There is so much to catch everyone up on I will just get started!!
We had an addition to our family just recently!! Dave and I finished building our rental house next door and we now have renters. The house was an experience to build. From the very beginning when we started the project on Nov. 1st, 2007 to when we finished Sept. 30th, 2008 everything went so smoothly. We knew we were suppose to build this house. It's 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, an adorable kitchen with a pantry in the corner and a living room.
We love our renter. Her name is Rosa and she has a beautiful baby girl. She loves to bake and we love to eat her baking!! It works great for all of us.
We also updated our house and put a wrap around porch on it. It really changed the look of it. We went from this:
I love the extra room for my porch swing. Connor loves riding his bike around it and roller skating on it. But my favorite part of my porch was all the hanging baskets I added to it this summer. Along with my star and a sign my sister gave me for my birthday.
I also recently spent some time taking some really cool pictures of Kjersti and Katie in my garden and around out place. They turned out really cute and we had a great time spending time together. As you can tell, sometimes it is really hard for them to focus and stay serious for the pictures. Leave it to Katie to spice things up!! Anyhow, here's my garden this year. It did really well and we are still eating out of it!! Last year we built a green house. The tomatoes grow 15 feet tall in there and produce enough tomatoes to feed everyone!!
The two cute kids are my great niece and nephew, Brooke and Trevor. They had a great time cleaning out my garden, finding hidden treasures to throw, and getting all muddy. It might not look like it but the pumpkins by Trevor weigh around 100 lbs and took two guys to lift them. I had some fun this year!!
We had a bit of a scare with Katie. She started getting a migraine about 12 w
eeks ago and we have not been able to get it to go away. After several trips to the chiropractor, several doctors and a hospital stay (pictured at the right), a CT scan, an MRI, and a lengthy drug cocktail we might be getting on top of it. Her hospital stay was traumatic with an IV, her head packed in ice, an oxygen tube, and lots of throwing up, needless to say, it was a long night. Her MRI showed swelling on her brain so the drugs are aimed at getting that done. Last week it started easing off and now she is at a 2 or 3 on her pain scale. She has missed about a month of school, but last week she finally stayed the whole week. Her drug cocktail ends in a couple of days, we will have to wait and see if her head ache comes back. We are praying that it doesn't. By the way, she picked the picture, I think she wants pity!! Along with her head rubbed!!
eeks ago and we have not been able to get it to go away. After several trips to the chiropractor, several doctors and a hospital stay (pictured at the right), a CT scan, an MRI, and a lengthy drug cocktail we might be getting on top of it. Her hospital stay was traumatic with an IV, her head packed in ice, an oxygen tube, and lots of throwing up, needless to say, it was a long night. Her MRI showed swelling on her brain so the drugs are aimed at getting that done. Last week it started easing off and now she is at a 2 or 3 on her pain scale. She has missed about a month of school, but last week she finally stayed the whole week. Her drug cocktail ends in a couple of days, we will have to wait and see if her head ache comes back. We are praying that it doesn't. By the way, she picked the picture, I think she wants pity!! Along with her head rubbed!!On a better note, Kjersti came home from school all excited, she made the Principals Honor Roll list. He only picks the top 50 and Kjersti was finally one of them. In blue is what is listed on the High school web site for everyone to see. We are very proud of her, she has worked very hard to get straight A's. Great Job Kjersti!!!
Principal's List 3.90-4.00 GPA
HONOR ROLL BASED ON Term 1 GPA
GRADING PERIOD: Term 1
STUDENT NAME: Kjersti Smith
Principal's List 3.90-4.00 GPA
HONOR ROLL BASED ON Term 1 GPA
GRADING PERIOD: Term 1
STUDENT NAME: Kjersti Smith
Kazia and Connor are doing great. They both just had a birthday. Connor turned 9 and Kazia is 11. They are excited for the holidays and already are making their Christmas list's. Both of
them received medals at school already. They both were awarded "Great School Work". Three kids a month in their grade level get picked and Kazia and Connor were one of the first ones. I would have had pictures but missed the ceremony because I was dealing with Katie. Oh well, that is life. Great Job you two, keep it up!!I will finish with our Halloween picture. We scored lots of candy again, just what we needed!! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It's the day I get to truly be myself!! Can you figure out who I am in the picture? Here is a hint, it's not Glenda the Good Witch!!
Thanks for taking time to read my blog. The next post won't be so lengthy!! Love Tina
