10 Reasons They Love Daddy

For Fathers Day I had the kids sit down and make a 10 Reasons they love their Dad. Here you go, out of the mouth of our babes...

1. He cooks us delicious meals
2. He emboiders our names in stuff
3. He helps us with the sports we do
4. He knows how to make us happy
5. He teaches us about stuff we don't understand on tv
6. He drives us all over the US
7. He helps us with our hard homework problems
8. He works hard to support our family
9. He plays Wii with us
10. He's our Dad, duh!

Can't argue with any of these. The photo is courtesy from my friend Maureen, Maureen Roy Photography, from a softball tournament.

Let's Go Lady O!

Hannah is playing on a travelling softball, Lady Osprey, team this summer. What an awesome expereince it has been for her so far. This past weekend we played in a tournament in Polson. We purchased a two room tent this summer to help us with all the travelling we have planned. We camped this past weekend and this weekend we are headed to Anaconda.

The Lady Osprey is a great group of girls. And how proud all of us parents were. The girls ended up taking 3rd place - see the trophy. The championship game went into double overtime, boy, was that stressful! Hannah pitched most of the weekend and it's amazing the transformation that is happening there! She is awesome!

Gaduation Day Pics - Too Cute

Mr Fines played Pomp & Circumstance and they each had their own little cap! It was way cute! And boy did I cry, it was sweet. We are going to miss Mr Fines - he was the best!

"Gaduation" Day

Today is the last day of school for the kids. Another school year gone. This year is hard though because Hannah will be heading to middle school next year and my little guy is done with Kindergarten and now will be a big 1st grader. All I have to say is Thank You God that Emily is not headed to highschool next year cause I don't know if this Mom could take that. Benjamin's teacher, Mr Fines, has been so awesome this year - Benjamin had a wonderful, wonderful school year. Mr Fines is having a little graduation (gaduation as Benjamin calls it) for the kids today! Can't wait. I also want to talk about Mr Smith, Hannah's teacher, he was the best too. So good for Hannah - he built her up and reminded us sometime that Hannah is trying her best. The kids all had a great bunch of teachers - next year will be hard to live up to this year. Looking forward to meeting new teachers and new experiences for the kids - I just wish they didn't have to grow up for it to happen!

This pic was taken of them the summer of 2004 in Spokane. How sweet! It's a scrapbook page I did entitled "there goes my life". (The Kenny Chesney song)

Our Hannah Montana Turns 11

I can't believe my baby girl is 11 today! Where does the time go? She'll be officially a middle schooler next week *gulp*. It makes me so sad I miss that little Hannah Bana but the older Hannah is turning into a beautiful young lady! I'm proud of her!

Where Everybody Knows My Name

Awww, Chief Charlo Elementary School - It's my Cheers - a place I can walk into and everyone walking around is like "Kelley" with smiles on their faces or "Good to see you Kelley" or "Hey Kelley" or "How's Emily" or "Hannah" or "Benjamin". Yes, even Benjamin even though he never attended Chief Charlo he was a prescence at that school. Benjamin was in a car seat at many PTA meetings or helping in his sisters classes, he crawled around the school and knew his way around. The secretary, the lovely Mrs Zinne, would tease him and taunt him to answer the phone and take her job and I can remember as clear as the day he picked up the phone and said "Chief Charlo School". Cheryl didn't tease him to do that again! Emily was blessed to go there for her whole elementary career and Hannah did through third grade. I would love for Benjamin to go to school there but we know live in a different school area. I'm hoping that if our house sells, it will be officially on the market Monday - June 1st, that we can get back that way and that can be Benjamin's school. He will do just fine there - he knows a lot of the shiny faces. The elementary school Hannah and Benjamin now attend just doesn't feel like home to me - I've tried to get involved a bit and still - I miss Chief Charlo - where everybody knows my name and they're always glad I came.

15 yrs and still going strong

Today is our 15th anniversary! It hasn't been an easy 15 years but here we are still going strong. They were so many skeptics that thought we wouldn't make it but we have.

Dan and I met April 11, 1994 in Cocoa, FL one our first date he told me he was moving back to Montana the first part of June - I remember sitting there thinking "what do I care, it's not like I'm gonna marry the guy". Here I am sitting in Montana and in June I will be here for 15 yrs. I guess it did matter!!!

We were married May 17, 1994 in Melbourne, FL and they only reason we "waited" and chose that date was because it was my grandparents anniversary!

Dan and I head out tomorrow for a few days in Seattle. Excited to get away. It's for Dan's summer meeting so there is some "work" but most of all it's play and being together without those kids! Looking forward to it! Love you honey!