Christmas 2009

Just wanted everyone to see our precious children.
God has blessed our lives so with 2 beautiful children.
We are busy with life. Ryan has lots of homework and books to read.
He is learning to add and subtract and read on his own.
Kimberly turned 2 and is learning so fast.
She can say about 200 words and she loves her dolls. She got one for her
birthday that she named Happy. We have to have a coat on it when we go
outside when it is cold. She loves jewlery and perfume and hairbows.
The flower shop is busy with the Christmas rush and Mark is still at
C.H.I. We had a good Thanksgiving dinner at Mom and Dad's.
We hope everyone is doing good and hope you enjoy the Christmas season.

Kimberly's Forever Family day is today

One year ago today, Kimberly Renee became an American citizen, met her new brother and all of her family. After being on 3 planes and airports for over 24 hours we were finally home on American soil. We were so happy to be back.
Kimberly and Ryan met for the first time. We became our forever family.
We are so blessed. God has given us two beautiful children to love and take care of.
Time goes so fast. Stop and enjoy each day!

Summer Fun!

The photos are from the Arthur Fireworks show. We were worried about Kimberly and how she would do.......Believe it or not......She fell asleep during the grand finale. She wasn't scared at all. It was a great show. We had a really good weekend. Now we are preparing to go on vacation on July 3rd for a week in Lancaster, PA. Ryan is excited. We are going to stay 2 days in a red caboose as our motel room. Should be interesting. Have a great week and enjoy life.

Summer has finally hit!

We are all having a fun summer.
Ryan graduated out of Kindergarden and will be a 1st grader in the fall.
He is loving the outdoors. He plays in his sand box and rides his bike.
He is playing T-ball again this year. He has a couple of more games left.
He went to Bible School last week and he loves to go swimming.
Kimberly is growing like crazy. She is so sweet with a red hot attitude.
She is 18 months old. She can say about 40 words. On her 18th month check up she had to have 6 shots. Poor thing. We felt so sorry for her. She did great for
a week then broke out in hives. She took some medicine and is all better.
She is ready to potty train but we are going to wait til we get back from vacation.
She loves going to Daycare and being with meme (Minde and Randy) Papa.
She is learning to like the water and she loves to be outside also.
A fun night for the kids is staying home playing in the little pool and having a picnic on the patio.
Mark has been on second shift at CHI so its just me and the kids at night. Mark comes home for supper to be with us. Mark is doing alright. His back has been really sore and it leaves him kinda of grumpy.
I am doing good. I'm finally back to normal with my meds. The flower shop has been kind of slow but with the fudge sales it seems to be helping. The tourist are just down.
We are looking forward to vacation. We are going to Lancaster, PA for a week. We will visit Hersey, PA and the chocolate factory. We are going to stay in a red caboose for two nights for Ryan. They have remodeled them into hotel rooms. It should be fun. We are also going to check out the amish there and spend a week being a tourist. Grandma and PaPa are going to join us out there and then they are going on to visit Nigara Falls. We have to come back to go to work.
It has finally hit the high 90's and high humidity. Welcome to summer in central Illinois. We are having lots of fun and enjoying life.
Love to you all.
Anita, Mark, Ryan and Kimberly

Ryan turns 6 on Saturday!

Ryan turns 6 on Saturday. Can you believe it? Time has gone so fast.
He is growing up. We are having a birthday party at the park. We
have invited all of his classmates and some relatives and friends.
He should have lots of fun.
Kimberly is doing good. She is also growing. She loves to be outside
with Ryan. She loves going to daycare to play with the kids. She is
saying more words. She has stopped eating except for junk food. I guess
she will eat when she gets hungry.
Mark is doing O.K. He went back to work but on second shift. He doesn't
get to see the kids except for 1 hour in the morning and he comes home
for 30 minutes for supper. We are making do. We are hoping he gets on
days soon.
I'm doing good. The doctor put me on some new medicine and it seems to be
helping a lot. I feel so much better. We will see how it works in May.
May is the biggest month at the flower shop.
We have Prom, Mothers Day, Graduation and Memorial Day.
We are planning a vacation this year in July. We are going to Hersey and
Lancaster, PA.
We will be gone a week.
Happy 6th Birthday, Ryan! We love you buddy.
We should have an exciting weekend. We will be going to the Pub for supper
for Grandma's birthday also. Her and Ryan share birthdays. He is 6 and she will be 66.
Love to you, Anita, Mark, Ryan and Kimberly