Happy Valentine's Day!

Jake had a great party at pre-school. Here he is with one of his little friends!

pretty princess

Our pretty little princess girly girl... Abby isn't really a girly girl but today she got to dress up and try it out! She loved her little high heeled shoes that she could clunk around in. She can go from this to wrestling her brother to the ground. I guess she's the all around kind of girl:)










Jake got to go sing at a nursing home for his fieldtrip this month. He told me he got to go sing to the old ladies. They sang some pretty cute songs and gave valentine's to the residents there. This is him with Francis. He loves to sing and dance so this was perfect for him.

This is what I find when I look at my camera after my son has had it for a few minutes! I guess he was having fun:)

It's February!

Wow! I can't believe it's February already! Things here haven't changed much just a lot of basketball. Ben's team continues to do well I love going to the games and the kids do very well at them. They like to play with all their friends. My 7th grade girls have the month of Feb. to play games and we'll be done then onto softball. We got some snow the other day so Jake and Abby went over to their Ma's house to make a snowman, I guess Jake named him Harry! They usually have to come to practice with me, so this was a nice break for them!

Ben's Grandma Proctor passed away last Sunday morning. We went down to Tulsa on Thursday for her funeral which was such a neat celebration of her life. She was loved a lot by many people including us and had such a wonderful impact on many people's lives. All you heard was how much she loved to give to others, be with her family and read her Bible! What a testimony to our family! We love you Grandma!

I'm am once again reminded how important and special family is! I feel so blessed to be almost 30 years old and still have all four of my grandparents! They are special people who too have impacted my life and will always hold a special place in my heart! My Grandpa Geleynse had surgery on Thursday and is home and doing o.k.! Thinking of you Grandpa!

Love to everyone!

It's been awhile!

Hi I'm back once again. Since I wrote last Christmas and New Year's has come and gone. We were in WA over Christmas and had a great time minus the fact that we all got sick... and Ben was stuck in Kansas 2 extra days. But he made it in on Christmas Eve, then got sick Christmas night... It wasn't so much fun for him:) After we returned to Kansas life has been pretty much basketball. We found some people to rent our house in Newton with hopes to buy it at the end of this year. On New Year's Eve we headed up to Newton to clear the rest of the stuff out of our house and garage. That was a chore. The last few weeks I've spent trying to get our house back in order again, there's nothing like moving into a house twice:) Its nice to have all our stuff here though and feel like we're in one place.

Ben is busy with coaching. They are doing pretty well I think their record is about 4-4 and this weekend there is a tournament. Ben is doing a great job with this team and even the games they lost have been close ones. Hopefully this weekend goes well. As for me I have started coaching again and am working with the 7th grade girls. That has been a little bit of a change going back to the basics, but its been fun! The girls are fun and very eager to learn! Jake and Abby come to all my practices and do great, they just roam around the courts or play with the managers.

As for Jake and Abby. Jake has found a new friend Gabe and talks about him all the time and cries when he has to leave. He is still loving school and learning a lot. His new words that crack us up are"hangabur"-Hamburger "pespi"-pepsi and "panyo"-piano.... He says them the same way consistently and just laughs because he knows he's not saying them correctly. He also is really getting into basketball at the games at half time he's dying to get out on the court and he dribbles back and forth across the gym and tries to really keep up with the big boys!

Abby is just a sweetheart but babycenter sent out the 15month letter this is what it says :Whining and screaming: If your 15-month-old has started sounding like a hyena or worse, you're experiencing his intense desire to interact with you. Children thrive on their parents' attention, and a toddler this age will do just about anything to get yours.

She has that whining down perfectly and knows how to get our attention. She is trying to say more and we're working on her saying more. We moved her into her big bed and she is loving it as are we. She sleeps much better in it then she did in her crib! She also has pretty much gotten rid of the paci... she uses it some at night. My oh my I guess she really is growing up! She's getting more hair too:)

Here are a few pictures we took before christmas for christmas cards!

Lookin' Good!

It looks like its been a little while since I wrote last. Here is Jake and Abby on their way to church last week. I couldn't resist taking a picture of Abby in her outfit! Anyway not much new. Ben had his first game, they lost but did o.k. This week there is a tournament so hopefully they can get somes wins out of it! I really enjoy being back into basketball and watching Ben coach and the boys play. It won't be long and Jake will be out there on the floor:) We're looking forward to spending some Christmas time out in Washington this year the kids and myself will be out Dec. 16-29th and Ben comes a little later because of b-ball! Can't wait to see everyone!

Leaves Are FUN!

Sunday was a great day to spend time outside! The kids enjoyed playing in the leaves. Jake jumped right in. Abby was kind of girly jumping in them. It was a beautiful day and we should have a couple more this week before it really gets cold!

The face says it all!

Abby don't ever lose that sense of WONDER!

Crazy Daddy ... What is he doing?