John is competing

John is leaving for Rome on Thursday to compete in the Pentathlon. He didn't know if he was going to be doing it this year, but surprise of surprise, he is going.
I am going on Sat. This is so strange!! Quick trip for an awesome experience. Check back for details!! I will try to update with pictures from there. See my photo site as I will try to upload pics there also.

I am published!!!

Yep... my pictures were used in this Kentucky magazine. The two pages shown here are my pictures. This was a trnmnt. we had here in Oldham County and I was asked to be trnmnt. photographer.

Another Photo Day!

So, we goofed off today taking a few pics. To see more, just go to my photo site. Dani didn't pose for me, cause she was off to play with her friends. (but, I did manage to make them stop long enough for me to snap a picture.)

CJ is growing up so fast. It is kind of depressing.
And, Alex ... it is scary, she will leave me soon, too.







Look at this little angel!! Yummy!!












She is trying to get in all her friend time that she can before taking off!!!

John was gone all week, came home last night. Navy is going back and forth about whether they can fund the pentathlon this year. If they do, John will leave this week to go compete overseas. Will keep you informed!!

Dani Graduated!!

Hey... see my other website for all pictures.

www.lorie.smugmug.com

It is a link on the side here. I do not always have time to update here, but my kids are making me put pictures on the site. Their friends like to order them and use them to put on their pages. Graduation was awesome. She is getting ready for college!!

Alex is driving with her permit and doing a great job!!!

Sr. Prom

Missing My Man

John has been gone for 4 days now and I miss him terribly. I keep so busy, but when I sit down, it hits me how lonely it is without him here.

Our Miracle

Words can not express how blessed our family is. We have had two wrecks in our family involving two of our 18 year old kids. Both have walked away. God is Good!

More Smoky Mountains

Yes to answer several people's question ... the kids were on Spring Break. We had a great time as you can see from some of the pictures above. I will add more tomorrow. We had a blast!!!!

Smoky Mountains

Having a great time in Gatlinburg for a few days. Went hiking for 2.5 hours today. Going horseback riding tomorrow and ATV riding. Great family time!

No Title Needed!!

Jr. Prom

John..... Always keeping an

eye on these boys!!

Way to Go Dani Girl!!!

Well... the bribe we made her when she was little has paid off. We told all our kids if they graduate with a 4.0 and don't get into any trouble we would buy them a car. We did this hoping we wouldn't have to be paying for college. Well, we bought the car in December and have just been praying for the scholarships to come. Well, she got word today that she has recieved a full tuition scholarship to NKU. This is where she has been planning on going. We are thrilled. Her money she automatically gets from the state for having all A's and a high ACT will pay for her room all four years. Now we just have her books and meals to pay for. She is working on several other scholarships and we will keep hoping on those and we may get off pretty light here. We are thrilled. LIfe is good!!!

(Too bad she is under the weather with a fever and nausea .... she is having a hard time getting excited ... and she has been checking the mail everyday for this!!)

Oh ... and I lost 2.4 more pounds today. I have lost a total of 21 pounds. So far I am still the biggerst loser. I have 2 more weeks to go to collect the money!! Keep your fingers crossed, I want to go shopping!!

I am a Big Loser!!

Only news I have right now is that I am fighting to be the biggest loser at work. So far I am in the lead. I have lost 18.8 pounds. We have 3 more weeks until the end. Keep cheering me on.

John's nasal saga.

Okay... so the man had to have surgery after all. This is him when he woke up from anesthesia and the second shot is of him after the nurse told him she would put a "dressing" on it, so he wouldn't drip blood while getting to the car. Of course, I had to get a picture cause I knew that wouldn't stay on long. Sure enough, as soon as his butt hit the car seat and the nurse walked away, he said, "This stupid thing is coming off!" I was rolling.

John goes to the Pentagon for his weekend drill this weekend. He is very excited to be wearing his "cast" on his nose for that trip! Oh yeah, he will finally get to wear his Captain stripes in March. Whoever thought he would make it to O6? I am proud!!

For anybody who reads this who is interested, Dani's graduation is set for June 10th at 11 AM. Whoo hoo, we are getting close.

We Babysat today!!

Our little monkey. So much fun to babysit!!!

My hunk of a boy!

What a hottie my baby is!!

Another Day

• Here are the recent pics I took of John. He is keeping ice on his nose and sleeping a little more (the pain med and congestion seem to do him in a little. ) Of course, he hears and sees the flash go off, and you can see his reaction the last time. I LOVE IT!!

• These are some senior pics I took of Dani. I am going to order them tonight or tomorrow. Finally, she is excited about some of her pics.

Never boring around here

One basketball game.

One 43 yr old man.

One 23 yr old elbow.....

One very broken, busted nose.

Six stitches.

My man will never grow up.

This happened at 11 PM at night last night.

Life is fun!

LIttle bit of nothing

Not much happening here except for work, work, work. Dani is working at a church daycare from 4-6 PM after school everyday. CJ is playing indoor soccer and intermural basketball at school. Alex is coming home and running everyday after school. John is playing volleyball and pickup basketball once a week. I have been scrapbooking a couple times a month at Ashley's house. I took this pic of Alex the other day and am having it blown up for my wall. It is just different.

Day in the life of our crazy family.

Okay, after waking up to mushy snow on the ground, I picked up Alex and met Dani at the YMCA to watch Kendall take swim lessons (see Paper Chik blog for photos taken there.) She was the cutest and smallest one there. We then ran home for Alex to eat (Dani went to a swim meet to watch some friends.) John and CJ got a hair cut, then John dropped CJ off at the indoor arena to watch a "friend" play soccer, before he went to the Y to work out. I quickly made the swim video while Alex ate, then we drove to CJ's game to watch him play. Ashley brought us the baby while she left for 30 min. to rake in a huge job scrapbooking. A budding actor friend of ours came over and I took some head shots of him for his auditions. Then, I took pictures of Alex for fun and for a school project she is working on. John and CJ played in the snow, before John sat down to some much needed work on his computer for work. Dani's friend Krista came over and they were extremely loud working on a school project which involved doing something creative while presenting a couple famous poems. Well, of course these choir girls decided to add the lyrics to popular songs and sing them. We got to listen to the music to "Do you believe in love?" with different words sang to them VERY LOUDLY. I can only wait until this afternoon when they bring in the boys to do the dancing on their video while they sing the song. Very interesting around here. Alex had 3 friends meet her here early so I could take them to a party at 8 PM, meanwhile Dani had about 8 more friends come over to hang out and watch videos. Of course, John was outside when Ryan and Shane arrived and those boys came in my door dripping snow because John hit them with snow balls when they got out of the car. Yes, they did fire back. Boys never grow up! These kids left at midnight and we picked Alex up at midnight, so our night was over. Can't wait to see what today brings. ha