Remembering...

I was going to save this post until July 27 ~ This is the date my Grandpa Peeka (Coslett) went to live with Jesus! I can now smile and have such *beautiful* memories of this wonderful man. The pain and tears are still there, but I have such a wonderful love and memory of him that hasn't faded even a little....

I decided to go ahead and post about him today because my three year old unknowingly brought me to tears this evening. Curtis was up in his room playing and carrying on a conversation with someone. Upon entering his room to put his laundry away I asked him who he was talking to? His reply, "An Angel!" ~ Oh I said smiling~ put his cloths away and went to walk out, with my back to him he then says, "Yea he says that he likes firetrucks and that he loves you Mommy...." I stopped there in the middle of his door frame as tears filled my eyes I was speechless...... As I recomposed my thoughts without turning to Curtis I simply replied, "Hey Curtis, tell him I love him too!"

Curtis and My Grandpa on Father's Day 2007

Hubby Bragging

I have so very proud of Brett!! He has been *hard-core* on a diet since January and has lost almost 100 pounds!! He counts his calories and goes to the Y every other night (more if possible)! I see him everyday and had of course noticed (*believe me*) but hadn't really noticed until looking through pictures from last Summer!!

Brett July 2009

Brett July 2010

*Am excited to see how much hotter he looks next summer* (although he's always been to me)

One more week...

Well One more FULL week of the cast =) That makes everyone in this house VERY VERY happy!! Yesterday she started saying "done please" and pulling at her cast! She has done exceptionally well, but we are very ready for it to come off. Her blisters have almost gone away on her finger, but we are not watching blisters on her lower forearm. (one more full week)..

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As much as I'm ready for the cast to come off, I am not wanting to wish away summer either. Two more full weeks before my summer of 'officially' over. I am very ready to be done with the classes teaching elementary social studies, reading, and math.. however next semester looks as if it will have a new set of challenges. I know that anything worth having is worth working for so I guess I'm ready!

There are NO words....

Other than I now *love* having an outside dog

While outside playing with Ella tonight working on: sitting, catching ball, retrieving the ball and returning it to Curtis, Ella decides to have dinner instead ;P (OH MY LAND)
*my camera even refusses to take pictures of frogs*
see where I was at on the balcony off of our bedroom, Brett took the above picture with his phone.

More Summer

**love love love** it when I show up to the pool and there is entertainment there =)

My children are very blessed with cousins!

Curtis and Allyson

Abby and Cadence
(mommy arms were Thankful for the break)

Jumping-in may be Curt's favorite activity at the pool...

Even better when he has a jumping buddy!

Allyson was teaching him to do the twist, cannon balls, and many other 'fancy' jumps =)

*love summer*

Our Newest Member..

I AM a dog person

I am NOT a big dog person!

Well I wasn't (still not 100% sold) until Brett asked to bring this dog home!

We are not sure what she is, but she had been hanging around their shop for a little

over a month now. She was very skittish around humans at first. Brett said the other day she was running down Meridian, and was almost hit SO we decided to give her a home..

Meet Ella
(our OUTSIDE dog)

Curtis and Cadence LOVE her! She is as talk as Cadie, so they had to wait on the back porch while Daddy had her on a leash to meet our inside dogs..

This is just because she's *beautiful*

Emma, Eddie, and Ella

They are actually getting along really well!

Think I might like having a big dog in the backyard!

AquaArmor

i *love* lucas' face in this =)

lucas and cadence

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curtis and levi

cadie has been REALLY sad to watch curtis leave for the pool (a-poo, in cadie lingo)

the coupe days he has been able to go with someone else

so i did some calling around and the aqua armor was my only find
that was with in budget (although grandma carol got it, thanks) this is supposed

to be seal around the arm and keep her cast dry

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First thought, okay i can do this...

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OR NOT

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she was not crazy about the blue ring, although she did finally decide to just deal with it and get in

tonight was the FIRST night we have all been over to my grandma's pool
it was so much *fun*
(well everyone but kelly and ben)

This is a little closer picture of her aqua armor

my dad even came over =)
i can count on one hand (in my 26 years of life) the times my dad

has been in my grandmas pool!! we were so glad he came over, the grandkids

were SUPER excited!!

i am pretty sure that the BIG boys have more fun then the little boys!!

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it's a good think our kids get along because their daddy have become quite the

the buddies lately.. i'm just glad brett has a gym buddy =)

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what a blessed evening ~ i have been given way more than i deserve, and cherish

my many blessings (even my brother-in-law)

He's a Pro!

It's hard to believe that summer almost over, and we only have one more

T-Ball game! (secretly it will be nice to have our Saturday mornings back)

Cadence waiting for game time
Curtis is explaining to that group of girls that, that base is called Third..
*it was cute*

Not sure when this beautiful child that I so earnestly prayed for went from "little"

to "BIG" boy?!?!

~so handsome~

Cadence is never bored

Brett helping Curtis line-up
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Watching the ball

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Good Hit Curtis

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Curits has loved playing T-Ball. After every game he gives me a high-five and says,

"Are you proud of me?"

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YES CURTIS VERY MUCH!

Welcome!

I finally got Kristin into our "Blog World" check her out!!

www.rowdyrohlmans.blogspot.com

It only took 2 and a half babies to talk her into it ;)

Zoo

Today was a *beautiful* day for the zoo!

So we ALL loaded up for the zoo

(Mommy, Curtis, Cadie, Aunt Kristin, (Baby Rohlman), Lucas and Levi
Say Cheese

Who needs two good arms??

Cast Day

Thursday July 8, 2010 we went to get Cadence's hard cast put on.

I was expecting crying... Not expecting the fight she put up.

An experience I don't wish to relive, and have since felt guilty for not taking

the option of going to a pediatric surgeon to have it set and casted. I was thinking

that would just be one more bill, and one more day off work (kinda of selfish)

LONG story short... Two casts and an hour later we have a *not so pretty* green cast!

But we do have a Healing arm and that is what is important

After our not so good day we needed to find something "fun" to do... So
We decided to walk down and find Bill and Donna's

Just what the "doctor" ordered
We Love Bill and Donna (and their horses)

Of course riding back is way funner than walking!

First we stopped and fed the fish..

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Thankful for such wonderful neighbors!

And that Thursday is OVER!