5/21/2004 - IT'S FRIDAY! AND HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. WE HAVE SOME FUN FAMILY PLANS HOPEFULLY WE CAN AVOID THE GREAT THUNDER STORMS LIKE WHAT WE HAD LAST NIGHT.IT WAS GREAT EXCEPT NOT WHEN WE WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE.ALL IS WELL AND THE WEATHER HAS BEEN NICE I LOVE THUNDER STORMS. ME AND THE KIDS SAT OUTSIDE AND WATCHED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, OR AT LEAST TILL WE SAW THE LIGHTNING BOLT THAT SEEMED TO HIT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US! MAN IT WAS LOUD TOO. WELL CANT THINK OF ANYTHING NEW AT THE MOMENT BUT WILL LET YA KNOW AS SOON AS I DO! LOVE TO YOU ALL . THE WARDS
5/20/2004 - HELLO AND HAPPY THURSDAY! I HAVE BEEN MEANING TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT ALEX'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. SHE WAS SO EXCITED! AND I WAS SO NERVOUS FOR HER. SHE HAD HER NEW TEACHER TO MEET MRS.RHAY.THE FIRST DAY SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE WHOLE CLASS AND THEY WERE ALL DELIGHTED TO HAVE A GIRL FROM CALIFORNIA THERE, LITTLE MRS.CALI! ALL THE KIDS WERE OVERJOYED AND FOUGHT OVER WHO COULD SIT NEXT TO HER. ALEX CAME HOME SO HAPPY AND JUST TALKED AND TALKED ABOUT HOW EVEN AT LUNCH EVERYONE WANTED TO SIT WITH HER. SO CUTE! ANYHOW SHE IS GREAT AND DOING WELL, IN ABOUT A MONTH SHE WILL BE OUT FOR SUMMER BREAK, WHICH I AM GLAD SHE WAS ABLE TO MEET LOTS OF NEW KIDS. THE BEST OF CORSE IS HER BUDDY WHOM SHE IS INSEPERIBLE WITH HER NAME IS JESSICA, THEY ARE ALREADY TRADING CLOTHES ITS SO CUTE.SO HER BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE HUGE. I HAVE TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION SO I AM GOING TO GO JUST A LITTLE OVERBOARD!!! :) THE WARDS
5/19/2004 - HEY THERE HI THERE HO THERE! JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY IDEA FOR THE DAY THAT ARLEE IS BORN. THIS WEEKEND WE ARE MAKING SHIRTS FOR THE FAMILY TO WEAR AT THE HOSPITAL. THEY WILL SAY TEAM WARD WELCOMES ARLEE! IT SHOULD BE PRETTY FUN. OUR TEAM NUMBER IS 3 OF CORSE FOR OUR 3 BEAUTIFUL KIDS. FUN FUN FUN!
5/19/2004 - HI THERE! ALL IS GREAT HERE I HAVE BEEN WORKING AWAY ON 2 CHILDRENS BOOKS THAT I THINK ARE GONNA BE WONDERFUL WHO KNOWS MAYBE I WILL GET LUCKY ENUOGH TO GET THEM PUBLISHED:) HOW GREAT WOULD THAT BE! ME AND ALEX ARE STILL BAKING AWAY WE ARE FINISHING 12 DOZEN COOKIES THAT WE PLAN TO SEND TO HER UNCLES TROOP IN IRAQ, ITS BEEN SO MUCH FUN. LITTLE ARLEE IS KICKIN AWAY AND DOING GREAT MR DR SAYS THE MORE MOVEMENT THE BETTER SO THATS A GOOD SIGN. ALL DAY YESTERDAY I WAS HAVING BRAXTON HICKS CONTRATIONS OR SOMETIMES FALSE LABOR . SCARY IF IT WAS THE REAL THING I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO , SHE DEFINATELY ISNT FINISHED BAKING YET! GUESS IT COULD BE A GOOD THING MAYBE SHE WILL BE EARLY SEPT . BRAXTON HICKS ARE SMALLER CONTRATIONS THAT SOMETIME CAN GET PRETTY ANNOYING BUT NOT HURT MY DR SAYS IT THE BODIES WAY OF WORKING ITS WAY TO LABOR. SO HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ALL SET WHEN SHE IS READY TO MAKE HER BIG APPEARENCE IN SEPT! LOVE TO YA ALL. THE WARDS
5/18/2004 - WELL ALEXIS HAD HER FIRST SCHOOL BUS RIDE TODAY AND I MUST ADMIT I CRIED WATCHING THEM DRIVE AWAY! IT WAS GREAT WE WERE STANDING WITH HER LITTLE FRIEND AS I RAN INSIDE TO SEE THE TIME, IN CASE WE MISSED IT I HEARD THE BUS COMING I WAS SO MAD I DIDNT GET TO SEE HER GET ON BUT SHE DID PEEK OUT AND SAY GOODBYE. I CANT BELIEVE HOW FAST SHE IS GROWING! SO I DID GET A GOOD PIC OF HER BUS ANYWAY SHE WASNT TOO HAPPY I WAS GONNA TAKE PICTURES BUT YOU KNOW I HAVE TO BE A MOM!
5/18/2004 - HI THERE! WE HAD ALOT OF FUN LAST NIGHT ALEXIS AND I MADE LOTS OF COOKIES FOR HER UNCLE RONNIES TROOP IN IRAQ. I AM SURE THEY WILL ALL ENJOY SOME HOME COOKED COOKIES! AT LEAST WE CAN OFFER SOME SENSE OF HOME TO ALL THOSE HARD WORKIN GUYS. I FEEL FOR ALL THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOVED ONES THERE IT IS HARD. I AM BLESSED THAT I HAVE MY SAILOR BACK HOME SAFE AND SOUND WITNH US JUST THE WAY WE LOVE IT! I DO SEND OUT A PRAYER FOR EVERYONE THERE IN HOPES OF THEIR SOON SAFE RETURNS. TALK TO YA ALL LATER GOD BLESS! THE WARDS
5/17/2004 - I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL! LAST NIGHT RICK AND I WERE LOOKING THROUGH SOME OF THE OLD LETTERS WE HAD WRITTEN BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER AS THE YEARS HAVE PASSED. WHILE RICK WAS AWAY ON HIS DEPLOYMENTS I ALWAYS LOVED SENDING HIM LETTERS AND ALWAYS TELLING HIM HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM, WE ALWAYS HAD TALKED OF GETTING MARRIED AGAIN SOMEDAY AND DOING IT ALL UP. IN THE LETTER WE FOUND IT WAS SO NEAT TO SEE THE LOVE I FELT AS I STILL DO THIS DAY . BUT MORE AMAZED AT THE WORDS OF, WILL YOU MARRY ME AGAIN? I THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE. JUST AS WE CLOSED THE CARD WE NOTICED THE DATE ON IT. IT WAS DATED FEBRUARY 29TH 1996 HOW FUNNY TO THAT DATE BECAUSE THIS PAST FEBRUARY AS YOU ALL KNOW WE RENEWED OUR WEDDING VOWS ON THE DATE OF FEBRUARY 29TH 2004. ITS AMAZING HOW THESE LITTLE SIGNS ALWAYS SEEM TO IMURGE, I KNOW JUST LIKE I HAVE ALWAYS SAID HE IS MY LOVE, MY LIFE MY BEST FRIEND AND FATE KNOWS TOO! I HAVE POSTED THE LETTER IN THE PICTURES FOR YOU ALL TO SEE :)
5/17/2004 - COUNT DOWN 18 WEEKS 1 DAY! TILL LILLE ARLEE GETS HERE. HI EVERYONE! HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT WEEKEND. OURS WAS FANTASTIC NOT TOO MUCH WENT ON BUT IT WAS NICE TO RELAX AS A FAMILY. HAD A BARBEQUE SATURDAY RICK REALLY ENJOYS MAKING HIS TIM ALLEN GRUNTS AS HE STANDS NEXT TO HIS NEW BUDDY, (HIS BARBEQUE)SO FUNNY. YESTERDAY WE WERE SUPPOSE TO GET OUR NEW LITTLE KITTY, BUT THE OWNER NEVER MADE IT BACK ON TIME. SO TODAY IS THE DAY WE ADOPT OUR LITTLE ONE. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW ITS NAME AS SOON AS IT GETS HERE WE CANT WAIT!NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON THE BELLY BUT THAT IT IS STILL GROWIN! KEEP SMILING EVERYONE, HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL AND DOING GREAT. LOVE YA LOTS THE WARDS
5/16/2004 - THOUGHT YOU ALL MIGHT ENJOY THIS, I AM NOW AS OF SUNDAY 22 WEEKS PREGO AND THIS IS HOW BIG THE BABY IS. BELOW IS A PIC OF 22 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY PRETTY NEAT HUH!
THIS IS A INTRAUTERINE PICTURE OF A BABY AT 22 WEEKS, PRETTY COOL HUH!
5/15/2004 - HAPPY SATURDAY TO YOU ALL! WE JUST DID AROUND THE HOUSE THIS WEEKEND. WE ALL WATCHED MY BELLY AS IT MOVED AWAY WITH LITTLE ARLEE DOIN HER DANCE! WE ALL ENJOY READING STORIES TO ARLEE EVEN THOUGH SHE IS NOT HERE ITS GREAT THAT SHE GETS TO KNOW ALL OF OUR VOICES. FOUND A GREAT PLACE TO TAKE THE KIDS NEXT WEEKEND. ITS CALLED LAMBS FARM, LOTS OF RIDES, MINITURE GOLF AND A MINI ZOO , IT SHOULD BE ALOT OF FUN! STIIL WORKIN AWAY ON THE NURSERY IT SURE IS ALOT OF WORK :) BUT IT'S FUN AND THE END RESULT IS THE BEST! WELL TAKE CARE AND WILL WRITE MORE LATER. THE WARDS
5/14/2004 - TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY RICK WAS BEING A LITTLE IMPATIENT AND JUST HAD TO GET HIS FATHERS DAY PRESENT A LITTLE EARLY! WE GOT HIM A HUGE MANLY BARBEQUE GRILL HU HU HU!!!NOW WE CAN HAVE SOME GOOD OL BARBEQUE WOOO HOOO. MYSELF I GOT A WONDERFUL SCANNER FINALLY I FOUND ONE. NOW I CAN REALLY START ADDING MORE OF THE PHOTOS TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE ONES FROM OUR CAMERA. SO HERE IS TO EVERYONE AND FAMILY!! HAVE A GREAT ONE. LOVE ALWAYS, THE WARDS
5/13/2004 - HELLO HELLO HELLO! ALL IS WELL I AM SO EAGER FOR OUR NEXT THUNDER STORM, YESTERDAY WAS SO FUN. THE THUNDER WAS SO LOUD. ALEXIS DIDNT CARE FOR IT BUT RICKY LOVED IT.I MADE MY NEXT DR APPOINTMENT FOR MAY 27TH THEN THE 30TH I WILL HAVE MY 3D ULTRASOUND. EVERYTHING IS STILL GOING GRET AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FILL YA ALL IN WITH ADDITIONAL INFO. ITS JUST BACK TO COUNTDOWN 18 WEEKS 3 DAYS AND OOH I DONT KNOW HOW MANY MINUTES!!! TALK TO YA ALL LATER.
5/12/2004 - HELLO EVERYONE, HOPE YOUR ALL WELL AND HAVING A GOOD DAY. I HAVE DECIDED WEEKLY TO POST MY BELLY. I THOUGHT IT WOOULD BE NEAT TO WATCH IT GROW AND SHARE ITS JOURNEY OF GROWTH WITH YOU ALL:) FUNNY HOW JUST A WEEK THERE IS SUBTLE CHANGE. ARLEE IS KICKING AROUND SO MUCH NOW AND THE WHOLE FAMILY ENJOYS FEELING HER, ESPECIALLY DADDY! SHE ALREADY LOVES HIM AND SEEMS TO RECOGNIZE HIS VOICE WITH HIS TOUCH. EITHER SHE IS SAYING HI OR KICKING HIM AWAY:) GUESS WE WILL NEVER KNOW. THE STORK IS STILL IN FLIGHT AND WE ARE PAITIENTLY WAITING. 18 WEEKS 4 DAYS LEFT!
5/11/2004 - ONE MORE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING ARLEE'S ROOM DONE! WE GOT HER CRIB TODAY AND ITS WONDERFUL. THE CHANGING TABLE SHOULD BE HERE TOMARROW SO ITS ALL COMING TOGETHER. WE ARE ALL GETTING MORE EXCITED AS EACH DAY PASSES, ITS ONE CLOSER TO ARLEE!
5/10/2004 - WELL IT IS OFFICIAL MY FAMILY CAN FEEL ARLEE KICKIN!!! RICK WAS ABLE TOO JUST TODAY, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. AS SOON AS HE PUT HIS HAND ON RIGHT AWAY SHE SAID HELLO TO HER DADDY, IT WAS GREAT!
5/10/2004 - THIS MOTHERS DAY WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! THE WHOLE FAMILY HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME. THE WEATHER WAS A GREAT 84 DEGREES BUT FOR A WHILE THERE WE HAD A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT SEVERE THUNDER STORM WAS ON THE WAY! WELL IT PASSED RIGHT OVER AND DIDNT EVEN STOP TO SAY HI, WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN. RICKY IS IN LOVE WITH ROLLER COASTERS, ITS FUNNY HOW HE HAD TO COAX ALEXIS INTO GETTING ON A COUPLE TIMES BUT 4 TIMES LATER SHE WAS HOOKED. RICK GOT ME A BEUTIFUL MOTHERS RING THAT SAYS ALL OF THE KIDS NAMES ON IT . THEY ARE CARVED NOT INGRAVED ITS A BEAUTIFUL WHITE GOLD THAT SAYS ALEXIS, RICK FOR MY 2 RICKS OF CORSE! AND ARLEE IT IS BEAUTIFUL. LETS SEE IF WE CANT TOP THIS YEAR WITH NEXT YEAR:) LOVE TO YOU ALL,
5/9/2004 - TODAY MOTHERS DAY IS OUR ADVENTURE TO SIX FLAGS GREAT AMERICA!!! I AM SO EXCITED, DONT WORRY ILL GET LOTS OF PICS TO UPDATE YOU ALL WITH. TALK AT YA ALL LATER!!!!
5/8/2004 - ITS BEAUTIFUL TODAY AND THE WARM SUN FEELS GREAT! SUMMER IS APPROACHING FAST AND WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED. I AM GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE GOT HERE RIGHT AFTER THE WINTER WHEEEW! ALTHOUGH I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE SNOW I AM A LIITLE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT. SEEING THE ACTUAL SEASONS CHANGE IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS IN SAN DIEGO. A WHITE CHRISTMES IS WHAT WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TOO IT WILL BE GREAT! THANK GOODNESS I AM AN AT HOME MOM, NOT SURE WHAT I WOULD DO IF I HAD TO DRIVE IN IT ! YIKES!!!
5/7/2004 - HELLO ALL HOPE YOU ARE ALL FINE? WE ARE DOING GREAT AND ADJUSTING WONDERFUL. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GREAT AND THE KIDS ARE OUT ENJOYING IT. NOTHING TO EXCITING GOING ON BUT FOR OUR MOTHERS DAY PLANS I WANT TO TAKE THE KIDS TO SIX FLAGS GREAT AMERICA, I KNOW ITS SUPPOSE TO BE ALL ABOUT ME DAY, BUT IT WILL BE! I LOVE WATCHING THE KIDS HAVE A GREAT TIME, IT MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD INSIDE TO SEE WHAT I HAVE BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD! MY KIDS ARE MY GREATEST JOY AND I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE THEM. SO IN ALL I WILL HAVE A FABULOUS MOTHERS DAY! HMMM WONDER WHAT ELSE ILL GET ! J/K
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