Sue and I will miss these two....
Ki was put down on June 2nd due to a tumor in her stomach that could not be removed and Benson was put down on June 27 due to congestive heart failure.

SUMMER GATHERING

July is already hear and I wish all of you a safe and happy 4th of July. We haven't had our summer gathering as you all know and this is just a hold the date open request and the final invite will be out soon.

The tentative dates are either Saturday August 8th or Saturday August 15th for our family party. It will be at Tom and Pam's this year....pretty much same as in previous years. I will make the BBQ and everyone provide a dish to share and your drinks. If you don't want to eat off paper plates and use plastic utensils, then bring your own tables setting....I hope we get a big turn out this year....

I know we all get busy with our own lives and forget we are part of a bigger family and this is just one of two times a year we can celebrate our lives with each other. As myself, my brothers and their wife's we were going through some of Mom (Grandma's) stuff....she had a small pamphlet about being the last parent to survive she got from a funeral she attended and in that pamphlet she has written a note in the side margin "remember to do this" and the part it was referencing was to get to together as a family her after she had passed and I think we all need to honor her wishes.

Please mark you calendars for both dates and the final date will be out soon....take care and hope everyone will take the time to clear their calendars and enjoy a day in the sun.

Gatlinburg Vacation

Darrenn and I went to Gatlinburg, TN last week. We had a great time in the Mountains. We stayed busy almost the whole 5 days! We hiked, rode horses, walked around Gatlinburg, went to Ripley's Aquarium, went swimming, ate great food, went down an "alpine slide" on the mountain and road the ski lifts up the mountain. It was very hot and humid, but we really enjoyed ourselves. Next time you see me though, ask me about the horse back riding.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIRBY!!

HOPE THIS IS BIG ENOUGH TO READ NOW THAT HE IS GETTING OLDER!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOVE YOU

Happy Birthday Velma!!!

There is another birthday to remember today. Everybody take a few minutes to think of Velma, she would have been 84.

Wish this guy a Happy Birthday today!!!

2009 CHAMPS

Brenna's softball team ended up winning the tournament Saturday becoming the 2009 CHAMPS!! She mostly is the catcher, but also plays 1st base. Great job Brenna!!

My little dancer, Taylor Addison!!! This is her 4th year of being in dance and the first year she is in more than one dance. She is in 3 classes, tap, ballet and hip hop. She has done a great job this year and really is becoming a great dancer. Her recital is this weekend and I can't wait! I am so proud of my little girl.

Dad and Kirby are celebrities!!!

Check out the awesome piece Channel 15 news did on The Bridges. I'm so proud of my Dad and Kirby!!! You two did great!




http://www.wane.com/dpp/video/local/local_wane_ossian_geothermal_subdivision_200906032313

My Baby

Jayson is officially one now!!! No more bottle and soon no more binky...(it's more for me than it is for him really. lol) I'm working on potty training Liam...so far...not so good. He just doesn't really seem ready yet. After the big flood we had kept the kitchen tiles off the ceiling and we got some bats flying in our house. Thank goodness Mike was home to take care of them, because I'm a wimp when it comes to bats in the house. I guess I'm like my mom...I'll call my brother if my husband isn't home. (she called Uncle Larry to come get one when we were younger.) I put the tiles back up and we haven't had any in the house since, so...keep your fingers crossed.

After memorial Day Sale!

Since we are in the selling mode. I have a 2 year old microwave hardly used ---it was in the office that we renovated. Let me know if there is any interest?

Happy Birthday Noah!!!!

Noah Allan is 11!!! I can't believe he will be going into Middle School this coming school year! Thanks Mom and Dad for hosting his birthday party. We had a great time!

Another surgery for me! I had to have ligaments repaired in the wrist that I broke last year. When they were repairing that, they discovered I had developed arthritis, so they scraped that down. They also put pins in, so I will need to go back in 6 weeks to get those removed.
Just another day in the life of Amy and her surgeries. This makes my fourth surgery in 8 months!

We are finally done!!!

Hi Everyone

We have FINALLY moved in!!!! Two weeks ago we moved into the new house in Zanesville, and loving every minute of it. Glad to be out of Fort Wayne:) We have a few little things to do before we can call it complete but it is not much. I have only taken a few pictures so far but I will post more later. Gracie loves the new house, there is so much more room for her to crawl around. I wanted to let everyone know we are planning a house warming party so you can all see the house and we are going to have a huge bonfire and hog roast to celebrate. We will have it sometime in July when Dad and Uncle Mike get the wheat out of the field. It is going to be a great time I hope you all can make it. Hopefully we will have some better weather in July..... For those of you that did not see the picture of Gracies new smile I have included it because it is so darn cute:) See you all soon

I had a great Mother's Day! I went to Taylor's school for a Mother's Day party. The kids sang to us, gave us a present and even waited on the Mom's! They served us fruit kabobs, pretzels, mints, blueberry muffin and punch. The teacher read what each child said about there Mom. The child was to finish this sentence "My Mom is the best.........". Taylor said "My Mom is the best tucker inner at nighttime". So sweet to find out what truly is special to a little kid! Now I have a whole new outlook on when I tuck Taylor into bed!

Noah also did something very special for me. He bought me a card and a gift that was $7!!!! That is a huge deal, because he has been saving his money to buy a video game and he already had $20 saved. Noah hates to spend his money, so this was a huge deal for me!!!
I am so thankful that I have two wonderful little kids!!!

Mother's Day

Just wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

No Vegetable Soup Here

Brenna pretty much has the tapioca pudding recipe down from Grandma Cookie and is now working on the strawberry pie!!! However, she said she refuses to make vegetable soup!!!!

Good Morning

Good Morning Family,

I hope everyone is out enjoying the beautiful weather. We have been very busy getting ready for Alexis' first communion. It was yesterday and it turned out wonderful. The weather was beautiful and we spent the day with some family and friends. Thank you to everyone who did come. It was so nice to see you. Here are some pictures of Alexis.

I hope everyone is doing well. Ashley your pictures were great. I hope everyone feels better soon. Luckily (knock on wood) the only thing that has hit our house is pink eye. But I will take that over puke any day. Megan have fun at the New Kids concert. I can't wait to see if you get any pictures.

I hope everyone has a good week. See you soon.

Holly

New news

Just wanted to let everyone know what going on here. All of us but Mike are fighting colds. My throat is killing me. Also, Jayson gets tubes put in his ears on Monday morning. That should be something. I know he'll be ok, but it's still a surgery. Ya know? I've got a clogged pipe upstairs and started a load of laundry...needless to say when the washer "tried" to drain we had a waterfall in our kitchen. Ethan to the rescue!!!! I'm happy that the weather is warming up. It's nice to be outside more....and NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK IN JUNE!!! LOL!!!

Pics are up!!

Hey all!!! Our pictures are up at http://www.justpicturethis.biz if anyone wants to check them out. However, I noticed that they all have a watermark on them so you cannot save them to the computer and send them to Walgreens like I had told Aunt Mic. Sorry!!! If anyone would like any of the pictures, just let me know and I will get them printed for you once I receive the CD from our photographer.

Thank you and enjoy!!! I thought they turned out better than I ever imagined! I love them!!!