Josh Turns Sixteen..............1.21.10

It was a cold morning 16 yrs ago that we were blessed with a 8lb 7oz and 22in boy......you waited 2 weeks after your due date to make your appearance...yes, your mom was tired waiting...but it was sooo worth the wait!! We had a big snow/ice storm a week or so earlier and the roads were very bad, there was one night I remember asking your dad if we could make it to the hospital if we needed to go and he said he wasn't sure...that wasn't very comforting! Also your concerned aunts kept calling asking what we were going to do if we had to go while it was bad?!! Well you waited and everything worked out :-) When we called Jordan and told him that he had a brother and his name was Joshua Kyle, he must of thought we said Joshua "cow" because he told someone that his brothers name was Joshua "moo-moo"!!!! Here are some baby pictures...........

3 weeks.........

9 months........................

2 years..........................

And now you have grown up to be such a handsome young man.....I'm so proud of you Josh, you are a hard worker always willing to do and try anything....you love working with your hands - whether it is building something, working on a vehicle, working with turkeys or just tinkering in the shed......you also have a big heart, you have a love for animals and are always ready to help anyone....especially Sonny and Ruth when they need something fixed or done.

Josh, just stay who you are and you will go far in life. My heart is heavy just thinking all you will face as you get out in this world, but just make good choices and know that Jesus is always by your side and that dad and mom are always here for you and always will be............

Dear Lord, I pray that you will bless Josh as he grows older and has to make bigger choices, guide him and direct him in the way he should go.....Amen

I love You Joshua Kyle :-)

Jeremy's Florida Trip

Jeremy went with Chic's to Florida over Christmas Break...I got a few pics from the girls.....

On Christmas morning waiting to open the gift mom sent along............

Oh...I got Nike sandals....mmmm they look kinda familiar......just like the ones I lost!

Acting silly at the mall.............Kayla, Jeremy, Damon and Emily.......

At the beach........

It was a little windy and cold.......

The Lengacher's and Jeremy........

Heading to the beach......Jeremy and Kayla........

Eating at Sweet Tomatoes with Leroy and Sue......Emily and Jeremy........

At the park..........

Riding the 3 wheeled bike........................Emily and Jeremy........

There was this tree swing at the park that Jeremy said was fun....but to his mom it looks a little iffy at best.....probably one of those things that was best if mom wasn't there!!

Jeremy acting like a monkey........

Looks to me that Jeremy was trying to convince Kayla to try it..........

It was kinda hard to let Jeremy go along to Florida....but I guess I forget that he is thirteen and not my little guy anymore...sniff..sniff....he enjoyed his trip...thanks Jan and Chic for taking him along and looking out for him..............

Kemp Family Christmas 2009

We did Christmas for the Kemp's on New Years Day....the pics are not in the order that I wanted them...but didn't want to take the time to reload them :-)

Bros - Damon and Dustin........

Kyann with her new baby....she is such a little mommy...she loves her babies!!

Dannielle and I cheesin it!

Keith and his sweet family............

Claire was very excited about her gift...she had saw it in Jans van and wanted to know who's gift it was...Jan told her she couldn't tell her till after Christmas because it was for a special little girl...she kept asking her when she seen her!!

Mom made B-B-Q Pork, baked potato bar and noodles.......

And we also had date pudding, angel food cake and cheesecake........

Jordan and Morgan.....................

Eric and the Lengacher girls...................

Jeremy and Eric.......they think they are too cool to take pictures................

And Kendrick just wanted to be silly.................

Kendell is showing Kendrick how to smile for the camera................

Kayla, Jan and Kaitlyn.....................

Jan and Keith..................

Josh, Damon and Dustin............

Claire.............

Jan and Chic...........................

Me and my sweetie..........................

Mom and Dad.................................

Karen, Kendrick and Kayla.........................

Little Miss Kyann.....................

Jord and Kendrick acting silly..............................

Kyann opening her gift from grandpas........Mom still gets gifts for the younger ones to open...I love how excited they got!!

Kendell and his gift..........................

Claire and her pet station she was so excited about..............

Kendell checking out his gift...............

The big ones where happy with there cash........grandma can't go wrong there............

Josh.................

This was the best picture I could get of Jeremy...............

Mom and Dad.........we gave them a digital picture frame and peanuts...they were both happy!

Sisters............the older I get the more special my sisters are to me...I love you guys..........

Well that concludes my Christmas pictures......The Grabers continued the tradition of getting together on Christmas Eve...Gary and Teresa hosted it at the Bethel Hall....I didn't take my camera along.

Ruth.....

An update on Ruth....



Ruth was home from the hospital for 2 weeks and seemed to be doing good and getting stronger every day...til new years eve - I went up to relieve Bev at 4:00pm and she said that Ruth had been cold all day and was coughing. So we asked how she was feeling and felt her for fever..she seemed a little warm. So I ran home and got the thermometer. When I checked her she had 102.4 fever and when she got up to use the bathroom she was so weak I had to hold on to her - I wasn't sure I was gonna get her to the bathroom....so we called the home health nurse and she said to give her Tylenol and that we were probably would be making a trip to the ER....I then called Judy to come see what she thought we should do. Judy came out and we decided to head to the ER about 6:30pm....Judy thought that she had maybe picked up the H1N1 virus being that it had come on her so quick and that she was so weak. When Judy and I got her down there they did blood work, a flu test, an EKG and a chest xray and then we waited.......when they got her blood work back they told us her blood count was up to 19,000 and that she had a bladder infection. Then as the rest of the test came back the doc also said that she had pneumonia and CHF again and that she was going to be admitted. They finally got her to her ICU room about 10:45 pm...yeah we have learned that there isn't anything fast about an ER visit!! They jokingly said that 2nd floor said that ICU could have her..I guess she had scared the 2nd floor staff the last she was in!!

She stayed in ICU until Saturday and then was moved to 2nd floor...then when Dr. Cullen came in Sunday he asked her how she was feeling and she said pretty good and he asked her how good and she said really good! So he said that he was going to release her! They increased her lasix and also sent her home with 2 antibiotics. She seems to be doing really well since she is home and her strength seems to be as good or better as before she went in this last time.

Ruth has been talking about wanting to stay by herself at night for awhile....so yesterday we had a lifeline installed and she stayed by herself last night....we had stayed and helped her get to bed and then was back up there at 8:00am this morning and she was still in bed. I guess we will see how it goes.....hopefully everything works out!

Christmas 2009

We opened our Christmas gifts the Saturday before Christmas because Jeremy was leaving with Chic's early the next morning to go to Florida....we opened them very quickly before we went to the Graber Post supper.....
My boys :-).....as u can see they are not real excited about mom wanting pictures!! Oh - but I still LOVE them...it's hard to believe that they are all teenagers......

Jordan with his hat.......

Josh with his hat......just what he wanted!!

Jeremy with his under armour....mom didn't get exactly what he was thinking... oh well thank goodness for receipts....

Ernie and his clothes and shoes.....

Well this was a SURPRISE!!

With Ruth being in the hospital, we didn't get much shopping done for the boys, so they got $ to spend...which we didn't hear anyone complain!!