Family Matters

Welcome to the family Josiah Edward Randall

If you are on Facebook then you have probably already heard the glorious news that Audrey and Josh are the proud parents of Josiah Edward Randall.

Here are a couple of pictures that Debi sent me via text message along with his vitals.  (Thank you so much, Debi.)

This is the update Debi posted on Facebook earlier today.

Audrey and Josiah came home about an hour ago. You've never seen such excited little girls to see them both. Adison and Adeline each held Josiah. Everyone doing great. I spent the night with the girls last night while Audrey and Josiah had to stay another night at the hospital.

Oh and I have to add, I think it is very cool that Grandma Anna's littlest great great grandson was born on her birthday... 110 years later.

Funny Breck

Last weekend after Breanna and Brenton's basketball game on Saturday, I went to dinner with Jed, Natalie, Brena, Breck, Dad and Abbie (Grossnicklaus).

Natalie carried Breck in with pink stuff all over her.  It was frosting from a cookie that Grandma Jeannie had given her.

It was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time and the faces Breck makes are just hysterical; I just had to share them with you.

I love you cute, funny little lady!

Quentin's basketball game from last weekend

Well I broke out the Jayhawk Linn T-shirt last weekend in support of Quentin playing his first basketball game last weekend.  He's on the 5th grade basketball team at Jayhawk Linn.

His team beat the Pleasanton Blu-jays.  Ugh... the first time I had to wear the Jayhawk shirt it would have to be against the Blu-jays!

It was fun to watch Quentin play.  Especially when he was guarding Hunter Secrest who was playing on the Pleasanton team.  They are good buddies and you can see them hanging out together at the Linn County Fair or anywhere else they happen to be at the same place.

Good Job, Quentin!

 

Breanna and Brenton both played at Jayhawk-Linn

Last week Brena and I went to watch Breanna and Brenton play basketball at Jayhawk-Linn High School.  Also there were Danea, DeWayne, Deanna, Dalton, Cassidy, Dad and Jed.

Unfortunately, Uniontown didn't win either of the games, but it was fun to watch them play. 

The most exciting part of the game was during the last minute of Breanna's game.  With 29.4 seconds left Breanna hit a 3 pointer to put her team up by one point.  However, the Jayhawk girls came right back and hit two 2 pointers to finish the game three points ahead. 

 

An afternoon sledding on the McKee's hill

Today after church I went over to the McKee's house.  I was in the mood to do a little sledding on their fabulous hill.  Karsten and I got to the house first and there was no talking him into sledding.  Wimp!  And would you believe that they hadn't been sledding at all yet with this snowfall?  Unbelievable.

So finally Kristie got home with Kaden and Kasen; they wanted to eat before they would go sledding.  So I waited around for them to eat lunch and then had to practically beg to get them outside with me.  What's up with these yahoos?

Kristie basically dressed the boys and after much arm twisting I got them outside.  It was AWESOME!  The snow was perfect and after we went down the hill a couple of times, the snow was packed and it made for some seriously FAST sledding.

The only downside... this 46 year old body doesn't recuperate from a backwards somersault downhill like it used to.  LOL... I was riding one of the boys' saucers cross legged and ended up going backwards down hill, the saucer dug into the snow and sent me tumbling downhill backwards.  Thank heavens for ibuprofen!  ;-D

In order to get the boys outside, I told them we'd only be out there for 15-20 minutes; just enough time to go down the hill two or three times.  While we sledding downhill, a car drove up the driveway.  It was Dina (Scott) Kricher and her family (husband, Dennis and kids - Kacey, Colton and Conner).  Dina is a former classmate of Kristie's.  She and her family saw the boys and I sledding and decided to stop and see if they could join the fun.  So our 20 minute outting turned into about an hour.  I don't know about the boys, but I had an absolute blast! 

Since I was sledding I didn't take too many photos, but I did capture a couple and I even convinced Kaden to take one of me.

Kasen going downhill standing up!

Kaden going downhill standing up, too. 

Yep, that's me heading down the hill and trying not to run over the photographer (Kaden)!

Here's to all you middle agers out there who refuse to act your age!  And feeling very grateful to God for giving me a healthy body so I can play with the kids in the snow.

XO
   

Molli Blou reaches a milestone

Molli Blou used her toddler potty chair for the first time.  Jess was so excited that she sent me a picture to celebrate the event.  (I told her Molli is going to hate us when she's older and sees all these photos.)

Julie said the potty chair makes happy noises when the chair gets used.  LOL... what will they think of next?  Jess said they sang and danced and clapped and made the whole event a celebration so Molli will want to do it again.  Too funny!

Here is another picture that Julie sent to me of Molli asleep in front of the TV.

She looks like she is growing up so much!  Thank you Jess and Julie for sending the photos, I LOVE them!

Mid-season basketball tourney - Jan 21

I attended the second night of the basketball tournament on Thursday.

I have to confess that on this night I took more pictures of Breanna and Brenton's fan club than I did the actual game.  (Sorry Bre and Brenton!)

Family and friends that were at the game to watch Breanna and Brenton play were: Danea, David, Dalton, DeWayne, Edward Lee, Jed, Natalie, Brena, Breck, Bret, Katie, Quentin, Mollie, Trenton, Kaden, Kasen, Karsten, Abbie (Grossnicklaus), and myself.

Here's the family enjoying some goodies from the concession stand before the first game.

Kaden enjoying a push-pop. 

Breanna on defense.

Another picture of Bre.

Breanna scored the first 5 points of the game.  Here she is shooting a 3 pointer.

Dad with Breck.

Mollie and Brena are big fans of Cousin David, they love his Donald Duck impersonation. 

Brena turning on the kilowatts when she sees the camera pointed her way.

Mollie in deep conversation with Uncle DeWayne.

 

This is what Miss Moo does when she notices I have the camera on her.  LOL!

Fan section on the Right (above)

Fan section left (above)

Brenton waiting for the ball.

 

Quentin has been hanging out with Grandpa Ed too much, he spend quite a bit of time telling stories to the McKee boys who were cracking up the whole time.

Beautiful Breck... she's lost her socks and shoes somewhere.

Brenton's basketball game - Jan 19

This past week was the mid-season basketball tournament at Pleasanton High School, which meant I got to see Breanna and Brenton play quite a bit of ball.

Tuesday night Brenton was the only one that played.  Breanna had been sick for several days and had only been to one practice so her coach told her to sit the first game out.

Brenton, a freshman at Uniontown, got quite a bit of playing time.  It was a close game all four quarters, but Jayhawk pulled ahead by 3 points in the last couple of minutes.

Some of my favorite shots during the game:

I always think Brenton is a pretty tall young man, but he wasn't looking so tall against this Jayhawk player.  He hand his hands full defending this fellow.

Here he is going up strong for the bucket.  He got fouled on this hot and shot freethrows.

Here he is trying to go straight up against this players shot on the baseline.

Breanna couldn't play but she is wearing her colors in support of the Eagles.

More pictures from weekend in Cheney with the Lampes

On the drive to Kallie Jo's basketball game last Saturday (Jan 16) we drove by this cool fountain in El Dorado.  Check out the top of the ice fountain... you can see water is still coming up out of the top.

Saturday evening after the game we went back to the Lampe's house for some pizza and to visit.

Kallie Jo was goofing around with a nerf bow and arrow set Coy got for Christmas.  Somehow the bow wound up on her head!

After Kallie Jo took her "hat" off, her little brother had to give it a go.  (Hmmm... kind of like monkey see, monkey do... LOL)  The only problem is Coy looks like he's about to put an eye out.

On Sunday, I went to church with Denise, Kallie and Coy.  Here are the kids after church.  (Denise, Coy and I went home and changed after church service and then went back to get Kallie Jo who had stayed to go to Confirmation class.)  I had to get a picture of Kallie Jo in this cute sweater outfit before she changed for lunch.

After Kallie Jo changed clothes we headed into Wichita for her birthday dinner.  Kallie Jo turned 14 years old last Sunday.  We had lunch at The Texas Roadhouse - a Lampe favorite as well as one of my favorites.  We were sure to tell the waitress that it was Kallie Jo's birthday; which meant she had to ride the birthday saddle, get her picture take so they could put it on the wall.  The walls were covered with photos of people riding that saddle.  Kallie was a little embarrassed but she was a good sport about it.

Ride 'em, Cowgirl!

I got a quick shot of the Lampe's before heading back home.  However, this was the best photo of Coy I could get.  Typically boy, making those goofy faces.

When I'm on a road trip I always keep a travel journal.  At each stop I try to remember to write the odometer reading, time stopped, the money spent, why we stopped and just anything else that strikes my fancy.  On the drive home we stopped in El Dorado to get drink and take a nature break.  I took out my journal to write down the time and odometer reading and look at what I saw!

 

The odometer is at exactly 20,000.  Crazy! 
 
 
 
 
 

Kallie Jo's basketball team are league champions

Deanna and I traveled to Belle Plaine to watch Kallie Jo (#45) play in her final basketball game of the season.  Kallie Jo's team was undefeated last year and they continued the streak this year, winning today's championship game 37-26.

Kallie Jo scored 6 points and had quite a few rebounds, we aren't sure exactly how many of those.  Kallie is a great player - she is agressive, takes the ball strong to the bucket, she is an awesome rebounder, she had some incredible assists (she is a very good passer) and she is a very aggressive defensive player and stole the ball or knocked it away from her opponent several times.

All in all it was a very exciting game to watch her play, the icing was the fact they won! 

Kallie calling for the ball - going for the fast break. 

Getting the ball on the fast break.  

Coy teasing a little girl that he likes.  She's trying to get his DSI, he took a picture of her on it.

Kallie in the high post postion getting the ball. 

 
She was fouled taking a shot and is shooting a free throw.  Kallie had 6 points in the game.

 
Kallie Jo posting up and asking for the ball.  Kallie is a
strong player in the paint and isn't afraid of the physical game.

Coy and his buddy shooting air balls while their team is shooting free throws.

Final Score 37 - 26 and an undefeated season.

Congratulations Kallie Jo and the Lady Cardinals!

I have to throw in one more funny photo.  Before the game I was taking pictures of of Kallie Jo, Jerry, and Jerry's mom - Mary.  Check out those noses...  What we didn't notice until we were looking at the pictures on the computer is Deanna's hand - it looks like she's flipping off Mary.  Well, when we saw that and the two Grandma's expressions we started making up sayings to go along with "the bird".

Some of our favorites:

1) I'm a better Grandma than you are.

2) My pies are better than yours.

 

We had a fun time making up sayings.  Deanna couldn't even remember what they were talking about that caused the gesture or the look.  LOL!