These Are The Moments

Where Did Halloween Come From?

2010-10-27T07:57:00.000-07:00

With halloween fast approaching I found this interesting. Please take time to read!
Where Did Halloween Come From?

Spirit Week, painting the basement, & Claire's Birthday...

2010-04-18T13:57:00.000-07:00

The Kids had spirit week at School. They had a theme for each day. The first day was weird and wacky hair day....

Kendrick with all his little piggy tails!

Kaitlyn's crazy hair!!

The second day was western day....

My cowgirl & cowboy!!

The third day was School color day.....

Kaitlyn with her face painted....i didn't get a pic of Kendrick that morning but he had his face painted too!

The fourth day was hat day.....

Kaitlyn with her John Deere hat...Kendrick didn't have school this day!!

We are in the process of finishing our basement...the kids got in on painting the family on a snow day!!:)

Linda was babysitting Claire & Kendall on Claire's birthday so we went with them to McDonald's for lunch!!

Claire & Kendrick

Kyann & Kendall

~karen~

Snow Days...

2010-04-18T13:23:00.000-07:00

It seemed like we really had a lot of snow this winter...it just kept hanging around!! At least the kids got to go out and enjoy it!!:)

Little Miss...all bundled up!!

the first day that we had snow, it was too cold to be out! We were only out about 20 minutes and the kids were froze!

Hot Chocolate always hits the spot after playing in the snow!!

My kids like to drink their hot chocolate with a straw!

Sledding....

making snow angels...

Kaitlyn & Kendrick made a tunnel right in front of one of the turkey barns were the snow had drifted.....

our little snowman!!

Kaitlyn, Kendrick, Andre, & Austyn...

~ karen ~

Christmas Celebrations

2010-01-15T08:38:00.000-08:00

Well here I am again several months behind....but I want all my pics to be on here when I print my book so I'll start where I left off!

We celebrated Christmas at Grandma Graber's on Christmas Eve.....

Most of the kids watching a movie after we opened presents...

Grandma with baby Jayston, her first great grandchild!

Mark, Grandma, Jayston, & Ashley ~ 4 generations!

Adison with those big brown eyes!

Logan getting into the game....Lisa brought 3 gifts one for the men, one for the ladies, and one for the kids....one person tried to open and the next person in line had a dice and if they rolled a 6 or a 1 they grabbed the gift and tried to get it open...the person who got it open won the gift!:)

The boys helping Grandma open her gift....we got her a traegar grill

Austyn with his John Deere shirt....the 5 little boys got matching shirt

Kyann with her new dress...and candy bar!

Adison with his gift....

Logan being silly!!:)

On Christmas morning we opened our gifts at home then we went to the Miller dinner

Reading the christmas story before opening our gifts...

Kyann playing with the bus that came with her "little people" house...

Kaitlyn and Kendrick were VERY excited to get a Wii!!:)

On New Years day we celebrated Christmas at Mom and Dads.....

Kaitlyn with all the bows!!:)

Kyann checking out her new baby and stroller!!

My brother Keith and his sweet little family

Me and my handsome young man!!:)

Mom and Dad with their gift....a digital picture

Brothers ~ Damon & Dustin....

Dannielle & Lind

more bows....

Claire...she got JUST what she wanted.....a pet vet!!

Kendall

I think she likes the baby!!:

Sisters ~ Linda, Janice, Me, & Judy.....my sisters are very special to me and I dont know what I would do without them!!:)

Jan & Chick

Claire & Emily

Eric, Kayla, Morgann, & Jordan....

Well, I think that wraps up Christmas...now to get caught up on the rest of my pictures!!:)

~karen~

Kaitlyn's 9th Birthday Parties!!

2010-01-14T05:41:00.000-08:00

Kaitlyn celebrated her 9th Birthday on Dec. 17th!! I cannot believe that my oldest is nine years old already it seems just like yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital, a little black haired 6lbs. 4 oz. bundle of joy!! She is a very special little girl who is turning into a little lady faster than I want her too! She is also a very big help to me, watching her little sister and doing things around the house!! She loves School and softball and gives 100% of herself doing both!! She also loves to go shopping and she is a Daddy's girl!!:) Her Birthday is so close to Christmas and sometimes I feel like I don't spend very much planning it but we do try to make it special for her!!

To celebrate we had 3 different parties!! My pictures are once again backwards so I'll start with the family party.....we went to Mr. Gattis the evening of her Birthday...
Kaitlyn with her Tweety Cake that Grandma Kemp made!

Paul, Calvin, & Kyann

Gina, Adison, Karsyn, & Austyn..

Janice, Kaitlyn, & Claire Kendall & Ethan

Grandpa & Grandma Kemp

Lisa, Karsyn, Koen, & Joanna

Jason, Nate, & Grandma Graber

Ellen & Baby Jayston

Josh, Eric, & Jeremy

Logan & Kendrick

Koen & Ashley

Bryant & Kyann

The Birthday Girl....She had a Hannah Montana Ballon & Tablecloth!!

Kaitlyn has two classmates that have Birthdays really close to hers so we started in Kindergarten having a little party at School for them and it has kinda became a tradition!!:)

Kaitlyn's teacher, Mr. Graber...

The Boys...

Kaitlyn & Erin.....Erin's b-day is Dec 28th!!

The Girls....

Kaitlyn, Erin, & Josh....Josh's b-day is Dec. 19th!!

Kaitlyn with her gift from us!

Kaitlyn wanted to have a party with her friends. She wanted to go to Evansville to Gatti Town and go to the Mall shopping. So on Tues. before her birthday, I picked them all up at after School and we headed to evansille! Julie went along to help out and Kristen met us down there!

All the girls........

playing "Deal or no deal"....they had so much fun lpaying this game!!

.........getting ready to bowl

..............riding the bumper cars

Kristen & Kaitlyn

Are they cool or what!!:)

HaPpY nInTh BiRtHdAy KaItLyN!!! I love you VERY much!!

Christmas pictures

2010-01-10T10:54:00.000-08:00

The last to part of November, we had Marsha Knepp take the kids' pictures for our Christmas cards. She did a really good job!! Here are some of them.....

~ KAREN ~

Playin in the leaves and Playin with the puppy!!

2010-01-08T10:06:00.000-08:00

The kids helped me clean up the leaves in the front yard. They had more fun blowing each other with the leaf blower than using it to blow the leaves!!:)

Kaitlyn got the camera and had fun taking pics of Kendrick & herself!!:)

Playin in the pile of leaves....

Kyann didn't want to get in the leaves with them...you can tell by the look on her face!

Playin with one of our puppies...

Daddy's Lil Helper!!

2010-01-08T08:24:00.000-08:00

Kyann found this little white bucket while we were feeding the calves one evening and decided that she wanted to help. We put a little bit of feed in "her" bucket and she carried it to the calves! She didn't forget about it either because every evening after that she would get her little bucket and it had to have feed in it then she would carry it back to feed the calves!!
Helping Dad auger the feed out of the tank...

The Little Miss....

Kaitlyn & Kendrick...they like to get in the pen with the calves!!

Kyann & her Daddy!!

Getting more feed...

I love this one!!

Big Girl....she wouldn't let anyone help her!!

Feeding the calves...............

...just bein silly!!

~ KAREN ~

HaPpY 40tH BiRtHdAy CaLvIn!!!

2010-01-08T06:19:00.000-08:00

Calvin 40th birthday was Oct. 21st....when I was in FL!! We celebrated when we came home. He wanted to go to Red Lobster with friends so that's what we did!:)
Calvin & I

The whole group! Nate & Lisa

Calvin & MIke acting silly as usual!!:)

Mike & Patty Raymond & Mary

Bryant & Kristen Wendell & Tamara

Trip to Florida and much needed update!!

2010-01-07T17:07:00.000-08:00

It has been about 3 months since I've updated so I'm going to try to get everything up to date! I'll start with our trip to FL. On Sun., Oct. 18 my sisters, Linda & Judy and Kyann & I flew to FL to paint Mom & Dad's house! We painted Monday & Tuesday and cleaned and put everything back on Weds. and then went shopping Weds. afternoon. We flew back home on Thursday! We worked hard and got a little stiff and sore but we also had a lot of fun!!:) We missed not having Jan with us but she wasn't able to go!:(
My pics are backwards.....Linda & Kyann...ready for takeoff on the way home. this just minutes before Kyann had a TOTAL meltdown. She started screaming and wanted to get off of my lap. Anyone who has been on a plane knows that there is NO room between the seats especially when you are trying to entertain a one year old! Anyway, while Kyann was having her meltdown, Judy overheard the man sitting right in front of us lean over and tell his wife "enjoy your flight"!!:) She went to sleep almost as soon as we got in the air and she slept all the way to Indy!!:)

Waiting to board the plane in Tampa.....This is a pic of our plane....not very good but it was all I could get of it through the window!!

Kyann playing while we were waiting....I didn't get a pic of her but she carried or should I say dragged Linda's purse around while we were waiting....it was so cute!:)

We put new lights and garland above the kitchen cabinets...

Kyann getting into the candy dish!

The dining room finished!

....and the living room!

Mom kept everything washed up and her and Dad entertained Kyann which was pretty much a full time job!:)

The dining room all tore apart...

....and the living room!!

Linda hard at work!

Judy painting while standing on the bed!!

We kept Dad busy doing odds and ends...he wasn't very happy with us...he said his job was to boss and take care of Kyann!!:) He did a pretty good job of that, I don't have any pics but he took her to the park to play and gave her rides on the 3 wheeled bike!Playing outside....

Grandma filled this tub up with warm water for Kyann to play in....she loved it!!:)

STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATES....HOPEFULLY IN THE COUPLE OF DAYS!!!

~ KaReN ~

My baby girl is growing up way too fast!

2009-09-24T07:40:00.000-07:00

This post is an update on Kyann. She is growing up so fast!

She fell asleep with her baby doll and blanket on the laundry floor...this very rarely happens! I usually rock her to sleep which I love!

Here she is playing with her doll. She is really into dolls right now! She likes to feed them and carry them around. The other day I found her trying to feed the doll a smartie!:)

Another milestone is learning to feed herself!! She refuses any help and eats mainly with her hands!!:)

Eating a cookie after finishing off two soft eggs! They have to be soft, she won't eat them any other way!!:)

Kyann is now 16 months old.

She weighs 22 lbs. 6 oz. and is 33 1/4 inches.

Some of her recent accomplishments and interests:

She can climb up on just about anything...the kitchen table, the countertop, the coffee table.

She loves being outside!

She loves exploring and tearing everything out!:)

Some words she can say are: Dad, Mom, "Katy" (for Kaitlyn), Pup, "Bob" (for her cousin Bryant), "Bo" (our dog), "baby".

She dearly loves her new cousin Adison and sometimes gets a little rough with him although she would never mean to hurt him!!:)

When you ask her something she nods her head and says "yeah" it looks hilarous!!:)
All her food is UMM!!:)

The love of her life is still her Daddy and this Mommy hopes it stay that way for a long time!! She has figured out that when he comes in the house with his shoes off that it means he's staying home so she always looks at his feet when he comes in and if his shoes are off she starts giggling!
We took her bottle away and she has done very well in fact I think it was harder on me than it was on her...it's just another sign that she's growing up!! She is still very attached to her"um" (that's what she calls her pacifier)! I STARTED THIS POST ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO.... I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I HAVE NOT POSTED FOR SOOO LONG!!:( ANYWAY I DECIDED TO POST IT AND HOPEFULLY I WILL GET CAUGHT UP ON THE LAST 3 MONTHS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS!!:) SO STAYED TUNED IN!!!:)

Kendrick's First Day of Kindergarten!!

2009-09-24T06:18:00.000-07:00

Kendrick's first day of Kindergarten was Tues. Sept. 15Th. He has been waiting for this day for a long time! It's hard to imagine that I have two in School now! He goes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. He has been very excited about going and so far has done great! There have been no tears and I am very thankful for that..we went through that with Kaitlyn and it is not fun! I'll have to admit that i was really worried about him going this year. His birthday is in March so we could have held him back till next year. We were thinking that that's what we were going to do but over the winter last year I saw a big improvement in him and thought he had grown up a lot and so we decided to go ahead and send him to Kindergarten round up. He does not like to sit down and color or write so he didn't know how to write his name. I thought I could teach him that over the Summer but every time we sat down it got worse instead of better!:( He just had NO interest. This is sooo different than how it was with Kaitlyn, she learned to write her name by the time she was four and I remember very well her sitting at the kitchen table asking me how to spell words! I guess that's just the difference with kids. He knows all his letters and does really well with numbers it's just that he DON'T want to write! Anyway I guess it was probably my pride more than anything but I thought he had to learn to write his name before he went to School, well that didn't happen. (I asked Calvin why we gave this poor child a name with 8 letters in it!:) Just Kidding!) Calvin told me not to worry about it and that he might actually do better for somelse than what he does for me. Well he turned out to be right. I couldn't believe the first day he came HE HAD WROTE HIS NAME!:) He comes bouncing out every day ready to show me what he has learned! So far they have learned the letters A and M and the numbers 0 and 1!They also memorize Bible verses and he has already said his verse for this week! I am very proud of him and I hope his kindergarten year goes great!
Here he is all ready to go on the first day!

At School.....before I left him that first morning I told him to have fun and listen to his teacher. All the other moms were still in the class room. He got a funny look on his face and said 'which one is she Mom?"Hilarious!!! Poor guy I don't know if he thought all of the Moms were gonna stay and be teachers or what!:)

Kendrick & his cousin Andre...these two are very excited about being in the same grade!

~KAREN~

Antique Show, Turkey Trot, & Sleepover

2009-09-22T17:14:00.000-07:00

Wow...has it been 2 weeks since I posted? It seems like the weeks just fly by! I guess I'll just try to start up where I left off...On Sept. 11th our School went to the Antique Show. Calvin, Kendrick & I went along to help out!

Kendrick "milking" a cow...he got the biggest kick out of this!:)

Playing on the playground after we ate lunch!

Kaitlyn and her group....after lunch we divided up into smaller groups b/c there were too many in our group...We didn't get with Kaityln's group and I just wanted her to come with our group. She wanted to go with her friends...she said "Mom I'll be just fine with them". Another sign she is growing up!

This was a display of all sorts of little cars, trucks, tractors, trains and anything you could image. The kids thought this was really neat especially Kendrick...he wanted to go back and look at it the second time!

Kendrick on a "big tractor"

The kids got bracelets at the Turkey Trot on Sat. night. They had a great time riding the rides. Kaitlyn & Kendrick's favorite thing was the inflatable bouncy thing! Icouldn't get a good picture of them on any of thebig rides....

Kyann really like the rides...I was surprised I didn't think she was big enough to like them...but every time we got her off of one she would get stiff...she wanted to stay on!:)

Kaitlyn & Kendrick being silly!!

KENDRICK'S SLEEPOVER.....

Every since Kaitlyn had her sleepover, Kendrick has been begging to have one too! He invited his little Graber cousins. They all did really well and made it all night!

getting ready to "sleep"!

Eating breakfast...waffles and smoky links!!

~KAREN~

~ 1st Day of 3rd Grade ~

2009-09-06T14:39:00.000-07:00

8.24.09 ~ Kaitlyn's first day of third grade! She really likes school now which is a blessing! She didn't like it the first 5 or 6 weeks of Kindergarten AND first grade.:( She cried every night before bed and every morning and when I dropped her off at school. It really tugged on this Mommy heartstrings to have to leave her at school when she was crying!:( Last year went really well and this year is starting out great..I hope it stays this way!:) This is her desk.

Their room is decorated with a jungle theme. It's very cute! This is one corner of it.

Getting ready to go to School!!

Another exciting event took place in the Graber Family on 8.24.09.....Adison Benjamin graced the world with his presence!!:) He weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 21 inches long! This is my little nephew. We are having lots of fun with this little sweetie!!:) He just lives across the road so we run over and squeeze him just about every day!!:)

Kyann at the hospital going through the McDonalds bag!

Proud Big Brother!!

Kristen & Adison

This is the little miss and yes she is in Adison's little crib...she wanted in it so of course her daddy put her in....shhh....don't tell the nurses....hopefully Sheena & Melanie won't see this He He!!:)(:

She has definintly outgrown it...I can't believe that 15 months ago SHE was the LITTLE baby in it...her first year has just flew by!!

~KAREN~

OUCHY HAND!!

2009-09-02T08:54:00.000-07:00

8.19.09 ~ Kyann burned both of hands on our grill!:( I was putting hamburgers on the grill and Kyann walked up behind me and before I even realized she was there she put both hands on the grill!:( Needless to say she SCREAMED for 2 1/2 hrs.!!:( I wasn't sure what to do so I called my MIL and she came to the rescue!!!:) Thank goodness for Grandmas! We kept her hands in ice cold water for about 10 min. at time for 2 hrs. She hated it to start with and fought us....it took 3 of us to keep them in the water!:( About the last half hour she started to realize that the cold water was making it feel better so she would put her hands in herself...she feel asleep with her hands in the water...bless her little heart! She ended up with several blisters. The worst one was right beside her thumb and it busted the very next morning!:( That place got very sore and every time she bumped it it started bleeding. On Monday (8.24.09) I took her the Dr. b/c I didn't think it was looking very good. He said she had second and third degree burns in that area. We continued to keep it bandaged using B & W ointment (that is some good stuff!) for about a week. It looks really good now! When we ask her where her ouchy hand is she immediately shows us her right hand and when we say something is "hot" she pulls away! I'm so glad it's better now, I just hate to see my kiddos in pain!!:(

About a week after it happened...

The night it happened..all bandaged up before bed!

This is when she had the blister, you can't really see it, she didn't want to hold still!

~KaRen~

CAMPING AT BOGGS LAKE ~ AUG. 14-16, 2009

2009-09-02T06:22:00.000-07:00

CORN DAY

2009-08-31T16:46:00.000-07:00

YUMMY CORN ON THE COB!!

8.4.09 ~ The BIG corn day! We put away corn at Janice's house. The guys helped us get it in the night before. It was a whole truck load!! Jan, Dannielle, and I started about 6:00 am. Damon stayed with Claire & Kendall and Kristen came and stayed with my kids so that we didn't have to get them up that early! Linda & her boys came later on and helpedout. They didn't need corn this year but were kind enough to come help anyway!!:) Sonny & Ruth stopped in and Ruth stayed to help cut off. Claire, Kendall, Kaitlyn, & Kendrick came when they woke up. Kyann went home with Kristen for the day! Dustin stopped in to show us his new ride!:) After a bad thunder strom sent us into the house garage we finally finished up around 3:00 pm. We ended up with 96 Qts.!:) It's nice to have it in the freezer. I'm sure it will taste good this winter!:) My kids really enjoy this day every summer!:)Cooling the corn...it makes it cool faster if you get all wet!:) Cooking the corn.....

the corn waiting to be brushed...

brushing the corn....

Linda telling Kaitlyn how it's done!

More corn cooling...and getting wet!:)

Dustin's new car...Damon going for a test drive!

Jeremy taking corn out....now it's ready to be cooled!

BREAK TIME!!:)

Cutting off the corn and getting ready to bag it!!:)

KaReN

~CINCINNATI TRIP~

2009-08-28T09:45:00.000-07:00

We went to Cincinnati the last weekend in July. Calvin likes to take in one Reds game a year. Last year we went as a family and everyone enjoyed it. This year we made a weekend vacation out of it!:)On the road....

The Driver!!

We went to the Reds game on friday night...

Kendrick stood right here most of the night!

Kaitlyn loved watching...she is very much into baseball/softball!!

The weather was very nice. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful evening!

The little missy got kind of tired of it. She had more fun carrying this bag around. Thankfully we sat on the end of our row and right across from us there were some empty seats!! it gave her a little space to run!!:)

Kyann ~ "CHEESIN"!!:)

Kendrick with a Reds hat that he got ice cream in..

The Reds hit 2 home runs back to back...right when Kaitlyn & I went to get ice cream...She was disappointed to miss them but the ice cream tasted very good!!:)

We asked a guy to take our picture...i think he included half of the people in our section...oh well...:)

They had fireworks right after the game...very neat!!

Kendrick & Kaitlyn wanted to pose with the statues on the way out!

On Saturday we went to THE CINCINNATI ZOO....

THE GORILLAS!!

Kaitlyn & Kendrick had a fun time seeing all the different animals!

All of together...its so hard to get a good picture with everyone looking!

The elephants!The Rhino ~ Kendrick talked about seeing them days before we went!:)

Kendrick fighting the gorilla...boys will be boys Taking a break before the 4-D backyardigan show. The show was really neat...there was a thunderstorm and we saw lightening and got "rained" on...and also smelled the "stinky goo"!:)

Mr. Lion

Mr. Polar Bear

Too much zoo for Kyann. She did really good!

Eating supper at Shoneys after the Zoo before heading back to the motel to swim!

On Sunday we went to THE BEACH WATER PARK!

It was very cool when we got there only 70 and the sun wasn't shining...but that didn't stop the kids!:)

This is a really nice water park! It's not real big, which I liked. they have several wading pools perfect forKyann's size and then there are quite a few slides. one slide is like 100 ft. in the air. Kaitlyn wanted to go on it. We got almost up and I chickened out... i am not very fond of heights! There was one right beside that wasn't quite as high so we went down that one instead. i told Kait that she could go down the big one we would be waiting for her at the bottom but she didn't want to go by herself!:)

Taking a break from the action...

Silly girls!!:)

Going down the slide!!

We really enjoyed the entire weekend...the kiddos are making plans to go back next summer!:)

Cleaning out the Brooder House

2009-08-28T04:38:00.001-07:00

This is just a random pic of Kyann laying on the kitchen rug with her sippy. I'm sure Kaitlyn took this pic!!:) The guys were washing down the floor in the Brooder House and Kaitlyn went back to take some pics of them. I love this one, like father like son!!:) Kendrick likes to help Calvin with the turkeys ( or just about whatever his dad is doing) and he surprises me on how much he learns!! The other day Calvin's mom sent some of Calvin's school pics home with us. Kendrick took them and put them in with the 8x10 frame of him that's in the living room and when Calvin came home he said " dad i put your pictures with mine bc were the farmers"!:)

Josh & Kaitlyn

My nephew Josh helped us a few times this summer. He is a really good worker and I think he likes the turkey business too!!

Kyann' s first tube ride!

2009-08-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

corn on the cob & a night at ruth & sonny's house

2009-08-27T13:54:00.000-07:00

Kyann has really enjoyed corn on the cob this summer!!

Kendrick & Ruth playing cards...i think Kendrick makes up the rules as they go!! I always enjoyed going to Aunt Ruth's as a little girl. I'm so glad that my kids get to experience that too! Ruth & Sonny are a very special part of our family!!:)

Golf Cart Driver's License

2009-08-27T13:27:00.000-07:00

We are teaching Kendrick to drive the golf cart this summer. The first day Calvin was showing him how he said "Dad I think I need to take "private" driving lessons! His dad agreed, that way he wouldn't run into anybody!!:) I'm not sure where he came up with that term..the only thing I can think of is that his friend is taking private swimming lessons...sometimes it's hilarious what they come up with!!:) A few weeks later he told me that he now has his golf cart driver's license..look out world!!:)

An Afternoon At The Washington Park

2009-08-27T11:54:00.000-07:00

8 U Allstars

2009-08-27T10:57:00.000-07:00

Kaitlyn was on the 8 U all stars this summer. She was very excited that she was chosen. she loves to play softball!! They played in 2 tournaments..one in Montgomery and one in Loogootee.

One morning when Kyann woke Kendrick wanted to hold her, usually she doesn't want anything to do with him or Kaitlyn until I hold her for awhile but this morning she let Kendrick hold her! So precious!!:)

~KAITLYN'S SLEEPOVER~

2009-08-27T09:11:00.000-07:00

Kaitlyn has been begging ever since school has been out to have a sleepover (i'm not sure why we call it a sleepover b/c sleep is the last thing on their minds!!:)). So I finnaly agreed that she could have one. Some of the girls came home from church with us on weds. night and the parents brought the rest of them soon after we got home. They went swimming before bedtime and I managed to get them all to sleep by 1:00 am and then they were back up again by 6:30 Am!! They all had a blast and I enjoyed it too...I remember how much fun those sleepovers used to be when I was a little girl...I actually used to have sleepovers with two of the friend's moms that Kailtyn had over! It seems like we should still be the little girls...time flys!!:) Kaitlyn K, Krystal, Hayley, & Kaitlyn G

The Little crew!!

Watching a movie...trying to get ready to go to sleep!

Going on a golf cart ride....it's a full load!!

I just had to put these pics of Kyann on here...she justs LOVES the lawn mower and tractor, both are John Deere...her dad has taught her right!!HA HA!!:)

That face says it all!!

Swimming again!!

Kendrick ~ always in the middle of the action...he is slightly outnumbered!!

Fishin ~N~S'mores

2009-08-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

Kevin & Melanie spent the weekend at a cabin with Alisha & Lovina...they invited us down one evening after church....the kids enjoyed fishing and making s'mores!!:) YUMMY!!

Making S'mores

I think i've got one, Duke!!

Beautiful Sunset!!

Kyann loved the steps...up & down..up & down...

Kaitlyn with her catch!!

A Day in Evansville

2009-08-27T08:06:00.000-07:00

The kids & I spent the day in Evansville with Kristen on July 10th...It was a fun day of shopping and then eating and playing at Gatti Town..we had never been there before...my kids def. want to go back!:)

Daddy and his two girls....they are BOTH daddy's girls!!:)

An Evening at the Montgomery Campgrounds

2009-08-27T07:59:00.000-07:00

NEW POOL!

2009-08-27T06:14:00.000-07:00

We finally got our new pool set up! We bought this pool in Aug. 2007 after our old pool had folded in on us in the spring of 07. We got our "old" pool in 2003...someone had told us that we could have it for free if came and took it down for them so that's what we did! It was probably close to 20 yrs. old then already..well it worked just fine for us until the spring of 2007. We drained all the water out of it b/c we had so much algae. When we started putting water back in it, the liner started tearing and then we saw that that the posts that hold up the walls were all rusty. So we decided it wasn't worth putting a liner in it. We bought the new pool in Aug. with the intentions of setting it up the next spring. Then we found out that we were pregnant with little missy Kyann and she was born in June 08. I didn't really want to put the pool then b/c i'm the one who takes care of it and I thought it would be too much with a newborn. So we decided to wait until Spring '09. Well its the end of June and we are finally getting it in!:) The wall is set!!

Starting with the liner...

Do they know what they're doing??:)

The little miss telling us how it is done!!

Working on the liner.

Having fun before the water is in it!!

All ready for WaTeR!

putting in the first load of water !!

It took 17 loads of water...we used a big water tank and pulled it with the tractor into Mont. fire station to get the water....it took a loong time but was worth it!!:)

Kaitlyn & Kendrick could not wait to get in, so we let them after we had 2 loads of water in...the water was FREEZING cold....but of course they didn't so!!

Kyann likes to swim, but not for long, she would rather get out and play in the cozy coupe!:)

The pool completed!

Kaitlyn & Kendrick ~ Swimming!!

AN EXPENSIVE PENNY!!!

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THIS LITTLE GIRL ........
SWALLOWED THIS LITTLE PENNY.....

THE STORY....

Last Tuesday evening I came out of our bedroom and found Kyann sitting on the living room floor kind of coughing/choking so I quickly checked her mouth and there was nothing in it and then she just started laughing and acting silly so I never gave it another thought...until on Wednesday. My mom was watching her and when i went to pick her up she told me that when she fed Kyann lunch she eat several bites and then mom said she only had her mouth about half open so she gave her another bite and then Kyann started gagging and threw up everything she eat. Well I still didn't give it too much thought. Then that night at supper she took a few bites and gagged ang threw up. On Thursday morning she did eat a soft egg and kept it down but Thurs. lunch it was the same gagging/throwing up again. I had a docter's appt. for her on Thurs. afternoon anyway so I told the Dr. ( not our regular Dr. He was called to the hospital on an emergency right when we got there for our appt.) her symtoms and the Dr. said she could be either dehdyrated or have urinary tract infection...they took a urine sample ( and YES they had to cath her...poor girl:( ) Anyway they both came back fine. So i asked if would be possible that she would have swallowed something and that it could be lodged inher throat. The Dr. said that was very unlikely and that she probably just wasn't very hungry. I tried to explain that she was eating just not able to keep it down but I don't think I was being heard! Sooo we came back home and I told myself that i was probaly just being an overprotective mommy! She cont. to not be able to keep any solids down (she took her bottles just fine). I just kept having this nagging feeling and I kept going back to Tues. evening when I found her choking. On Friday night a friend told me that when her brother was a baby he swallowed a penny and it was lodged in his throat for a month before they found it! Then she said the docters told them that if the penny would have dislodged it could have shut off his airways and he probably wouldn't have made it! Very encouraging!! This mommy's overprotectiveness kicked in high gear. I didn't sleep very well Friday night to say the least. On Sat. morning I called my friend, who works on the OB floor, and asked her if she knew which Dr. was on call. She found out for me and gave me the hospital number so i could have him paged. I didn't have to have him paged b/c he answered the phone on the ped. floor. I am told that never happens!! i told him what was going on and he said to bring her to the office and he would come over and take a look at her. We went to the office adn he checked her throat and ear really good and found nothing besides that her throat looked a little red and irriated but nothing that would cause her to not be able to keep solids down. He also thought it was very unlikely that she could have anything lodged but wanted to do an x-ray just to be sure. We went to the hospital and they took an x-ray....the Dr. called me after he read it...she def. had swallowed something...A PENNY... but it was not lodged. It was already in her lower adomen. He said probably the reason for not being able to keep anything down was b/c the penny was trying to get through her system and also b/c her throat and esophagus sp?? was irrated from the penny. He also said that he felt like she was past any danger and that would pass it in a day or two. She passed it on Tuesday a whole week after she swallowed it!! I relaxed after that! Now we try to keep everything picked up off the floor....especially pennies!!:)......END OF STORY!!!

Summer Thus Far

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Okay this post is going to be a little long!! Since I've just started this blog I thought I would make a little run down of what has happened already this summer!! Hang in there!!:)

The kids have been using the place where our pool is going to be for their ball field! They have spent hours out there taking turns pitching and batting. There is usually some argument about how many strikes, balls, and if they are "out" or "safe", but for the most part have had lots of fun! The night before we started on the pool they wanted to have one last "ballgame"!

Kyann decided to wear a helmet just to be safe!

Kaitlyn batting while Calvin is pitching.

Kendrick getting ready to bat

Calvin headed for home...i think kendrick got him out or at least slowed him down!:)

Calvin getting ready to bat, Kendrick is the pitcher!

Kaitlyn pitching to Kendrick!

NINE KIDS AND THREE MOMS!!!

We went to the Washington Park and then to McDonalds with Darla, Erin, Kylie, & Blake and Kim, Issac, Olivia, & Elizabeth. Kaitlyn & Erin are good friends from school. Kendrick & Isaac are going to be in Kindergarten together this fall. They met at Kindergarten round-up and have been buddies ever since! We wanted to get them all together over the summer. We went on a VERY hot day. It was even hot at mcDonalds but I think everyone had a good time anyway!

All the kid's at McDonalds!

Kyann was not a happy camper!

~Best friends!~

Kaitlyn And Erin

~ BUDDIES~
Kendrick & Isaac

Elizabeth

Kyann & Elizabeth!

Kaitlyn and Kendrick both played ball in the Frank Roberts Youth League in Odon. Kaitlyn played 10 & under girls softball. Kendrick played T-ball. The first day of the season is called "opening day". There is a parade and each team rides on a float. The kids throw candy to their parents! Then after the parade is over everyone gets to play about 3 innings in a practice game.It's lots of fun and a great way to start the season!!

Kaitlyn with her team!

Karsyn & Kendrick before the parade started. It was chilly out that morning!

Kendrick & his team!

Grandma & Kyann waiting for the parade to start.

Nate got this little rigg for the kids to ride in. Very cute!

Getting ready to go.

Kaitlyn was at a different place waiting for the parade to start so i didn't get any pictures of her except for the one when she was going through the parade!:(

All of the T-ball players got a trophy. Kendrick was very proud of his. He held it all the way home from Odon the night that he got it!

Kaitlyn's team got 2 trophys. One for coming in second place in the league and one for coming in first place in the playoffs. She was very excited to get TWO trophys!!

I thought this was so adorable! Kendall is sharing his ring pop with Kyann during one of Kendrick's games!

SO ADORABLE!!

Kendrick batting.

Kendrick on first. I don't know why I uploaded two of this pic??

Karsyn running to first!!

This is Kaitlyn's team right after they won the playoffs!!

Kendrick taking in all the action. He really took an interest in Kaitlyn's games this year. He sat in her dug out almost every game and learned all their chants and chatter. One night on the way home he asked why his T-ball team doesn't sing like Kaitlyn's team does!:)

The girls getting Marlin with water!!

~THE TEAM~

Kaitlyn & Marlin....receiving her trophy

posing silly

~ LOTS OF FUN SWIMMING SO FAR THIS SUMMER!~!!

We have been swimming at Jan's and at Joanna's pools.

Kaitlyn & Jeremy

Jeremy & Josh

Josh & Kyann

Jeremy, Kaitlyn, & Kayla

Kyann trying on Jan's sunglasses

Kendrick cleaning out the bugs!

AT JOANNA JASON & RACHEL'S POOL!

Missy Kyann

Hayley, Kaitlyn, & Bethany

Kaitlyn loves the water and spends most of the time under water...when she isn't going down the slide head first on her back!!

Kyanns first time going down the slide...she loved it!

Bryant & Kristen on the whale!!

Kyann & Me

Kyann's first time in the baby float! She actually likes it!

Kaitlyn ~ our little fish~

Kendrick

Bryant & Kyann

OOPS! I left an empty bowel that had strawberries in it sitting on the end table and Kyann found it! Her big brother & sister thought it was funny and wanted to pose with her!

Kyann eating a cookie!

We found these wild baby rabbits in the landscaping while pulling weeds this spring. Of course the kids wanted to keep them! So we put them in a box with some grass and weeds and fed them with a medicine dropper. Kaitlyn did real good helping me feed them at first, but soon lost interest. Kendrick never did get the hang of it. So you can guess who got stuck feeding them...MOM!! Of course, being a mother, I wasn't going to put them back outside and let them starve! So I faithfully fed them twice a day for about three weeks then one morning I went out in the garage and found that the bunnies had clipped two flowers, that I hadn't got planted yet, completely off!! I told Kaitlyn & Kendrick that I was sure the bunnies would do fine out in wild!:)

We waited until dark the next night to let them go. Kaitlyn & Kendrick were both a little sad but Calvin explained to them that that's how God intended for wild animals to live and that they would be fine. Kaitlyn thought for a little bit and then said. "Well I sure am glad that God didn't make me a wild animal b/c I wouldn"t like to be out here in the dark by myself all night"!!

The bunnies right before we let them go.

Kaitlyn, Kendrick, & the bunnies..

Kendrick was a good catcher, we couldn't keep them in their box after about the first week!

Kyann, Kendrick & the bunnies.

KYANN'S 1ST BIRTHDAY

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My new train ride on toy from mom, dad, Kaitlyn & Kendrick

My new car. A gift from Grandma & Grandpa Kemp!!

The Guys

Jordan & Jan Grandma & Linda

Kendall

Sue & Damon

Emily & Kaitlyn

Dirty faces!! Kendrick & Claire

Jordan & Kyann

Kyann & Mommy!!

All the kids...it's hard to get a pic with them all looking!!

Too much birthday??!!!

The Cake looks yummy!!!

Her birthday cake...made by Grandma Kemp!!

She fell asleep on the way to her party!!

Kyann and her ballons!!

Kyann turned one year old about three weeks ago! I can't believe the way her first year has flew by! She has made so many changes. I have been trying to take time and enjoy each one!! She has brought lots of laughter and sunshine to our home!:) Thank you God for blessing us with this beautiful little girl! Help us to teach and train her to be a little follower of Yours! ~ I love you Kyann!! ~ Some of her recent accomplishments and interests: She started walking all by herself a couple of days after her b-day now she is little miss independent on the go all the time!! She loves being outside! She is really attached to her pacifier which she calls her "um"!:) She loves her big brother & sister and follows them around trying to be involved in whatever they are doing...sometimes they get annoyed b/c she messes up their things! Most of all, SHE LOVES HER DADDY!!! When he walks through the door she cannot get to him fast enough!! Last night she fell twice b/c she was trying to walk too fast..then its lots of love for her DA DA DA!! It is very precious!:)

We had a party for her at the Loogootee Park! I'll leave you with some pics of her b-day party!!

Okay so the pics are first, I must have done something wrong , oh well , maybe I"ll figure it out next time!!:)
~KAREN~

New Blogger

2009-06-28T20:53:00.000-07:00

I am very excited about starting this blog! I have finally figured it out with some help from my sis and Abby Yoder!:) My primary reason for having a blog is to document the special moments of my family's everyday life. I love to do scrapbooking but It seems like I never take time to sit down and do it. Kaitlyn is eight yrs. old and I have her album done up to 6 months old..I haven't even started on Kendrick's and Kyann's. My goal is to update at least once a week and then in 6 months to a year print a blog book. So we will see if I can hold myself to this!!:)
Karen