Remembering Family

We went to a couple of different cemeteries today to visit family that has passed away. We still need to visit Grandma Bates but for those of you who are not able to make it to the gravesites this year, You might appreciate some of the next few photos... ( I will post Grandma Bates headstone when we make it there.)

My Favorite Pics

Well, I was going through some my pictures tonight and decided to share some of my favorite pictures of Kolten and Rick. The last one has a short story behind it that is so funny. They are a little blurry because I had to scan them in to my computer, sorry.

These first two are of Kolten's first Halloween. He was a year old in these two photos.

This photo was of a time when we went camping and Rick caught a fish. Kolten helped clean it. You can't see it very well but he posed for the camera by sticking his tongue out.

This one, Kolten had some glasses that came with his teddy bear and he decided he wanted to wear them and pretend he was reading his book. He was probably 3 years old.

This last photo was of a time when we went camping. Kolten was around 3 yrs old in this photo as well. He had a stick and was playing with it in the fire. I went over and took the stick from him and put it off to the side of the fire and when I turned my back he started playing with it again & got black all over his hands and then rubbed his face. After repremanding all we could do was laugh. He tried hiding behind my leg because he was embarassed but Rick made him stand there and get his picture taken anyway. Now it's one of our favorite memories.

Time Flys

Sorry I haven't reported in a while. It's been busy!!!! Rick and I had our 12th Anniversary on the 22nd of May. It seems like we got married yesterday!

I feel so blessed to have the hubby that I do and also my sweet little Kolty. I love them so much!

For our anniversary, we bought a new grill (since our last one fell apart into a million pieces when we were moving) and new firepit. Yesterday we had our first fire in the new pit- roasting marshmellows (sorry, I forgot to take pics - next one, I promise). It was a blast and the weather was perfect.

I also need to show you the blessing dress that all of the aunts and uncles went in on for Desi and Scott's new baby, Alisha. After talking to everyone - Jake, Tracy, Jess, Shelley, Trevor, Tiffany, Jason and my grandma, we all decided to go in on a blessing dress for the new baby. I went shopping all day looking for a dress and found so many, it was hard to choose. So I decided to take photos of the dresses I found and let Desi pick out the one she wanted while she was in the hospital. This is the one she chose:

Alisha Marie Wheeler was born today!

My little sis had her baby today. She is sooooo adorable! Desi and Scott named her Alisha Marie. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 7 ounces. She looks so healthy too. She has a perfect shade of rosy pink to her and has cute little chubby cheeks. I didn't get to see her little hands because she had mittens on so she didn't scratch herself but I wish I could have. We also had to keep her bundled up in the cool air conditioned room so all I pretty much saw was her sweet little face and thick dark hair. That was enough for me to fall in love. I just wanted to kiss her all over!!!!

Here are some pics of her only a few hours old.

HAPPY B-DAY ALISHA!