I AM A MACHINE

Ya, I like peas. Don't ask why. It's just the way it is.

Wild Adventures at Grandma's House!

So...we never post. Until we do. Now we're crashing at Grandpa and Grandma Glasmann's house while they party on the East coast and get squished by big waves. Not much to say but here are some interesting pictures of the adventure.

Checking out the front and back of a cop car..front was better...

Tomatoes are on....I looooove Tomatoes

Ya..I'm choking...and Mom was taking a picture thinking it was a funny face...(huuughghghgaaa)

What do you mean it's all gone?

Then these animals with big horns showed up around dinner...


Oh...and Grandma and Grandpa got new couches...And they are perfect for climbing on...I'm halfway up the back here...Thanks for the new jungle gym guys!

Pit of Despair???

Once there was a semi-barren field that wanted to be something more... So after consulting the great source of knowledge that is the Internet...rules for the construction of a horseshoe pit were discovered and the field found a future!

So we visited the local hardware stores after doing some rough math to determine our needs and began to rototill the soil to make the process easier.









Then the two Glasmann men got to work with scraping out the pit and cutting up the lumber to make the frame...good thing we measure twice!After completing the frame it was time to core out a hole for our horseshoe pin...lets see...need 14 inches to be out of the ground and the post is how long? 4 feet??!!?? Keep turning!

The last part of the day was cementing the pole in place...cause all those ringers might make it loose otherwise, right??










Day two: We visited the local rock store for some sand and started filling after making sure the frame was level and in the right place.


After filling the pits, we bolted on the back stop to protect people from those who may be a little less accurate.

Then, we let Mom and Dad throw the ceremonial first shoes! Dad landed a ringer on the first throw! Guess all that work on the pit gave him some inside pointers...

What form!! Can you see the horseshoes in these pictures? The first part of the Glasmann amusement park is now in buisiness! When do we start on the mini golf??

We're Back

So a month has gone by... You really haven't missed much. The three of us got a viral infection. Katarina and I got over it pretty quickly. It hit Jayme pretty hard. Katarina has had a hard time sleeping. She takes 30 minute naps throughout the day, which has been hard for me because 30 minutes isn't enough time to get anything done. Last night we started something new. I put her down around 8:00, like normal, then woke her up at 10:30 to feed her. She then woke up at 4:00, wanting to eat, but I just rocked her and put her back to sleep. Then she didn't get back up 'til 7:30. I am hopeful that we have started to eliminate her late night feedings and that we will all start to sleep through the night.

We got to spend time with Josh, Jayme's brother, before he left on his mission. He left last week and will be serving in Oklahoma for the next two years. Katarnia loved playing with uncle Josh while he was here. It is crazy to think that she will be almost three the next time she gets to see him. We are excited for him and can't wait to hear of his adventures.

We also celebrated our 4 year anniversary. What a long strange trip that has been. Since we have gotten married I have had mono twice, Jayme's thyroid went out, I had preeclampsia followed by major blood loss and a D&C, and Jayme has been sick for the last six months with multiple viral infections and bronchitics which induced asthma like symptoms and made it difficult for him to do anything. I am hoping that some day we will learn what we need to learn from all of these illnesses and maybe have a full year of health.

Jayme is starting to feel better. He is starting to see all of the things around the house that need to be done, but just haven't been done because I can only do so much by myself. He has come up with lists of things that need to be done and I just sit back and wonder how I am going add anything else to my schedule. Then he does most of the things on the list and leaves me with one or two. It is nice to have him back.

Here are some pictures from the last month:

Sunny Days

The First Six Months

Happy Easter

We got to have Easter over two weekends. Last Sunday we went over to the Glasmanns for an Easter egg hunt with Keegan and Kaden. Katarina sure loves her cousins. Then today Katarina and I went back over there and had leg of lamb for dinner and played with grandma and grandpa. She looked so cute in her Easter dress. She also got to sample a cucumber, which was a big hit. Then we went over to my moms and had our traditional Easter hunt followed by birthday cake for my mom. Jayme wasn't able to be there becasue he relapsed and is coughing again whenever he does anything. We miss having him around. Katarina had a WIC check-up last week. She is 15 pounds 11 ounces right now. She can sit up independently for a few minutes at a time. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She is really happy most of the time and everyone is drawn to her smile.