It's been a long time!

Hi everyone! It's been quite a while (nine months!) since I've updated this blog. So I'll give a quick run-down on what 2009 has brought us!

January: On the 9th of January Kari-Lynn ended up in the hospital for a week due to a MRSA infection in her leg. The infection turned into an abscess that was hard as rock and was the size of a large walnut. She had surgery to have it removed after being on IV antibiotics for several days. She did great in surgery thanks to many prayers from friends and family. She went home the day after surgery and we couldn't have been happier to be home. Later on that month, we visited California for Kari-Lynn's first road trip and visit to California. There we met my mom, my brother, and my step-dad. Many family members were able to meet Kari-Lynn for the first time and they all loved her! (of course!) We still had not seen Daddy :(

February: Kari-Lynn turned 2! The Cardinals were in the Superbowl! And even though they didn't win, we still had a great time! (still no Daddy)







March: Although March was relatively uneventful, this is the month that Kari and Jesse really became an official item! Welcome to the famz Uncle Jesse!





April: The best thing about this month? Rob came home for a visit! It was amazing, fun and so incredibly wonderful to be back in the arms of the man I love after a six month wait! We spent the week together as a family in a hotel room in phoenix. When our hotel stay came to an end, we went to his mother's house for the weekend and she took us to the zoo for Kari-Lynn's first zoo trip, and we got pictures taken with the easter bunny and had an easter egg hunt on easter morning at grandma's house. It was hard to say goodbye when his visit ended, then, it always is!






May: Nothing special!

June/July/August: Early June was uneventful but at the end it was a lot of fun. Rob came home for a weekend and we got to see him for one day. Shortly after Daddy's visit, Kari-Lynn and I boarded a plane and flew to Montana to visit Gramma Tanna, Colty, Deideo, and gramma Lala. We had a great time going to the Phillips county fair, the circus, and setting off fireworks on the 4th of July!

September: Rob came home on September 4th for a 10 day visit. We had a lot of fun just spending time together the whole time he was here. We went to the zoo, took a drive up to tortilla flats, AZ, and fed the ducks and swans on the golf course. Kari-Lynn was so glad to be with Daddy again, and so was I! While he was here, Rob gave me my engagement ring and we got our engagement photos done courtesy of David Bozyk of everlasting images http://www.everlastingimages.net/ Thank you so much David I love them so much! You are destined for photography greatness! I can't wait to hire you for our wedding!!!






Now it's october and I have tons of stuff to look forward to from here on out! I'll try and keep up on updating this blog more often, It's so nice to have a family blog and I love to read family blogs, so I really want to keep up on this!!