New Members of the Family

Today was the long-awaited Maire Fair! It was a fundraising carnival at the elementary school that Kyle and Kaylee go to. Each of the classrooms had a game that had to do with recycling and then prizes. It was a really fun time had by all.

The best time of all was in the classroom where each kid got to fish for a paper fish. Then answer a question on the back of the fish about recycling. If they got the answer right then they got a REAL goldfish. So needless to say, we came home with three new members of the Ross Family. Their names are "Smiley Face Girl" (Kambria's), "CutiePaTootie" (Kaylee's) and "Chicken Joe" (Kyle's). Without further wait, let me introduce the Ross Family Goldfish.

New Pics of Kolbi

My good friend Bethany took some really cute pictures of Kolbi last night. THANK YOU!!!

So I am sharing a link to her gallery. I can't believe my little baby girl is already 7 months old!! She is so much fun. I want her to stay little forever! :)

http://storybook.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?swfPop=true&noClickURL=true&url=http://storybook.smugmug.com/gallery/7717082_r48BC#498709041_rnsyY

WYOMING BOUND!!

YEEHAW!!! We are heading to Casper, Wyoming for our residency. We found out yesterday the great news. Sorry for not posting sooner...we had a great party here last night to celebrate everyone getting their residency spots!

We are so excited! The kids each had wonderful responses.

Kyle said, "This is the best day ever! Casper is so awesome! We will be close to Yellowstone National Park and Mt. Rushmore!"

Kaylee said, "Wahoo! So when do we go? I wanna get a house with a big yard!"

Kambria said, "I knew it! I just knew we were going to Casper! Good job Dad!!"

So as you can see, we are all excited! Now we just have to wait until June to actually move!

We are all so proud of Kevin for working so hard to give us this opportunity! He has had the dream of rural family medicine forever and he has done a great job of accomplishing it!

Things I LOVE

It has been such a long time since I have updated our blog, I thought I would just write a few thoughts and then hopefully very soon post some pics and more updates.

I woke up today with a sense of gratitude for some reason. You know how there are just days when you see God in your life and everything seems right. Well today is one of those days for me. So I thought I would share some of the things I love!

I LOVE my HAPPY, snuggly, smiley, giggly, chubby 6 month old Kolbi!! She makes everything right in the world. I love how she is always excited to see me and flaps her arms so fast she looks like she will take flight! She is the BEST baby ever!!

I LOVE how Kambria closes her eyes when her preschool teachers lead her out the door to me. She loves having them lead her and then not open her eyes until I grab her hand. It reminds me how the Lord takes our hands and leads us through the mazes in our life if we let Him.

I LOVE that my husband kisses me goodbye every morning even though I may still be sleeping in bed or have just gotten up and have horrible morning breath.

I LOVE when Kyle and Kaylee come home from school and BOUND in the door with all the energy in the world. I have to remind myself that is their way of showing me how excited they are to be home! :)

I LOVE having people over whether it is friends of the kids or whoever. I love being a hub of fun and entertainment. I am not the best at just relaxing when others are here because I want everyone to have a good time, but I have a good time if everyone else is happy and relaxed.

I LOVE music. I am not picky about what kind of music I listen to really. My ipod has anything from Led Zeppelin and Metallica to Frank Sinatra to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to George Strait to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Today on the way home from preschool I had a 70's CD in the car and I just had to laugh when Kambria was singing along to "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Stayin' Alive".

I LOVE parent/teacher conferences. We had Kyle and Kaylee's conferences last night and it was wonderful!! They are so smart and such great kids!! We are so proud of them!!

Well this post has been longer than I intended, but I just wanted to share a few thoughts and jot them down for myself!!