June 27th

Today is our niece's birthday. Happy Birthday, Maddie!!!! Unfortunately, I forgot to send a card until today, so it will get there late.

Kimmer is coming to visit this weekend!! It has been awhile since she has been down. We have not made any definite plans. If it rains, we are heading to Kentucky to the Newport Aquarium. That is the only thing that I am sure of. We may just veg out and watch some television, or head to Hobby Lobby or Michaels or this other scrapbook place that I found in Centerville.

Ed has been busy working. No rain days for him. Thank goodness he gets weekends off or he would be beat.

Okay, that is it for now. Sorry, not much to report.

It's been awhile...

Sorry that it has been so long since we updated. Here is a quick blurb about our lives since the last time we visited lebbonlife.

Justice turned 2 years old on June 16th. he had a vet appointment and he weighs in at 91 pounds. We bought him a HUGE rawhide - pics to be added later.

Ed is in Fort Wayne, again. He left on Tuesday and will hopefully be home this weekend.

I (Stacy) have been sick. I missed 2 1/2 days of work and laid on the couch. It was a pretty rough cold. Had a strep test and it was negative, thank goodness. I am pretty sure it is something going around at work. I am not the first person to miss work because of these symptoms. My throat hurt so bad, I could barely talk and Ed went to Meijer at 5am on Saturday morning to get me popsicles. It was tough being sick without him around, especially with Justice wanting to go on walks every day.

We bought mountain bikes for eachother last weekend. We are looking forward to getting out and finding all of the biking trails in our area.

Ouch

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This is part of the window from Uncle Dave's humvee. It was hit with an IED on, or near, Easter. Luckily, he was able to walk away with minor injuries. It was quite emotional to see the damage up close.

Uncle Dave and Cath

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He looks so skinny! It is good to have him home. We just wish it was for good. We are so proud of him.

Dad Wins!

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Dave, Ed, Nate, Maddie and Dad decided to see who could jump or dive into the middle of the inflatable basketball hoop. Dad made it on the first try. This was after the rest of them tried MULTIPLE times to do it.

Ed

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Ed is flipping out again!! He was showing Maddie the best way to do a flip. Thank goodness he actually landed it! Unlike Dave - be sure to ask him how is right eye is doing!!

Grandma & the girls

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Mom got in the pool and was immediately surrounded by the girls. She loves having the kids over and manages to make it all look effortless.

Maddie

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Even Maddie is mastering the flips off the diving board. She looks so grown up in her bikini.

Nate & Dave

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Nate and Dave goofing off in the pool. Dave is a wonderful father and manages to make each child the center of attention without making the others feel neglected.

Em & her noodles

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This is Emily just before she jumped into the deep end. She started with two noodles, the next jump was one noodle and she finished the afternoon with a few jumps without any noodles. She is becoming an amazing swimmer.