Weekend update

It was a mainly uneventful weekend in West Minneapolis this weekend! Gee is anyone surprised???

Kambren turned 6 months this past Tuesday, and her check up on Friday was great. She weighed in at 16 lbs 2 oz and is 26.5 inches long. I think her teeth are really bothering her right now and that caused her appetite to be off this weekend. This picture was taken by my sister on Saturday. According to my mom, she never had us in hats when we were babies and her mom, my Babi (That's the shortened Czech word for Grandma), would always put a "shothic" on us - for those non-speaking Czechs that means scarf. Does she just look so cute??? I'm fairly certain that her daddy doesn't think she's very cute right now...I got 3 phone calls from him this morning and one of them was just because she wouldn't let him put her down AT ALL!! He threatened to start going to work early just so that I would have to listen to her scream because I let her do everything this morning so that when he left she was tired of it all. Poor guy! :)

Rose had a great weekend - she did a lot of bonding with her dad. They scoped out some possible goose hunting places and went and checked the camera at the deer spot. This will be the first year that she gets to go hunting with her daddy and I can tell she's already super excited about it!! She came back from feeding the deer and checking the deer camera and told me all about the 15 deer she spotted across the field.

David turned 9 yesterday so we all went to his party at the YMCA. Rose was excited to play with her brother and some of their mutual friends, but we were all excited that the kids got to play with both sets of grandparents. If Megan can send some pictures of the party, I can download those onto the blog.

We hope that everyone is doing well and that you all have a great week!

My favorite sister!!

What a horrible person Taylor has for a sister!!! While I on the other hand have the greatest sister EVER!!!

I forgot to mention in my last blog that Taylor graciously took the day off from school and got up SUPER early in the morning, went and got my kids, brought them into Salina, wandered around Blue Beacon with us while I showed them off, had lunch with me, drove the kids over to Stanion so Grumpy could show them off and then delivered the safely back home.

Other than someone (old guy) asking her if she was now legal, I think she had a great time with her nieces and big sister! Isn't she ABSOLUTELY wonderful??!!! Sorry everyone, I would loan her out, but she's just too priceless! You'll have to find your own Taylor!!! I love you little sister!!

And so it begins...our lives will never be the same again!

Kambren is crawling!!! She doesn't even turn 6 months until tomorrow!!! Don't we have the smartest most advanced baby EVER?! (Even if you do, I don't want to hear about it!!! First time mom - my baby is the best at everything!) She was scooting around last week, but really started to army crawl yesterday! She's still pretty wobbly - crawls about an inch, falls over, just to start all over again! It's hard to see in the picture, but she's trying!

Rose is loving kindergarten! She's doing book-it right now like most kids and is OBSESSED with reading. I know - you're wondering where she gets it, right??? I guess her seeing me read a different book just about everyday is rubbing off - I swear at least 1/2 her personality is all environmental! She is such a great help to me with the baby - she loves being a big sister and plays the role well.

Aaron and I are well - nothing new to report for us. He still has his gun club and won a whopping $4 a week ago. Yeah, I was so proud. Of course, the deal was if he won $5 he would take me out on a date...Do you think he did that on purpose???

Exciting news: Megan (my sister-in-law) got engaged on Saturday!!!!! We are so happy for her! Chris, her fiance (how awesome does that sound, Gina??), gave her a rock - and I do mean a ROCK!!! Rose is already planning on the cupcakes that she'll make to help Meg celebrate her wedding. Sorry, Meg, but she knows you enjoy baking cakes/cupcakes, so she thinks that's what you want for gifts! Anyway, your brother and I are very EXCITED for you!!!! And to Chris - let me just say - IT'S ABOUT FREAKING TIME!!!!!

Today our dog Sam got into Aaron's mouse poison. She ate almost an entire bar of Tomcat Mouse Poison. Luckily, Aaron got home from dropping Rose off at school just about the same time she finished, so he spent about 2.5 hours at the vets office while they fed her about 3/4 of a gallon of peroxide. She's VERY lethargic, but seems to be on the mend. Poor puppy! Since she made a mess all over the living room floor - right where Kambren plays - Aaron and I spent the evening cleaning the carpets. I know he thinks I'm a freak, but I didn't want to take any chances and just assume that the vacuum would clean it all up. I'm glad he gave in and helped with the clean up!

Oh, and Taylor came home. She wants me to make sure that all readers know that. She's always leaving comments for me that I didn't mention it in my blog. Are you happy now? ;)

TGIF!!

I'm so glad today is Friday!!! This week felt very rushed and it seemed I had no time with the kids or to just hang out and relax. Now that the weekend is FINALLY here, maybe I can.

Rose delivered the rest of her trash bags that she sold for the school. Afterwards, my mom and dad took her Farmer Ed's house where she got some hands-on experience. Her favorite part was going in the chicken coop to help gather eggs. She filled one carton and part of another and patiently explained that it's not too hard, but you have to be careful and check for cracked eggs. I would love to see her in action.

Kambren is doing well - growing like a weed. She's trying to crawl - pulls her legs up underneath of herself and slides along the side of her face. She tried garden veggies last night and couldn't seem to get enough. I thought to myself this is going to be a piece of cake...then I picked her up this morning from her crib and she had puked up all her food. It was not a pleasant way to start out the morning. She wasn't very happy that I had to rewash her hair, but I thought I was going to gag having to smell it.

We just left Dad's house where he fixed us our traditional Friday morning breakfast. I know he loves having us there, but is excited to have the Carver Inn open back up so that he doesn't have to cook anymore. It will be fun to see all the guys over there again!

Not much planned for the weekend - Aaron is going with his parents to Washington, KS on Saturday to see a friend. Rose, Kamb and I will help my mom make some baked goods for the 2 new sets of neighbors. Oh and I guess I better clean the house! ;) Sunday Aaron is getting us some new carpet for our house from Lindsborg, so we'll probably all go down there to see the Grumpy and Grammy Koelling.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Weekend update

Sorry I don't have any pictures to add yet...Will try to get that done SOMETIME! :)

We had a great weekend! We celebrated Dad's 60th birthday on Wednesday (the actual b-day) with dinner and the traditional cake - which for some reason had finger swipes in the frosting...hmm...Rosie?? ;) However, since we have a college student at Hays, we celebrated again on Friday by going out to dinner at Trappers in Simpson. Of course with all of us gathered to honor the head honcho of the Ketron Clan on Friday, we also did some gift giving...60 gifts to be exact. We were all supposed to get some gifts for dad so that he had a total of 60 gifts to open. He was a bit overwhelmed and probably can't even tell you what he got! Rose picked her gifts all by herself - some plastic frogs and snakes, some dog treats and toys for his boys and some candy. We both had a blast shopping!

While Daddy stayed home with his girls after supper, mommy took off to Concordia with Tarin to see "Nights in Rodanthe." (Ever the movie critic: I give it a 1/2 a thumb! Rent it if you want, but I wouldn't waste my $$ on it. If you are a Nicholas Sparks fan ("Message in a Bottle" and the wonderful "Notebook"), you will be disappointed as you don't have an emotional connection to the characters. T and I wanted a good cry and this didn't give it to us...we squeaked out a few tears, but not the full-fledged floods that came with the Notebook and Message!) Daddy didn't have near as much fun as I did...poor guy. Kamb didn't want to cooperate for him. ;)

She was all fun and games for me on Saturday! Rose went with her mom for the day and Aaron worked in the shop on the Aurora (soon-to-be sold!!! YEA!) I have found a new favorite show to add to my Gilmore's collection - One Tree Hill! It's SOOO good!!! So other than doing laundry and starting the rest of the house, Kamb and I spent ALL day watching about 10 episodes of Tree Hill. Sad and pathetic, yes - but you all are either related to me or are friends with me...so what does that say about you??? ;)

It was an early night for the Koelling girls on Saturday since we had church yesterday morning. But that was fine because we had a busy day ahead of us Sunday. Our very own WORLD TRAVELER - Miss Megan Koelling - was back from London!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?! I love my kiddos but I would have loved to have been able to go to Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and even Harrods! She has some great pictures! We had dinner in Lindsborg with the Koelling family and sampled the chocolates Meg brought back. Those weird Londoners have some funky tastes - let me tell you!!! I swear I ate a piece of chocolate covered soap from Harrod's. YUCK! However, my Cadbury Creme Egg Twisted more than made up for it! SCRUMDELIUMPTIOUS!

Hope everyone has a great week!!