Spelling Bee Update

The spelling bee was Wednesday, January 14th. Marty will tell you he was not the first one out, he was the second one. He was nervous, he said he miss spelled the word "answer" he got the s and w backwards. He will also tell you the first kid out was a sixth grader. I told him I was proud of him for doing his best. This will give him something to improve on for next time! I am so proud of him for being one of two from his class that was able to participate. I told him all he can do is his best!

Spelling Bee

Marty is in the school spelling bee for the first time!! There are two students from each class participating in the contest. The spelling bee is Wednesday Jan 14th, wish him luck!!

Nature 2008

I love taking pics of nature and the sky.

Here are a few photos I wanted to share with you all. Enjoy

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008 was different this year. Rick stayed home due to back probelms so Marty and I headed to Iowa without him. This is the first year in 19 years that I did not spend it with my husband. It was not the same at all. The weather was okay we did run into some bad roads near Cameron. We did get to see Grandma Ballentine ( Marty's great grandma). Thank you to Grandma Ballentine and Terry they helped buy Marty a wii for Christmas. Thank you guys so much we had so much fun with the wii. I love the bowling game!! We also got to spend time with Rick's best friend Dave. We go to Dave's mom's house every Christmas Eve. It was nice seeing everyone but not the same without my husband. While we were in Iowa they had freezing rain. They had probably a foot of snow already on the ground. Marty and I were so happy to finally head home the day after Christmas. As we got closer to Kansas City the temp went up 30 degrees!! I love warm weather!! It was so nice to get home and spend time with Rick. We did "our " christmas on the 26th it was so nice!





A friend of mine "Kelly" took Rick a plate of food on Christmas Day. Thank you so much Kelly he was pretty bad off, home alone and it pain. Your the best Kelly!





We also had Christmas with Terry and Nadene . They had a beautiful tree, here is a pic of our favorite ornament! Go Jayhawks!










Love the Tree!













We hope the year 2008 was great for all. We had a wonderful year. We are looking forward to 2009! We wish you all a Happy New Year.