It's been a while since I updated this blog...not having internet at the house is my reason for being so far behind...oh the joys of living in the country!
I can't believe the first day of 5th Grade has already come and gone! Kalee couldn't wait for school to start this year, mostly because her summer fun was ended by her knee injury. The cause of the injury is unknown...but the effect of it is wearing this brace for up to 3 months! ugh! No walking without it, so that means she has spent a LOT of time in front of the tv. We have gone to the pool a few times, but swimming isn't allowed either and Kalee is NOT a fan of just floating around the pool. On the upside, we have watched a ton of movies, a lot of them were favorites of mine when I was a kid. It's been fun!
My beautiful girl on the first day of 5th Grade
Our big trip this summer was back home, to good ol' Port St John...We enjoyed our time with family and friends. Of course, there is never enough time to see everyone, so that makes the trip a little stressful, but we had a good time overall.
Uncle Richie, swinging with Andrew, at Andrew's Annual Homecoming par-tay!
At the party, and the picnic the next day, Uncle Vince showed everyone how to come down the slide and pop over the wall. Kalee was determined to do it...and she finally did. She was so funny...and cute!
Softball season was fun this year. Kalee is really growing as a ball player. It's still a little painful to watch at times (there is really no spirit of competition - and that makes me CRAZY!) but again, she is super cute! :)
Grammie came to watch Kalee play a game...just had to snap a picture of that!
Kalee did a great job at hitting this season...and was adorable as catcher, although she did NOT want to stand the way a catcher is 'supposed' to.
Game Ball!
This was Rich's discovery one day while mowing the grass...he thought it was amazing. The Bee flew directly into the barb on the fence. Poor Bee!
Easter! My sweet girl!
Checking out the Easter Basket!
Not so sure about it, now! I told her to be careful what she wished for!
A few weeks later we went back and had an appliance put in her mouth, called a Herbst Expander. That was fun...ok, not so much. She actually cried during that visit - it did look quite painful. The appliance was MUCH bigger than we thought and didn't sit as close to the roof of her mouth as I thought it would, so it was pretty funny watching her try to figure out how to talk and swallow (we heard a LOT of slurping and sucking up of saliva those first few days/weeks)!
Charley was the slide 'dare-devil'! She went down the slide every way she could think of!
Kalee spent the weekend loving on Colton...she was amazing with him. She enjoyed every second.
Colton is such a smiley baby! He flirted with us all weekend, and we loved it!
Beautiful Charley - she is such a joy!
A pic of all the cousins. Always fun trying to get a pic of them together!
Aaron, enjoying his promised 'after the picture' cookie! Bribery works...every time (ok, almost everytime!)
My beautiful Kalee! She is growing up toooooooo fast!
Charley, loving on Andrew...
Betsy took a picture of the 3 of us...I think it came out great! 
A pic of the siblings...the boys are doing what they do best...being ornery! Crystal keeps them in line, though!
A pic of all of us...it came out a little crooked, since Betsy had to set it up on her car. We'll take it though, since the boys were being ornery, again, about the fact that we wanted a pic to commemorate the weekend! After all, it's not that often that we all get to be together!
