lifes ups and downs

As life would have it there is never a dull moment. The past several months have had many curves added to them. I have not posted some of the information due to privacy of family. The other reasons are because some of these things are exciting and the people that it has affected the most needed the chance to announce the news and be focused personally. They needed the spot light!

With that said I will start with news that for me is awesome and I am bursting with excitement; My sister and brother-in-law (stacy and Brad O'neil) have announced that they are pregnant. This is something that is very huge for them and I have never seen two people more happy then they are. So a huge CONGRATULATION...your nieces are so excited as well as your sister and brother-in-law.

On another note (I will not go into great detail for privacy reasons)but prayers and support for Melleen (as I call her mom for very obvious reasons) has had some medical issues. I know that this has been very hard for her daughter (Stacy) and husband (our dad) as well as her but she is the strongest women I know and will get through this with the best results. It has been hard for us because we cannot be there to physically help her get through this. As love is very strong within family we know things will turn out the way God wants them to.

My love to all of my family and friends; with all the highs and lows we have we always have each other!

basketball

Whew....

Baskeball season has finally come to an end and our family can breath. Liz did basketball this season with her school, as we have been finding out anything she does we do too. Again, no one wanted to stand up and volunteer so these girls (18 of them) had no coach. This left Ken and I to step up to the plate. The funny thing is the only thing I knew about basketball is there is a net and a ball. By the end of the season I have a complete new look at the sport and pre-teen girls with hormones:) the important thing is Liz had fun. She is great at Defense and making sure anyone who falls down is OK. (this a quality that liz will take with her for the rest of her life). Here are a couple pictures for you enjoyment.

These pictures are only of one team...we had to split the girls into two teams because we had so many that wanted to play. This is Theresa's team and Ken's team did not play until later.

Happy birthday Ken

What a great day and time!!! We celebrated Kens 40th birthday on Saturday and what a turn out. A special THANK YOU for those who came to help! Also a huge thank you to everyone who showed up to help celebrate this great occassion. We had people come from Californai (aka opa, ted, dad), people from Denver (Deb, Dennis, Neal, and Melissa), also from Denver some very special guests that we did not know were coming until they walked up to the front door. Dave and Karen Reida came to celebrate with us, Dave was the owner of the company that Ken and I worked for when we met. They have stayed in touch with us and continue to watch the blog for updates on the children. Dave and Ken have been for many years so this was an awesome visit. I dont want to forget all of the friends that arrived from just our little community. I do not have a very large house so to cram all of these people in here at one time was very interesting. Debbie helped with preparing food and was is some good eating...thanks deb you are awesome!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEN!

Dave and Karen Reida to celebrate along with all our local friends.

Some fun stuff for an old man:)