Whew!

Last year was a very exciting and VERY busy for our family. Jessica and Gabe got married in May. Then Michele and Nick got married in October.  Got one wedding over with, took a deep breathe and dived into the next. Whew! No major problems..... We won't talk about Jessica's bridesmaid who cut her finger 15 minutes before the wedding and ended up in urgent care right after. And we won't talk about the limo breaking down right before Michele's wedding. Now we can laugh!! 

Roger and I have adjusted to having "boys" in our family. We see them often, but of course never enough. And obviously the holidays have changed with our girls having new families to work into their schedule. But it has all been good! 

We are now patiently (impatiently) waiting for 2017. Our family will be G.R.O.W.I.N.G!! Michele and Nick will be adding a member to our little family in May. And last week we found out. . . . . . 

IT'S a BOY!!

I'm back. . . . a little. . . .

Hello!!

I am back.  Or at least a little.  My posts will probably be few and far in between.  But I am alive. I have made several changes with the looks of my blog.  And have added a few new things.  One being pages to my hobbies such as the growth charts, signs, paper bag albums and rag quilts. There is also a page that shows ideas for the growth charts.  I have hopes that these changes will help when I'm making a growth chart that has been ordered.  

Soooooo. . . . sit back and relax.  And we will see you. . . . sometime.

Hello everyone.  

After serious thinking, I have decided to not blog anymore.  No reasoning except I'm tired.  Just tired. I'm not going to delete my blog at this time because I'm not sure yet if I'm going to come back or not.  But if  sometime in the future you can't find Ummel4, it is because it is all gone.

Happy 2016!

2015 Recap. . . . .

January. . . . Was in the middle of planning wedding #1. 
                . . . . Roger's Aunt Evelyn passed away on Jan 26th                          

February. . . . Wedding invitations #1 went out.

March. . . .  Jessica's bachelorette  party

April. . . . Jessica's bridal shower

May. . . . . Jessica & Gabe's wedding
         . . . . . Marley spent a week with us
         . . . . . Courtney graduated from high school 
         . . . . . Jumped right into the middle of planning 
                    wedding #2!!

 June. . . . Michele had #7 knee surgery :(
         . . . . Taylor's bridal shower 
         . . . . Taylor & Jason's wedding

July. . . . Remodeled bathroom
        . . . . Zola came to live with us. Birthday gift from Jess.
            . . . . I turned 49!!

August. . . . Wedding #2 invitations went out
              . . . . Nick and Roger brought his tractor home from
                      the farm
              . . . . Michele's bridal shower
              . . . . I re"tired" from the hospital  

September. . . Bruce joined the Brady family
                    . . . Luke died :(
                    . . . Michele's bachelorette  party  ~ Still need to   
                                    post on this.

October. . . . Michele and Nick's wedding
            . . . . .  Michele turned 26!! (on her wedding day)
            . . . . . Nemo and Bruce spent a week with us 
            . . . . . Nick had shoulder surgery

November. . . . Windstorm blew a tree into our roof
                   . . . . Thanksgiving in Topeka
                   . . . . M diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis 

December. . . . Jessica turned 29!!
                   . . . . Roger turned 53!
                            . . . . Christmas

Wow! This last year has just been a big circle.  I lost count how many trips I made to Topeka.  All I know is the miles racked up on my Tahoe.  Stuff going this way to go that way. 

On New Years Day we woke up and both gave a big sigh.  We made it!!