1st lost tooth!

Keara lost her first tooth today during school! She was wiggling it as we were reading from our book. She didn't even cry, instead she got up, rinsed her mouth and came and sat back down to listen to the book. She is very happy and excited as the tooth fairy will come and visit her tonight! She looks so cute with a missing tooth!!! Here are some pics for you to enjoy! She is growing up WAY too fast!!! :)!!!

Cathi

60 years together

We got the honor to go to Minneota, Minnesota today to spend time with family. Herman and Annie (Jason's grandparents) will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary tomorrow. All the grandkids/great grandkids made it there today to celebrate and have pictures taken. It was so good to see family and spend time with all of them. Time was way too short, we had to leave early due to the weather and the condition of the roads. But even though our time was short we still enjoyed ourselves. So here are some pics of today! Enjoy! I only hope that I will one day get to celebrate 60 years with Jason, what a blessing that would be. :)

Cathi


Our family with Herman and Annie Bottelberghe


Herman and Annie with our whole family


Jason and his cousin Jeremy


Keara with Great-Grandma Annie


Colby with Great-Grandpa Herman


Herman and Annie with their grandkids


Herman and Annie with their great-grandchildren (there were a couple of grandkids in this picture holding their children) :)

Let the countdown begin.....

With all that has been going on in our lives lately we have been given the opportunity of a lifetime and we are jumping on it! We can use some laughter and joy in our lives these days and this is just what we have been given. On February 24th we will be getting up very early in the morning and driving down to Omaha to board a plane headed for warm, sunny Florida for a week. The company that Jason works for is sending us down there for some R&R, which we all need right now. We are totally excited for this new adventure. We will be flying (yes, I will probably have to man handle Jason to get on the plane) and we are all very excited! Briana and Mikayla haven't flown since they were 5 and 3 months old. Colby and Keara have NEVER flown so this will be a new experience for them. We are so grateful for Bob and Jeanette and our Sunkota family for sending us on this trip. Words can't even begin to express our gratitude. We will be taking our video camera, photo camera and the girls I am sure will be packing their camera's as well. It will be memories in the making and right now that is what matters the most, those memories. Things to cherish for years to come. So we are starting out coutdown to Florida! We are excited to get away from the snow and cold for a week and enjoy some sun and warmth! So here is to warm, sunny Florida February 24th!!!!

Cathi