May 2011

Yaaay! It's Spring, lets get outside.

Izzy and her little friend Maddie. They would rather play witht the dog toys than their toys.

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Izzy over seeing Mommy's planting abilities.

My petunias to plant for the year.

Izzy enjoying her fudgecicle.

Izzy tailgaiting before the Nebraska vs. Creighton game. Love the chilled look on  her face.

Daddy and Izzy eating at the game. You can't go to a baseball game without getting a hotdog.

Prayer before the game.

She is getting to be such a big girl.

The deer at the safari.

The black bear.

The Elk were amazing.

Izzy enjoying the ride throught the safari.

Daddy and Izzy on the trail to the wolf and bear.

Well this month will go in the history of one of the worst months ever. I am feeling really sick from being pregnant. I just can't seem to kick it. Also, the Lord decided to take my Grandma to reunite with my Grandpa. I can't believe I lost both of them in such a short amount of time. It definitely leaves a void in your heart. My grandmother's passing was unexpected and has been very hard to wrap my brain around. It's definitely going to take a lot of time to get over. I miss you Grandma. Give Grandpa a hug for me.

Since the weather has been slightly nicer we have gotten out in the yard a little more. Izzy had her friend Maddie Rosipol over to play for a bit. Izzy is such a tomboy. She loves the dirt and being outdoors looking at all the bugs. We also enjoyed hte weather of the Nebraska vs. Creighton game. Mark Izzy and I went downtown to the new TD Ameritrade stadium to watch the close game between the two teams. Unfortunately Nebraska lost by 2 points, coming up from behind. Izzy did so well just hanging out with us.

A couple of weeks later we decided to experience the safari of Nebraska out on I-80. It was actually a neat experience and Izzy enjoyed the ride. The pelicans really tried to back up traffic.

This year was an awesome Mother's Day. We went and picked out all our flowers for the summer and got them planted to give our house a splash of color. So far so good......they are still alive. I enjoy planting the pretty flowers, but I get so frustrated when you do all you can and they just don't make it. We have little catepillers that eat the flowers in mid July. My goal this year is to treat the flowers so they last a little longer. I had a fun end to the day enjoying a fudgecicle with my daughter. What a GREAT day!

Talk soon, hope everyone is doing well.

April 2011

Dying Easter Eggs at Great Grandma and Grandpa Brown's.

After finding all the gifts the Easter Bunny left at Gamma and PopPop's.

Easter Egg hunt at Great Grandma and Grandpa Brown's.

Izzy and PopPop on Easter.

My cousin Heather, myself and all the great grand children.

Cletus hanging out at Gamma and PopPop's.

Izzy and PopPop after we surprised them that Izzy was going to be a big sister.

Izzy's special shirt. She will live up to the name in December.

Izzy and I after a day of paintingt toe nails.

Izzy's favorite back yard past time. She could spend hours in the sand box.

My cousin Kash getting ready to take the field at a Husker game. He is one of this year's big hitters.

Izzy cheering on Kash at his game. Go Hugers!

Kashy upn to bat.

Izzy and Gamma enjoying a hot dog at the game.

I have been neglecting the blog for a while. So bare with me as I don't remember what happened yesterday, let alone two months ago. At the end of March, Mark and I found out we are having baby number two. Boy did I have "mommy guilt" when I first found out. How am I going to divide my time between the two children. I talked to my good friend Sarah and she said the best thing I could ever give Izzy is a sibling. You know she is absolutely correct. I am really excited now and can't wait to meet the new little one.

At the beginning of April we went to watch my cousin Kash play baseball in Lincoln. He plays for the Huskers and is one of their big hitters this year. We are sure proud of him. Lots of friends and family came because they were celebrating Grand Island and featured Kash. It was great to get my Grandma K. there since my Grandpa has passed away.

A week later we all went back to GI because Mark and I were the sponsors for his niece and nephew's confirmation. We put Izzy in a shirt that said "Big Sister" and waited to see how long it took for my parents to notice her shirt. Of course when we got home no one was there. When my mom got home she noticed right away. My dad was down at the shop cleaning things up so we all went there to show him. I had told him that we had a surprise for him. When we got there we talked and talked and he didn't even notice. We finally had to tell him to look at Izzy's shirt. He was really excited. He thought that we had bought a new car and that was our surprise. He wasn't expecting the baby news at all. Then my dad took Izzy to my Grandma K's apartment. She didn't notice either and when we told her to read Izzy's shirt, her response was "Really?". She had the biggest smile on her face.

Izzy and I came back to GI the following week for Easter. My cousins and uncle came to visit from Wichita. We had Easter dinner and died eggs on Saturday and then had the hunt on Sunday. Then Izzy and I headed out to Mark's aunt's house for Easter lunch. It was nice to finally get home and see Mark.

Well, until next month. I am behind on May too. I'll try to get to it soon.