Fall and Aaron's Birthday Surprise

Hey Everybody!
Here are some pictures of the girls playing in the leaves last week. It was so nice out last week I got most of the front yard raked. It stinks having a huge yard when it comes to raking leaves. I spent hours out there and only got a small chunk in the front done. We have a ton of leaves. Then the weather had to turn yucky and I haven't been able to get back out there. Aaron got a little part of the back yard last night but it didn't even make much of a dent. The girls had a blast playing in them though. They had me rake a big pile and they would play in it for alittle bit and then make me rake it all back up again. They were so cute and they had so much fun!


Today is Aaron's birthday. Big 31. His sister and my brother and Aaron's buddy came over some time during the night and teepeed our yard. Plus it was raining last night so it's a big wet TP messy yard. They got the front really good. THere is TP everywhere. Not alot in the trees because of the rain but it did leave remnants in the branches. THey also took Instant Mashed Potatoes and wrote 31 in the driveway and in the yard with the flakes. Poor Aaron. His sister got him last year by writing in those car markers all over all the windows on both our vehicles. She covered them with a bunch of 30's and Honk and Wave Aaron's 30 today. She got both the vehicles so that it didn't matter which one he took to work they were both covered. He's got to plan something good for her birthday this year. He didn't retaliate last year. He's got to get her this year. I'm hoping to put some pics of it up but my computer is not letting me upload pictures right now. I'll get them up as soon as it will let me.

Happy Birthday Aaron!

Halloween and Fall

This is the third time I have sat down and started this entry. I had trouble finding my pictures that I wanted to post one time and the other the girls decided that they weren't going to take a nap for me. (Little stinkers)

We had a great time on Halloween this year. The girls are getting old enought that it was fun to watch Trick or Treat. We go to Shawna's in-laws subdivision. They have a nice little loop of a neighborhood and it is just perfect for the little ones. After the kids Trick or Treat we then go back to Shawna's in-laws house and have pizza and candy. The girls went as Thing 1 and Thing 2 from The Cat in the Hat. I made their costumes and then did their hair all crazy. Hairspray, teased and then blue spray. They stood so well for me to mess with it. They actually won best costume at our MOMS group Halloween party. THey just looked so darn cute and we had such a fun time. This one came out blurry but it's a bunch of dad's that all had some type of "Adult Beverage" in their hands. While the kids went house to house. THAT is the way to take your kids Trick or Treating . :)

Here is the whole crew that went out. In the back, at the top of the steps is Tabitha in her little Navy outfit and Teaque in his Survivor gear. Next is Logan as the Cat from Catin the Hat and then Kiri as a Rocker Chick and Sadie, Thing1 and Kallie as Thing2. THen Cyndl in Army gear and Andrew as a Dirtbike rider in the front. Everybody had a great time.

I was going to add a bunch of pictures of the girls playing in the leaves but the image uploader thingy isn't working right now. GRRRR! Well enjoy the Halloween ones and I will try to get them up later.

Time to go get the girls some supper! :)

It's Been Awhile

Hey Everybody!
I am still here and alive :) It's just been so busy with the move and then getting settled in and we don't have internet at home yet so I am using WI-Fi where ever I can. I am at the library right now. I just got done cleaning for Serendipity. I have been doing alot of cleaning for them lately. I go atleast twice a week and I did three days last week.

We are having a house warming party on June 14th if any of you peeps want to come. I am going to be sending out invites this weekend. I am not sure yet about the time exactly but it'll probably be about 6ish. We are going to grill and then have a bonfire and Aunt Patti and Uncle Terri are bringing fireworks. :) They made a trip to Indiana for the party fireworks, so they'll be great.

I am going to post some house pictures here soon. I know I said I would do it already but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I still have to upload a bunch to the computer first.

The girls are doing great. I think that I have finally gotten them healthy again. They both had runny noses and counghs. I was sick all last week with severe headaches and runny nose and I am feeling alittle bit better. The headaches aren't as severe so far this week so hopefully I am getting over whatever nasty bug I had.

I am so glad that the weather is warming up. It is starting to almost feel like summer. I can finally let the girls outside to play and not have to worry about them getting colds and getting sick. They love to be outside, esp.Sadie. I can't ever get her back inside. :) She loves to take tractor rides through the woods and anywhere.

Well, I gotta jet, gotta go releave my sitter.
Love yas!

Rainy Nights and Quiet Thoughts

This was from a letter I just got done writing to an old friend and I love the way I started it and it pretty much summed up about life right now. I am to lazy right now to write a whole new entry right now. So I cheated and just put my letter here instead. :) I hope you enjoy!



It's really rainy hard outside tonight. I can hear the splashes from the puddles as the cars drive
by. The girls are tucked cozily in bed for the night and Aaron is out at the new house working. It's only me and the sound of the keys as I type, the running of water from the filter on the fish tank, and occasionally a song I pick randomly from my playlist. I am actually feeling pretty relaxed after the hectic day I had. I can actually breathe without any sniffles at the moment and there is only a slight headache tonight. The headache is telling me that I should probably be in bed instead of sitting on the couch writing this chapter of my life to you, my friends.

Wow not bad for someone whose not a writter. Don't ya think?! ;) lol I coudn't help it with all this talk of chapters I felt that I should beging this one as if I was writing a book. THat was kinda fun maybe I should start all me letters (chapters) to you that way from now on. :) I also decided that it was the fifth chapter just because five is my favorite number, being the fifth child and all. My dad used to say " Number 5 alive!" from the Short Circut movie, when I would finally crawl out of bed on Saturday mornings. :) My mom actually found the movie on dvd and bought it for me. Everytime I watch it I think of my dad. Isn't it funny how certain songs and movies remind you of things? Like everytime I hear the song "7 Nation Army" by the White Stripes I think of "shovel" dancing while camping with my friend Jen. (It's pole dancing just with a shovel. :) lol And the song "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias I think of slow dancing for the first time while at MSU for a 4H thingy. Songs and movies can bring back good memories and sometimes bad but it's always nice to remember.


Today was a hectic day. I watched Shevaun's two boys Ehan who will be 7 tomorrow, and Zander who is 6 weeks older than Sadie. Ehan was pretty good considering the fact that he is majorly ADHD. Zander was the naughty one. He kept fighting with the girls. Kallie doesn't like it when Zander plays with her toys so she always has to try and take them away. :) But he was the one trying to steal toys today. My sister-in-law came over to bake some cookies since her oven is broken and I ran out to get diapers :) and then had to hurry home to make supper so I could eat before I had to go to Emily's. I was late, again, tonight getting to Emily's. I normally try to be there at 6:00 and then I'm usally done by 8:00. Lindsay (sis-in-law) stayed and watched the girls cause Aaron was out at the new house. I got home and Linds had them all ready for bed so at 9:00 I put them to bed and luckily Kallie didn't throw her normal screaming fit. I put in a new Veggie Tale cd in for her so I think that helped her not throw a fit. And now I am just relaxing and writing to you. It's really nice to find some quiet time. Doesn't happen often around here. :)



Yup Shane is really 6"11. I'll have to add a picture of him and Tanya (his girl) on my pictures since I have no idea how to add pictures to this. I know you can I just have no idea how to do it. I think I have a family picture on here too. YOu'll have to check that out too if you haven't already checked them out. I am around 5'10-11" . I remember always making sure I didn't wear heels when we were together.:) I hated being way taller than everybody. NOw I am pretty much the shortest in the family. :) Bryn is now taller than me. lol I just have Kiri and Teaque to go before I am officially the shortest besides Kenan. I love it though. I have started wearing heels alot lately. Aaron is 6'4" so even with heels I am still shorter. It's really nice, I love buying all these cute heels. :) Aaron's not a fan of how my shoe collection is growing :)


( My friend wants to be a chef, if you can't figure that out from this little blurb, and he offered to send me his menu) I would love to see your menu and stuff. I really hope that you one day get to own your own kitchen. You still have many years ahead of you to reach that goal. ( He also is pretty bufff, and dedicated in fitness and nutrition) I am so impressed how dedicatied you are to your working out and your nutrition. I think about working out all the time I just never get around to it. I have a really fun work out video but it kills me when I do it so I hardly do it. I know that if I stay dedicated to it for more than a week it won't kill me but my motivation sucks. I do so good for about a week and then I feel awful cause everyhting hurts and then I just don't do it again. I take the girls for lots of walks in the summer adn the goal for this summer was to rollerblade from the apartment to the end of the pier but now that we are moving even further away I'll just have to come and park over here and then do it. The apartment is in Spring Lake right after St.Mary's Church, so I would have to rollerblade over the bridge and then down to the end of the pier and back. I walked the boardwalk acouple times last year with the girls. I absolutley love it down there and I think that that is what I would miss if I ever moved far away from Grand Haven. I love going down to the pier at night and watch the sun setting over the lake. So gorgeous.



I also love the music at Mars. My favorite part of Sunday mornings is the worship with the singing and praising. If you go to www.musicatmars.com you can hear the songs get the lyrics and even by cds we made during some of the worship times. It's awesome. Dad just volunteers in the Baby area Sunday mornings, he is still doing the crane thing. He just impresses me with all that he does at his age. I know that he's not THAT old but looking at some other dads his age he really has no medical or physical problems that some of the other dads have. He actually went to Rowanda, Africa last September for two weeks with a group from church. He is hoping to be able to go again this year. :) Tabitha is actually in Mississippi right now with a group from church helping with the Katrinia relief. I hope she is having a most amazing time. I have some wongerful memories from when I went to Atlanta on my missions trip with church. Things like that are something that will never leave you and have you craving to do more.
Definitely not 10 kids for me. :) But as to being able to pick the sex, since I already have 2 girls I would definitely want to have a boy. We found out Kallie's sex when I was pergnant with her and I loved knowing I was having a girl and being able to get her room already for her. With Sadie I switched doctors and only had one ultrsound and we didn't know and it drove me crazy! Especially since the girls are only 14 months apart that I wanted a girl so badly. I was stressing about not knowing all 9 months. It was such a relief when they said "It's a girl". I don't really have to worry about boys or girls for awhile though, I am so not planning on having another kids for acouple years. I have my hands full as is right now. :)
Well, I better end this chapter here. This could probably make 2 chapters with all that I wrote tonight. :) I seem to have a way with going on and on. I'm glad that you don't mind. :)
Take care, until the next chapter.Kayt

New Beginnings

Well, I was going to add pictures to this post of the house and I uploaded my pictures, or I thought that they did. Then I deleted my memory card since it was full. Well, the pictures didn't upload and now they are gone. :( I lost all the ones of the house and from Easter and from bowling with Shane, James, Jason, and Tanya! :( It was not a good day. Things are going alittle better now. Still busy as ever and I've got a cold. BLAH The joys of life. :) No I gotta finish the girl's lunch and then we are off the the new house for alittle while.
Toodles!





Today was the start of new beginnings for Aaron and I. We signed the papers and handed over money for a house. Aaron's been out at the house since we got the keys today. It needs some TLC and lots of grunt work. I am so overwhelmed with all the choices that have to be made. Carpet,paint,cabinets,countertops,etc... What matches with what and what looks good together. That's all I've been doing for the last three days. Aaron's parents have helped us out so much with everything for the house. Aaron's mom and I went on Wednesday to Walmart and HOme Depot looking at paints and then we met Aaron and went out to the house and measured and tried to get ideas of what needed to be done. Kallie just loved it! All that open space to run around. There are even acouple Little Tikes toys that were left out at the house and those were the first things Kallie went to when she got out of the van. She was having a blast.

Thursday we went and looked at cabinets and found some at the Habitat resale store in North Muskegon and then lunch. Then on Friday I planned on staying home and Kathy ended up calling and we went to Menards, Home Depot and Lowes to look at countertops. Today after we got the keys Aaron and I went to Menards to look at steel doors for the front of the house and then to the flooring store. It has been soo crazy!!! I just need a breather.



Art and Aaron are out there right now measuring and getting ready to put up a wall in the living room for the girl's bedroom. Right now the house is a two bedroom manufacured home on a walk out basement on 6 acres. There are no stairs to get to the basement right now so you have to go out of the house and around to get to the basement. Once the ground thaws out more we are going to put stairs in so we can have Logans room and room for the kids to hang out down there. Aaron wants to be within a couple weeks. There is alot to do in that time.

Logan is sooooooooooo excited!!!! He is going to have alot more room to run and Aaron's mom is right next door threw the woods. Our properties butt up against each other. He can't wait until we move out there. He wants to move tomorrow. :)



Here are acouple pictures of the house.

I went last Saturday and got my new tattoo. I have been waiting along time to get this one. We finally had some extra cash were I could go and get it done. I got the Chinese symbol for family done on the inside of my left wrist. It hurt SO bad!!! Luckily it took less than a half hour. I didn't cry though . :) Despite the excruciating pain. I got the tattoo done there on my wrist for a reason. You slit your wrists you die and to me if you cut off my family, I am dead. My family means everything to me and I would do anything for them. My next tattoo is going to be two little bumblee bees in pink and purple with a K in the pink bees wing and an S in the purple bees wing for my girls. I think I am going to get them on my shoulderblade but it'll be awhile before I get those. I have to find just right the bumblee bees.



Time to get back to my hectic life. I have to finish putting clean clothes away and do the dishes and now the girls are up. :) What a lovely life I live. :)

A Very Busy Week

Cutie Little Kayla

We have hade such a busy week so far this week and the busy isn't going to stop anytime soon.

Wednesday morning Aaron, Kallie, and I went to Grand Rapids for the Oral Cleft Clinic for Kallie. The clinic has a bunch of different doctors and specialist that you go and talk to and they look at Kallies cleft and see how it is looking as she grows. There is a nutriotionist, speech, audiology, pschologist, social worker, geneoligist, orthodontist, plastic surgeon and a couple others. They all pretty much said everything is going great ang looking good. Developmental wise she is pretty much were a 2 1/2 year old should be. Except the plastic surgeon was alittle concerned about her profile of her face is very flat, her forehead and nose are very flat in comparison with her face and her head is still measuring small compared to her size. So he said they might want to do some scans and x-rays in the years to see if there is anything wrong. He also wants us to meet with a genetisits (sp?)(genetics dr.) to see if there is something tweeked in her genes somewhere which could be the cause of the cleft and this face thing. Also she is missing her friont tooth were her cleft is. She has alittle indent on her gum and the tooth hasn't come in yet. The orthodontist said that it may not ever come in and it might come in and it might come in twice. You just don't know. Her upper jaw is also back further than her lower jaw and they said that they would have to fix that also. First by trying some hardware in her mouth to try and push it forward or they would have to go and and do surgery. That they won't start until she's anywhere between 6 and 9. They do want her to start seeing a dentist now to get her used to going because she's going to have alot done in that mouth in years to come. My poor baby, :( my heart just aches thinking about all that will have to be done with her. Atleast I have years to wait before anything is done.

Here are acouple pics of my girl. Before surgery, her missing tooth and the dent and lip now. If you look closely you can see the zig-zag of the scar.

The puppies are now three weeks old. They are getting so big! They have their eyes open and they are trying so hard to get up and "walk". We finally named them all. Teaque and Kiri hepled. We have 2 males, Oddball(2nd from left) who is chocolate colored like Chloe, and Simba (4th) who is a cream. The females are Nala(6th) who is a cream and Keyatcho(3rd) who is the biggest puppy and then Coconut(1st) who is the tan colored one. She has the cutest white tip on her tail. Thay are just so cute!!!!

Jimmy James is home!!!! Yeah! He is home on Spring Break until Sunday. He was home on Tuesday. He came over last night for a little bit and he's over right now playing Wii with Kiri. It is nice to have him home even for alittle while. He is looking really good too. He is putting on weight and really starting to beef up. He looks so much better than when he left for SBU (Southwest Baptist College in MO). He read the girls their bedtime stroy last night. :) It was soo cute. The girls just love their Uncle Jimmy!!

Saturday is going to be the busiest day of all this week. Aaron has to work until 1, Emily is getting picked up at around noon, Logan is doing the Walk for Water (www.marshill.org/water/walk) with Mars at 11-2 at a park in Zeeland. He's going to spend the night at Grampa & Grama T's and go with Teaque, Kiri, and Granpa. Aaron and I have a meeting with a realtor @ 2 to hopefully work something out to buy this house in Nunica that we've been looking at and then to Holland by 6 so I can get my tattoo done. What a busy day!!!!! I am going to be soo pooped by the end of the day. Then Sunday is Easter with church and egg hunts and all that fun Easter stuff!!!!

I probably won't update again until after Easter so HAPPY EASTER ALL!!!! HE IS RISEN!!!

Is It Friday Yet?

Man, does it feel like it should be Friday today! The girls and I went to a playgroup this morning. We went to a MOMS group meeting yesterday I joined the group. MOMS stands for Moms Offering Moms Support. It's a national group that has chapters everywhere and they have LOTS of activities and stuff the do. I think there are about 48 members in this chapter which is the Fruitport,Grand Haven, Spring Lake and up to North Muskegon group. The play group we went to this morning was with this MOMS group. It was really nice. There were 4 other moms there besides me. They say there are normally alot more people. It was perfect for today though. The girls had lots of fun running around and playing with everything. It was also really nice for me to ge to know some other moms. Tomorrow night they have a MOMS Night Out. Once a month they have something for just the moms to do. I'm not sure if I can make it tomorrow since I have Heather this weekend. It would be really nice to go though. Aaron is also going to a Fury Hockey game with the boys tomorrow so there is no way I can make it. There is always next month. I got the calander for the MOMS group and there is almost something everyday. It'll be nice to get out more with the girls and just for me to get out. :)

Monday Aaron only worked for 2 hours! Work is going really slow and he was home alot last week and this week. Luckily he has been able to work with his dad, so that helps out financially. They officialy laid him off on Tuesday and hopefully it will only be a couple weeks. He worked with his dad today until 2:30. On Monday when Aaron got home we all went out and I got a new cell phone. My old one was over 2 years old and falling apart. After I got my phone we went to the mall and let the girls play in the play area and run off some steam. :) We had a really good day. Despite being laid off Aaron has been in a really good mood lately. It's been really nice. There have been no arguments or any bickering, just lots of loving. :P He's watching some John Wayne movie now. : ) The Netflixs movies just showed up today and he brought them in and popped it in to watch. He just LOVES those old movies. :)

Logan's mom gets out of jail tomorrow and he'll probably see her on Saturday for alittle bit. Aaron will bring him over so he can talk to Micah. We've decided that he won't have any overnights with her for awhile and Logan is okay with that. Pray for us all though, we really don't know how Logan will start acting once he gets some time with his mom. It could become very interesting. Hopefully he will handle everything okay, but it is alot for a ten year old to handle. He is going to counseling and doing great. His counslelor says he is doing great and doesn't need to go a whole lot longer. He will just need it to get him through the next couple weeks.

Time to start supper. Logan has running and wrestling tonight and I have to go to work. Tuesdays and Thursdays are our busy nights. :)