HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM, GRANDMA, & GREAT GRANDMA

Today Mom is celebrating her 88th birthday. We thank God for a mother who prays and walks with God. We also thank God for the opportunity to have Mom in our home(along with Dad). We love you and pray God will bless you in the coming years.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!


the pretty roses Dad gave her

OUR BABY GRANDSON IS ONE YEAR OLD

Yes, Hudson is one year old today and yes, he has this big smile on his face most of the time. He is such and sweet little guy and yesterday we were able to see him in KC and have lunch with him and 25 more of our family. Hudson brings joy to all that he is around and we want to wish him a Happy Birthday with lots of love to a dear little grandson.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

TREVIN IS NINE YEARS OLD

Trevin is 9 years old today. He happens to be here getting ready for school and told me he turned 9 at 2:32 a.m. Trevin is full of fun and always concerned for the needs of others. We love our Trevin and hope he has a wonderful birthday.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

DEE DEE CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY

Today Dee Dee turned the big 40. Where have the years gone? Dee Dee is a very talented girl and has been responsible for some of the updating and decorating in our home. We really appreciate her and her creative talents. We love you and hope you have a great birthday(we heard her sister came to visit her for the weekend - a great birthday surprise)


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

MICAH IS THE BIRTHDAY BOY TODAY

Micah Duehring is 8 years old today. Micah is a joy to have around - he is so quiet but always enjoys being with his cousins. I think he is waiting for his two front teeth to come in - you look cute without them Micah. We love you Micah and hope you have a very fun birthday.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

ETHAN HAS A BIRTHDAY

Ethan Seaba is 3 years old today. He has the biggest smile and is a very sweet boy with lots of energy and curiosity. He keeps his Mommy a hoppin. We love you Ethan and hope you have a very special and fun birthday.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

CHICAGO HERE WE COME! (with our three little ones)

We took our 3 oldest children to Chicago on the train twenty some years ago. At that time our 3 youngest children were very sad because they wanted to go with us and we told them that we would take them another time. Well, you know how busy things get and time gets away - here twenty three years later we decided to make that promise good.

We left KC on the train at 7:45 last Friday morning. We arrived in Chicago at 3:15 and decided to walk to our downtown hotel. It was a good walk and we were glad to get to the hotel and be done with the luggage. Shortly we headed out to find a trolley that would take us to the Navy Pier. We walked around for a little bit and then rode the huge ferriswheel at the McDonalds.

Later we were ready to have some of the good pizza that we enjoyed at Ginos 23 years ago. Then we bought a 2 day pass for the transit system so we could ride the subways and buses the next couple of days.

On Saturday we visited the museum of science and industry and went through the smart house which has some amazing technology and also went through the u-boat that we captured from the Germans in World War II.
We then went to Michigan Ave. to do some shopping and then
later on Saturday evening we rode the subways.

On Sunday we attended Moody Church and enjoyed a good service with hundreds of others. We then went back to the hotel to check out of our room and then went to lunch before heading for the train station.

By 3:00, we were back on the train and ready to head back to KC. We knew from 23 years ago that the seats were reversible but we couldn't figure out how to get them turned. Susan was persistent and finally figured it out and we thought we would have a fun time on the way home but.... as they came to check our tickets, they told us we would have to turn them back around. The other family that thought that was a wonderful idea were admonished first and they turned and said we had told them how to do it:)

We enjoyed a meal in the dining car
on the way home - we intended to do that on the way in but they were all out of food so we had to wait.

We had a very fun and busy weekend and were somewhat exhausted as we boarded the train on Sunday. We thoroughly enjoy being with our children and only wish we could have had all of them with us.

Ready to leave for Chicago at Union Station in KC

resting up for the busy 48 hours ahead

walking with our luggage to our hotel in downtown Chicago

(a mile and a half)CHICAGO

carousel at Navy Pier

taken from the ferriswheel

Lake Michigan from the ferriswheel

downtown Chicago from the ferriswheel at Navy Pier

Wonderful Pizza place

Enjoying pizza

Our name on the wall with the millions in Ginos

Elisa writing on the wall in Ginos

the seats like they were when we took our 3 oldest kids some 20 years ago

enjoying some of the displays in the museum of science and industry

a free trolley that we rode to Navy Pier

when it started raining - the hoods went up

Moody Church we attended Sunday morning

riding the bus

arriving back in KC Sunday night

OUR GRANDDAUGHTER MALIA TURNS 6

Today Malia is celebrating her sixth birthday. Malia loves gymnastics and has started school this year. I think she loves school and is doing well. Isn't she a beautiful little lady and we love her very much. She is missed at home by her 2 little sisters who followed her around all day. We hope you have a wonderful birthday Malia, and very soon she will be moving into a new house so her next year will be spent in a new home.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

A BUSY WEEK

Last week was a busy one. We had Phil & Julie's 2 youngest girls for a couple of days while they were house shopping. Then on Thursday, we took them back to Emporia and met June with her 5 children to return to our home while June and Damon go to Branson for their anniversary and June was taking Meredith & Brooklyn back to their home. We have had a lot of fun and work but we love spending time with the grandchildren.


Brooklyn was looking forward to seeing her Mommy & Daddy.

Meredith was sleeping and didn't like it that we were not going to take her clear home so she did not want a picture taken.

Here's the carload we brought back home

And they spent quite a bit of time outside since the weather was so nice.

Maggie & Molly all ready to go to church

Damon and June came back Monday evening and Tuesday morning left for home. Now it is very quiet around here.

It is Thursday and we are ready to head for KC to take our "three little ones" on the train to Chicago. We told them when they were very young that we would take them because we had taken the three older ones when they were in high school. We really didn't plan that it would be twenty some years later but better late than never on a promise. Watch for more about our trip.