY ENDED UP COACHING HER TEAM AFTER THE SEASON STARTED WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER DADS. THEY HAD A BLAST.
THE GIRLS ENDED UP LOOSING THEIR FIRST GAME AND THEN WINNING EVERY SINGLE ONE AFTER THAT. (BY ALOT) THEY WERE A GREAT BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO COULD PLAY BALL.

THIS IS JOSIE AFTER ONE OF HER MANY HITS. IF YOU LOOK CLOSE YOU CAN SEE HER NEW LIGHT PINK BASEBALL SHOES SHE BAUGHT WITH HER BABYSITTING MONEY...THEY WERE SO CUTE! AND YES THEY MADE HER RUN SO SO FAST!!!!!

THIS IS JOSIE PLAYING IN THE SPRINKLER ONE AFTERNOON. WE HAVE NOT PUT UP OUR BIG POOL YET THIS SUMMER. WE HAVE A NASTY DEAD TREE IN THE BACK YARD THAT NEEDS TO COME DOWN WHERE THE POOL WOULD GO. IT HAS TAKEN THE TREE PEOPLE ALL SUMMER TO GET HERE...ACTUALLY WE JUST HEARD THIS MORNING THEY WILL BE HERE THIS WEEK....HA HA HA .... WELL SEE!

This is our happy little family.