The Holidays Begin

My mom and Baby Isabella (my cousin's baby)

Jayde and Andy

Too many kids, I won't tell you how many pics I took, none where they are all looking the same way. All the cousins....in the same place at the same time...Amazing!!!

From left to right: Seth, Connie, My Mom, Dad, Me, bottom: Jimmy and Katie

The big kids were almost harder than the little kids, but I think this one isn't too bad....Nice smile Seth...

The first of many family get-to-gethers took place this weekend... My family had our first Thanksgiving at my Uncle Alfie's and Aunt Kathy's house... It was a great time. All of my siblings were there, and most of my cousins were there. Two of my cousins are expecting, which is just awesome... Wierd though because in the past I've been pregnant with them. It kind of gave me the baby bug again... Then when I think about it, it hits me that right now is not a good time to have a new baby... It also seems that most of my friends are having babies or trying to get pregnant, so I tell myself that I will just play with their babies and then they can take them home... I have to get nursing school first.... Then we will see where God leads us.

This week for school I am going to do my Head-to-Toe assessment.... It is a big deal assignment. We have to video tape ourselves doing an assessment on our partner and then we get to say if we did anything wrong and then turn it in... It sounds bad, but I have been practicing so it really isn't too bad... I am actually excited to do it. We will see if the last three months of my life have been worth the pain and effort. Well I need to get to bed.... If everyone could pray that my Head-to-Toe would go well. Have a great week...... and HAPPY THANKSGIVING

We all have so much to be thankful for......

Busy Times

Well life has been really busy.. Some days I don't know if I'm coming or going.. Some days even feel like I just get home and it's time to leave again. I know it will be over soon. We only have about two weeks left of school... Then I get a break until Jan 20th. It will be a nice break.... The kids are good. They are growing so fast. I can't wait til I can spend more time with them... Right now they are playing so nicely together, it makes my heart happy to hear them laughing together. God has been good to me, He gives me special moments with them often..... Sometimes it is just while we cuddle in the night... I thank God for those moments because in a few more years I know that they will not want to sleep with us.... I am so blessed with loving children.

Classes are so much fun.. I really feel like I'm learning a lot and things are flowing together and making a lot of sense. We only have two more clinicals at the nursing home... I have enjoyed my time at the nursing home. My resident is so sweet and really enjoys having me take care of her. I also get a chance to go and talk with other residents that are alone. I have learned so much from the residents stories, some don't make sense, but others are so enlightening to life. I am going to miss my friends at the nursing home. I hope that will find some extra time to go visit there after my clinicals are over. Easy to say, hard to keep. There is always so many places to be or things to do and not enough time in the day.

Well I hope this update is sufficient enough for my STALKER. You know who are (Michelle) Well now I am going to go to bed. I am fighting a cold and need to get some good sleep. Hope to see you all soon... Love you all.... Happy Thanksgiving.....

New Patio

I am so happy to announce that we will no long trek through the mud to get into our house...... Yeah!!! On Friday Tony had some guys come and they poured our new patio. It looks so nice... Tony did a great job. I can't wait til spring to plant some flowers around the edge of it. Grandma Bolliger is going to come and help me. This week for school is so much better than last week. I can't believe how fast school is going by... I hope it keeps going fast. I can't think of anything else new to tell you all about so maybe next time..... Hope all is well with all of you....

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Last Weekend's Wedding

I took a few 700 pictures over the course of the weekend....Here are a few.

The girls walked from the house to the church.

Last weekend was Tony's counsin Kelli's wedding to Chris... It was such a fun weekend... It started friday, taking Alyse to the surgi-centre to get a green beebee taken out of her nose, yes it's the most expensive beebee ever.... She did great and they only had to gas her, no IV or blood work. Took the afternoon easy, then we went to the rehearsal, which was fun, and then some good eating.... Tony really liked that part of the day... The kids had so much fun with Uncle Ron and Aunt Carla... Saturday was the wedding and pictures and the fun party.. On the way over to the wedding we told the kids that we were going to go to a fun dancing party, so they were so excited.... They danced there little butties off... It was great... They did such a good job in the wedding, they walked so good down the isle. Sunday we went to the brunch and watched the happy couple open their gifts... I am so happy for Kelli and Chris, they are such a great couple... They are good together. I can't wait to do more with them when they get back from their honeymoon.....Alright gotta go to bed, I have a big week this week. I have 3 tests, and a paper due tomorrow which is done, but just a lot of school work to get done.... Have a great week.....Enjoy the pictures.....

Pictures

Rocky the best dog ever!
Tony riding Bella... She is doing great.
Alyse woke up and was sick, she wanted to sleep by the tiolet..... Poor thing.
Kids enjoying the beautiful day.
My Handsome Boy...
I know Mom, he just got his hair cut....

Crazy Dayz

Mommy's Sleeping Beauty
Can you see it? GROSS!!! In my house

Family portrait at Apple Blossom Farm
Daddy and his Babes

Alyse practicing with curlers for the wedding she

in. She did pretty good.

I gave Lane a hair cut for his part in the wedding

and they were showing me how silly they are.

Lane trying to scare me with his growl.
Alyse was suppose to be taking a nap and this is

what I found when I went to check on her...Too Cute.

These cute little feet were sticking out of a pile of

pillows and blankets. Lane calls it his tent... It is so

funny, he slept in there for his nap...

This has been a crazy crazy couple of weeks... I think that everday has had something planned or something to do. I just can't believe how fast the last couple of weeks have gone by.... The kids have been sick, vomitting, so keeping a close eye on them. Then yesterday Alyse decided to stick a small green ball like bee bee up her nose. Yes I said up her nose. I tried to have her blow it out herself, I put nasal spray in her nose to hopefully flush it out, I even tried to do mouth to mouth and I blew in her mouth to try to blow it out... Nothing worked, it is really stuck in there... We went to see Dr. Steffen and he tried but Alyse wouldn't stay still enough so he sending us on to the ear nose and throat Doctor. I can't believe this. It is kind of funny. I had a fall break from school so I didn't have class on Monday or Tuesday, I thought that I was going to get so much done... I didn't realize how much there was to do... I have two test this week on top of trying to get a green ball out of Alyse's nose. Then today while I was going to the bathroom, I looked over at the sink and there was a snake, YES A SNAKE......I couldn't believe it a snake in my house..... Ewhh I am so grossed out by it... Don't worry I yelled for Tony and he took it out of the house..I don't know what I would of done if he wasn't home...

Over the weekend we went to the Apple Blossom Farm, over in Peoria.. We had such a great time... The kids got to play on this fun home made play ground... We ate great food. We had such great weather...Our little family needed a fun family day. Then later that saturday, Alyse and I went out to eat with some girlfriends of mine, and afterwards we painted pottery at Fired Up... It was great.

I already started my Christmas shopping.... Hard to believe, but it's almost November and I want all my shopping done before December so I can relax and enjoy the season.... I will try to keep my pictures better updated. Hope you all well and to Michelle hang in there Sister, we are almost done with the first sem. I think of you often...Love you babe... To everyone else that reads this, know that if I haven't gotten to see or talk to you lately, I do miss you and love you all very much. Please keep me and my family in your prayers. May God Bless You All......

So Much To Do ~ No Time

Picture 1~ Taking a ride in Daddy's bucket on his tractor.. So much fun..
Picture 2~ Poor cat being abused by Alyse
Picture 3~Alyse kept her panties dry all night so she got a present... Yeah.....
Picture 4~Alyse showing me how she goes potty... Too much fun..
Picture 5~ Alyse posing for her Mamma... SO BEAUTIFUL..... My sweet baby girl....


Ok so it's been awhile since my last post... Life has been keeping me busy, busy. To start off Tony and I had a weekend getaway that was very needed. We got to relax and just finally get to catch up. On the last day of our weekend Tim and Betty Kaupp joined us to play golf down in Pana. It was so nice to get to talk with them, we are truely blessed to have great friends. We had great talks and awesome golf. Lotsa fun.. My Wonderful Mother was able to come home from Texas where her and my Dad just moved, so she could watch the kids for us, it was great... The kids were so sad to see her leave. Alyse wouldn't go to bed she kept saying,"I lost my grandma" and when I tried to lay with her she got mad and told me, "That's Grandma's pillow." We had a few days of adjusting back to real life without Grandma.



I have been busy with school and get paperwork done, we started clinical a couple weeks ago and I am really enjoying my time at the nursing home. The residents are so nice and love having us there. All of my classmates are wonderful people, we all work together and help one another. It is so nice.



I would like to ask for a prayer request, I had a very stressful experience at work and I am still working through it, so if you could pray for me..



On a brighter note, Alyse is potty trained, she did it all by herself... She is sooooo independent. Even when she should have help she has to try on her own first, sometimes she asked me,"Mommy could you please leave?" It is so funny then she'll tell me that she is stinky.. So I leave trying not to laugh. Tony has broken our horse, we, the whole family has now gotten a turn to ride her, saddled and bareback... She is so gentle... It is so fun to have a horse again. I love having her at our house...



School is already at the midterm.. I can't believe it.. It is going by fast... Ok well I will post you some pictures and then I need to do some homework...... Always...



May God Bless You and Keep You.... Have a great week...