Since I'm not really saying this outloud, I won't jinx this... but Keira has not missed a day of school since they started back in January- for being sick! Not that she hasn't had or has a cold, but nothing major! Woo Hoo!
She has also been spitting out a LOT more sounds, which is really exciting, its usually the end sound of the word, especially two syllable words, but MUCH better. She is also doing well with counting, signing her abc's, matching, colors, and recognizing some whole words!! I was worried she wasn't going to make any progress this year, but she has come a long way!!
We will again be participating in this years March For Babies walk in Decorah! It will be held on Sat. May 7 at 9am at the Decorah High School. This year's Ambassador Family is Team Mann, Carly Mann is one of Keira's classmates!! I hope if you read this you will consider donating or walking with Team Keira!!
This weekend we are heading to Cedar Rapids to go to a Hockey Game, can't wait to get out of the house!!- I hope the weather cooperates! Take Care All!
Merry Christmas
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
2 Trophys-Same Day!
The boys in the house were more than excited Sunday with the big Packer Super Bowl win!
My family came over to watch it with us- it was a good game- and super FUN to be on the winning end and see the Lombardi Trophy make its way home!
In preparation for the game, we thought it was only appropriate travel to Wisconsin to pick up some party supplies, so Saturday we went to LaCrosse, hit the mall, made a stop at Woodman's then went to Olive Garden for a late lunch-YUM! Then our last stop was Wal-Mart where we picked up some football shaped Packer Balloons! It was a fun day, and fun to get out since we were cooped up most of last week due to snow days!!
Now, we are getting ready for Valentine's Day and I'm also trying to get my tax things together!
Nick has also been wrestling - we went to our first tournament this year on Sunday, and he came home with a trophy! 3rd place out of 3! Ha! Hey, he was stoked!
My family came over to watch it with us- it was a good game- and super FUN to be on the winning end and see the Lombardi Trophy make its way home!
In preparation for the game, we thought it was only appropriate travel to Wisconsin to pick up some party supplies, so Saturday we went to LaCrosse, hit the mall, made a stop at Woodman's then went to Olive Garden for a late lunch-YUM! Then our last stop was Wal-Mart where we picked up some football shaped Packer Balloons! It was a fun day, and fun to get out since we were cooped up most of last week due to snow days!!
Now, we are getting ready for Valentine's Day and I'm also trying to get my tax things together!
Nick has also been wrestling - we went to our first tournament this year on Sunday, and he came home with a trophy! 3rd place out of 3! Ha! Hey, he was stoked!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
"Here's Your Christmas Card"
Wow, its about time I update my little journal! Christmas will be here soon and we are thankful for MANY things!
Keira had her tonsils out and new eartubes put in last Wednesday, the 8th in Rochester. St. Mary's is so pretty at Christmastime I couldn't resist taking a few pics! Daren and I had commented on all the time we've spent there in the last 3+ years we have never been there around Christmas! Anyway, she did pretty well with it all and we spent one night.. which was Plenty.. ha.. and got to go home the next morning!
Nick had his Christmas concert last Friday.. it was Great! There was a nice variety of songs, great vocals, some action, it was very cute! Keira enjoyed it as well, and I think Nick enjoyed singing in it!
Daren will be working in Des Moines this winter, and will actually be working up until Christmas.. a first in a long time, he will have off the week after Christmas! We are happy that he is able to work so that I can take care of the kids!
Last but not least, the (dreaded) Christmas card... This is the first year since Nick was born that I didn't have a professional picture taken! So, I decided I would take my own pictures and design my own Christmas card using my "Memory Mixer" scrapbooking software. I spent at least an hour designing one, had a copy made at Wal-Mart and still had that "ick" feeling.. So I went back to the drawing board.. whipped another one up in 5 minutes flat, and decided to get half of each! I ordered them online.. they might be here by Christmas!
I hope everyone has a Peaceful and Joyful holiday season! Love, the holiens
Keira had her tonsils out and new eartubes put in last Wednesday, the 8th in Rochester. St. Mary's is so pretty at Christmastime I couldn't resist taking a few pics! Daren and I had commented on all the time we've spent there in the last 3+ years we have never been there around Christmas! Anyway, she did pretty well with it all and we spent one night.. which was Plenty.. ha.. and got to go home the next morning!
Nick had his Christmas concert last Friday.. it was Great! There was a nice variety of songs, great vocals, some action, it was very cute! Keira enjoyed it as well, and I think Nick enjoyed singing in it!
Daren will be working in Des Moines this winter, and will actually be working up until Christmas.. a first in a long time, he will have off the week after Christmas! We are happy that he is able to work so that I can take care of the kids!
Last but not least, the (dreaded) Christmas card... This is the first year since Nick was born that I didn't have a professional picture taken! So, I decided I would take my own pictures and design my own Christmas card using my "Memory Mixer" scrapbooking software. I spent at least an hour designing one, had a copy made at Wal-Mart and still had that "ick" feeling.. So I went back to the drawing board.. whipped another one up in 5 minutes flat, and decided to get half of each! I ordered them online.. they might be here by Christmas!
I hope everyone has a Peaceful and Joyful holiday season! Love, the holiens
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Hope
Halloween was okay, I pulled Keira around the neighborhood in a wagon, in high heels and froze my %@* off. Nick, at the LAST second, decided he didn't want to wear the costume from last year, so he would go as a football player.. wearing football pants size 2yr and his Packers jersey and red cleets. He was too stubborn to wear his helmet. Basically, he wears that outfit EVERY Sat/ Sun during football season, so I can't say you can call that "dressing up'! Keira and I dressed in coordinating 50's costumes, she was a doll!
I'm supposed to be cleaning my house for company over Thanksgiving which is now a short 16 days away! There is no way I'm going to get it all done, and decorate my house and do the Christmas shopping, but I have hope-- and Tony Robbins said on the Today Show this morning that you need Hope to be happy! At this point a clean house and hope would make me happy!
Take care!
I'm supposed to be cleaning my house for company over Thanksgiving which is now a short 16 days away! There is no way I'm going to get it all done, and decorate my house and do the Christmas shopping, but I have hope-- and Tony Robbins said on the Today Show this morning that you need Hope to be happy! At this point a clean house and hope would make me happy!
Take care!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Nesting
Today Keira will be riding the bus home from school- for the first time! Everytime she sees a bus, she gets extremely excited and does the sign for bus over and over!!-So I'm hoping she doesn't get scared after she gets all buckled in. I then found out this morning that her school is the first of 3 stops in Decorah that is made before they head back to Calmar.. that means almost a 30 minute bus ride! I'm not too happy about that, but since she's not potty trained yet, we won't have to worry about any accidents.
Our latest family outing led us to Ames for an Iowa State football game! The weather was absolutely gorgeous and we had such a fun time tailgating with some long lost friends and just hanging out! The outcome of the game was not good at all for ISU, but the kids still had a blast watching... and eating popcorn, pizza and pop!! Ha
For all you mother's out there-- did you ever go through the nesting period before you had the baby? I did, and thank God I did, but both my babies came early, obviously Keira way early.. but it made me prepared!! Well, this week I've been cleaning out cupboards, drawers, etc., cleaning things that have never been cleaned in the 9 years we've lived here, etc... and I thought to myself,.. It feels like I'm nesting! (Minus the pregnancy of course.. don't want to start any rumors!)
Whatever the reason behind it, I'm glad to be getting some things cleaned up and organized.. hopefully this nesting period lasts a LONG time!!
Our latest family outing led us to Ames for an Iowa State football game! The weather was absolutely gorgeous and we had such a fun time tailgating with some long lost friends and just hanging out! The outcome of the game was not good at all for ISU, but the kids still had a blast watching... and eating popcorn, pizza and pop!! Ha
For all you mother's out there-- did you ever go through the nesting period before you had the baby? I did, and thank God I did, but both my babies came early, obviously Keira way early.. but it made me prepared!! Well, this week I've been cleaning out cupboards, drawers, etc., cleaning things that have never been cleaned in the 9 years we've lived here, etc... and I thought to myself,.. It feels like I'm nesting! (Minus the pregnancy of course.. don't want to start any rumors!)
Whatever the reason behind it, I'm glad to be getting some things cleaned up and organized.. hopefully this nesting period lasts a LONG time!!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Honey Crisp
Why is it that the older you get the faster time flys? and why is it that everyone else feels that way too!!
I am a true summer lover, but I have to admit I love fall too! It is so much fun to get out the fall decorations, put out the pumpkins, put some lights in the front window, it's a good thing as Martha would say!
The feeling of the impending holidays always gets me a litttle excited inside.. then I think about how frickin cold it gets and the 10 ft of snow to shovel off the sidewalks and then I get a bit grumpy! Again, I'm sure many of you agree!
I'm hoping to take a short trip this afernoon and visit the little pumpkin patch by Lawler. Its an interesting little place, with "stuff" piled about, but the kids have fun exploring and I LOVE the honeycrisp apples from their orchard! I took a bunch of pictures last fall there.. I will post one!
Happy Fall Y'all!!
I am a true summer lover, but I have to admit I love fall too! It is so much fun to get out the fall decorations, put out the pumpkins, put some lights in the front window, it's a good thing as Martha would say!
The feeling of the impending holidays always gets me a litttle excited inside.. then I think about how frickin cold it gets and the 10 ft of snow to shovel off the sidewalks and then I get a bit grumpy! Again, I'm sure many of you agree!
I'm hoping to take a short trip this afernoon and visit the little pumpkin patch by Lawler. Its an interesting little place, with "stuff" piled about, but the kids have fun exploring and I LOVE the honeycrisp apples from their orchard! I took a bunch of pictures last fall there.. I will post one!
Happy Fall Y'all!!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Crazy Glue!
Another year older and I feel 10 years older!! I'm still not feeling well, and so I'm finally going to the Dr on Thursday, which I'm sure will be a huge waste of time and the beginning of a huge run-around like it was 5 years ago! Obviously this is also affecting my attittude! Ha!
Keira did her sleep study last week, it was a long drawn out process of a consult Tues morning at 10:30, then report back for sleep study at 7:00 pm. and then go over results the next morning at 10:30... if they hadn't woke her up at 6:00 a.m. that 10:30 am appt would have come a bit sooner! As expected, she was not happy with them glueing stuff to her head, and so she pretty much cried the entire time they prepped her.
Apparently I was not happy with the glue they used as I almost immediately broke out in hives and spent most of the night itching... I was glad that camera wasn't on me!
The results indicated she would benefit from having her tonsils removed, which we had expected anyway, but at least they did not reccommend a C-pap!!
We did manage to get some shopping done for Keira on Tuesday, a couple more outfits for school and the colder weather! Not a bad day, but we were exhausted on Wednesday!!
Keira did her sleep study last week, it was a long drawn out process of a consult Tues morning at 10:30, then report back for sleep study at 7:00 pm. and then go over results the next morning at 10:30... if they hadn't woke her up at 6:00 a.m. that 10:30 am appt would have come a bit sooner! As expected, she was not happy with them glueing stuff to her head, and so she pretty much cried the entire time they prepped her.
Apparently I was not happy with the glue they used as I almost immediately broke out in hives and spent most of the night itching... I was glad that camera wasn't on me!
The results indicated she would benefit from having her tonsils removed, which we had expected anyway, but at least they did not reccommend a C-pap!!
We did manage to get some shopping done for Keira on Tuesday, a couple more outfits for school and the colder weather! Not a bad day, but we were exhausted on Wednesday!!
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