Gracie turned 3.............

Our baby is not a baby anymore, she turned 3 on November 4th, 2011.. We started the day off with taking her to Details Salon to get her hair done. RJ and I then took her to see her first movie in a theater... Puss & Boots. It was a blast. She loved it and it was nice to go to a matinea so that the theatre wasn't too full. We ended the day a birthday party at home with family! The only thing she requested all year for her birthday was a Barbie Cake. Sooo, we got her one!

Happy Birthday baby girl, you bring so much joy and happiness to our lives and everyday you make us more proud at how intelligent, loveable, outgoing, curious, funny and wonderful you are. I can't wait to see how this year turns out with you going to pre-school in the fall, we love you Gracie Jane Vodenik!

Way behind on my posts!

With being completely overwhelmed last year I got way behind on my blog, so I am going to try and get caught up now! Bare with me.....

Coming to a close......

2011 was to say in short full of trauma, heartache, tears, problems, and disapointment, but it was also full of promise, laughter, togetherness, family, friends and LOVE.
2011 started off with a major car accident that left our family distraught. RJ went through so much, the accident, the pain, then physical therapy, then seizures and allergic reactions and drug reactions to all of the different types of medication they tried. He was off work for 8 1/2 months out of the year and we struggled, but we made it.
If anything the past year has shown me just much love I have for RJ and our children. Not one day goes by that I don't cherish every minute with them. I thank God for keeping us together and allowing me to have my husband by my side.
WE look forward to the upcoming year and how many great things that are in store for us. I wish all of my family and friends good will and a great year ahead!

Boone's Cutest Kid Contest........

We decided to enter Gracie Jane into the "Boone's Cutest Kid Contest" for 2012. She had her pictures taken at Sarah Moore Photography here in Boone. The photo shoot was so much fun and she had a blast. She changed her outfit 2 1/2 times and we changed her hair too! I have only seen one of the pictures so far and I LOVE it! We should see the rest in about another 3 days. Once we see all of the pictures we then decide which picture to put into the contest and then everyone on Facebook votes for which one they like the best! Wish her luck, we should find out at the end of March!!!

2012... A New Beginning......

We started off this year celebrating with our friends and family! We played games all afternoon and evening and managed to make it to Midnight. A big thanks to Nick Sawyer, Kari Lenning, Beth & Errol Weir, Katie & Cory & Brogan Wood, along with our daughters Gracie and Lucie for making it a great NEW YEARS EVE!!

Football Season is here...

Alex is doing great this year in Football! He is being a little more aggressive, blocking a little more and is seeing some passing action as well !! I will try to post some of the videos on here but it takes forever, so be patient!!

Nothing like a good slice!

Oh my little Lucie! She loves her pizza. We started out with cutting a normal slice of pizza in half and then she ate all of that and then she ate almost all of this too! She is getting so big already!