Monday, November 9, 2009

Heavy Heart Given to God

Why is it me that is so upset that this awesome kid is waiting for a life or death surgery?  Meet Stellan.  Most of you have read or at least heard of him before and now he is once again fighting for his life MckMama is doing okay but can you all just please say a prayer for him.  God knows what is going to happen but He is also in the miracle business when it is out of humanly control.  I cannot imagine how I would act if my precious boys looked like this!



Stellan took another turn for the worse last week and luckily he was well enough to go home and spend a few days with the family before him and his mama flew to Boston for a very dangerous heart surgery.  He needs our prayers!  God will take care of him, rather it is to leave him here with his family or to take him to an eternal home.  I pray for this baby not to suffer and to feel no pain. 

Monday, November 2, 2009

Happy Halloween!

This won't be too long of a post. Bryce loves to dress up and to tell us what he wants to be when he gets big. His top two favorites are firefighters and pirates. We had a pirate shirt but hadn't put too much together when Steven's grandmother brought over this cute vest, hat, and walkie talkie. It was Steven's when he was little and Bryce LOVED IT! We painted his face to look like he had been in a fire doing his job and we were off to get candy. Now this child is mine for sure because he likes candy just like me and what better day than Halloween to get candy!? We met up with Bronson(our nephew) and these two had a blast. I think next year Blake is going to get a trailer and we will have a hayride through the neighborhood with the boys and their friends.

Thank goodness the battery went dead in that walkie talkie! It was horrible.



Bronson was dressed like Death (I think)
Bryce loved all the decorations!








Too bad it was Gare's weekend this weekend. We sure did miss Steven but he was hanging out with his youth group at our church's fall festival. I believe he actually met a girl up there! :)





Monday, October 26, 2009

What a busy October!

Wow!  I cannot believe that we will be trick or treating on Saturday!  Where did October go?  I am finishing up my last class for my degree and the kids are as busy as ever!  Bryce has a party this week at school for Halloween and Steven has ended football only to take on two more clubs plus confirmation and boy scouts.  We had taken a sabatical from scouts until football was over so we start that back tomorrow night.  Be prepared I am going to sum up the month in this post! :)

We started out trying to get Steven's bathroom presentable for family that was staying in our house for Erin's wedding.  We went to Home Depot to pick up some paint and found out that it was Kid's Safety day.  Thank goodness because it got me and Bryce out of the house long enough for Blake to get started in the bathroom.  They had a helicopter, firetruck, and ambulance.  It was like Bryce's greatest dream .  The helicopter was doing fly by's and the firefighters were so friendly.  Bryce told them that he wants to be a firefighter when he gets big and they made a huge deal out of it!




After that fun, we went home and hung out with Dad.  We got a call from Uncle Brandon that evening saying that it wasn't too expensive for the fair.  I was under the impression that everyone had to buy a bracelet so it would have been outrageous but I was wrong so we packed up rather quickly and headed to the fair.
He had to pack everything!  It was hilarious!







Bryce wasn't scared of anything and we pass it every morning and he still wants to go everyday!



He loves to play with Bronson!

The next weekend was Erin's wedding so that took up Friday and Saturday!


The next day we had Bronson's birthday party and Steven's great grandmother's birthday party.  Steven head out after church and we were shortly behind him heading to Bronson's.


I can't believe how big these two are!  Bronson is talking like a pro now and him and Bryce have a blast together!


The next week Steven had football pictures and basketball tryouts.  He didn't make the bball team but he said he learned alot of what they are looking for so he will try again next year!  It was freezing for their pictures.  The cold had just set in again and it had rained most of the day.  He looks cold!



The cold keeps Bryce too couped up so that weekend we took him to the park.  His friend Evan was there and they played for about two hours around the park.  They squealed and screamed and chased and slid!  It was so cute!



And this past weekend, my best friend Scott got married.  This is a picture of my guy friends.  I have known these guys since I was Steven's age and they are some of the greatest people I know!


Bryce was too cute in the tux!  They used Blake and I's ring pillow for their something borrowed!  Steven had to fill Bryce in on how he carried that same pillow!



Pictures take forever, so we had to find something to keep the little guy entertained!  Steven was lucky to have kids his age there!



He held Sarah's hand so good and did fine until he saw all of us sitting down.  We grabbed him then and he sat with us the rest of the ceremony!

Congratulations to Scott and Amanda!


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

They are now the Champions!



Well Erin has offically jumped the broom and what a shin dig she had!

Have you ever seen a fire fighting rock and ring bearer?


Can you believe how big Steven is?  I was wearing heals and he is almost as tall as I am!



I'm the big sister with a short stature!

Yes, Bryce did walk down the aisle just like this.  Thankfully, Erin and Zac truly didn't care!


What snazzy shoes you have Mrs. Champion!



Me and my Men!



Friday, October 16, 2009

Great Job Steven!


If any of you guys have kept up with us over the year, you would know that sometimes school can be a struggle for Steve.  Well I am proud to announce that he received all A's and B's on his report card this nine weeks.  This is so awesome and truly reflects how smart he is.  He does have a way to go because we did get some inconsistent effort remarks but I AM ELATED CAN YOU TELL! ?

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Erin's Wedding


The boots!  This is so Bryce!  We did actually have him ready to get out of those shoes but the dressy ones didn't fit!  They grow so fast!  Congrats to the Champs, what a gorgeous wedding!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Under the Weather

We have had a stomach bug.  Be back shortly.