Family Matters

Kallie Jo's 8th Grade Confirmation

In late April, I went to Denise and Jerry's to attend Kallie Jo's 8th grade confirmation at her church.  It's a rite of passage for the kids where they publicly commit their lives to Christ and the church family commits to continue their support and teach of the kids.

Deanna was sick so she wasn't able to attend; however, DeWayne also went out for the celebration along with David and Jada's kids, Dalton and Cassidy.

I think the most surprising part of the trip was when we went to Grandma Mary's on Saturday to borrow a punch bowl.  I got in Denise's vehicle and Kallie was driving!  ;-D

  

Above Left:  Jerry, Kallie Jo, and Denise
Above Right: Kallie Jo and Cassidy

Above Left:  (Standing) Jerry, Coy and Denise; (Seated) Kallie Jo.
Above Right: Kallie Jo with her cake that her Aunt Tammy made for her.

Above: Grandpa DeWayne Fuhrman, Grandpa Cy Lampe, Jerry, Kallie Jo, Denise, Grandpa Mary and her husband, Richard Gish.

Kallie Jo, it was a fun to spend this time with you and your family.  Would you believe I'm still finding glitter in the back seat of my car?!!  LOL...

Congratulations on your confirmation and on your 8th Grade Graduation!

   

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. 

 

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!

 

Pictures from Breanna and Brenton's Basketball Tournament

Recently, I drove to Yates Center to watch Breanna and Brenton play in a basketball tournament.  Denise and Kallie Jo traveled from Cheney to watch the game, also; so it was really great to see them, also.

Brenton is a freshman and didn't start the game, but he got to play probably half of the game.  He is a great player.  He is a very good rebounder and is not intimidated to go up against the older players at all.  He plays underneath so he was fouled several times as he took the ball up for a shot in the paint, which meant he also got to shoot quite a few free throws.  He's pretty good at that, too.  (Better than I ever was... lol.)

I couldn't tell you the score, but Brenton's team won by a lot.  Congratulations, Brenton!

Breanna's team played for first and second place.  The game was nip and tuck throughout the first half and the first part of the second half... then the other team made a run and pulled ahead.  The Eagles were never able to catch up after that run. 

Breanna's team won second place in the tournament.  Sorry you didn't win the game, Breanna, but congratulations on winning second place in the tournament.

Preview of Thanksgiving pictures from the Fuhrmans

Here are a few pictures from the Fuhrman's on Thanksgiving Day.  (I have 215 pictures to go through... oh my!)

 

It was a great day at the Fuhrman's.  Thank you - Deanna and DeWayne - for hosting the days events!
 

Umphenour Thanksgiving Get-together

I've been meaning to get everyone called, but that hasn't happened.  So I'm going to post a note here and continue to try and get in touch with everyone in person this week.

We are going to have the Umphenour Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 26 - in case you were wondering) at Noon at Deanna and DeWayne's house.  (If you need directions, let me know.)  It's a carry in dinner, so bring your favorite dish.

The men-folk will probably be shooting clay pigeons after dinner and the woman-folk will be visiting about everything, and I will be taking pictures of everyone!  HA

I know it's a busy day and a challenge deciding where to go - but I hope you will decide to come spend the day with us. 

 
Here is a picture of Cassidy and Karsten taken at last year's Thanksgiving Day celebration at Deanna and DeWayne's place.  It's hard to believe it was warm enough for short sleeves in late November; hopefully, it will be the same this year!

One more time:

Umphenour Thanksgiving Dinner
Date:  Thursday, November 2
Time:  Noon
Place:  Deanna and DeWayne's Farm
Bring:  A carry-in dish and your appetite

Happy Holidays!

More photos from the Fuhrmans

Here are a few more photos from the afternoon at the Fuhrman's last May.

 
Brena

 
Cassidy trying to wrestle Quentin to the ground and Brena cheering her on.

 
I cannot believe how much Breck has changed.  And you won't see her fussy this way, especially when she's in Mamma's arms.

 
The horses getting a break, too.

 
Quentin

 
Quentin took this shot of us on the fence; Quentin's taking photos and I'm shooting some video.

 
Brothers catching; Bret on the head and Jed on the heels.

 
Dalton going for some heels.

 
Quentin showing off his antique holster that Uncle DeWayne gave him.

 
Dad, Quentin and Dalton (driver) on a surrey ride pulled by the halflingers.

 
On the surrey, Mollie sharing her beautiful smile.

 
Here's a happy Breck

 
Breck having fun with Quentin and his cowboy hat.

So very blessed to have this wonderful family!