Not Sure

I'm not sure if I like this new camera or not. I haven't read the manual yet but the pictures haven't been real great that I've taken so far. I may need to change some settings but just haven't had time to read the manual. I hope to get it read before the basketball game Friday. If this is how the pictures are, I think I'll take it back.

I took these this morning.

Morning Stretch!

Cheryl has a cold too. I've been trying to suck all the gunk out of her nose. It's no fun for either of us. Her eyes are watering too. I hope we get through all this sickness soon. I have a little bit of a sore throat this morning too. I just want the weather to warm up and maybe we won't be fighting colds back and forth.

Sick Little Girl

Cheyenne is sick today. Yesterday her eyes were all matted shut and watering. It's not any better today. Her nose is running too. I heard her cough a few times during the night. Scott brought her to the rec this morning rather than taking her to daycare. I know I wouldn't like to see other kids at daycare that looked like her right now so I'm not going to take her to exspose others. So we'll see how work goes today with 2 kids here. Cheryl has been sleeping since we got here so the real test will be when she wakes up. Hopefully she'll sleep most of the day. Especially so that Cheyenne won't try to play with her. I can't have her getting sick too.

Oh...by the way...I got a new camera yesterday so look for more pictures! I haven't gotten everything figured out yet. I don't know how I am going to like it because it is a lot thinner than my old one so it's a little weird holding it. I have 30 days to return it. We'll see. The real test will be Friday when I take pictures of my sisters' basketball game. The shutter speed on this camera is .001 so it's supposed to be faster. We'll test it in action on Friday!

Pictures

Since I don't have a camera yet (hopefully I'm going to get one today) and haven't posted any pictures of Cheryl lately. I took a couple at work with the LRC camera this morning. Today she is 6 weeks old. This means I have my check up today! Can't wait! Ha Ha! Not much to say, just sharing some pictures.

How about a wink!

Here is also a little video of her. I think there is a little coo in there!

Back at Work

Today is my first day back at work. I am working the morning shift now, 5:30-1:00 pm. I made it to work by 5:10 and even got a 4-minute workout in on the ROM. So far so good. I'll let you know how I'm doing adjusting to staying awake at 4:00 in the morning later in the week. I had to get Cheryl up to come to work. I nursed her a little before we left and she is still awake! As I am typing this she is cooing at me! It is so cute! I have got to get a new camera this week. I think I will take my mother with me to pick one out, my husband doesn't have the patience.


On another note, Quivira Heights boys and girls are going to sub-state. The girls lost in the finals against Little River and the boys won against Claflin. Since one of them lost and one won, they are at different sub-states. The girls go to Dodge City Friday and the boys play in Larned on Thursday. I should be able to make Thursday and Friday's games and if they both win of course I will go to Dodge Saturday.

Good Luck Thunderbirds!

Thank You Staci

Today is a sad day for the LRC and Iron Works. Today is Staci's last day working for the LRC and Iron Works Fitness. She has worked there 7 1/2 years. I have had the pleasure of working with her for 3 1/2 years. When she started it was only the recreation commission. In 2003, she worked hard to add a fitness center. Iron Works Fitness has been a great asset to the people of Lyons and Rice County. Staci also added the aerobics room with mirrors and a suspended floor so they didn't have to do aerobics upstairs in the huge gymnasium. All of this was done before I started working for the LRC. Since 2004, when I started, Staci has done many things to improve the quality of the LRC and Iron Works Fitness, including but not limited to, adding 2 tanning beds and the ROM. The Christian values that Staci brought to the LRC encouraged the rest of us to live our lives for God. She even led some people to him who needed him in their lives. Everyone who came in to workout at 5:30 in the morning could always be greeted by Staci's smiling face. Not too many can be perky at 5:30 am, Staci was! She brought so much to the LRC and Iron Works. She is going to be missed tremendously.

On Monday, I will be filling her position as Assistant Superintendent. I will take the title of Assitant Superintendent but am not sure I can fill Staci's shoes. I am afraid that I won't do the job as well as she did.

Thank you Staci for all that you've done for the LRC, Iron Works and the community of Lyons as a whole.

Most importantly, thanks for being my friend.

We will miss Brody too. Cheyenne won't know who to play with at the rec. I will miss being able to say "You want to go play with Brody?" and see her get excited and say "Body!". I think he was her first friend. I hope they always remember each other. Afterall, he was the first guy she slept with!

WE LOVE YOU AND WISH YOU THE BEST IN TEXAS!

Daycare

We started taking Cheyenne to daycare last week. She has only gone for a few hours everyday so that she can get used to it. Today was a rough day. I went up to the rec to work out this morning and she cried when I left her in the playroom there. Then she really wasn't happy with me when I left her at Cornerstone daycare after leaving the rec. I know it will take time but it is hard on us both. I have been taking her to work with me since she was 4 weeks old and this is the first time she has been to daycare. There is no way I could take two kids to work with me when I return next Monday. She needs the socialization also. We'll see how the rest of this week goes and then next week when she is there all day. Scott will take her around 6:30 am and I will pick her up sometime after 1:00. Hopefully it gets easier. I'll keep you updated. Now I'm wondering if I should take Cheryl while she is younger. Any advice?

One Month Old

Today Cheryl is a month old. I can't believe how fast it's gone. She has changed so much in just a month. We had to take her to the doctor yesterday. She had a stuffy nose and wasn't breathing real well. She has a cold. He told us to use saline drops in her nose and a humidifier to help her breathe. He also told us the symptoms of RSV to watch for. It is going around pretty good. While at the doctor they weighed her. She weighed 12 lb. 12 oz with her clothes on! She is filling out so much! She has chubby little cheeks now! She is just so cute! Because she is a month old that means that it's about time for me to go back to work. I return on the 25th and it will be hard. At least I get to take Cheryl with me. Cheyenne will have to go to daycare though. So that will be hard too. We have taken her to daycare for a couple hours each day this week and she has cried the last couple days. I'm sure it will get better but we wanted to get her started before I went back to work. I will enjoy the remainder of my time off with my girls. The first month of Cheryl's life has past and I look forward to many more months of watching her grow.

Cheyenne broke my camera last weekend so I don't have any pictures to post today. I will try to take one with my phone and post one later.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

Cheyenne in her Valentine's outfit.

My girls on Valentine's Day

Going Away "Party"

I don't like to call it a "party" because we don't like to celebrate this occasion. My coworker for the last 3 1/2 years, Staci, is moving to Texas the end of this month. We had a "party" for her on Sunday. The attendance wasn't real great but I guess others don't like to think about her leaving either. She does still have a couple weeks left at the LRC. Her last day is the 22nd and I return from maternity leave the 25th. I won't actually work with her again. :( I have enjoyed working with her the last 3 1/2 years. We don't work together but a few minutes every day because she works in the mornings and I work the evenings. I enjoyed going to conferences, on the spring break trip and working tournaments when we got to spend more time together. We didn't just talk about work, we talked about life. Especially when we were pregnant at the same time and had our children. It was nice to discuss what was happening to our bodies while pregnant with someone who was experiencing the same thing! Our kids loved playing together too! As they have gotten older they get into more and we only wonder what the next few years would have had instore for them if they still got to "Play" at the LRC. I think they would be running the place! Cheyenne will be going to daycare when I return to work but we will miss walking in and Brody looking over the gate and saying "Chey, Chey". I'm gonna miss Staci tremendously but will get to stay in close contact because she will still be doing the books for the LRC. So several times a month I have to email her. But it just won't be the same.

Here are a few pictures from the "party"

Staci and Brody telling Brice, Torrey and Junior bye. Brice and Torrey worked at the LRC during the summers for several years. It was nice to see them come back for this occasion.

Tina, Staci, Brody, Cheyenne, Cheryl and I. Tina and I put the party on for Staci.

Manuel, one of Brody's favorite people in the gym!

How Adventurous Are You?

Friday night Adria called me and asked how adventurous I was? We decided to take our 3 kids to Hutch to go get some groceries and supplies I needed for the craft class I am teaching Tuesday. It actually wasn't too bad! Cheyenne and Jonathan entertained each other and Cheryl just slept most of the time. Cheryl did wake up and was hungary while we were finishing up in Walmart. Cheyenne was getting cranky because she was tired. She fell asleep in the cart. I checked out and went out to the car to feed Cheryl and then when Adria was done we headed home. Cheryl and Jonathan fell asleep on the way home and Cheyenne finally fell asleep just a few miles outside of Lyons. It was an adventure! But it was actually a pleasant one!

Cheyenne sleeping in the cart.

Sleep!

Last night we got eight hours of sleep! Cheryl and Cheyenne fell asleep with me in the chair a little after 9. When I woke up it was almost 11:00! I put the girls in bed and crawled in bed myself. About 15 minutes later Cheyenne was awake! She crawled in bed with me and I didn't have to get up again until 2:00! Cheryl slept from 9:00 to 2:00! At 2:00 I got up and changed her diaper and fed her and she went right back to sleep until 6:30! That's a total of 8 hours! I feel pretty rested this morning! We'll see if it was just last night or if it will continue!

I can't have a post without adding a picture! Here is one of Cheyenne and Cheryl on Cheyenne's bed.

Nap Time

With a newborn and an almost 2 year old I try to take naps when I can. They don't always cooperate though. When one's asleep the other one isn't and when the other one finally falls asleep the other one wakes up! Sometimes I think, ok I can lay sleep for a little while and 10 or 15 minutes later one of them wakes up. I don't complain too much though. I take what I can get. They both fell asleep with me on the couch the other day. Scott was awake so I had him take picture. Shortly after the picture I fell asleep too! I love taking naps with my girls! We are going to need a bigger couch one of these days though!

Truck for Sale

2004 Ford F150 FX4

Fully Loaded 80k miles

$20,000 OBO

We have decided that we need a new vehicle, possibly two. There just isn't enough room in the truck for 2 car seats, passengers, a stroller and groceries or any other purchases we make. We'd like to have 2 reliable vehicles. Right now we just have the truck that we can take out of town and we put a lot of miles on it. We went to Carmax Friday to see what we could find. We found a couple that we liked but they wouldn't give us what we needed out of our truck. So we are going to try to sell it outright. If you know anyone that's looking for a truck let me know!

Smiling

I know she isn't responding to anything, probably just having happy dreams. Or as my mom says she is talking to the Angels. Cheryl has the cutest smile. Sometimes she just turns up one corner of her mouth other times she has a big wide mouthed smile. I did catch it on video last Saturday.

Look Alike

Most people have said that Cheryl looks just like Cheyenne. I have found a picture of Cheyenne at 7 days old and Cheryl at 8 days old. What do you think?

Cheyenne

Cheryl

I thought this was interesting. Here is Cheryl and Cheyenne in the same towel after a bath. Cheyenne is 2 months old in this picture but I still think they look alot alike!