Gracie Jane is 5 years old.............

Gracie Jane Vodenik.  What can I say but that we are so very proud of you and the young lady you are becoming.  You are very smart and curious about so many things.  You weigh all of 41 pounds and we finally let you get your hair cut to your shoulders this year.  Of course I made you wait until after your school pictures.  You love to be read to, love watching movies, coloring, learning how to sew and doing the "cuddle nose" with me.  You LOVE school which we are excited about. 

Happy Birthday Gracie!!

TFW..... Training For Warriors...........

I am back at it again!  TFW, formally known as Bootcamp started last night again on January 6, 2014.  I am in the blue shirt pictured above.  I am super excited that we have 16 people in our class, great way to start off.  My goals are to lose weight and build strength and muscles.  I need to lose at least 25 pounds before we even think about trying to have another baby.  Yes, I said it, we are going to try and have one more baby.  2014 is going to be great!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to my one and only......

Happy birthday to RJ, he turns 35 today.  We celebrated his birthday on Sunday by going to the Viking's vs. Bears game in Minnesota.  We Won 23-20 in overtime, what an exciting game.  They haven't had the greatest season this being only the 4th game they won, but a win is a win and it was awesome to be there to see it!!!!!!!!!  Tonight we will be going to Alex's first JV basketball game of the season and then have angel food cake at home afterwards! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RJ!!

Pre-K Picture...............

Gracie Jane Vodenik

She looks so beautiful and grown up! She is loving school and everything about it.  Time flies so fast, next week she will be turning 5 already.

Deals Orchard 2013.........

We had a great time visiting Deal's Orchard this past Sunday.  RJ and I took the girls and met my sister Kari and her husband Dave and my nephew Beau.  It was a little windy, but the day was beautiful.  The girls had fun jumping on the huge trampoline, sliding down the slide on saucers, rolling the huge tubes back and forth, feeding the goats, petting the bunnies, riding little tractors, riding the little plane ride, playing in the corn pit and going on the hayride.  It was very busy, busy, busy.  We then went to Madrid for the Annual Grandma Pat's Hayride (my friend Jamie's grandma).  The girls got a double dose of hayrides!!!!!!

Papa Princess Ball 2013 & Ashley's Wedding.........

RJ & Gracie attended the Papa Princess Ball put on by Sacred Heart School in Boone.  It is open to all girls in Pre-K through 8th grade.  Aunt Erica came over and did her hair and make up and Grandma Beth helped get her ready.  They had a blast, and Gracie fell asleep on RJ's shoulder while they were dancing towards the end of the night. 

Lucie and I attended my boot camp buddie's wedding in Webster City the same day as the Papa Princess Ball.  I did Lucie's hair and makeup and she got a very pretty dress to wear with a crown.  We made it her own little princess ball.  She danced the night away and had sooo much fun.

Pre-K jitters...........

Gracie started Pre-school today, Friday the 30th of August 2013!  She has been so extremely excited all week.  The morning started off great, she woke up early at 6:15 and was beaming!  RJ and I took her to school at 8.  We walked into the school and she was a little nervous with all of the other kids pouring into the school at the same time, so she grabbed Dad's hand and continued on.  Once inside the classroom she put away her backpack in her locker and found her name tag to wear.  Dad and I gave her a big kiss and hug and said good-bye.  I guess she started to cry a little after we left but the teacher assured her she would be ok and that we would be back to get her after school!  She only goes from 8-11am!

I picked her up after school and she was a little sad.  She missed us and wanted to go home.  Hopefully it goes better next week!!!!!!!!!!!!