Applesauce

This is only about one third of the applesauce I made this year! I made 5 bushel into applesauce! YUMMY!!!

Jun visits in September!!

Well, some of you may know that Brent went to Japan on a Missions trip in 2000. While there, he became very close friends with Jun. Well, they haven't seen each other in 9 years, and Jun had the oportunity to visit Lafayette, IN in Sept! Abbi loved to hear him speak English and Jun tried teaching her some Japanese. One thing I learned was that Jun loved American food, especially apple crisp!!

Been a long time

WOW, I cannot believe that I haven't updated since the beginning of July! Well, ALOT has happened around here since! Brent still has a brace on his arm, but has more movement! Due to him only being able to use one arm completely, I have been a little extra busy, so that is one reason why it has been so long! Another reason is we didn't have internet for over a month! So...Anna had a root canal done last month and now has a "fake" tooth. We call it our "$300 accident". Abbi pushed Anna down about a year ago (broke her front tooth) and we finally had a second opinion and had her tooth fixed recently. We just got back from vacation a few days ago, if I have time I'll post some pictures. A funny thing...Abbi got a leech on the bottom of her foot in the lake, ask her about it! We also spent a week at Brent's parents in July, just hanging out and spending some time on the lake. Abbi starts school Sept 1 and she is super excited about that! Overall, we've had a busy summer since Brent ruptured the tendon in his arm and I'll try to be better at keeping up, I know I said that last time!

When it rains, it pours, right??

Well, the saying goes that way, but I decided after this past week, that I am going to look at that saying differently! My new saying,"When it rains, it rains a little harder, and then turns to a sprinkle". Now, I'm just waiting for the sprinkle! So, Brent is finally recovering a little nicer and isn't in as much pain, but it has been VERY hard for him to sit down and keep his arm elevated! It seems every 10 mins he is up again, and then swelling, pain, etc! Anyway, we found out on Thursday that Anna is having a root canal (yep) on Tuesday to save her chipped tooth. Right now it is infected and is saveable. We went to Indianapolis for a second opinion and they felt very strongly that the best option would be to save the tooth for spacing and "fix" it so it looked "normal". Won't that be fun?!?! So, since I feel that it just "rained harder", we are hoping for some light sprinkles in the future forcast! On a positive note, I finally got some sleep last night after 4 days!! Now, if we can just pray for that to continue! Thank goodness for Pizza Hut and neighbors for some good food, I can't keep up with things fast enough and then...time to eat again! I am so very thankful that I am not a single parent and that this will end in a few weeks to a few months!! I'm ready for my "partner in crime" to be my helper again!! LOL!

Brent update

Some of you may know that Brent hurt his arm at work last Thursday and had surgery today. If you didn't know, well, now you do! Anyway, his surgery went well and the ruptured tendon in his arm was fully repaired. He has a long recovery to get his full strength back, but the doctor feels that he will regain full strength again. He is staying the night in the hospital for observation and is on a morphien drip for pain right now. I plan to bring him home tomorrow to rest and relax! (If that is possible with two young children!) So, he is on the road to recovery! I think he may be off work for 6-8 weeks, so a visit might just cheer him up! I am afraid he will become bored quickly at home!!

Anna's Two!!

This is ONE of Anna's favorite presents, she even wanted to eat breakfast in it!!

My first cupcake cake!

Here we are "making" Anna's butterfly cupcake cake. Say "CHEESE" I got this idea from my neighbor (Thanks Michelle) when she made one for her daughters birthday. It was really easy an gave me inspiration for making more of them! The only downside....I have TONS of cupcakes left! It took 2 cake mixes to get enough cupcakes to make a butterfly! And I cheated and used icing from the tubs (which took 3 1/2 tubs!!) Talk about LOADS of sugar!! But it was fun and the girls were really into it also!

Abbi's last day of school

Abbi with Mrs. Comella

Abbi with Mrs. Synesael

Abbi with her friend Cara

Abbi with her teachers when they were talking about her

I know, this is REALLY late in comming, since her last day of school was May 15!  She had a graduation day where the teachers gave the kids scrapbooks from the year and talked about each one of the kids individually, which I thought was very nice!  The kids sang a few songs and then "cookie time"!  Abbi is very excited to be going to Pre-K next year, which will be 4 mornings a week!  She does miss going to school though!!