Some very stylish girls.

Greetings to all!!!

Hope the month of August has been treating everyone well. I had my surgery on the 2nd and Jared has been a God-send!!! He has had to take over all the house hold duties since I can't stand on 2 feet for a while. The surgeon says that I have a 5 out of 6 chance of this being successful. Hopefully he is right. And I have been a good patient for the physical therapist as well. I only am having to go to therapy once a week since I do my exercises at home so well. I did have a slight scare last week though. when I went in for my follow-up visit to the surgeon he thought that I might have a blood clot in my leg. After going to another office and having a doppler ultrasound done, it was determined that I do not have a clot. Whew!!!

The girls have been keeping busy with the last fieldtrips of the year at their daycare. They have more of a social life then their parents. Pre-school will start again the first week of September for Seanna. She will now be attending a class 3 times a week instead of just the two. What an adventure it will be to see how much more she learns now. As for Cassidy, she will not be starting pre-school this year, due to her age and the school age guidelines. Oh, well-she will still end up benefiting from hearing things her sister learns.

They both are growing like weeds. All the sudden their shirts are too short and their shoes are too small. Amazing how this seems to happen "overnight".

Well, that is about I have have to report for now. Everyone take care!

Dena, Jared & the girls

"Family" picnic

Yesterday a whole gang of us got together, 18 of us to be exact. Some of our good friends and their families got meet in a park in Crete, Ne and had a picnic. It was a nice relaxing afternoon. All of the kids played together very nicely, especially when you consider the age ranges--8 to 1 month. The adults played nicely also, or as well as we know how. It was very nice to see the Lynn, Ryan and family make it up from MO~~~~~very very nice to see them. It was sad for all of us not to see Jeff and Tricia though. We think they had a horse issue to deal with at the last minute. Whatever the case, everyone thinks that we should do it again. I agree, it is nice to have another generation get to hang out with each other....after all we didn't turn out to bad, so if our children play together it shouldn't end up in disaster. Well, not much more to report. Adding more photos though. Everyone take care!!!!

Dena, Jared & the girls.

"Mommy says we shouldn't stick out our tongues like that or our face
will freeze like it"





"Sure glad we don't have one of these at home"

Just hanging out~enjoying the company.

What a cute crowd!

~Girls just wanna have fun~

On the road again.......

So, the month of July was spent on the road. Or so it seemed. We had a quiet 4th of July at home. Invited Jared's parents over to bbq and watch some fireworks with us. Then the following weekend we headed west. We went camping for 2 nights at Lake Maconaughy with the Gill family. It was a pretty good time. I think that Seanna and I would have had an even better time if we were feeling better. We each caught summer colds. Then there was Cassidy dislike of sleeping outdoors. This trip has really spurred our search for a pop-up camper for next summer. The following weekend we packed up and headed west again. This time to North Platte for Jared's Grandma's 80th birthday reception. It was nice to see the Larrie Patterson family together and a few of the other relatives. However, we are anxious to have a quiet weekend at home~not sure when that might happen though. We are going west again this upcoming weekend (although not quite as far) to enjoy a picnic with a group of long-time friends and their families. Lots of kids and lots of food. That is what summer is all about........

So, I am including a couple of new pictures~a couple are good for some comic relief.

Take Care!

Dena, Jared, Seanna & Cassidy