Enjoying Subway...
Bethany, unable to attend due to the death of her Grandpa Snyder, was to have entered female solo...
Jennifer and Nathan (left and center), also unable to attend, were to have entered mixed trio with Sharree (right)...
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Convention, continued...
I'm soooo glad Greg was able to attend with me this year. He only had a couple of vacation days left due to Allison's birth, sickness, etc., but he was willing to take a couple of more unpaid because he loves ACE Convention and he loves our students. I think he loves me, too. :)
Enjoying Subway...
Bethany, unable to attend due to the death of her Grandpa Snyder, was to have entered female solo...
Jennifer and Nathan (left and center), also unable to attend, were to have entered mixed trio with Sharree (right)...
Enjoying Subway...
Bethany, unable to attend due to the death of her Grandpa Snyder, was to have entered female solo...
Jennifer and Nathan (left and center), also unable to attend, were to have entered mixed trio with Sharree (right)...
Life's Ups and Downs
Off to a great start - Ashley and Sharree with their awards for early entries...
A great rally speaker...Pastor Tom??? from North Carolina...
Greg joining in the sponsor's putt
Way to go, girls! They placed in Linear Power Point and Poetry!
The gang...
Dad entered in horse racing...wonder how he'll do????
They are completely addicted to Dutch Blitz...anytime...anywhere...
When they say, "You never know what a day will bring...", boy, you know they are right! As I mentioned last post, our weekend plans were changed because of the snowstorm. I had this week's plans all arranged because of beginning student convention early Tuesday morning. Kaitlynn and Allison were to go with us, and we had coverage at home for the boys. Mom and Dad were to travel to convention with us, and planned to help with the girls. They were going to head to Cincy on Wed. night, and fly to Cayman on Thurs.
Life is unpredictable. On Sunday morning one of our parishoners, Bro. Don Snyder, went to Heaven. Because of this tragedy, 3 of our students (his grandchildren) were unable to attend convention with us. We miss them terribly, and are praying for them in this time of sadness.
Tuesday morning, 1 hr. before the alarm went off, something else woke us. The sound of Kaitlynn barfing in her bedroom. Ugh! We did some quick work. Mom stayed home because of the funeral arrangements, so she kept the boys instead of someone else having to come stay with them. Dad and I brought the group to Muncie, while Kaitlynn and Greg (he had a fever, headache, etc.) spent the morning and afternoon at home recovering. They were able to join us about 5:00 in the evening. Kaitlynn seemed fine after that, and had a wonderful day yesterday. This morning, just before the alarm was to go off, we heard another noise. You guessed it. She spent all morning in the bathroom. So here I am, sitting in the hotel blogging while my students are at Ball State competing in ping pong! I have to add that they took 2nd in PACE Bowl this a.m. Yea!
Anyway, we have no idea what the rest of the week holds...we're not even guessing. Hopefully Kaitlynn and I will be able to attend the rally tonight. The speaker is awesome, and I hate to miss his closing challenge. Tomorrow we may watch the volleyball and basketball championship, then attend awards, then head home. Mom and dad, after much insanity, were able to get new flights to Cayman. They are scheduled to leave Saturday. By the way, hope you never have to cancel a flight. It is outrageously expensive...flight insurance doesn't help!
I heard from mom around noon today. Ryan hasn't gone to school all week...the only thing keeping his fever down is Motrin. She doesn't think anything else is wrong, and for 3 or 4 hours after the Motrin he is buzzing high. Then he crashes somewhere in a corner, and you know it's almost time for the Motrin again! Poor kid.
We have enjoyed our time at convention so far. It has been great to see a host of our youth camp kids, as well as Robert Carter, Lorna, Janelle, and Jaren Miles, Lanae Marshall, the Everhearts, the Clemens, the Joslins, on and on...
Enjoy the pics!
A great rally speaker...Pastor Tom??? from North Carolina...
Greg joining in the sponsor's putt
Way to go, girls! They placed in Linear Power Point and Poetry!
The gang...
Dad entered in horse racing...wonder how he'll do????
They are completely addicted to Dutch Blitz...anytime...anywhere...
When they say, "You never know what a day will bring...", boy, you know they are right! As I mentioned last post, our weekend plans were changed because of the snowstorm. I had this week's plans all arranged because of beginning student convention early Tuesday morning. Kaitlynn and Allison were to go with us, and we had coverage at home for the boys. Mom and Dad were to travel to convention with us, and planned to help with the girls. They were going to head to Cincy on Wed. night, and fly to Cayman on Thurs.
Life is unpredictable. On Sunday morning one of our parishoners, Bro. Don Snyder, went to Heaven. Because of this tragedy, 3 of our students (his grandchildren) were unable to attend convention with us. We miss them terribly, and are praying for them in this time of sadness.
Tuesday morning, 1 hr. before the alarm went off, something else woke us. The sound of Kaitlynn barfing in her bedroom. Ugh! We did some quick work. Mom stayed home because of the funeral arrangements, so she kept the boys instead of someone else having to come stay with them. Dad and I brought the group to Muncie, while Kaitlynn and Greg (he had a fever, headache, etc.) spent the morning and afternoon at home recovering. They were able to join us about 5:00 in the evening. Kaitlynn seemed fine after that, and had a wonderful day yesterday. This morning, just before the alarm was to go off, we heard another noise. You guessed it. She spent all morning in the bathroom. So here I am, sitting in the hotel blogging while my students are at Ball State competing in ping pong! I have to add that they took 2nd in PACE Bowl this a.m. Yea!
Anyway, we have no idea what the rest of the week holds...we're not even guessing. Hopefully Kaitlynn and I will be able to attend the rally tonight. The speaker is awesome, and I hate to miss his closing challenge. Tomorrow we may watch the volleyball and basketball championship, then attend awards, then head home. Mom and dad, after much insanity, were able to get new flights to Cayman. They are scheduled to leave Saturday. By the way, hope you never have to cancel a flight. It is outrageously expensive...flight insurance doesn't help!
I heard from mom around noon today. Ryan hasn't gone to school all week...the only thing keeping his fever down is Motrin. She doesn't think anything else is wrong, and for 3 or 4 hours after the Motrin he is buzzing high. Then he crashes somewhere in a corner, and you know it's almost time for the Motrin again! Poor kid.
We have enjoyed our time at convention so far. It has been great to see a host of our youth camp kids, as well as Robert Carter, Lorna, Janelle, and Jaren Miles, Lanae Marshall, the Everhearts, the Clemens, the Joslins, on and on...
Enjoy the pics!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
My Once-A-Week Blog :(
Research Paper Survival Kit
I have thoroughly enjoyed blogging for the past 14 months or so, but it seems like these days are so busy I rarely have the chance to sit and "browse", or whatever it is that we bloggers love to do! This past week has been pretty crazy...I finished a class tonight, and the 15-20 page research paper suddenly seemed like 150-200 pages! I hadn't tried writing that extensively with a newborn and 3 others! It was interesting...
I believe we had a snow day this past Wednesday (the days are totally running together), and it was a blessing, as always! :) Weekend plans were nixed...Mom and dad were supposed to head to Cincy on Friday night. They were going to take the oldest 3 with them. Dad was to speak Saturday evening at a Rally. Greg and I were going to have dinner out on Friday night, catch a good night's sleep, and head for Columbus on Saturday with friends, Josh and Crissie Estes. The guys were going to hit the car show, and we were going to hit, you guessed it, the mall! Thanks to a blizzard in Columbus and nearly one in Cincinnati, those plans were cancelled. After digging out on Saturday, mom and I attended the wedding of one of my former students, Jason Beck. The wedding was very nice, and Jason and his beautiful bride, Cierra, were all smiles. The only hitch was the butterfly collection that was to fly into the air during their kiss...the pastor shook the box...and shook the box...finally he dumped it upside down, and the butterflies revived. It was cute!
While I was at the wedding Evan started having flu symptoms, yes, the yucky ones. By the end of the evening 4 of the 6 of us felt gross, so Greg went to church this morning by himself. This afternoon he was nauseated, so we all stayed in tonight.
Hopefully this all clears out before we leave for Student Convention at 7a.m. Tuesday! We had just been bragging about a flu-free winter...guess that's what we get. If it doesn't get any worse, I won't complain. Evan was the only one with "the yuckies". :)
For those of you who actually read this thing, have a great week! I guess I'll have to have another baby to get those comments back up in the 20's again! HAAAAAA!
I have thoroughly enjoyed blogging for the past 14 months or so, but it seems like these days are so busy I rarely have the chance to sit and "browse", or whatever it is that we bloggers love to do! This past week has been pretty crazy...I finished a class tonight, and the 15-20 page research paper suddenly seemed like 150-200 pages! I hadn't tried writing that extensively with a newborn and 3 others! It was interesting...
I believe we had a snow day this past Wednesday (the days are totally running together), and it was a blessing, as always! :) Weekend plans were nixed...Mom and dad were supposed to head to Cincy on Friday night. They were going to take the oldest 3 with them. Dad was to speak Saturday evening at a Rally. Greg and I were going to have dinner out on Friday night, catch a good night's sleep, and head for Columbus on Saturday with friends, Josh and Crissie Estes. The guys were going to hit the car show, and we were going to hit, you guessed it, the mall! Thanks to a blizzard in Columbus and nearly one in Cincinnati, those plans were cancelled. After digging out on Saturday, mom and I attended the wedding of one of my former students, Jason Beck. The wedding was very nice, and Jason and his beautiful bride, Cierra, were all smiles. The only hitch was the butterfly collection that was to fly into the air during their kiss...the pastor shook the box...and shook the box...finally he dumped it upside down, and the butterflies revived. It was cute!
While I was at the wedding Evan started having flu symptoms, yes, the yucky ones. By the end of the evening 4 of the 6 of us felt gross, so Greg went to church this morning by himself. This afternoon he was nauseated, so we all stayed in tonight.
Hopefully this all clears out before we leave for Student Convention at 7a.m. Tuesday! We had just been bragging about a flu-free winter...guess that's what we get. If it doesn't get any worse, I won't complain. Evan was the only one with "the yuckies". :)
For those of you who actually read this thing, have a great week! I guess I'll have to have another baby to get those comments back up in the 20's again! HAAAAAA!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Another Weekend In The Can...
I hope all of my blog buddies had a wonderful weekend! Ours was a pretty decent mix of work and fun. On Friday night we met longtime friends Phil and Stephenie Brugger, Dan and Angie Edwards, and Galen and Chenoa Miller in Ft. Wayne. We had an enjoyable dinner at Logan's Roadhouse, followed by the traditional Krispy Kreme donut stop. When Krispy Kreme kicked us out at 11 p.m., we decided to call it a night, rather than hopping over to Starbucks 'til midnight! It appears that we are all getting rather old and tired. :) Greg says we need to start meeting at 3 so we can be home in bed by 9. LOL...
Saturday was spent doing some cosmetics to the house...new kitchen/dining area lighting, curtain and blinds for Kaitlynn's room, new bathroom cabinets, etc. It's fun to have a new look every now and then. Enjoy the pics!
My baby is growing up!
Fun with friends (Stephenie is due in April)
Saturday was spent doing some cosmetics to the house...new kitchen/dining area lighting, curtain and blinds for Kaitlynn's room, new bathroom cabinets, etc. It's fun to have a new look every now and then. Enjoy the pics!
My baby is growing up!
Fun with friends (Stephenie is due in April)
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Lots of Happenings!
I haven't had time to blog in the last few days, but boy, things sure have been happening in the Burley/Nichols families!
Karson Brett was born to Mark and Jana on Friday evening, weighing in at 10lbs. 1oz.!
I think he is the biggest baby in Nate and Alberta's immediate family so far...even beating Uncle Greg, who according to his baby book, weighed 9lbs. 15oz.! Congrats Mark and Jana!
And....we are finally allowed to share the news that Valerie and Adam are expecting! Valerie is due on September 24, 2008. Baby and momma are doing well, and Aunt Stephanie is predicting that it's a girl - not that anyone cares about my predictions, but hey...it's worth a shot!
As far as I know, Megan and baby are doing well. We should be finding out whether it is a boy or girl (or one of each:)) shortly.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Karson Brett was born to Mark and Jana on Friday evening, weighing in at 10lbs. 1oz.!
I think he is the biggest baby in Nate and Alberta's immediate family so far...even beating Uncle Greg, who according to his baby book, weighed 9lbs. 15oz.! Congrats Mark and Jana!
And....we are finally allowed to share the news that Valerie and Adam are expecting! Valerie is due on September 24, 2008. Baby and momma are doing well, and Aunt Stephanie is predicting that it's a girl - not that anyone cares about my predictions, but hey...it's worth a shot!
As far as I know, Megan and baby are doing well. We should be finding out whether it is a boy or girl (or one of each:)) shortly.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
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