Mother's Day

Well this picture is a little over 3 yrs old now. Kennedy was only 3wks old. And of course there is no Gentry yet. But I just love this picture. It is my grandma Shirley (my mom's mom), my mom Susan and of course me and Kennedy. Four generations of women! I think it is the perfect picture for Mother's Day!

The New American Idol Contestant

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Kennedy's two favorite shows right now are Dancing w/ the Stars and Amercian Idol. Which is kind of funny for a 3yr old. But she loooves them. This was after American Idol the other night. She just kept singing and singing and singing. It gets better as it goes on. ATTN: Leslie and Deric....Pay close attention b/c she gives a shout out to ya in the song!
Keep in mind she makes this all up and I am not sure what she is even saying some of the time. But then again I don't when they sing on Idol sometimes either!

I tried to hold as still as possible while filming but at certain points it was impossible b/c I was laughing so hard. This actually isn't her "Best" either. It was mild b/c she knew I was filming!!!

Buck Teeth!

This is currently what our youngest child's front teeth look like and I swear those are not chicklets (the square gum)!!! Okay, now that you are in histerics I thought I should tell you that Kennedy's also used to look this way. They eventually grew together and didn't look sooooo large. We are up to 10 almost 12 teeth!

Big Sis loves it when Gentry gets to spend time with her in "her" bed. And little sis loves it just as much. Kennedy will go out of her way to make sure Gentry is comfy.


Little "Big" Gentry tries to wash her hands on her own now. Not quite tall enough yet though. She'll drag the stool over to the sink get up on it and start yelling "UP". It is quite cute. She currently is repeating about every word you say now, so all language of course must be filtered!!!

Building the Ark

Well we are in day 5 of a flood warning. We live on the very last street on the west side of town. We can see the river and its trees from the front porch of our house. It always floods when we get big rain. Luckily it never reaches any of the houses. It would flood every road on every side of our town if it did. And NO we do not live in a flood plane. So lets hope that never happens. Here are a bunch of pictures from the last couple of days.

Picture taken going over river bridge.

another picture taken on the river bridge.

On the left side of the tree line on the left side of the picture above.

East of the river bridge.

Picture taken from country north of town. Normally this is all field.

Weekend Wackiness!!!

Well, we had a great weekend full of great times with friends and family. Saturday we had a wedding to attend for our friends Sam and Nicole. We met them through our good friends Kris and Katie (Kennedy's God parents) They truly are all wonderfully genuine sweet people. After the the wedding and reception we headed a little further north and spent some time with our families.

Then we headed through Salina on our way back to visit our good friends Layne and Beth. They welcomed their second child Brynn Emmalee into the world this past wednesday. They also have a 2 yr old little boy Caden. And yesterday was his birthday. Along with Dana's brother Jason. We narrowly avoided most of the severe storms/tornados last night on our way home. Had we taken our usual route and gone through Walton we would have been caught in a tornado warning and other severe weather right behind it. Luckily the only thing we encountered was TORRRENTAIL downpour and amazing lightening!

Sam and Nicole right after the wedding in the greeting line. Aren't they so cute!!!

Katie giving Kennedy a hug.

Kris and Katie leaving the wedding in his shined up truck.

So I wanted a good picture of Dana and his girls...........this is the best I got. Kennedy is trying to show off her band aid. It's Scooby Doo! It matches her dress!

Storm moving north of Clay Center. Picture was taken from Dana's parents house. Storm went right through my parents house.

Caden and his new baby sister Brynn. Yesterday was Caden's 2nd Birthday!!!

Kennedy holding Brynn. She just loved her. Was constantly wrapping her tighter and didn't want mommy to take her back!

Kennedy holding Brynn, Brynn's big brother Caden, and Gentry

Palace Park Play

We have a really awesome park not too far from our town. So after the kids got out of preschool tuesday we hit the road for the short drive to have lunch and playtime at the park. It was the most awesome day ever. The weather could not have been more perfect.

The park was a success.......in more ways than one! They so kindly have bathrooms... not really...they are port-a-pottys. Anyway, they stuck those dang things about a quarter of a mile away from the play area (literally). We ended up making four trips to the bathroom. And with three kids this is more of challenge than you can imagine. #1 You can't all fit in there. #2 You don't want them to touch ANYTHING in there. #3 I would almost prefer they go in the grass but since that's not totally legal in the park area we used the ever living life out of the old germ ex.



I wonder if her tongue will still hang out as often when she is a teenager?

This is my favorite of all the park pictures.

I asked them to look at me and give me a great big smile....and this is what I got.

"G", "L" & "K" swinging in stride..... or somewhat?



Peek-a-boo!

Just like her mommy, Kennedy's face becomes a cherry tomato when she starts to get hot.

This is our latest backyard attraction. Yes, he is an "angel" toad. Check out his fuzzy headgear!!!

Senior Pics

I had the privelege of taking senior pics for a sweet sweet girl named Sami last fall. Well she'll be graduating in several weeks and I did her hair for prom this past saturday, so it made me think I should post some of her pics I took. I went out to her house to take these. AWESOME location. They live by the river and let me tell ya I couldn't have had it any easier. She was super easy to photo too.
Did I mention she was our fall homecoming queen? Anyway here is some of them!!!