This week has been hard. Casey is in deep with football and it's rained so much, we haven't done much but sit in the house. Tonight is especially hard because we saw Casey this morning for 10 min. and that was it. It's midnight and he won't be home for another hour due to a game in Odessa. Long drives for our out of town games and so that means an all day event for him. The kids are missing him and so do I. They haven't slept good this week because of late nights waiting for Casey to come in, late getting up, late lunch, late dinner, you name it......it's not our norm. So, night time is like a game of musical beds. I think that's why it's been hard too. I tend to get blue when I've had little sleep and two kids to work with all day. The picture to my left popped up on my computer due to me pushing something I wasn't needing to. It's Jadyn in her evening attire here at home. She walked out in this the other night when Casey got home. I could hardly contain myself. She wears hats all the time but insists on them being backwards. Her favorite way to run around the house is without pants (She gets that from her Daddy) and then again insists on wearing Camden's shoes. That night it was his soccer shoes. She is really pretty prissy but then you turn for a minute and she is all out TomBoy. She is a trip! Between her and Camden, there is rarely a dull moment in DacusVille. Who can be blue when your kid is the funniest thing coming? Pray for our family and Jadyns evening wear. We have got to get that under control and soon.

August 9, 2008 - Spencer and Alyssa Ellison.

My cousin Spencer, just got married to a sweet girl, Alyssa Hawkins. It was a fun weekend in San Angelo, Texas. Casey, the kids and I, Mom and Dad, then Mike, Jenny and Baby Linde all attended the event. We are so excited for them and are glad that they will be living in Abilene. Nene, Jenni, and Jessica looked great. My kids love the girls and so when they walked in, both kids were "Ohhhh, Ahhh, Mom, Mom, it's Jenni, it's Jessi.....See, look, look......" It was great. Jenni helped with the rehearsal dinner and it was really great. She did a slide show and had great table designs for the dinner. The food was amazing and so was the company. When you can spend time with Uncle Charles (Uncle Charlos as my kids call him), it's always special. By the way, he looked very studly. Congrats Ellisons!

What a fun weekend! I just had to send the most recent pictures to my blog. I wanted to get a picture of all the grandbabies! It was really great and Mom's face says it all! "It's like a piece of Heaven."

Well, Well, you will never guess who decided to be born today! That's right, Miss Chloe Grace! She is 4 weeks early and perfect! What the heck did they do that I didn't in order to have their babies early and naturally. She was born at 6:45 am and Michelle was in labor from 12am till then. She pushed and in 30 min., out came little Chloe. She is amazing and has the sweetest little tongue that won't go back in, haha! It's so cute. Chloe was welcomed by Aunt Jennifer and Daddy. Both were so shocked that Michelle needed no drugs and still hasn't had any all day. What a Women! I will tell you that I went 8 hours in labor and had the drugs. Casey made it a MUST! I did too really. It was nice to not be in pain all day but those babies came fast and made it painful on Mommy only a few hours. Chloe has had many flowers arrive and family. Daddy has already decided her little ballet toes will never have to touch the ground if he has anything to do with it. Both Baby and Mommy are great and will come home on Saturday. Chris might have to stay longer due to the fact that until 7pm last night he was in Milwaukee. He flew in and hadn't had sleep all week due to his job. Later at 12am Michelle just felt awful. 30 min. later, her water broke and there was no sleep for the poor Daddy. Boohoo. No sympathy man.

I am a proud Aunt and Cousins Camden and Jadyn think she's so cute and tiny. They both gave her the once over and off to see what they could get into in the hospital baby bed.

Here She IS!!!

Linde Reese Kern. A whopper of a baby. All of 5.8 and 19" long. She is stunning. Linde came about 2 1/2 weeks early but is perfect and very healthy. Jenny is doing great now. The birth of Linde was fast and scarey so it took some time for Jenny to be back to her ol' self. We are so proud! Mike is one good looken' Dad too! What a lucky little girl. Sweetest Dad around besides mine and Casey. In about 4 weeks I will update you again when my other baby comes. Chloe Grace should be making her way into our arms August 20th and talk about spoiled. I feel that Auntie Jennifer (Michelle's sister) and I will be fighting over her. We are all excited. How blessed my family is to have 2 little beauties join our crew.

Camden Turns 4

I am amazed at how fast time flies. I am not as sad as I have been for the past two days. It hits me hard every year when the kids have a birthday. It's such a special day and I love making it the BIG DAY but it seems to tear at my heart strings. Casey even said at lunch yesterday, Chic-fil-a was Camden's choice, "I stare at the date and it seems so strange. What an amazing day it was bringing Camden into the world. Seems like it wasn't that long ago. He's really grown up, hasn't he?" He really has and what an awesome child God has given to us. I think that's really what birthdays are for: Parents to remember how blessed they are to have that child and what precious years of memories are in store. Sorry, little mushy.

With our move to Abilene, I wanted Camden to have some form of party with little buddies and fun. My only idea, shared by my Mom, was to have it in Huntsville with my friends and their children. We have visited so many times at the church and had play-dates with those friends, that Camden really had buddies there. It was a great idea! So, Sunday, May 4, we had 32 people at the party (half parents, half friends). Camden chose Mickey Mouse Clubhouse as his theme and the location was the Dino city park. The park is our favorite park in Huntsville and it's so shaded, clean and has great equipment. Aunt Michelle made "pupcakes" (that's what Cam calls cupcakes) with Mickey Mouse on them. We ate pizza and had tons of fun. The parents sat around talking while the kids played hard. Camden really enjoyed the party. It was better than expected, the weather was beautiful and for all of that, I am so thankful.