Monday, August 31, 2009

10 Year High School Reunion

This past weekend we went up to Iowa for my 10 year high school reunion. I am exhausted today but we had a wonderful time seeing all my old friends and catching up! Friday evening we went to the TJ football game and tailgated w/ HyVee catering. Kaitlynn had fun running around with some of the other kids. The weather was absolutely beautiful! Here is a nice family pic before we left for the game...
I made Kaitlynn a shirt with a black and orange yellow jacket. It didn't iron on very well but it worked for a few hours!
Brooke flew in from Colorado and Kaitlynn went right to her!

We were going to stay for the game but decided that Kaitlynn was not going to be interested in sitting and due to the fact that there was still a line to even buy tickets and the other team had already scored a touchdown we decided to head up to Matt's Aunt Jacquie's house instead. We had fun visiting with all of the family and of course Kate always loves playing with Asha!
Lovin' on Sandy. She's such a great dog!
Itsy Bitsy Spider with Nanny
Cousinly love...Matt and Asha! Check out this big 2nd grader missing a tooth.
Checkin' out the Nintendo DS with Great Grandma Wiese. I don't think either of them new what they were doing!
We then dropped off Kaitlynn back at my parent's house and went to meet some of my old friends again at Maloney's Irish Pub. That's Wendy Maloney in the back and she was in our class and owns the place. We had a great time!
On Saturday, Kaitlynn spent the day with Grammy and Grandpa Sewing while Mom and I went to a few garage sales, out to lunch and even treated ourselves to pedicures. Then Matt and I had a nice dinner with his parents (Jean's lasagna is my favorite!) and headed to Scott's Street for the official reunion.
Any, Angela and Brooke
Here's Amy and I right before we left. Two nights out past midnight did me in. I think it might take 2 weeks to recover! It was a blast, though!

Here are some other pictures from the weekend...
A mad, tired, grumpy face before her nap Saturday morning. She's not always happy and easy going!
Trying to escape...
Reading a book with Grandma Hardie. Yes, she snuck in that pacifier! She really only has it when she goes to sleep. Some day we'll get rid of it. She never asks for it and doesn't get mad when we take it away after she wakes up so we decided a little bit longer won't hurt her too much.

Our big helper

Lately she's really been into "helping" us do things around the house. Every night when Matt gets home she helps him carry in his cell phone and flashlight to be charged up for the next day. It's really adorable!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Fun with Grammy and Grandpa

I know I'm LONG over due on updating the blog...so I have included several entries for your enjoyment. Make sure to check them all out!

This weekend Grammy and Grandpa Sewing came to visit! Us girls went shopping yesterday and Ken did a ride-along with Matt. We all had a great time!

I made some yummy blueberry pancakes for breakfast this morning. Our good eater obviously loved them, as you can tell!


Playing the "hat on...hat off" game with Grandpa!


Grammy and Grandpa's new dog, Duke came for his first visit to our house. It took a little while for Duke and Tucker to get used to each other but eventually Duke decided that he might like to run around and play with his new friend. I think they really bonded last night when they teamed up to take on a baby possum that was in our yard! Poor Grammy about had a heart attack!

She took Duke for a little walk with is leash around the living room...
We tried the leash out on Kaitlynn, too!
We had a wonderful weekend. Thanks for everything Ken and Jean!

New Babyistter

Kaitlynn started at her new babysitter, Jennifer's house full time this week. I think that it helped that she is older this year because she has so much fun playing the Braeden, Emily and Kaden. They are all between 1-2 years old and have a great time together! I am so thankful to have a job that allows me to be home at least 3 months out of the year with her but it's hard to adjust back to the "real world'! She seems to have adjusted better than me. By Thursday she walked to the door and said "Bye Mama"!

Braeden came over to play a couple of times this summer while Jennifer went to the dentist. Here are a couple of pictures of the two cuties playing together!
CHEESE! She now has 12 teeth and has 4 more coming in. Are we done then?? I sure hope so for a while!

Hardie Visit

A couple of weeks ago Kaitlynn and I went up to St. Joe to church with Ryan and Sarah. My Mom and Dad were visiting, too! We came back and had a little cook out for lunch.
I love my Uncle Ryan

I LOVE this one of her looking out the window
Snuggling with Grandma Hardie
Walking around in her cute dress Grammy Sewing gave her.

Ryan and Sarah (with help from others) have been working really hard on re-painting their kitchen cabinets. I think they are turning out great! They are going to eventually get new floor and counter tops which will make a HUGE difference!
Hanging out with Uncle Ryan and Aunt Sarah
After lunch it was getting close to her nap time as I'm sure you can tell! If this girl is tired she sure doesn't hide it from anyone. We're so thankful for our good sleeper.

After her nap she was ready to play and get some "smooches" from Jersie
More help in the kitchen!

Kansas City Royals

Matt had the fun opportunity a few weeks ago to help present the flag at the Kansas City Royals baseball game. There were two Lee's Summit officers and 2 fire fighters. He was quite excited to say the least! It also happened to be the first night the new Hall of Fame opened so there were lots of Hall of Fame players there, as well. He got to stand in front of the KC dugout for quite a while before the game and got a close-up of several KC players!

I was lucky enough to also go to the game and watch him. They gave each of the guys a free ticket and one of the other officers didn't want to stay so I got his ticket! We had a great night out together and the weather was amazing!






The night before the game Matt was rounding up all of his Honor Guard "stuff" and Kaitlynn tried on his hat. Very cute!