Thursday, November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving

Kiel is home from school. Katlin is home and enjoying his brothers company. Kathy's father (Warren) and his girlfriend (Jean) are up from South Florida as well. My parents will be here shortly. The pies have been baked- I hear patatoes being peeled and the ham and turkey are in the oven. I also hear the Macy's Thanksgiving parade on the TV and know that football will soon follow. The house smells wonderful and everyone is enjoying each others company. I'll soon put my 'stretchy' pants on I'll be ready!

It's not been an easy year in many respects: surgeries, stress and the daily challenges of life. It's not a complaint and I know it could be far worse but at times life can be difficult. But not today - today is the day we are Thankful for all of it. The good - the bad - the happy and the sad. Today we are Thankful that we are here and have made it through together by God's wonderful grace and mercy.

Enjoy the day and appreciate ALL that you have been given. Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, November 20, 2006

Metal Mouth No More

Katlin got his braces taken off earlier today. Kat went back to school after he got them off so I haven't had the chance to see him yet but I heard his teeth look great. Kat was pretty excited all weekend knowing that his braces were coming off today. He had wore braces for nearly two years so I can understand why he was excited. Now that his braces off we'll get his teeth cleaned and whitened so he can have his Senior pictures taken. Hope he smiles big....I'm sure he will.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Hey there...

Hey there...you remember me don't you? It's been awhile since we've talked hasn't it? Let me catch you up on some of the latest happenings around here. Last Friday we went to Tallahassee for concert - we met up with some of the kids from the church and had alot of fun. After the concert we drove down to Orlando to see Kiel. We spent Saturday and Sunday with Kiel and his girlfriend Vanessa, again we had a good time and enjoyed seeing them. They've been together now for six months - that's gotta be some time of record for Kiel. Another reason we went to Orlando was that Katlin got accepted to UCF (same school as Kiel) and we went down to look at it a bit. He hasn't decided if his is going to go there are not - time will tell.

Thanksgiving is next week in case you didn't notice. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year, yes even more than Christmas. I think I like the focus of it...no not the food. But the idea of being thankful and having my family around me makes me happy. Kiel will come home on Wednesday and Kathy's dad and his girlfriend will drive up from Sebring. Along with my parents we have a pretty nice Thanksgiving tradition going. I think we've all been meeting at our house for Thanksgiving for well over the past 10 years. As always I'm ready.

Kat's winding down his senior year. He's been busy with school and work. He got nominated for Homecoming Court - so went to all the activites associated with that. We ordered Graduation announcements the other night - made his graduation seem much more real. Kat has a lot to look forward to the rest of his senior year. He's done taking all his ACT and SAT's for college - he got the scores he wanted for his scholarships. Now he just needs to decide what he wants to major in and where he wants to go to school. He'll figure it out - he always does.

Kiel is well - loves his classes and studying digital media. Kiel is going to be moving into another apartment after the first of the year. Some good friends are losing a room mate so he is going to move in with them. It's only a couple of buildings away in the same complex so it's not to big a move. Kiel still is enjoying his internship at Ross Marketing - he is there graphics guy. All in all he seems to be enjoying college. (I think having Vanessa close by helps too).

Our puppy rules this house. Nothing seems to happen without running it by her first. I'm kidding but that dog really thinks she has to be involved in everything. Next week Kathy is taking her to get 'fixed' - I'm sure she'll be made at us for awhile. Kathy is good - working and taking care of me and Kat. I'm good - very busy at work - too busy actually. I thought as you got older you were supposed to work less? I wish that were the case.

Enough for now, I don't want to use up my daily allotment of words. Take Care.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

The Way I See It....


I've created a new blog called "The Way I See It". It's actually an extenstion of this blog. I'll continue to update this blog with information about what we're doing and what we're up to. But the new blog will be more for writing and expressing my thoughts and ideas. Anyhow I started out with a very simple and non-controversial subject: Election Day/Politics

Anyhow, for me the distinction will be good. It will be easier for me to update this blog if I know that I can simply write about the everyday goings on in our family. I'm lazy like that. Plus I like the idea of keeping the content of the two separate...don't ask me why but I do. Anyhow check it out, keep in mind it's new and it's work in progress. Check both of them out as I promise to post more.....(yeah right)