The Story of Our Lives

Let it Get to you

2012-02-20T13:23:00.001-06:00

In our society we are told to keep our emotions and our beliefs to our selves, so that we can tolerate the behavior of others and except those behaviors. But God has required more of us we can indeed show mercy and walk humbly with out compromising our truth which is Jesus Christ. So my challenge to you is to let it get to you, what others say and do. Show Christ in love to everyone we meet. We have to be willing to be uncomfortable and be courageous. WHY? Because it is required of us!
I choose not to offend because I do not want others to feel unloved by me. However here is a question, if I am so worried I am going to offend that I do not display Christ in all his glory am I hurting them worse than just offending them?

As you are reading this you are thinking of someone you are afraid to offend or you are thinking she is out to get all those that do not believe as she does. So if you are thinking of someone know you can love and show Christ and he will make your offenses bring glory to Him. If it is the second question you are indeed correct I am out to get them, to seek Christ because scripture is specific about how we get to heaven and I want everyone I know to get there too.
My prayer is not just for this week but for weeks to come: Lord help me to love them through it help me to be light and salt. Help me to show people your path, not to bicker and argue about the things of earth, but to lift up and show others the way, because sin should not define us as people. Our relationship with you should or lack of it. Help me to help others to not walk to you, but RUN to you. Thank you for making the sacrifice I can not imagine making to give me a way back to you. In your sacrifices name I pray, amen.
This is a video of the song courageous by casting crowns pay attention around minute 2:22 you might here a and see a familiar verse. Micah 6:8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI1LgfkF8J8

Wanna help?

2012-02-06T15:58:00.000-06:00

Hey all so recently our pastor has been really pushing us to share the gospel. I see this as a personal challenge, since it is something I do not do regularly or hardly ever in all honesty. As matter of fact I think other than speaking to youth for a few weeks on Wednesday night I think I can count on one hand the people I have shared with. I thought I am living my witness and I am, however I have been convicted that is not enough. I am embarrassed to sound like one of those in your face fanatics, and I do not have all the answers. Plus I am not even really sure how to approach it. So I am trying to step out of my comfort zone and practice. How do I practice? I bring it up to the cashier at walmart. I say something like so have you found Christ? So far no one has rejected me in person, but if they say yes I don't know what to say. If they look at me funny I try to stray away and hope just that question has them thinking. My biggest issue is what to do after this. I mean I am not giving them any resource and I am not helping them so what do I do next? I am going to try to practice more and find more people to try this out on. I mean what is the worst thing that could happen if I refuse to argue and just open a window a crack right? What I am hoping for is some advice on this and maybe to inspire others to practice as well. I know I have very few readers but those of you that do happen by please give me some input.
Thanks Sunni

My Baby is turning 2

2012-01-20T15:17:00.001-06:00

Caleb will be 2 on Sunday. He is growing fast and talking more everyday. We recently went to the stock show and Caleb loved the pigs. I have had 3, 2 year old birthday parties now and I always have a difficult time picking something fun for the cake, since 2 year olds love everything sometimes and nothing some of the time. I made Caleb this cake it was super simple two round cakes one Funfetti and one chocolate stacked. The Nose is a small cake made with a a Pyrex type little oven safe bowl. Iced and added skittles for the eyes and little triangles taped to toothpicks for the ears. It was fun and he already has called it piggy and cow so at least it is close to discernible.

Yummy turkey left over Soup

2011-12-03T10:26:00.001-06:00

Slow cooker recipe
1 1/2 c milk
1c flour
2tbs corn starch
1/2c water
1 small block of Velveeta cheese
2c Broccoli Normandy (frozen) mix
1c finely diced turkey
2c chicken broth
1/4 c diced onions
1/2 tbs garlic
3 tsp salt
2tsp pepper
2tsp favorite season salt
1/8 c sugar

in a small bowl
mix milk and flour until fully dissolved
in another small bowl combine water and cornstarch til fully dissolved

In cold slow cooker pour in broth, milk and flour mixer, sugar, and cornstarch and water. Stir together with a whisk. Add turkey and onion mixing again. Cube your Velveeta and sprinkle it in. Add your Broccoli Normandy. At this point it should look like this.

Now, you need to season your soup with salt, pepper, garlic and your favorite season salt. Then, put just enough water to cover your veggies. Close the lid and turn it on low for 4hours. If you are a slow cooker watcher you can stir it occasionally with out fear of destroying.

The final yummy goodness. You can stir in some cheddar before serving if you like.

Indian Fry Bread

2011-12-02T11:01:00.001-06:00

Indian Fry Bread

2 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt

1 c. water

Mix dry ingredients. Add water. Mix gently but thoroughly. Should be very sticky dough. Pinch off small handful. Flatten in flour. Cook in hot oil (375 degrees). Brown, turn over and brown other side. Drain on paper towel. Sprinkle with powdered sugar to finish.

My Sister learned how to make this in home ec. years ago so simple and very tasty.

My One Creative Skill

2011-11-17T22:23:00.001-06:00

In the last 2 years I have been enjoying crochet. I have been doing it since I was little (just not very well). My Mom and Granny Wells taught me. Sometimes I think they did to keep me from talking so much. However, I have recently started playing with it and LOVE IT!

18-24 month dress

6-9 month dress for Cora.

I am posting my latest creation the first preemie dress I have made. I make dresses often God only granted me boys so I make these dresses for the ones I love and maybe someday a paying customer.
0-6 month for Autumn

This Dress has an adjustable empire waist line. The bow can be loosened or tighten like a draw string in order to accommodate even the smallest baby girl.

Aaron Turns 5

2011-11-04T22:03:00.002-05:00

So I have been really behind on posts, but after giving this blog a new face lift. I plan to blog more often and share more recipes. Aaron my middle child turned 5 on Oct 17th, 2011. He is a very sweet and loving kid. He is such a pleasure to give gifts to. Everything you give him is the most special and best thing you could have bought in the whole world. After he received his gifts he then picked out something to give away to each kid there. He has a very tender heart.

Thanks to Grammy and G.P. for all the great gifts and the fun for our quick trip down there. (as it now takes almost 8 hours to get there, we did not have tons of time to spend actually there.)

Sour Cream Enchiladas

2011-11-03T10:38:00.002-05:00

Ingredients

FOR THE SAUCE:
16 ounces, weight Sour Cream
1 can Cream Of Chicken Soup (10 Ounce Cans)
2 cups Milk, Divided
1 cup Flour
1 can Diced Green Chilies, 4 Ounce Can (2 If You Like Them A Lot)
1 Tablespoon Pamesan Cheese
2 teaspoons Cumin
2 Tablespoons Seasoned Salt
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
2 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinagar
2 cups Broth Saved From Chicken
½ cups Mozzarella Cheese
FOR THE ASSEMBLY:
3 whole Chicken Leg Quarters
16 whole Corn Tortillas
1-½ cup Grated Cheese, Your Choice

Preparation Instructions

To begin with, put the chicken legs in a pot covered with water and boil until fully cooked (probably about 15-20 minutes). Then remove the chicken from the broth, saving broth for sauce.

In a large pot bring sour cream, chicken soup and 1 cup of milk to low simmer. While this heats, mix 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of flour in a mixing bowl until flour is fully dissolved. Stir in flour and milk mixture once the sour cream mixture is simmering. Lower heat and add all remaining ingredients except mozzarella. Raise heat to a low slow boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. After 5 minutes, remove from heat. Add mozzarella. Salt and pepper to taste. Allow to cool slightly before assembling the enchiladas.

Finishing the enchiladas:

Steam or heat tortillas for a few seconds so that they are pliable.

Shred your boiled chicken and salt and pepper it lightly.

Fill each fried or steamed tortilla with chicken and grated cheese (your choice) and roll. Place in a 9×13 pan, seam side down, till every inch of pan is used.

Pour warm (not hot) sauce over the rolled enchiladas and sprinkle with remaining cheese.

Bake in oven, uncovered at 350F for 25 minutes or until edges are boiling. Or you can heat them in the microwave if you used a glass pan – heat on full power for 10 minutes.

I will be making these on Saturday and will include a picture then.

We did not fall off the face of the Earth!

2011-10-13T16:10:00.002-05:00

Or move to Canada, but we did move to the panhandle and if it were not for the distance from family it would be the most wonderful place to live. We bought a house we really love and can see the park from the backyard, which the boys think is AWESOME. They ride bikes all over the neighborhood with all the kids that live around us. The other day I looked out the window to see at least 5 kids all drawing with sidewalk chalk on the driveway. Only 2 of them were mine. It is already cool here and in the early 40s in the mornings. Right now in the heat of the day it is 76. I have heard that we can expect multiple days below 0. So that will be new. Just wanted to let anyone who stumbles across this page that we are alive and well. THE CATES

WOW

2010-12-10T11:15:00.003-06:00

6 Weeks and little Caleb will be one year old. This year seems so strange. We have been so very busy I am ready for Christmas to come. I love the time with family. All of my boys are growing so fast Kody will start his second semester of school, Aaron will be spending the last half a year at home with mom before pre k. I am amazed at how fast the time has flown. I love my family and am so thankful to be a stay at home mommy. God has really blessed us. Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Life gets way from us

2010-11-18T09:11:00.004-06:00

As you can see it has been a very long time since I have posted anything. When Caleb was 1 month old my parents were in a major car accident. They are both alive but that accident changed my Mom's life forever. In the accident her hip and femur broke. The boys and I spent the next couple of months in hospital waiting rooms. Since then things have been crazy I lived down there on and off for 2 months helping and seeing my hubby on the weekends. My mom has endured tremendous amounts of pain and 10 surgeries. She is not not well and and may never walk with out a limp. But I am thankful that she can walk and that she and my Daddy are breathing. I am going to try to post on here more often there is so much that has happened in this last year that I have a hard time thinking of what to post about, but I will be posting and life will get fall back into some routine in the near future. I can feel it. Thanks to those that check up on us. I will be giving you more to read.

I wrote this post a few months ago

2010-05-22T22:44:00.003-05:00

I never realized I did not publish this post

Here is a little bit of the Caleb. Life spun out of control when Caleb was 2 days over a month old. I got a phone call on April 26th after a scary visit at the door, my parents were in a serious car accident. Dad was ok mom was not after 2 weeks in the hospital she was sent home with a patch job hip. I stayed with her for quite some time when I left fever got worse and she had an infection after 2 more surgeries we thought things would get better however this is when the joint failed. Mom will have a total hip replacement Moday 2 days shy of an entire 3 months since that day. Please if anyone reads this pray for her and that she will be infection free.

I love you MOM! Caleb is 4 months old today!

Caleb will be here

2009-12-28T19:09:00.002-06:00

Caleb will be here in a little over 4 weeks. I find that I feel very unprepared. With the last 2 at this point I was so tired and uncomfortable I could not wait. However I think since this will be my last baby I am reluctant to let this preganancy come to a close (as if I have a choice). However, knowing this does not keep me from procrastinating. I just wish I could make myself get everything taken care of and not feel sad about this being my last baby. I want to hold him and love on him, but the sooner he gets here the sooner he grows into a 1 year old and so on. I sound like a crazy a person when I put this on paper. I will miss the movements of this little one and it breaks my heart to know I will never feel this again.
It is so hard to know this is the last one. I feel heart sick, but now I am going to grow past this pettiness of being self-fish. I stay tired all the time and I am uncomfortable so in 4 weeks I will be so happy to be able to go for more than 1 hour with out peeing. I will be loving on this little angel and enjoying each of his milestones. Thanks for reading my insane rantings as little as a blog it still a great outlet of my feelings.

Baby Caleb Arnett Cates

2009-11-19T22:17:00.000-06:00

Due January 29, 2010. Here are a couple 3D sono pics of our 3 rd wonderful boy. We did not have a 3 D sono with Kody or Aaron so this was a great gift from my ob. When I say gift I mean it since our insurance deductable reset 6 weeks before this appointment my ob Dr Deborah Hajovsky in San Angelo. Did not charge for this Sono. She is the best ob I feel very comfortable asking her questions and she is very sweet. She also talks football with Daniel so I say she is quite a keeper. Ok now for the pictures thanks for taking time to read the ramblings before the pics.

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Washed my iPhone update

2009-10-08T11:29:00.000-05:00

Well this is my very clean iPhone. Everything seems to be great except for a few watery streaks under the screen. Great response normal battery life. Yeah for iPhone. Yeah for me. Even the camera is working see Kody for exmple.

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Washed my iPhone

2009-10-07T00:41:00.000-05:00

I was really glad to be going to bed with a really clean kitchen. I was hungry so I fixed me some cereal. Daniel was already in bed so I was hurrying along and relized oh man where is my phone. After a quick look around, no phone! So I asked Daniel to call it straight to vm. That never happens so I made him get up to help me look. He says maybe it's in the dishwasher I am preto and once in a while put things in strange places. But, then I think maybe it is in the laundry with my pants. All of sudden I relize that I had put my pants in the washer. I went in there the washer was on the spin cycle and in my back pocket so was my phone.
I grabbed a bag of rice after lamenting that u can not take an iPhone apart to dry it and threw it in. I went to my room with my old iPhone which is cracked but works and began so e research. To my surprise this bag if rice thing has worked for a number if people. So for the next 2 days I sport the old messed up phone in hopes that my phone will work. I am so thankful I did not sell this one. I think I will try to sleep, but this seemed like a blogging opportunity I did not want to pass up. Will blog more in 2 days hopefully on my rice saved iPhone.

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It's a boy!!!

2009-09-01T15:51:00.001-05:00

We will now have our own all boys 3 on 3 basketball team. Have to admit I really wanted a girl, but God knows our needs and limitations and this baby boy is right for us. At this point I am a little weepy it was the best Sono ever and I love seeing his little heart beat. All in all I am tremendously blessed and loving this baby even more now that he has a name and have seem his little face. Thank you Lord for our baby boy.

CHAOS times 3

2009-07-30T22:40:00.003-05:00

Soon this blog site title will be changing since I am now 14 weeks prego with little Cates number 3. I am so excited as this is the first baby we have planned. At 8 wks we had a sono and everthing looks great. At 12 weeks we got to hear the heart beat of 170 bpm. So everything is great and the little one is starting to get bigger and I can now feel little movements. I am wishing for a girl or a beautiful baby boy. I can not wait to find out the gender in 5 weeks, pretty exciting.

Anyway Daniel, Kody and Aaron just went on a short vacation with out me so I was alone for the first time in over 3 years. It was really nice and gave me a little time to relax and do some laundry. Here is a great picture of my kids out with their Daddy. They had a very good time.

AZ

2009-07-18T15:58:00.001-05:00

If u have never been to Arizona in July I would not recommend it. We stayed at a laquinta in north Phoenix for almost a week. It was so hot that going out to the pool was only an evening activity. One day I decided to take the boys to the park we got there at 9am when we got out of the Burb it was already 99 degrees. We did not stay long. We saw lots of neat things and played in the pool every day.
We went to see ice age in the theater and that was great fun. Toward the end of the movie Aaron decided he needed to rawr back at the dinos and even though it was a little embarrassing it was really cute. If u ever go to Phoenix in July make sure u have a lot of indoor things to do. One day the Burb thermometer read 123. It was a lot of fun, but I am so glad to be home with my hubby.

Week full of fun

2009-03-24T10:18:00.001-05:00

We went to Angelo on Monday to visit with Daniel's family. We stayed up late playing at Becca's house then Tuesday headed home for volley ball night.
Wednesday morning we started or adventure.
We had a great spring break down in the old B-ville. Sure missed Daniel since he had track practice and meets to attend. We road in the pasture for house gathering sheep (which happened to be Kody and Aaron's favorite sspart).
Then the next day we marked lambs there were so few this year, because of dogs. I helped as much as I could when not trying to control boys. I so love seeing the boys in the pens it really warms my heart. After 2 days of hard work we took some big lambs and old ewes to a guy who buys them in Del Rio. We spent most of the day there and then went home to begin doing decorations for Des's party. We went to bed and got up and finished and headed to church in Del Rio. Followed by a skate b-day party for Des. It was great fun and although I had to carry Aaron a lot while I skated it was a blast. I am so glad to be home it was a very busy week.

More to The Update

2009-03-13T21:54:00.001-05:00

Kody and Aaron are growing like weeds they have recently discovered how to wrestle with one another. This is so cool until someone gets hurt, of course, or any time Kody pins Aaron. Kody always refers to Aaron as, "My Aaron brother" very rarely he will say Aaron. They both share a room, but have to be seperated at nap time since they want to play so much. At night it is to dark to play so they don't have that problem.
Kody is really into super heroes, he even loves Superman Returns. Aaron on the other hand still loves Thomas the Train. They love to tie their blankets around thier shoulders and play "capes" around the house I will post some pictures of this soon. This is my first post from my iPhone and I am using the lite version so text posts are the only option. I think this completes the update. I will be posting more often since I can do that from anywhere so watch out.

the picture challenge

2009-03-12T16:58:00.005-05:00

The answer to JoLee's Challenge ( http://www.texose.blogspot.com/ )

This is not one I would have picked to upload, but I like this one. This is the 4th picture in the fourth folder on my computer. Michelle Clements (http://www.happinessisastateofbeing.blogspot.com/ ) it is your turn pick the same pic, 4th folder 4th pic, and then explain it then Challenge someone who reads your blog to do the same; it is kind of fun. This is Kody and his friend Gage pretending to drink coffee with my friend Melissa and I. They are having Kool- Aid. They are pretty cute too. they have grown a lot and both potty trained this picture was taken almost a year ago in May.

update

2009-03-12T16:17:00.002-05:00

I know it is a little fuzzy since it is a picture of a picture but I wanted to put an updated pic on here. This is our church directory pic from 2 months ago.

So life has been going 90 miles a minute and I have not posted in some time since the monitor on my lap top is taking a leave of absence with no return in sight. I have been using my iphone and I have yet to figure out how to blog with the thing.

Today I made fresh bread I have not made fresh bread in 6 years and now all of sudden I just can not stop I love the stuff and it is so much cheaper than buying it at Wal-Mart. Whose prices might I add have really started heading through the roof. Plus I can make bread they don't sell in the store.

I am really enjoying my kids, but lately the fit train has been chugging through my house so if you call you may here yelling at random times in the day. The boys are so different for being only a year apart. Aaron is my snuggler and Kody has to be chased for a hug. Kody is now crying because in order to use my laptop and blog I have it hooked up to the LCD tv and he can not watch Diego. So even though it has been a while since my last post I will go for now and write more later. Sometimes it is better to stay sain then to reason with a 3 year old. ;)

Hardest Thanksgiving Ever

2008-12-04T22:17:00.005-06:00

Well for those of you that came to see pics of the boys sorry to disappoint I will be the emotional blogger today.

We left out on Wednesday morning to go to Angelo where Daniel's family is. We were staying with Adam, Daniel's brother. Any way this is my first thanksgiving with out my mother in law and all the way to Angelo every little bit I would just tear up and the closer we got the more upset my tummy was over the anticipation of the emotional roller coaster I was already on. We got to Angelo and Adam and Kari welcomed us and it was so nice to get the kids out of the truck. Kudos to Adam and Kari they have recently redone almost every room in their house it was nicely put together and almost completely baby proof :) . THANK YOU BOTH. So any way shortly after we got there Rebecca, Daniel's sis, came over. With Rebecca and I both on emotional overdrive even though not much was said I was pretty worn out. The boys went to bed and I made the last batch of corn bread for the dressing while Kari made all the toast. I made the pea salad and then I was pretty well done except getting the turkey put in the roaster. When it came to the chocolate pie it was more than I could deal with emotionally so... Adam and Daniel came to the rescue and got right to work. Mom (Paula) was the only one to ever make the chocolate pie. So while the boys made pie Kari and I went to see Becca at work where I cried for the billionth time that day.

Thursday was not so bad for me since I had prepared all day the day before. making the dressing was the hardest part of the day since I missed Mom, but I did the best I have ever done and that made it all better I think mom would have liked it. Kari was so great to go for a walk with me that evening taking the boys in strollers. it helped to just be out out of the house for a little while.

Then on Friday I had to leave my hubby in Angelo since he had to work the next day and I cried again. After about 50 miles I was much better although missing him terribly. I was only 45 miles out of Delrio when Aaron could not take his wet diaper anymore. So I stopped at the only gas station for almost 90 miles to change him. When we came out there was a puddle under the truck. I started it and headed for the highway and the needle hit HOT. So.. no cell service I called mom and Dad who were on the lake in del rio from the little gas station and waited. Of course when they got there the truck was fine and did not overheat again. So.. to make a very long weekend short I had a great time with my family and they were great emotional support. I missed my hubby and I am so glad to be home.

Halloween

2008-11-17T15:10:00.007-06:00

This year Daddy had to work so the trick or treat was up to the mommy. Here are some pictures of my little skunk Aaron and my nice dragon as Kody says. By the way dragons say "fire".

For even better pics you can visit http://tisha.squarespace.com/blog/2008/11/12/the-dragon-the-skunk.htmlthis lady has some talent.

Granny Jones' B-day

2008-10-10T18:11:00.002-05:00

Today is my granny's birthday I so wish was around to see my precious boys. I miss her so much every year on this day. 2 years ago about this time I was sitting through the first of four long hours of false labor wondering if I needed to call mom and find Kody a sitter. Praying that this would be the day that little Aaron would finally arrive. He chose to wait a whole week more even though I had contractions 5 miutes apart all night long. Instead his cousin suprised us and was born that night. Her name is Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird I am so happy she shares my Granny's birthday. So happy Birthday to you Miss Scout. I miss you Granny.

Hello to all

2008-09-22T17:32:00.003-05:00

Life is going by so quickly the boys are growing and are not my little babies anymore. Since the loss of Daniel's Mom every milestone is bitter sweet. I know I will look up in just few weeks my little one will 2 and begin adventures in potty training with his big bro who is only barely making progress.
I feel so incompetent at times with this potty training stuff Kody will not poo in the potty or in underwear so that is nice, but he always wants diaper. He says he wants to be a baby from time to time and I find it over whelmingly frustrating. I love my kidos and I love staying home with them I just wish there was a potty training boot camp for my little one I could send him and he would come home ready to roll. (for free of course). He has really totally gotten the pee, pee in the potty part and that is awesome. He made it through 3 football games without an accident. He has set through church and he is in his own Sunday school class. He has stopped having nightmares as often and when he does. We just tell him that God will keep him safe from monsters and we say a prayer and he settles down. I am so pleased with the progress that Kody is making daily.
Aaron is growing as well and his language skills are more advanced than Kody's were at his age. Kody already talks to much some times so this is a scary proposition. Aaron makes friends so easily and all the little kids a church love him. He has only recently learned to stand up for himself when others are not so nice. He is very affectionate and already has all the language skills for potty training. I just hope he is not as stubborn as Kody has been. I am so ready to spend less on diapers. Thanks for taking the time to check in more later Asta....

We Went to the Circus and it WAS one

2008-09-11T22:13:00.008-05:00

So tonight we went to the circus the boys were pretty well entertained until intermission. I had them both on their little kid leashes. Yes that's right leashes they are a life saver. With them they had a lot of freedom but were always with in reach and safe. My kidos were pretty good except for spilling Goldfish everywhere and then eating them off the ground major gross at an outside circus. Anyway as I said everything was great for the first half. During intermission we had the chance to go down into one of the outer rings to ride the elephants. So.... we did. It is something else managing 2 little boys who are excited about the biggest animal ever seen with their eyes. Not the best picture cause that little tiny fellow we are sitting on would not stand still. But we did pay 14 dollars to ride it not just sit on it. Click on the picture to enlarge and you can see it better.

So anyway you are thinking great y'all are having fun.... well here we go the crying and griping begins.

See that little yellow circle inside it is Kody's left shoe. This caused only a very minor problem with a small amount fussing until the return of the shoe. The larger issue was when other people began to get o Kody's Elephant. After a short little talk he was ready to move on. Then it was the ponies he wanted to ride. I talked him out of that and then things fell apart. Kody saw the jump house there was only 6 minutes of intermission left and it would have cost 10 bucks to allow them to jump in it for 3 minutes. NO THANKS. Well the crying began and did not stop we went and set down and bought a coloring book, but the crying continued. They then announce that it will be another 5 mins til the show begins. However, since it was well past bath time and close to bed time and the kids were still falling apart and I could not find my phone; we headed out to the truck.

On the way to the truck I told Kody I would race him to the truck which stopped the crying until he lost his balance and fell to the ground. A new level of wailing began and did not stop until I gave him a chocolate milk from McDonald's. We finally made it home got baths, teeth brushed, clothes on, prayer, song and in bed. So now I am sitting down to a little peace and quiet and some office reruns. So I am going to get on with the peace now.

recent family change

2008-09-10T08:27:00.004-05:00

So almost 2 weeks has passed since Daniel and Adam drove up to announce that my mother in law passed away. We had a whirl wind weekend of funeral arrangements. It is so life altering to lose someone so close. I am not a stranger to loss, however I have never lost anyone but a cousin who was not sick and dieing at the time. Paula was ill for the last 5 years and in poor health, but to be honest this was unexpected. She was a great mom to Daniel and a Great mother in law to me. She will be so missed. Everytime I think about a holiday I picture us in the kitchen working side by side. I am not looking forward to our first thanksgiving with out her touch. I know mom not to much sage in the dressing. I have learned from her and hope I can pass on what I have learned to the grandchildren she barely got a chance to know and the ones she will never get to.

It is funny the things that effect you when you lose your loved one. I was going to mail her a picture of the boys the day she died I had it framed and was about to find a box when the annoucement came.

Now I can not look at my own wall where I have this same picture framed that I do not think, "Mom never even saw this picture." It seems like a really silly thought as it is only a picture and would not help her in any way. I miss her and I wish we had more time together. I am so thankful for the time that God granted us with her and the great memories that I will do my best to share with my babies so that they will know their Grandma through me. Please be in prayer for my sister in law Rebecca. This has effected us all, but she is truely suffering with the loss of her mom. Thanks

New pics It has been 6 months so here it is pics of the boys

2008-06-03T11:33:00.001-05:00

New Pictures

2008-01-24T22:54:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to update and share some new pictures of my babies most of these were taken at Thanksgiving.

Just Aaron

2007-10-08T12:26:00.001-05:00

Here are some cute pics of Aaron we took after his bath the other night.

More pictures

2007-09-22T20:42:00.000-05:00

Boys playing in the yard

Some videos of the boys

2007-09-20T19:50:00.000-05:00

These videos don't have the best sound or quality since I took them with my little digital camera ,but I still wanted to share them.
Please pray for my family and church family as we are trying to fill in at church when we do not have a pastor or youth minister. I have taken over allot of the youth responsibilities and this is pretty stressful and keeps me super busy.

Aaron loves to swing

Kody knows how old he is... listen closely. He is getting so big and he only knows the number 2, but we are working on that.

Aaron's first Spaghetti dinner

2007-08-14T21:06:00.000-05:00

I think that is enough said

I know 2 posts in one day, but I just had to share these sweet faces with everyone.

2 months since my last post

2007-08-14T11:23:00.000-05:00

Ok so I thought it was high time to post some more pics of the boys and give some updates.

So anyway things are really busy here I have not been home on a weekend in over a month. This last weekend was Rock the desert in Midland Tx so since we are short a pastor and youth leader Daniel and I have stepped in to help out. I took one youth member and daniel stayed at home with the kids. I took my car and about half way there the stangest thing happened a plastic pulley that helps control the belt that runs everthing in the car shattered, and here I was on the side of the road with someone else's child. To make a very long story short I had to have my car towed and be picked up and travel the 50 mins back to Angelo with my wonderful bro in law who ran to my rescue. At this point I had given up on RTD but then I asked Adam, the BRO IN LAW to the rescue, if I could borrow his car. He said yes, so after a long and trying day we made it to Midland checked into the hotel and slept for a few hours. The next morning we left out to Rock the Desert. It was a cool experience. I don't think I have ever seen so many people. Although most of the music was not my cup of tea I had a great time and enjoyed alot of the performances. I would do it again that is for sure. Hopefully my car will be back and running soon. That was totally the worst. I got a little too much sun on top of my head and woke up very sick on Sunday so I missed church, but I am sure everyone understood. So I guess this is all for now I hope you like the pics of my babies and my wonderful hubby who survived a whole weekend with out me.

I am so tired, but have to talk

2007-06-09T23:00:00.000-05:00

So almost exactly a year ago I lost my closest cousin. No not to death but to a complete and total rejection. At first I told my self I had done nothing wrong and felt a little angry (ok very angry) that she felt that way. Well that all changed this weekend. I saw her only briefly in a Walmart and we chatted just a little. It hurt so bad to see her the cousin that was as close as sister only a year ago and know that now we merely related and barely knew each other or what to say to one another. It has been breaking my heart for a year and finally I saw today that the blame rests squarely on my shoulders in this department of my life. You see I love my cousin and my Aunt unconditionally I was so close to them that I felt I could go to them with anything and that I would and still would go to the mat for them. But I did something stupid I decided to be the middle man. See over the years there have been alot of hard feelings in my family. By Hard I mean hurtful things said and done. Although I have always tried to walk very carefully and just love everyone with all I had, well let's just say I got stupid. I forgot that the most important thing I could do was be there and to love everyone. I did not stop loving anyone for a second but I stuck my nose(more like walked) in to where I did not belong. I asked questions that were none of my business and because I decided to do this my cousin and my wonderful Aunt got hurt. For this I am truly sorry.
I know that for a year now I have tried to fix things but I was going about it all wrong and in turn have caused more hurt. So... after alot of prayers I have decided to just stop. It hurts me tremendously to take a step back and to let them live their lives because I miss them, but if it hurts them for me to try to force my way in then for them and only them I will step back. I hope to see them in passing again many more times and maybe some day they can find it in their hearts to trust me again and allow me one toe in their lives. But, if this is not to be and it is easier for them to shut me out then to risk the hurt I understand and I will love them from a distance. So in closing I am sorry and I wish things were different, but they aren't and I will always be here. I hope this post does not end up causing more pain, but if it does you will know this is the last time I will try to force my self into your life and I love you and always will. Good night.
To everyone else thanks for reading and please pray for me to be strong to promise and to be the cousin and niece they need for me to be; even if that means the one they no longer know.

I am doing well

2007-06-07T16:01:00.000-05:00

My first stiry strip fell off today so I have seen the first of my 4 cuts from the doc. Although they are straight they are still a little sore but otherwise they look good well the one I can see does anyway. I have a check up tomorrow with the doc to make sure I am good to go and then mom and I are going to go up to High Pine My mom's home and hang out play cards and do our nails. I plan to take pics of my boys and I will share them with you. Please continue to pray for my cuz suz she is doing pretty good, but those 4 babies are getting pretty heavy and that can be hard on a mommy and may not allow the babies to reach their full term so please pray you can check on her at www.thelifeofsuz.blogspot.com .
Ok this all for now I am going to get my hair cut for the first time since I was prego with Aaron nothing dramatic just some much needed maintance.

Oh My Gosh

2007-05-31T23:01:00.000-05:00

I hope all of you remember where you were this evening. You may remember it for a while now. I just watched LeBron James single-handedly beat the Pistons. He scored the last 25 points and 29 of the final 30. Just insane. I was amazed by some of the shots he was taking, and hitting. Just incredible. Anyone who loves basketball is slightly sad because the rest of the Cavs seem to be so crappy, but most of us are just amazed that something like that just happened. So very fantastic.

We made it to Uvalde/Brackettville just fine. Sunni has to be at the hospital by 7:00 in the morning.

Everyone that can should go to the FCA All-Star Football Game in Abilene's Shotwell Stadium Saturday night at 7:00. It's going to be great. Will Schumann is playing, Abby Probst is cheering, Glen Jones is coaching, and Terry Bean is giving the invocation. Everyone who can, should definitely be there.

Ok it has been almost a month

2007-05-30T22:44:00.000-05:00

I am having surgery in 2 days on Friday early in the morning. I have numerous stones in my gallbladder and the number alone places me at risk of infection so... we are taking that sucker out of there. Any way I am very nervous and all day have been trying to forget about it and do the little things I need to do to prepare the boys and my self for being gone for a week. I am going to have the surgery in Uvalde,TX so that it will be easier on my mom who will be helping with the boys. Daniel is going to start a 3 day conference on Monday and then on Thursday leave for a fun boys coaching trip to Ria Dosa (?spelling?). So he will be gone all week and won't be able to help with the boys as I recover. I hope that he has a truly great time he has really been looking forward to this trip and to be honest he really deserves it.
If anyone reads this please pray for me I know it is not that big of a deal, but I am scared so please pray for my self and my family. Especially my mom as she will be doing allot of the care giving for my boys for a few days.
Anyway life goes on please also pray for our youth group we are currently without a youth minister and the attendance truly displays this. Daniel and I are filling in where needed but please pray that we (our church) finds someone to help our youth find their ways to Christ.
Thanks for your prayers and I will post after the surgery to let you know how I am.

so much to tell

2007-05-09T20:25:00.000-05:00

Ok so about 2 1/2 weeks ago I found out I had gall stones, when what I thought I had was severe acid reflux. So now my doc is scheduling surgery to take out my gall bladder. So anyway I am not sure exactly when but they should be scheduling it for the begining of June.
So on with the story Aaron is growing like crazy and sitting up like crazy. He has slept though the night 4 nights in a row. So I feel like I have won the war.
Kody is growing too and we are having a hard time with him getting diaper rash it is getting pretty severe and somedays it clears up all together. It is so crazy we treat it and gets better then it gets real bad and then it gets better. Any suggestions would be great.
Ok so Daniel has passed his Texes exam and is now cert in pe health math and science. So our lives are a little busy but things are going well over all.

God's beautiful creations

2007-04-02T17:42:00.000-05:00

I took the boys for or usual walk we have not been able to go for almost a week since it rained nearly every day last week. Well, to my suprise God gave us such beauty with our rain. The walking track that we walk on has a huge field in middle since the track is almost a mile all the way around. It is filled with these beautiful flowers that really made the walk special even though about half way Aaron decided he was tired of the walk. So I picked some since my camera phone could not do them justice so I could share them I only picked one bunch of blue bonnets so that they could soon fill the whole area. I hope you enjoy my flowers I wish you could see them for your selves. If you decide you have to see them for yourself come on over I will give you the tour.

Prayer is so important

2007-03-21T18:16:00.001-05:00

For months my kids have been keeping me from getting good sleep. I have been so tired that I can not sleep at times or when I do fall asleep and Aaron cries I imagine it is part of my dream and have the hardest waking up. Sometimes when I lay down the second I close my eyes I hear him crying even if he is fast asleep. Any way, I honestly don't know why I did not do it before I mean I would pray that the little amount of sleep I got would be adequate and that God would help me to function on the sleep I did get, but I did not pray for Aaron to sleep. I begged him to sleep, but I never asked God to give him sleep. Til a friend of Daniel's said that we needed to pray for peace and sleep for both of our children. And I thought of course what was I thinking it was so odd that I had not asked for this before. SO.... Now every night before I put the boys down for the night I pray that God will give them good health, peace, and sleep. It is working Aaron is still not sleeping through the night but it does not take 2-3hours to get him back to sleep sometimes it only takes 15 mins. So what I really want to do is encourage others to pray for their children to have peace and sleep. I pray for my boys all the time and always have but, for some reason I never thought about praying for the little things we all need. I feel that God has given me renewed energy and more patience and most of all God has given me peace by giving it to my children.

So I was thinking nice eve for a walk so....

2007-03-19T18:26:00.000-05:00

We load up in the wagon great idea right??

well unknown to me Kody decided he would hang out the back so this clever plan ended in this face.

After the giant spill and the bleeding stopped Kody rode for a little while but then chose this method of travel
Poor Kody but we finished our walk and had a good time. The End

A Real Blog

2007-03-15T18:16:00.000-05:00

No pictures today just writing. So it is spring break and that means my trusted baby sitter is available. I took the boys to Grammy's and of course Aaron got sick the day before not a big surprise. Kody was healthy that is a surprise any time I have tried to leave my babies with my mom they seem to get sick right before I take them to her. But any way I left them on Monday around 2pm and then went home to relax. Daniel had an X-box 360 party on tuesday so I was pretty busy making sausage balls and tuna salad to help feed all his students that were coming. I took a nap and was a lady of leasure . Any way so Wednesday started and by 11:30 we were bored to death so we watched a movie. And talked about canceling Daniel's pole vault practice and getting back to our kids because we missed them so so so much. So any way we went to practice at 5 and were at the track til around 7:15pm. After that we gathered up fast and headed the 3 hours out to get to our kidos. I have had a hard time being with out my kids. We got here in Brackett a little after 11pm and mom had kept Kody up for us so we could see him. He was so tired but he gave us both a hug and went back and forth between us. It was so very very nice to see my boys. Aaron was asleep and stayed that way until 1 and then I stayed up with him most of the night because he did not want to go back to sleep. But even though I am tired today I am so glad I am back with my kids. I am no longer good at being without them. I sure love my babies. Kody has had a blast playing with all the animals and I am ready to get back to life a usual. We will be heading home in the morning I will miss all of my moms help. Hats off to you MOM you are great and thanks for everything. By the way Aaron is feeling much better.

Yep that is a real CUB

2007-02-25T23:23:00.000-06:00

It was a super cool fun suprise. Kody was more concerned about the tiger eating the bottle. We took this pic at the mall in Brownwood, TX yesterday.

my boys are growing

2007-01-31T23:03:00.000-06:00

Aaron 3 and 1/2 months 1/30/07 Kody 01/31/07

Busy holidays

2007-01-10T22:24:00.000-06:00

It was a very busy Christmas and New Years break. 2 days before Christmas my mother in law was placed in ICU in San Angelo Texas. We stayed in San Angelo til 2 days after Christmas checking on her daily. Things were a little frightening from time to time. We then Traveled to Brackettville to see my family we had a very lovely time and got so many goodies we almost could not fit us Vienna and the boys in the car. Thanks mom and Dad for everything. On top of all that Daniel the sniper took out 2 deer that my mother and I processed before we left. We had to do it before we left so that we could fit both of the deer in the car. We left on New Years Day with enough meat to last a good long while. We were still checking on Daniel's Mom everyday and things were still bad she was not breathing on her own and had pneumonia. So we got home and Daniel had a game and practice on the 2nd and then returned to work on the 3rd. So then on the next weekend we returned to Angelo because we got word that mom was not recovering fast enough and may need surgery. After a very busy hard on Kody Saturday we returned home hearing that Paula was a little better and surgery would not be scheduled right away. Yesterday Paula began doing better and breathing on her own. Today she was moved to her own room out of ICU and is only on oxygen. Thanks be to God for taking care of our family. Also JoLee's extended family had a rough week as well thanks to God for taking care of them as well.

It's almost Christmas

2006-12-18T16:38:00.000-06:00

We are all done shopping Yeah!!!! I can not wait this year Kody will know what is going on he is going to have so so so much fun unwrapping his presents. Aaron is growing like a bad weed. I don't remember Kody growing this fast it is so crazy. I love my boys they keep me so so busy. So our Christmas schedule is kind of hectic. We will go to Angelo Thursday morning and stay til Christmas Eve night then we will return home and be home Christmas morning. We will leave early after presents here then we will travel to Brackettville I think we will leave on Thursday or Friday to return home so we can have a day or 2 to recover before Daniel has to return to work. I love family but I am sure I will be worn out traveling with 2 very little ones is pretty difficult sometimes.

After Granny's Funeral

2006-12-13T15:39:00.000-06:00

I meant to upload these along time ago but have not had the card reader.

A Sad Kody, and a Sleepy Aaron

2006-12-13T00:23:00.000-06:00

Kody and the Vienna Sausage

2006-12-08T21:58:00.000-06:00

So much cuteness

The Earth lost a great one

2006-11-04T23:29:00.000-06:00

My great grandmother has gone home to the Lord. She was 91 years old and the last granny I had on this earth. Although the funeral was hard it was also a joyous occasion because I know that granny is now not suffering and is rejoicing with those that have gone on before her. This includes my Granny Jones a wonderful Godly lady whom I love very dearly.
I got to see a large number of my extended family whom I have not seen in a very long time. I did not hold Aaron much during lunch because he was busy getting to know the rest of the family.
Granny will be greatly missed and loved forever. She was a great lady and she left a wonderful legacy with over eight great-great grandchildren. I am very greatful that I got to come and see my family and even more greatful that Daniel went with me. I love you Daniel thanks for being there for me.

Happy Halloween

2006-11-01T17:15:00.000-06:00

My little trick or treaters and the pumpkins that took 2 hours to carve click on the picture to view it full size.

Wow

2006-10-31T14:46:00.000-06:00

So today I went to the middle school to go to a shower/luncheon for Aaron. any way Aaron is hungry so I have to go but here is a pic of his spoils.

Aaron over a week old

2006-10-31T09:46:00.000-06:00

Aaron Robert Cates meets the family

2006-10-19T19:50:00.000-05:00

Aaron was born
7lbs 4oz 19 and 3/4 inches 5:13pm 10-17-06
We are so excited and can not wait for Aaron to meet the rest of his loving family.

Say Hello to Aaron

2006-10-18T16:13:00.000-05:00

Here he is. I won't say much. Sunni will post more later, I;m sure. He was born at 5:13 p.m. and weighed 7 lbs 4 oz. He was 19.75 inches long.

We are leaving for the Hospital

2006-10-17T04:06:00.000-05:00

Pictures of the baby should be here in less than 24 hours. Wish me luck and pray for me.
Love sunni

The longer version

2006-10-11T22:45:00.000-05:00

So any way I am getting a little tired of being prego and uncomfortable I mean it is hard when you can not sleep for more than an hour at a time. So I had more contractions more intense and closer together so we went back to the hospital. After having contractions all night well from 10:30pm until 7:30am they quit and I made no progress so they sent me home again. I was very sad and exhausted since I only slept for 45 minutes I felt so bad for my mom she had been home for only 2 hours when I called and it is a four hour trip to the hospital. Kody stayed up til mom got there and that was just about 4:30am. She can work miracles since everyone including Adam and Kari had been trying for hours. Any way I want to extend my sincere apologies to Adam and Kari and mom for coming all that way for a false alarm. Also thank you so so so so so so so so much you made the whole thing so much easier on Daniel and I we really are fortunate to have you. Anyway so when they sent us home they gave me an ambien sleeping pill so I could sleep through any mild contractions that stuff is way powerful. On the way home I had double vision and everything I don't even remeber going to bed. If it had not been for Daniel and Mom being here with Kody things could have been bad. Any way so here I am still Prego and having contractions from time to time. The doctor came and they have scheduled me for induction on Tuesday if I do not go into true labor before then. I am hoping that Friday night will be the night since the weekend would work out well for everyone. Please pray that I will have patience and that this baby will be here soon and healthy. Love to you all-- Sunni

Almost a Baby

2006-10-08T14:38:00.000-05:00

Sunni was having contractions last night. They were pretty strong and were about 15 minutes apart. We went to Brownwood and I got excited. The contractions stopped after about an hour, so they sent us home. I only called Sunni's mom, because she has so far to travel. I'm glad I didn't call everyone. So, that is the latest.

Life goes on

2006-09-17T21:17:00.000-05:00

So we went to the football game on Friday. Although I had a pretty good time since it is football season we lost 12-49. It was wild one of our players and his counter part in an on field arguement got tossed. And then late on a kick off our team just stood there and watched as commanche recovered it right in front of them on like the 15. Any way I was shocked apparently he thought it was a punt and therefore not a live ball. Oh well I hope it goes better next week especially since it is homecoming.
I also had a doctors appoinment on Friday and found out we are having a baby _____ yep we still don't know boy or girl. I kind of think it is a boy, but we don't KNOW. I also found out that my Blood Pressure is on the rise. When I was prego with Kody My BP is why they enduced and he was born at 37 weeks and 6 days. The doc said that it is very likely that my BP could be worse with this one... So I have to go back in 10 days for a BP test. Daniel is going to go with because if it is elevated they will admit me for tests. I am really worried about all of this because if it gets bad they will admit me for complete bed rest and I don't know what I will do with Kody. I don't want to be away from him and I still have five weeks to go. Oh well life goes on. Please pray that everything will be fine or they will send me home with limited bed rest so I can still keep Kody. Kody is trying to walk and will soon have more bumps and bruises since he is not really good at it yet. He tends to lunge when he gets tired of walking and lands on his chest and sometimes his face. Silly baby. Well, that is it for the update.

All the loot

2006-09-14T22:00:00.000-05:00

Here is a picture of everything after everyone arrived and before we made a mess and cut the cake.
Kody is growing like crazy and so is this little one. I have another doctors appointment tomorrow. I am truely hoping we will find out if Kody will have a brother or sister. I am super exausted. After sitting through 3 Jr. High football games 7th A won 7th and 8th combo B lost 8th A won. The boys looked really good tonight. I am very tired so I am going to hit the hay good night all.

Kody's Birthday Party

2006-09-06T21:58:00.000-05:00

Here are 2 pics from Kody's Party. The first one is before everyone and some of his gifts arrived. And the other is after Kody Dug into his little football cake we made just for him. He is one today and will soon have four teeth. He is learning to crawl away from his daddy when he says, "I'm gonna get you." He is so so cute He ate too much cake a got a ton of great stuff. He had a good time and is playing with all of his new stuff everyday. As for the new little one I once announced that it is a boy, however the doctor is unsure of our new babies gender and it maybe a surprise until the day it is born. I will be happy boy or girl. Enjoy the pictures I will add more later. Good night

Birthday

2006-09-02T00:26:00.000-05:00

We are having Kody's B-day party on Sunday. I am pretty excited. I am a little nervous about it because it is so hard to keep the house clean with my little kido. Not to mention that we are pretty broke right now so that makes things a little more difficult. Oh well life goes on. We got a nice new dining table it is real pretty and I like it alot. I will blog later about the party maybe even include some pics.

sippy Cup

2006-08-25T23:22:00.000-05:00

Kody is now using a sippy cup all the time except at night and nap time he really wants a bottle. He uses a sippy cup with a soft silicon Straw. He really likes it because he likes to keep his hands free to get into stuff. This way he can drink and get into stuff at the same time since he does not have to tilt his cup. His favorite drink is Gatorade Rain Berry flavor, the purple one. Of course it is always half gatorade half water. Well it is late and my eyes are burning and baby Aaron is being still for the moment so I am going to bed. Good night all sleep well.

Almost 7 months along

2006-08-21T21:05:00.000-05:00

Man I feel so pregnant I am seven months along and it is getting harder to exit the furniture every day. I am getting so tired that this is all I have for tonight because I would like to go to bed.

Kody today

2006-08-17T21:45:00.000-05:00

No headache today

2006-08-17T21:21:00.000-05:00

Well all the cabinets in the kitchen are baby proofed, but Kody still empties every shelf he can reach. He is trying so hard to walk and he is pulling up on everything. He likes to climb and tries to climb everything he pulls up on. Here is a picture of Kody that I took today so you can see how much the little monster has grown. And Jan here is a pic just for you as well it was taken 3 months ago while were packing on his rocking horse you bought him.

Headache city

2006-08-16T21:09:00.000-05:00

Man I am getting tired of migraines. I have had one every day for the last 2 days. Man they are killing me. I don't remember having these with Kody and all you can have is tylenol. Anyway that is how life goes I guess. I just hope I don't have any more of these things.

It's a boy

2006-08-15T11:28:00.000-05:00

Long time no post I know. I sometimes forget about this page but life is slowing down a little and becoming more routine so maybe I will have time to post again. Kody is going to have a little brother we are pretty sure his name will be Aaron however we have yet to find common ground on the middle name. Kody is getting so big and trying to walk and talk. We are having a house warming and birthday party for Kody on the Sunday of Labor day weekend. I just hope that I have most of the house finished by then. I am so tired that all I want to do when Kody sleeps is sleep and then when he is awake it is so hard to get anything done since he gets into everything and I mean everything. Oh well life goes on. more later I hope.

Both Babies are growing

2006-05-15T10:41:00.000-05:00

Thank goodness Kody is still the biggest baby I have unless you count his Daddy when he is tired(JK) :). I think Daniel is the best Daddy in the world he really loves his little boy and it shows. I am starting to grow as well and the little one is too since I can feel the baby almost every other day now. Crazy to think in a few months I will have as many kids as my mom, my sis, and my sis-in-law. Crazy I say Crazy. As for Kody's price tags he is priceless however 2.50 was the closest price to 30billion in the store and perfect for taking pictures with. :)

Adam Graduated from ASU this weekend Kudos to Adam!

I guess this is all for now enjoy your reading or better yet get back to work.

2006-05-01T10:30:00.000-05:00

He is so cute 4/28/06

Great Easter Weekend

2006-04-18T10:05:00.000-05:00

30 Minutes is a long time to play laser tag in a hot room. But it was fun Daniel and I and his brother and his wife went to Kerrville and played laser tag. It was a ton of fun we started out playing every man or woman for themselves, but I soon noticed that Adam and Kari had teamed up so... Daniel and I teamed up as well. Needless to say we beat the pants off the novices. We all had a great time and spent a silly amount of money on those dumb arcade games that just give tickets with very little skill involved.

We then went to the movies my biggest worry was for getting home to pick up the Kody from the pastor's house. They usually stay up pretty late but Kody has an away of making you see how truly tired you really are. Any way so we went to see Scary Movie 4, to sum it up in one word terrible. They took all the funny stuff and mucked it up by going to far with there jokes and all of the truly funny scenes we had already seen in the previews. Oh well...

We then went out to eat, I really just wanted to get something to go and get home to Kody, but... Daniel wanted to take our guests to the really nice Mamacitas good food good atmosphere and all that. We have been there a hundred times so I was not overly impressed. We then headed home to the sleep fighter.

Sunday rolled around sometime while we were all still up so we went to bed. Kody slept all night. The next morning I got up and started the roast and fixings’ so we would have something to eat after church we went to Sunday school and what seems to be trend when we have company we were late. The topic of the lesson was how the resurrection has directly impacted your life. Kari was not feeling well so Adam took her home before church the choir program was beautiful. When we got home Kari was asleep and Adam was playing X-box I went back to work on lunch while Kody slept in his crib. Daniel helped a bit before joining Adam in a game of Baseball. We ate lunch around 1 and then watched Twisted I missed the last half as I was trying to sleep since I have insomnia and really needed the rest …. No luck.

Around 4 we went to play tennis no breeze and around 100 outside after walking to the courts we played a few games and decided the river was a better place to be. We went to the river and had a great time Kody is water baby we strapped him into his carrier thing and he played and played in the water. We were in the water for about 2 hours or so when the sun started heading down and Kody only fussed for one minute the whole timer he is such a water baby. So… Great weekend!!

I have noticed...

2006-04-13T12:51:00.000-05:00

That with the first pregnancy I was a bit scatter brained. Well if I thought that was bad now there are days I am not even sure I have a brain. I love my babies but I wish they would leave me a little bit of memory.
Kody ios growing so fast it is amazing. He reaches now for me and others it is so cute if you have empty arms you are his target. He jabbers alot and when he is not crying he is smiling. Babies are truely amazing. Kody is truely my boy he loves Mac and Cheese and he is really good at chewing the Mac before he swallows it.We are going to try little peices of over cooked carrot tonight to see how he does with that. He is really getting big. more later ASTA...

Trying not to get too Excited.

2006-03-31T09:27:00.000-06:00

Kody has slept through the night two nights in a row. I am trying so hard not to get to excited bout that but My baby is sleeping though the nigh:). If it were ot for the neighbors rooster that positions it's self right out side Kody window at 5 am to wake up the neighborhood I think I would not have to check on him at all til 8 am in when he is ready to get up and face the day. He is waking up happier now that he is getting a good 7-8hours at night. Needless to say so am I. It is so so great. Asta...

The new baby

2006-03-21T09:26:00.000-06:00

Well I went to the doctor yesterday and the baby is due Oct. the 28th so Kody and his sibling will be almost exactly a year apart.Ijust hope I will survive and not go crazy. Kody has gotten where he wantseverything your hands are on that includes the keyboard. He is getting really big. He is over 16 lbs now and man I can feel it. He is getting a little better at playing by himself I just hope he gets the hang of it by his first birthday.

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The Precious has PNEUMONIA

2006-03-15T12:44:00.000-06:00

We spent all day on Monday at the emergency room in Kerrville we got there at 4:30 and stayed until around 9:15. It was a very long day and the little guy was running a high fever and fussing a lot. So anyway we get there and wait till around 7:30 when the doctor finally comes in. He asks what the problem is and we tell him that Kody is running a high fever and it just started today. What is it with doctors you come in the day you get sick and they are like “Oh, just today” you come in a couple days later and they are like “You should have come in sooner” I mean I think what they really want to say is I wish you people would just suffer at home. Any way so I say all the books say to bring your baby to the ER if they are running 102 consistently. And he says “I wish they would not say that.” When I think he is really saying look another over protective stupid parent. So then he says your baby seems fine, except for the fever so we will do a flue swab and a chest x-ray and then you can go.
So an hour or so later all of this finally takes place. The doctor comes in and says “Your son has Pneumonia; it’s a good thing you brought him in.” I was thinking look a doctor with his fat foot is his mouth. Oh well Kody is better today and on powerful antibiotics so I hope he just gets better and better it has been a hard couple of nights. ASTA….

And then there were TWO!!

2006-03-10T21:30:00.000-06:00

I found out day before yesterday that my six month old is going to be a big brother. Talk about a big suprise and I just thought I was tired now ohh well God has a plan. more later....

2006-03-07T13:09:00.000-06:00

good baby

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Kody and Aunt Kari

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grooms family

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our family

2006-03-07T13:07:00.000-06:00

wedding party

Despite Food Poisoning

2006-03-06T09:56:00.000-06:00

Well they are now married Kari is fully recovered and they are honey mooning. I will post pictures later so you can see a little of the wedding.
So we had the rehersal at 6:30 Friday evening and then rehersal dinner at Zentner's Daughters it was great. We went back and decorated til like 11 or more then went to Walmart for a towel for my mom's baby Squirrel Squeeker. Then we finally went to bed aroung 1:30 ish since my Dad was still reading with the light on. Then at around 6 Kody woke up feeling bad and nothing made him happy so we went to Walmart to get him some meds we did not get much sleep. At 9a.m. we went back to the church to decorate. We were there til 2:30pm trying to finish up thank goodness JoLee showed up because her help certainly hurried the process along. Then we rushed off to get dressed and back to the wedding at 4. We made it back to the church at 3:55 and Paula was not there yet my family went and found a seat and Kody and I waited to be ushered in the wedding started around 4:30 ish. So everything was kind of rushed. We got to the reception and it was beautiful... and ate a little Kari I think got one bite of food. The had their Dance did the Bouque and Garter in a 40 minute span and then we all threw our bird seed and they got into the carriage and rode away to live happily ever after. Except having to stop back by the church and pick up Kari's purse then they left for the bed breakfast.

It is never a quick trip

2006-03-01T11:29:00.000-06:00

It never fails if I am going to make a quick down to Brackett Kody and I end up spending the night. So Monday after work Kody and I headed out to the B-Town the trip is a little over an hour if you drive it at a reasonable speed. Any way so we get there and I remember that my tires are kind of old so... I check them out and I am about 50 miles from a blowout on one of the tires. So anyway i wait til Daddy gets in to double check my analysis of the situation. By the time he gets it in it is 10 til 7 and all the tire places close at you guessed it, 7. So i can not get tires til the next day and since it is 58 miles home that is out of the question. So I send the night and got to Delrio the next day and get four new tires. Yep that was so much fun. Asta...

Crazy Weekend…

2006-02-27T12:09:00.000-06:00

We went up to San Angelo Friday evening because Adam and Kari are getting married a week from Saturday and Adam wanted Daniel to help him move stuff. So on Saturday Daniel Adam and Miles Moore moved all the stuff from Kari’s to the storage so Adam could come live there after the wedding and bring some of his stuff. After that Daniel, Adam, Me, Miles and Miles wife Jennifer headed with the last load to storage and out eat at Franco’s. On the way there Adam had his window down and was yelling things like hey you what’s up to people outside. I told Daniel you need to roll up his window and lock it and then I heard something hit the side of the car. Adam said, “My phone.” He had dropped his cell out the window I said we need to go get it so we changed lanes and Miles was following in his truck with the couch and stuff. Any way so we pulled into Pop eyes on Bryant and Daniel got out and ran for the phone Miles pulled up and said he ran over it. Daniel found all of the parts and the phone still works all but the camera. Crazy, the moral to the story buy an Audiovox phone if you are going to drop it out the window while driving.
So then we made it to Franco’s and while we were eating an acquaintance of Miles comes in. Miles starts telling us about a few weeks past when he was backing out of his spot at home and this guy comes cutting through the lot to avoid a traffic light and Miles hits him. Not Miles fault because the guy is totally breaking the law. So Miles says he has not talked to him since. Well we are all sitting there enjoying our lunch and great conversation when the dude comes up to Miles and starts up a conversation just to tell him later that he has an estimate and will bring it by Miles house. AS IF MILES SHOULD PAY FOR THE DAMAGE. Even our lunch was crazy.
Then we went and picked up Joe, Daniel and Adam’s dad, to take him to be fitted for a tux for the big day. After that we then go back to his place where Adam sets up his digital camera for him. We stay over there for almost an hour before we take Adam shopping for his wedding present since we decided he could pick it out. Everything is so busy that we don’t get back until like 6:30 or 7pm to the house and we are all too tired to go out so I go to the store and get hamburger fixing and Daniel cooks supper. Daniel and Adam play a little Xbox and then Kari and Adam go to Wal-mart around 10:30 Daniel is tired and took a benadryl and falls asleep during Ocean’s Twelve while Adam and Kari are gone. They get back around 1 at 1:30 Kari tells me that they would really like to make to class in the morning and that after church we will go eat and then go to her wedding shower. Anyway at around 3:30 Kari starts throwing up I check on her and she says it hurts but she feels better and is going back to bed. Well she was not better and was sick all night Adam took her to the emergency room at 7 in the morning. Kari is admitted to the hospital for food poisoning. She stayed over night last night and maybe there again tonight. So all in all it was a crazy weekend.

Ahh it is beautiful

2006-02-24T12:46:00.000-06:00

Well the brides bouque for Kari and Adam's wedding is finished and it is awesome we are taking it to Kari tonight. I can not wait to see what Kari thinks.
We were up til late working on flowers and there is still alot to be done.
Kody has his first cold so I am going to take him to the Doc today I just hope that he can help I sure miss my sleep. He is really cute and wearing his Hawaii wear today even though the weather is not appropriate. The picture is side ways but oh well here he is

Freaked out

2006-02-23T09:28:00.000-06:00

Well I had a true freak out yesterday. Kody was lying on the couch in his Boppy pillow you know the one that is supposed to keep them from rolling off. Any way he rolled off the couch and hit his head on the table. I was sure he would die of course. Any way he quit crying in like 10 seconds and was so happy for the undivided attention. I on the other hand cried for an hour called my mom she made me feel a little better and I decided that no mom is perfect. This did not change the fact that I truely wanted to be. I walked up to tennis practice to find Daniel and beg his forgiveness. Instead he said Sunni don't worry about it he is fine look at him, but of course this did not help me. Then Sara called ansd after I cried to her told her the whole story she reminded me that kids are resilient and that he and I were both fine. This actually helped and I quit crying Oh well so I survived the big total freak out and Kody does not even have a bruise. Crazy is it not.

Valentine Eve

2006-02-14T13:49:00.000-06:00

Man what a night last night Kody was trying a new food it was Gerbers oatmeal pears and cinnamon sound ok right. Well any way about 9pm Kody started throwing a fit and only wanted me this was bad because we were at Grammy's house and Grammy loves to hold him. I was so embarrassed because every time I walked out of the room he screamed bloody murder. Any way sometimes at home he cries until he gets me but it was never this bad. Any way this went on till after 9:30 So I took him to give him a bath. Unlike Kody he even whined and whimpered through the bath. As soon as he got out the screaming continued. Kody screamed and Screamed the only time he quit was when he fell into exhaustion and then when he woke he cried some more. Nothing and no one made him happy. Finally around 12 he was still crying but sleeping every 10 minutes My mom noticed that he was broken out. So then we started to think what had he had today he had not had before the answer was Cinnamon He cried on and off all night and would not take formula at all just cereal or mama milk. He is better today but formula is still out and his face is still red and bumpy. Not to mention a little tired too. All in all it was a very eventful night and one with little sleep so I am here at work working the afternoon instead of the morning.by the way babies are cute but they are gross too. Asta.... Oh Yah happy VALENTINE'S Day!!!

Kody Just His 1st community bath

2006-02-09T23:35:00.000-06:00

He is sleeping in his own bed at Grammy's house and I am visiting with Jania who is in Alaska. She is a little over 3 months Prego with her second child. Life seems to be going ok she is living in very small cabin that her parents own for while. It is very small and a little rustic I guess is the best way to describe. Her husband will return home sometime in March because he is going to training in Florida.
Kody is really growing.
Jania was just telling me that the coldest it has been is 20 below can you imagine 20 below. She has actually now moved to Base housing in Elmendor, Alaska in a nice house. It takes almost a week to drive to where Jania is. Well this is all for now I will blog more later. Asta.....

Cappaccino Yummm

2006-02-03T10:36:00.000-06:00

My pastor's wife is making cappaccino and he brought me a cup. It is exactly what I needed. My office smells great too I really love working here this is the only job I have ever held that I truly love. It is still hard to get up in the morning but coming to work is not the reason. I loved teaching but the politics of school really drove me crazy. Here I just have to do my job and everyone is happy that someone is doing it. It is also great that the rotten boy gets to come with me to work sometimes it is quite a henderance but he is good company and so cute and people come to the office just to see him.
I would venture to say he is the most popular Kody at church nevermind that he is the only Kody.
If you get a chance please check out my sister's blog texose.blogspot.com she just started blogging but I think she is doing a great job and you can see a pic of her family. Well that is all for now except I am going to take a nap today. 3 nights of little sleep are really getting to me I wish teething only happened during the day time. Asta....

Very little sleep

2006-02-01T11:05:00.000-06:00

Well last night was a very bad night for the Kody I got him to sleep at 10:30 (miracle) He woke up at 11:30 and I feed and rocked and he went back to sleep. He woke up at 1 feed rocked and back to sleep. He woke up at 2:30 this time feeding and rocking only made him cry he woke his Daddy with this mess at 3am. I tried everything changing the diaper rocking feeding nothing worked at 4am Daniel started Daddy dancing Kody quit crying but this only worked as long as Daniel was dancing. 4:30 Daniel told me to go to bed. At 5:00 Daniel came to bed with out Kody he was finally asleep. We slept til 6:30 when Kody started up again. I went and got him feed and rocked back to sleep the alarm went off at 7:45 and of course woke Kody I rocked him back to sleep then I got up around 8:40 Kody slept til we left for work and woke up when we got here. Any way it was a very long night. Kody has only had one 15 min nap so far today I guess he thinks he is in college and does not need sleep. I just hope he lets me get a nap today I feel sorry for Daniel cause he has to work a full day. I would say we will just go to bed early but that will not work because of the little baby. He has been playing on his tummy and is now tired of that so I will have to go more later. Asta...

24 years old

2006-01-31T10:08:00.000-06:00

Well it feels alot like 23 but with a baby. Anyway I had a good b-day Daniel brought me lunch to work and everyone at church sang me happy b-day.

We went to San Angelo this weekend and stayed up to late and got up to late everyday. We saw the Brothers Grimm, good one in my opinion. We played Scene it that was alot of fun as well. Daniel bought me a new ring it looks like this. I also got a manicure since I got a new ring of course.
Kody really likes carrots almost as much as bananas He has gone back to the old school passy since I have lost all of his other ones. It is a amazing how those things go missing. He is a little grouchy and tired today but I am not suprised. Any way it was a good weekend all in all even though my big mouth got me into trouble again and I hurt my sis-in-laws feelings.
Yesterday was busy we came in from San Antonio at 12pm and I made Daniel Sandwiches that he woofed down and then headed off to work. Then I spent the next hour and half trying to get Kody to go to sleep with out a binky, not something I want to do again any time soon. Then Daniel got home and brought me the binky out of the car but it was too late Kody was done with that napping stuff even though he only slept for 1 and 1/2 hours and usually gets a least 2. So then we relaxed for a little while and then rushed out the door to meet everyone for my b-day supper. We went to Casa Falcon in NC they usually have a buffet but it was not on and I thought Daniel was going to pass out or cry but he survived. Kody set with Grammy, Aunt Jo, Aunt Kay and Uncle Joe. He smiled at Aunt Jan while she ate her supper I think he was very well behaved. Until........... the trip home he cried all the way nothing made him happy then he cried from 10:15 til 11 nothing made him happy all in all it was another restless night for me. But we all had a good time and cheese cake so it is all good. more later

Long Time no post

2006-01-24T11:41:00.000-06:00

I really don't have a good excuse for not posting. Except that I started a website for our church and started a monthly newsletter as well. So I have been a little busy but both are now up and running and starting from scratch is the hardest part.
Kody is now 4 and 1/2 months old at his 4 month check up he weighed in at 13lb 6 oz and was 2ft 1 inch so he is indeed grown a lot since he was 6 lb 3 oz and 20in long on his birthday. He has started solid foods and he is my boy he loves bananas best so far. He seems to have a sweet tooth even though I still can not see his teeth but I can feel them. His eyes are still blue so keep your fingers crossed I think it is going to last. He slept through the night the other night of course this was only after 3 yes 3 really bad nights and last night was really bad, making up for the one good one you know. He really loves to be kissed and always laughs when you tickle his feet. And finally he is the number1 sleep fighter of the world.
My birthday is tomorrow I will be 24. Why is it that the older you get the less excited you get about your b-day I mean I should just be glad I have made it this far but to me it is just another day no big plans or anything. Sometimes I think I would have made a great Jahovah's witness since I don't celebrate much except the fact that I believe a lot of their beliefs are way off base of course. Any way enough rambling
We are going to go to San Angelo this weekend so stay tuned for more picks of Kody with his family and I will soon post picks of Kody with Papa and his Grammy from our trip to see him last week. I can not wait to see how much my nephews have grown. Devon is a really getting big he is not a little boy any more and Tyler is really getting tall. It is amazing to me that some day that will be Kody that I am watching grow up and stuff. More later

2006-01-10T13:44:00.000-06:00

Kody and Mommy at work

2006-01-10T13:41:00.000-06:00

ringing in the New year in Style

2006-01-03T12:55:00.000-06:00

Kody (the precious)

Christmas continues..

2006-01-01T13:49:00.000-06:00

We hurried back to the Rock to pick up gifts and church and all that jazz. We were supposed to meet Mom and some sibs in NC to eat lunch with Papa but the restaurant that said they were going to open was closed so we met Mom any way and headed to Vance to visit Granny's grave site. It was really good that we did that and it helped Mom get through the holidays easier. We ate microwave pizzas and some bbq sandwiches. Then went to see Papa to our surprise some of the family came anyway and we all had a very nice visit while eating chocolate layered dessert. We then went to Brackettville where I learned that my mom over did it big time this Christmas. There were enough gifts to surround my Dad as he slept on the floor. It reminded me of when I was little and my grandmother went overboard and gifts trailed out from all 360 degrees of the tree. We all made out like bandits. The following day we had our traditional family meal. I even stayed one extra day to sleep in I got up with Kody and handed him to his Grammy and went back to bed til around 11. Then more family came over and we decided to go to a movie so the 9 of us Mom, JoLee, Des, Daylon, Kody, Me, Daniel, Kitten and Patty went to see Naria in Mom's 15 passenger van. I had already seen it but it is still the best movie I have seen in a very long time. We had a fabulous Christmas except that Kody started teething on Sunday evening and has been pretty cranky about it all.

Wow what a Christmas

2005-12-28T11:08:00.000-06:00

What an incredible Christmas. We spent Christmas as we had planned exept that I got Tuesday off as well. Thursday we began Decorating Adam's house since that is where we were going to do our Christmas. When I say we I mean me really on Thursday I put up the Christmas tree with just lights. This was only after we made the trip to Robert Lee to wish Mom (Paula) a one day late birthday. We were in Robert Lee til almost 10pm.
So Then we got up on Friday at around 10am which is the latest I have slept since Kody was born. Slow morning, in which I put another string of lights on the tree and Daniel and Adam played X-box. Kari (Adam's fiance) took Kody shopping with her sister Karla Kay. This made me very nervous but since I had run to get breakfast and Daniel had already said yes I did agree to. Anyway I did a few things to try and stay busy like putting garlend on the windows so that I did not have time to worry. I had just progressed to cleaning the kitchen when Kari came in with Kody he was hungry and wet but very much intact and unharmed. WAY TO GO AUNTIE KARI!!!. Kari then dropped off Kody and picked up Adam and went back to shopping. Daniel and I took our car to walmart to get the oil changed after being there for 1 and half hours they told us they could not change the oil do to the body damage. Talk about irratating. we got back and worked on the house some more Daniel moved the love seat from Adams room and moved the recliner across the living room so that there was just enough seating for everybody. The house still needed more work but Adam called and was bored at subway so we went there for supper. We stayed a little over an hour. We picked up the ham Mom and Louis left in Kari's car and took it home to the fridge. We finally finished decorating, cleaning and vacuming before Adam and Kari even got to the house around 1. Kari and Adam had been over at her place picking up their other gifts and stuff after work and then making a quick stop at walmart.
Saturday morning Merry Christmas eve we were pretty much ready for everyone. I glaazed the Ham in honey and put it on to cook and talked Adam into putting the ornaments on the tree. Joe (daniel's dad came first) then Rebecca Jody and the boys. Finally just before 3pm Mom and Louis showed up and we ate like Kings. After wards we began opening gifts I recieved some bath stuff, a necklace, baked goods, a blanket, and a gift card. I don't remember everyone elses gifts but thank goodness Kody got some teething rings why? well read the next post to find out......