I'm Baaaaaaaack :)

Has it really been 2+ months since I last posted?!

Sorry to all who have been checking in! We have been some busy people!

If I thought you all had daaaaaays to hear about our last 2+ months I would give you the long version...I know you don't! So, here it is....

Our family has a TEENAGER!!!! Austin turned 13 in April! He is still the same Austin, with a little bit of teenage attitude!!!

Our family also has a 10 year old!!!! Allie turned 10 last week! She is still the same Allie, with a little bit more sass!!!

Happy Be-lated Mother's Day to all of the Mom's out there! I know I am blessed to have a Wonderful Mom!! And a Wonderful Mother -n- Law!!! In May I celebrated the BIG 33!!! I am still the same Kate, trying to be young at heart!!!

Also in May, I am very proud to tell you that I passed my state test and now I am officially an STNA, or a Nurse's go-getter!!! I am looking forward to continuing school, maybe in the fall, to reach an RN within the next couple years!!!

I have been working at the nursing home since April! I love it! I love the people I work with and I love my residents and I LOVE MY JOB!!!

On June 16, 2010

Our family welcomed.....

Bryer Neil Burson!!!

I am in love!!! I told Johnny that when you have your own children you instantly fall in love! If your a Mom or Dad you know what I am talking about! If your an Auntie...You instantly fall in love in a whole new way!!!

My sister is AWESOME!!! She had a fairly easy labor...UNTIL this adorable little boy did not want to come out!!! 4+ hours of pushing!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! And FINALLY..... Layne is a BIG brother!!!!

Jess, my little sister is a MOMMY

and Kelly became a Daddy, again!!!

We are all very excited and very blessed to have this sweet boy in our family!!!!

And last but not least...

Happy Be-lated Fathers Day, to all the Dad's!!!

I again am very blessed to have an Awesome Dad!!! And an Awesome Father -n- Law!!!

I am also very blessed to have this Wonderful Man as my husband and the father of our 3 adorable children!!!

So there you have it...all caught up....I think :)

Now, until next time...and hopefully it will not be 2+ months!!!!!

last week....OMGoodness!!!!

WHEW!!!! This past week....O my goodness!!!

Short version of our week goes like this...

Sunday I am in ball meetings ALL day and from what I hear so was half of Morrow County...please please please DO NOT fault ME for that one...get home from the ball meetings, spend an hour crying "Lord am I doing the right thing?"

Get up Monday morning, pack several lunches, get 3 kids ready to head out the door, take them to Grandma and Grandpa LaFever's, off to school for me...7am to 3:15pm...stop to pick up Allie and Cash go wait at the school for Austin and his crew, stop at subway grab some dinner, do 3 1/2 hours of homework...just ME!!! Yup that is pretty much how Tuesday went, except throw a Spring Concert in the mix...gotta say, BEST by far Spring Concert I have attended EVER!!!!!

Beatles Theme!!!!

Allie and her BFF Carlie She looked so darn cute!!! Wednesday same routine as prior days...-Spring Concert + first track meet and first softball practice!!! Both went really well!!! Austin did very good at the meet. He did not place in hurdles BUT he did not knock any over either!!! Allie loves her team and showed her talent!!! Thursday same routine - homework and meets and practices + the Easter Bunny needed to do some shopping!!! Friday....okay your getting it...and when we got home CHILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This morning, Allie had practice, Austin went to the track meet! We colored Easter Eggs...well Allie, Cash and I...did not know there was an age limit on when to stop coloring eggs for Easter?? Apparently I was wrong!!! Tonight we are going to hang out with some friends, and tomorrow Easter at our house with Mom, Jess, Kelly, John and Linda!! Then for me, Homework and back at it again on Monday!!! This is crazy people...good thing this class is only 2 weeks!! I gotta tell ya...LOVIN IT!!!! Can not wait to keep on going!!!! For now I will leave you with one more picture of my "HiPpIe ChIcK" Love this girl!!!!!!!

Conversations with Cash!

ME~ Guess who's here?

CASH~ Is it Auntie?

ME~ It is, Auntie and the baby!

CASH~ (gasping) HER BABY POPPED OUT?

CASH~ Mommy the snow is back?

ME~ (not happy) Yes, the snow is back!

CASH~ MOMMY, your not nice! You said the snow was gone for a long time! I neeeeeeeded to play outside today! That is lying!

CASH~ Mommy?

ME~ Chuggie...

CASH~ Can you put my legs like this and my head like this so my head can spin around like Austin's wrestlers?

ME~ No, Chuggie. We can't do that we are real people. And real people's heads don't spin

around like wrestling figures.

CASH~ UGH...that is NOT fair!

CASH~ Mommy?

ME~ Yea Cash....

CASH~ When I get big like Daddy, I am going to be HUGE!

***at the mall the other day***

ME~ Cash, look there is the Easter Bunny that you saw last week!!!

CASH~ (throwing his hands at the Easter Bunny) YEA, I don't even like him!! He did not bring me those golf clubs I told him I wanted!

ME~ Cash...it is not even Easter yet!!!

CASH~ Don't worry Mommy...Daddy cleaned up the dog shit in the garage!!

ME~ WHAT?

CASH~ Don't worry Mommy...Daddy cleaned up the dog shit in the garage!!

ME~ (not about to say WHAT again) Oh okay Cash, and it is dog poop!

CASH~ because shit is a bad word Mommy?

ME~ Yes, Cash...now please don't say that anymore!

****

a couple days later....

ME~ (dropping something) shit!

CASH~ MOOOOOMMMMYYY....don't say that! That is a bad word!

outta the mouths of babes!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!!!

It is that time of year!

!!!Spring!!!

My Ma always calls it "bitter/sweet"

Time for sunshine and warm weather, baseball/softball, birds chirping, fresh air, new flowers....

and for some, it's back to work!! For this someone back to work is not close to home!

Back to work for my Dad is 2.5 hours away!! And to some that is nothing!

To US....it is 2.5 hours away!!

While I'm glad it is not any further, it still makes me sad that it's not around the corner!! So, last night I made dinner and we hung out before Dad headed out to work (for the summer/fall)

Lots of kisses!!!!

(this picture does have a story and if you were here last night your probably still laughing)

(and if you were not here and your just seeing this picture...I bet it is melting your heart)

(it is mine)

Papaw and his grandkids!!

I hope my kids know that they are going to have to share their "Big squeeze" with their little cousin SOON!!!!

I will try to blog more now!!! But NO promises...School for me on Monday!!!

While your waiting for my next blog.....

CUTE~NESS!!!!

whats been going on????

Last week we did not sit outside until dark in jackets or just our shirts!

We live in Ohio...

and there WAS still snow on the ground last week!!!

BUT IF we did go outside and sit until dark in just our shirts or light jacket, I'm sure my oldest children would have HUGE smiles on their faces!!!!

I have been getting together all of the baseball/softball things and that includes our old cleats...

NO WAY would one family have this many cleats....NOT US!!!!

This VERRRRRY looooonnnng winter we had to be plowed out many times. We are VERY thankful for those that came to the rescue!!! Now that spring is right around the corner, the snow is melting and we can see.....gravel....yes...on our side yard it looks as though we are creating another driveway!!!

Now what is a guy to do when there is so much gravel in your grass?

Certainly NOT!!!!

Ummmm yes!!! YES he did!!!

It worked!!! And I am sure I have given you and our neighbors something to laugh about for awhile!!!

Speaking of our neighbors....

they sent me this beautiful picture yesterday!!!

VEGAS!!!! Sun!!! Palm Trees!!!

Oh and in case you did not see what we DID NOT FORGET in my last post....

a winter hat!!! That was what we DID NOT FORGET!!!!

Can you guess what we DID NOT forget to put on him????

I first want to Thank you for praying for my Nanny! I know that when I talked with my Papaw he said she was feeling all of your prayers! I will keep you updated! It means so much to me that you were able to say that prayer for her!!!

How's the weather? Glad you asked!!

The sun has been out for 4 days straight!!! 4 days!!!! It has been wonderful!!! Peeking through my curtains! Shinning ever so nicely on my bedroom floor!!! The snow is still here, and my guess is that it will be here for awhile!! After all we did have 30+ inches just in the month of February!! And although I am not thrilled that it will not be going away...NOW...I have been so grateful to see the sun!! I am also grateful that as of yesterday ALL of our baseball/softball sign ups are OVER!!! Teams are picked, Coaches have been chosen, and paperwork (for now) is complete!! I tell ya if you have never been on a ball board....keep it that way!!! No really the end result is good. I am happy that I can give SOME of my time to help out with the kids in our community. But ALL of my time, NO!! It is a thankless job! Well with the exception of a few and I do mean few grateful people!!

What else have we been doing?

I will share that with you in a later post, for now....

Here is photo proof of what I HAVEN'T been doing....

Putting sunscreen on my little guy!!!

Who would have thought??? A little wiffle ball in the front yard on the first sunny day in months, still lots of snow on the ground...that we (the parents of this pale sensitive skin little cutie) would forget to put sunscreen on him!!!

Can you guess what we DID NOT forget to put on him????

do me a favor!!!

I am using my blog today to ask that if you read about our family that you take today, tonight, tomorrow or whenever you choose to pray to please say a prayer for my Nanny!

She has been having some health problems for awhile and in the past couple months they seem to have worsened.

Her name is Jan and she is an amazing woman! She is very active in her Church and being sick has enabled her to teach the woman in her bible study class. As I talked with her today I could hear the weakness in her voice. I told her I would be asking all of my friends to Please Pray for her! So here I am asking all of you to add her to your prayers! I Thank You all from the bottom of my heart and I know she appreciates your prayers too!!

wait for it.....

Yesterday we woke up to this....

Today this....

yesterday...

Oh wait for it...

do you see it...

Ahhh that's better!!

She...

Loves her Converse!!

Loves her Skates!!

Has a very contagious laugh!!

Has her Daddy's eyes!!

Loves anything with a PeAcE sign and is the color green!!

She is an awesome little sister and an awesome big sister!!

She paints her owns nails, she does her own hair, gets herself ready for school! Is always talking or texting with her friends.

She....

is growing up so fast!!

I have been blessed!

He....

makes me smile!!

I was thinking last night about how truly blessed I am! With all this weather drama...yes it is still yucky here...I look around my house and I am blessed! I mean I am really blessed!!

Even when my dining room has been turned into little tykes play land...

I am blessed!!

Some people don't have food to eat, let alone a dining room!! Some kids don't have toys to play with, let alone enough little tykes toys to make a play land!! I am blessed!!

Even when my 3 year old is STILL using marker to color my walls...ahem

or himself!!!

I am blessed!!

And so is she...

before we know it, she will have a little tykes play land in her home, and marker on her babe, and staring her blessing in the eyes only to wonder...how did this time go by so fast!!

BLESSED!!!

Facts...

Johnny and the boys made a snow fort!!

The fort was BIG enough that they all 3 were able to fit inside and sit up!!

It is still snowing here!!

In our house a total of 3 humans and 1 dog like this fact!!

Those 3 humans are ALL kids!! And that dog does not even live here!!

They shut down I 71 this afternoon!!

We are in a level 2....AGAIN!!

and not snow related...

Johnny dropped his phone in a pot of boiling water!!

DO YOU HEAR ME SCREAMING??