Happy 17th Kanon

Today we celebrate one of our sweet boys birthdays. Kanon is funny and kind and is much, much smarter than he wants us to know. He constantly entertains us with his "kanonism's" and keeps us laughing. He drives me crazy with his "momma yells" when Tyler aggravates him. We love to reminisce about his days as a businessman at the age of about 5. He likes to make 100% profit on his candy sales. Haha! I can't even imagine what we would do without him in our lives. Happy 17th birthday son, we love you!

Our Hurricane Hero

Grayson was nominated by one of her teachers as a hurricane hero. We are so proud of this accomplishment. She was celebrated at a ceremony last week at her school. She continues to impress and amaze me at the strong, confident young woman she is becoming. Mom and Dad love you bunches Grayson!

Halloween, junior youth assembly, another cotillion class and an allergic reaction....

All in a months time, we enjoyed Halloween party and trick or treat with friends, Grayson and Parker attended a youth assembly with Y club and Grayson attended her second cotillion class. All of these fun things are definitely worth sharing and remembering, but moved down on my list of importance after experiencing a day and evening at the hospital emergency room. Grayson had a terrible reaction to cashews. I never even considered she could be allergic to this nut because she eats her weight in peanut butter, but boy was I wrong. I became better educated about nut allergies. Grayson had eaten some brownies at her grandfathers house that had cashews in them and about ten minutes later started feeling sick at her stomach followed by throwing up and breaking out in a scary rash all over her body. She was itching from head to toe and very scared. The ER staff were amazing, they took her back and started and IV with meds immediately providing her with relief. Watching her food intake more carefully has become our priority realizing she is allergic to more than just shellfish. We will be seeing an allergist very soon for them to run the full gamet of tests.

Weekends are going to be better at the lake

We are so excited to have a place on Lake Weiss. It will be a great place for the family to come together along with friends and enjoy the beautiful sunshine and water. Now, if I can get my dad on board with a jet ski purchase, we will be all set.  My childhood best friend and his sweet wife have a place there as well. Bring on spring time...let the fun begin.

Welcome to Fall

Even when our schedule doesn't seem busy, looking through pictures on my phone and my calendar, we definitely move from one thing to another. I guess that is what life is all about. I constantly want to do a better job of savoring those little moments of our life. Some of the best memories and conversations happen in the day to day stuff like sitting by a fire in the backyard.  I am extremely blessed to have such a talented husband that can build anything and do just about anything we could ever want. One fall morning he decided he needed a fire pit and it now looks amazing. 

Picture is before the finished product, I will need to get pictures of the whole thing completed with gravel and chairs. 

Now in these cool fall evenings, our family has enjoyed sitting by the fire roasting marshmallows. I'm so glad God has given us a warm fire by our wonderful home to share with our children. I hope that one day it's memories like these that they remember the most.