On July 10, 2009 our Uncle Bill passed away. He was 71 years old and was married to our Aunt Trudy for 27 years. Uncle Bill was kind, loving, caring, and he always had something to say. Uncle Bill will always be loved and missed. We love you Uncle Bill and we look forward to seeing you again!

Happy 4th of July!

We are spending our weekend in Kentucky at Great Grandma's House! We spent the day today hunting for arrowheads and playing in the creek! I hope you are all having a great 4th of July weekend. God Bless!

Betsy

Okay, so this is Shelly's daughter Betsy. From now on I will be taking over the blog. Mom started a new job in August and has been working full time so she hasn't had time to update the blog in a long time. So I volunteered to take over. I will try to keep you updated on family events.

How long has it been since I've been on here???

Man! There is so much to catch up on. Erin graduated from High School as Salutatorian, Betsy graduated from Middle School and got 8 awards at their awards program,and Khoa graduated from kindergarten with a Math Award! I have three awesome kids!

Here is a picture from Erin's graduation. The blonde standing in between Rob and I is Khoa's "girlfriend" Kelsi. He is absolutely in love with her. The funny part about it is that Kelsi is in Erin's class! :-)

I will try to keep you updated on all our family events and I will be sure to add pics!

So much to catch up on!!!!

It's been a wild and crazy summer around here! Here is a quick view of our summer.....

May 4 ~ Khoa and I drove to Florida to spend time with my sister and for me to do some work for my Brother-In-Law and his company.

June 4 ~ Khoa and I fly home to see my hubby and the girls... My Grandma also died before I could get from the airport to the nursing home.

June 6 ~ Drive with family to Kentucy to visit with my hubby's Grandma

June 8 ~ Granny's funeral

June 12 ~ Drive to Tulsa for Vietnam Reunion with our adoption agency.

June 17 ~ Fly back to Florida with Betsy and Khoa....leaving Rob and Erin to fend for themselves for a few weeks....

June 25 ~ Erin flys to Florida to spend a week with us and Aunt Kelly and her family

July 12 ~ Rob flys down to Florida to spend a few days and then drive Betsy and Khoa back home

July 15 ~ Rob leaves for home with the kids

July 25 ~ I fly home and spend two weeks cleaning non-stop.

August 9 ~ I go back to work

August 12 ~ Rob, Erin and Grandpa drive to Philadelphia to visit a school for Erin!!!

August 18 ~ Kids back in school ~ Erin is a Senior, Betsy is in 8th Grade, and my baby Khoa started Kindergarten!!!

August 19 ~ Give two weeks notice at my part-time job that I'd had for 9 years.

September 2 ~ Start working full-time for the first time in 10 years!!

Whew, that just wears me out typing it! Is it no wonder that I haven't blogged in a while?! I've also managed to lose 47 pounds and am trying to keep it off. It's a battle and sometimes I don't know who is winning.

Daddy and Khoa on his first day of Kindergarten.........

Mommy trying not to cry.......

Look, there's my bus!!

Mommy walking him to the bus.....

The swing.....EMPTY......after Khoa left for his first day of school!

Khoa getting off the bus after school

He had a wonderful day and was ready to go back the next day. He loves school!

Here are a few other pictures from the summer...

Khoa's New Passion.....

This is what keeps Khoa busy these days. He LOVES the bouncy ball! He follows me everywhere, bouncing! His Daddy came home from work yesterday and picked him up to give him a kiss and Khoa kept his grip on the bouncy ball the whole time! He is such a character.