The Webers
Sadly, my grandma passed away early Sunday morning about 7:45. She was an awesome Christian lady who is enjoying the riches of heaven right now. Grandma was the cutest little thing you've ever seen and loved hearing stories about the grandkids and holding them as babies. You could always count on her to be faithful in praying for any need you had. It always seemed like Grandma's prayers would take precendence for some reason. She was a great cook and would do anything for you. She was loved much and will be greatly missed. Love you grandma.
Grandma's visitation will be Tuesday night and her funeral Wednesday morning. Please pray for my family during this difficult time and as some travel in from out of town.
Hayden and his red cheeks. He has fifth's disease (a virus that gives a "slapped cheek appearance" and a rash over thebody that isn't contagious once they show symptoms)...crazy, huh?!
My little sweeties!Well, Friday night we went to Cosby's wedding. It was very pretty. My mom did an awesome job on decorating and everyone looked beautiful. Hailey and Hannah were bubble girls (responsible for passing out the bubbles when the bride and groom leave). They were so pretty! Everyone thought they were twins. Hayden was very handsome, too. He wore his very first tie and was pretty proud of it. But, when he saw Hailey for the first time, he ran over and grabbed her hand and kissed it. It was so sweet. A funny thing happened at the wedding, too. The girls got out there to try to catch the bouquet but it did not come their way. Then, when Hayden and Jeremy got out there to catch the garter, all the grown ups had moved out of the way and treated it like the plague. It landed about two feet behind Hayden. He just turned around and saw it, walked over and picked it up!!! Everyone was rolling laughing. I joked to Brian that he can hang it on the rear view mirror of his battery operated jeep! Haha!! It was pretty funny! Well, I took several pictures before my camera quit on me again (I put a different brand of new batteries in it and it worked for about 10 pictures before quitting again). So, bear with me, cause I have to show them off!!!
Mr. Casanova
The Little Princesses!
Aren't they Pretty?
Just me and my dad.Just wanted to post an update on my grandmother. She is not doing well. I went to see her Monday night because the hospice nurse guessed she had 20-48 hours. She is very weak and hasn't eated anything since Thanksgiving. She is quite confused, too. She talked and listened to us talk quite a bit that night but my mom reports she is not talking much anymore....just sleeping and kind of staring off. Her breathing is very loud at times and the nurse said her heart was racing. Please keep her in your prayers. We know SHE is ready to see her heavenly father and it is comforting to know she will be waiting for us in heaven but it will be difficult to let her go, too.
Hayden, Hailey, and I waiting for our chef!
Hayden topping of his 2nd bowl of soup! He loves that stuff!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We definitely did...ate entirely too much and are still eating!!!! We went to Russellville to my aunt and uncle's and grandma's house. We had a nice visit. My parents and brothers and their families were all there, too. We had a housefull. We had about every food imagineable. And, of course, you have to have a little bit of everything. :) My grandma seemed happy to have us all there and she ate pretty well. She did look a bit swollen in the face but sat up in her scooter from about 1-4ish. I think we wore her out but she enjoyed seeing everyone. Garret (Sean's son) and Mimi came home with us for a sleepover. Tomorrow, my two and Garret are going to Peggy's for a playday while Brian hunts and my mom and I go shopping! We've had alot of fun tonight with them. They are really getting at an age that you can enjoy them at a whole new level. After they all showered, we taught them the game Chicken Foot, that you play with dominoes. They loved it. They were so funny, they would get so excited over starting another chickenfoot (or as Hayden calls it a "chicken leg"). We popped a big bucket of popcorn and baked a whole plateful of chocolate chip cookies and played dominoes for a couple of hours. Then it was off to bed. I have to tell a funny story. Garret and Hayden are sleeping in his bunk beds together and Garret has only spent the night with us once (he lives in OK) and that was quite awhile ago. Anyway, we were doing prayers and Garret went first. He said his prayer and at the end he prayed, "and God, please don't let Aunt Shannon sing Rock-a-Bye-Baby again, Amen". It was soooo funny, because my kids have a tradition since they were little bitty that they want us to sing that song after their prayer everynight. They will not forget either! So, it was pretty funny that he remembered that and prayed about it! I knew I sang bad, but come on! HaHa! We all got a good laugh out of it. So, I HAD to sing him his very own "special" rendition of the song! HeHe!!! :) Hope everyone had a great day! Oh, and by the way, I will have some pictures to post of my girls night last night. We went to BoneFish and it was awesome. Our food was amazing. And, of course, we were there for 3 hours! We can talk now! There will be some "special' pics that were re-enacted from Jr. High too....I'm surprised we didn't get kicked out, girls!!! HaHa! No, we had a great time as usual and are sooooo getting fired up about our Mexico trip....you ALL need to go, even you Gretch! :) That's all for now!
Hayden the Indian
Sorry it has been so long since the last update. My camera is officially broken. It won't even turn on anymore. So, I have been having to use my phone to take pictures. It is just very time consuming to go through them and e-mail them to the computer. Then I have to save them into folders to be able to pull them up onto the blog. We have been really busy so I am just now having the chance to update. Brian hunted all last weekend while we shopped! I found the deal of the century. I bought Hailey a canopy bed. I got an awesome deal on it and on a duvet cover, too. So, I have been working myself to death trying to re-paint her room and furniture so everything coordinates. When I get it finished I will put some pictures on here. I have also been doing quite a bit of Christmas shopping and am happy to report that I am over half way finished! Woo-hoo!!!! The kids have been off this week so Kristen watched them Monday and Tuesday while Miranda baby sat on Wednesday. Thanks so much you two!!! I am going to dinner with my girlfriends that I am going to Mexico with in March tonight. Can't wait to see everyone! Tomorrow we will head to Russellville for Thanksgiving to my aunt and uncle's house. My grandma is not doing very well, so please say a prayer for her. She passed out yesterday and is not eating very much at all. The hospice nurse came this morning and reported that she didn't know if she would make it through Thanksgiving. We hope we will all be able to spend the holiday with her tomorrow and her be awake and aware enough to enjoy it, too. I do have a few pictures to post of Hayden's Thanksgiving Feast. I videotaped it, too, but will have to download some software to my computer and figure out how to transfer it to the blog. He was super cute. Hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy the pics!
Hayden's Feast
Hayden and his buddy, Drew, (Linda's youngest) being silly for the camera.
Silly boys!
Hailey has been coughing for a couple of days, especially at night. Friday morning as she was getting ready for school, I noticed she felt warm. She was running fever. It couldn't have been worse timing because Brian was going hunting for the weekend and her best friend, Megan, was having her birthday/slumber party that night. I was worried it might be pneumonia again so I took her to the doctor. Luckily there was no pneumonia. He did say she was wheezy on her left side. She is now on a Z-pack and not running anymore fever. She is still coughing, though. She slept with me last night with the humidifier and didn't stop coughing until after 1:00. Needless to say, we slept in this morning. After getting around, we headed out to shop. I finally found Hayden a few pairs of slacks for church and some dress shoes. He was looking pretty sad at church with too short khaki's and tennis shoes. We then went to a few furniture shops to look at beds. Hailey has her heart set on a particular one. She was begging for it and Hayden was so sweet. They were both laying on it and Hayden said, "I have $5.00 Momma, you can have it to buy Hailey this bed." It was so sweet. He then said I could have his piggy bank and Hailey's piggy bank money to buy it for her. He also asked where my piggy bank was :). I thought that was pretty cute. After a trip to Wal-Mart we finally made it home. We are getting ready to have another movie night. Brian just called and is heading home for the night to get his rain gear for tomorrows hunt. Hayden has a birthday party to go to tomorrow and the town is having their annual Christmas open houses. I'm sure we'll have to get out to a few of those, too! Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
The Strikers!
Hayden all saddled up!
Brushing the horse.
Feeding the sheep that tried to attack me!
Nana and the kiddos
Hailey drew the face (except the mouth) and helped carve this years pumpkin.
Hailey the witch.
Hayden as spiderman.
The clan...Madison, Jeremy, Hayden, Hailey, and Hannah.
Hayden and Jeremy
Hailey and Hannah
We have been very busy lately. I cannot seem to keep up with working 5 days, keeping the house clean, laundry, and keeping track of the kids school activities. It has been crazy. Hailey is really enjoying jump rope practice. It is twice a week after school until 5:00. She has learned quite a bit, too. Hayden has one more soccer game and he will be finished...yeah!!!! Tonight, Hailey goes for her basketball evaluation to get ready for Upward Basketball to start. It doesn't actually start until the end of December. For Halloween, Hailey is going to be a witch and Hayden changed his mind (at the last minute after I already bought the stuff). He was going to be a ghost and now he wants to be Spiderman again. So, he will look the same as last year, I guess. I should have some pics of tomorrow. We plan on ordering pizza and trick-or-treating the neighborhood with Kristen and the kids and Mimi & PopPop. Brian, of course, will hang around to pass out candy again (scare little kids). He gets more fun out of this holiday than they do! Anyway, just wanted to update everyone! And we want to wish Poppy a very happy birthday!
Hailey and Hannah selling hot chocolate for 50 cents a pop!
Saturday I had a garage sale with my mom and Kristen (sister-in-law). The girls decided the night before that they wanted to have a hot chocolate stand. They charged 50 cents a cup and started out just sitting at their table waiting for people to ask. Then they finally got up enough nerve to go ask themselves! I couldn't believe Hailey asked! They were so funny! They had their money spent before they even got it....Hannah wanted a toy from Wal-Mart and Hailey wanted stuff for her "new" room. She is wanting to change her room up. We are thinking pink and brown so we don't have to change wall colors and the carpet is brown. We are looking at bedding and she is trying really hard to talk us into a new bed. We'll see....it's not likely with Christmas coming up and all. They had a good time and with PopPop's help, they grossed $16.00! We did well with our sale, too. And the girls had their eyes on our money (like they wouldn't be getting it some way or another anyway!). My money went towards winter clothes. The kids had nothing warm to wear and absolutely no warm church clothes that fit. I still need to pick up a few things but we are almost done!
Spraying spider webs everywhere!
Hayden's creation.
Batgirl!Here are some pics of the kids getting ready to go to Megan's (Hailey's friend) church carnival. Mrs. Tammy was the organizer and she did a great job! The kids really enjoyed it! Thanks for inviting us guys! Of course, I didn't have their costumes ready yet, so they had to use last years which was bat girl and spider man. Check them out!
Hailey, Megan, Cole, and Thomas
