New Blogger in the Family.....

My younger sister, Nikki, has started her own blog: Nikki's Notes! We invite you to browse around and please leave a comment! She would love to hear from you!

A decade old....

I can't say how bad I feel about how long I have put this post off. Nikki's 10th birthday was last Monday, and here it is Sunday and I'm just now getting the post up. I wanted to include the pictures from her day and they were just downloaded Friday. Anyways, Nikki had a wonderful birthday - we had her party with just our family and Grandma in the early afternoon and her party with her friends after they got out of school. Her theme was "Wacky Olympics" - we played fun wacky games similar to those at the Olympics and the winner would get a gold medal.

Her birthday breakfast

Her '10' number girl



Nikki posing with our cocker spaniel, Prinny (short for Princess)

Daddy with his girl




Nikki with her friends, Madeline, Olivia, and Ashley


Our hula-hoop contest - Madeline was the winner!

The shot-put....go Olivia!

Our timing lady, Miss Deanna

Awarding a medal

Go Ashley!

Hotdogs, anyone?

Nikki and Ashley

Olivia, Nikki, and Madeline

Ultimate frisbee

Our wacky obstacle course

The final medal ceremony

Please stand for our National Anthem

Go team!

There is this crazy squirrel that hangs around our yard.....you can get up super close to it! It was hanging around the tree that our pinata was on!

Our pinata

Scrambling to pick up candy

The whole group.....Deanna and I are wearing the two parts of the pinata!

A few of Nikki's favorite things:

~ Food: Pizza

~ Store: Walmart

~ Color: Purple

~ Bible Character: Jesus

~ Sport: Hockey

~ Music group: Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

~ TV Show: Little House on the Prairie

~ Movie: The Princess Diaries

~ Book: Bible

~ Leisure Activity: Spending time with family

~ Drink: Mr. Pibb

Happy belated 10th Birthday, Nikki! We love you!

Please leave a comment wishing Nikki a belated happy birthday!

Our week...in a nutshell

An anniversary, mini-putt, and painting - that basically describes our week. Thought I'd share through some photos the fun we've been having!

The two lovebirds!

For Mom and Dad's 24th anniversary, we went mini-putting. While we were there, we decided to try the driving range....that went well.

I am not meant to be a golfer.....

Dad and Mom are old pros!

On to the paint! We were busy painting our entire basement in our flooded home.

You wouldn't believe the difference it made! If you look at some of my old posts and compare the difference - what an improvement!

We enjoyed plugging in some Gaither and Ernie Haase & Signature Sound CDs to help pass the time! Music always makes hard work seem easier!

Our new windows.....insulated and painted!!

Insulating the windows

You can really tell the difference in this picture

I thought I would leave you with some humor....this is a video taken at the driving range. Now you can see my terrible form! It was rather embarrassing....sorry it's turned the wrong way. The audio is ahead of the video - sorry about that!

Hope this helps brighten up your day!

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