There is something to say about this woman.  She is an inspiration, giver, motivator, and hero.  On top of that she holds traits of  compassion, love, hope, and faith.  She possess a true heart of GOLD!  She is one that would give up anything just to be able to help and her words back when trying to be repaid..."don't worry about it."  She loves to help and lend a hand.  That is why when she needs help...we are always willing to help with we can.  Today she did an ice cream social at our church for the "older" members of the congregation.  We spent two and a half hours there making sundaes, rootbeer floats, and banana splits.  She goes to the extremes having mashed strawberries, cut up peaches, and all the normal toppings.  Also had 4 different flavors of ice cream and never expects anything in return.  She is an amazing person and we could not love you more Aunt Kay:)



Colt with Aunt Kay



saying CHEESE!



Colt waiting:)



No pictures with this one because I forgot my camera...However there are memories:)  We headed over to Nick's grandparents house today to do freezer corn.  I love helping with this...it reminds me of helping my grandparents back in the day!  Colton came along too and since it was a Tuesday, Alyssa was there so Colt was happy:)  I don't know how much corn we actually did but I only took home 25 bags.  Colton loved riding the tractor, feeding the horses, and they went inside today to build a fort!  After corn was cleaned up and finish we got pizza and enjoyed some talking.  Today is a day that I look forward to every year!

My Dad and Mom decided they were going to Chucky Cheese a day while watching the kids and asked if Colton and I wanted to go along.  I think that only happened so they didn't have to take two vehicles but we accepted:) Colt had a blast playing with his cousins!



Colt and Jenna



Caleb and my dad





Madison, Jenna, Kayla



Keaton and Colt racing!

We took a trip to John Ball Park Zoo.  Grandma Meeuwsen is on a kick of doing her bucket list right now:)  The zoo was on the list and she told me I had to take her.  So we went on a Tuesday so Alyssa could go too:)  Colton loved all the animals and wanted to walk everywhere.  Alyssa was like our tour guide and those two were adorable together!

 

 

 

I had some time this summer to hang out with some friends from High School.  Bethany was home for her sister's wedding and Amber was home trying to spend some time with family.  Bethany invited us over to her parents house for a day at the pool.  It was so nice to relax, hang out, and talk about life and how so many things are different.  Amber moved to Boston, Bethany lives in California. Since I didn't move too far nothing is totally different with me!

All our kids had to be part of it too:)

old post....just found this and thought I would post it!

I know this is old but in January we went on a cruise and it was amazing.  Besides the winds and high waves....but other then that we had a wonderful time.  We went to Mexico, Belize, and Cayman but missed Honduras due to the high winds!

I feel like there are a ton of other things I haven't posted yet!  I am so sorry...I will try to keep things up to date as they happen.

Where do I begin.....it has been so long!  I had good intentions of blogging regularly when I started the blog but I have now become more of a blog stalker to get new ideas and see how other people are doing.  Let me give you a brief overview to catch you up and hopefully I can continue on a regular basis.... :) 

***side note, I have been trying to make this post for the last 3 days and have had trouble with deleting pictures, words, and not saving.  Therefore I need to add some things and straighten some things out but I will post what I have since I am not home right now!  Enjoy!

Starting last fall...YIKES.  Caleb continues to play football and we LOVE to go and cheer him on.  Colton was a bit scared of him in uniform but I am sure it will be much better this year!

This is Nick and Colton on a crazy day.  Colt loves to wear the MR. POTATO

There are some random pictures of winter fun!

 

Christmas was a blast with Colt this past year, however he was at the stage of not being too sure about Santa. I think we only had 5 parties this year so it wasn't too bad:)  Also not he got quite the loot for the year too!

 

It is an annual tradition that on New Years Day my family goes bowling.  So here is a quick family picture from that day!







Nick Suprised me with a cruise in August for our 5 year anniversary!  As you can see the weather in January wasn't the best but we still had fun with the high wind (waves)!

Okay so blogger has not been working well for me the last two days.  This is actually the 4th time I am trying to post and it has deleted some pictures and also wont let me move some other pictures. FRUSTRATING!

 

Morgan came over for some fun one day!

Colton went to see the Easter bunny this year but would only get his picture with Kate as long as the bunny head was NOT on:)

Colt turned 2 in May!  Yikes time flies. He is learning so much right now.  He loves playing with cars, talking a ton, and into EVERYTHING.  The kid does not sit still.  He has been going through some health things with Allergies and Asthma.   He is on a few different medications and does awesome with them.  He is now able to do his breathing treatment on his own twice a day and it is quite an accomplishment for him to sit there(if you know Colt you know how true that statement is) :)  With him turning 2 it was also time for another set of tubes.

We have a seasonal lot up at Silver Lake and it is wonderful.  So nice to get away as much as we can head up in the dunes and enjoy the beach.  If it is too busy then we just head to the pool!  Colt loves riding in the jeep.

We had the privilege of  being of part of Nick's little brother, Joel's wedding to Kara.  Those two are truly meant for each other  and we are so happy for them.   I may look like a  giant in the picture but that is thanks to my 4 inch heels:)  Thanks Kara!

 

We went to the splash park for the day and of course had to hit all the slides too:)

 

Last but not least Colt enjoyed picking Strawberries earlier this year and blueberries were even better thanks to cousin Caleb for teaching him to throw them:)