Just a little note.

Hey all,
Monday night Doug and I made the decision for to quit my job. Daniel has been showing signs of regression and me working is the only thing that we can figure to attribute it to. He is still doing great but things that he could do three weeks ago, or two months ago, he is refusing to do, or can't do. This has caused some major stress in my life and Doug said that no one was happy with me working and it was just adding stress to our lives. I had to agree. I still need to make the decision as to when to tell my boss. Oddly enough today is my 90 day anniversary. I should be getting a raise. I feel bad and want to giver her a lot of time to replace me but I am afraid that if I tell her now, she will give me a hard time for the whole month that I have left there. Please pray that God will give me wisdom in this situation. My last day will be around the end of the year. I hope to be able to keep the friends I have made.
One more thing. The problems that have been going on with my dad seem to be over. He was having an allergic reaction to the fish oil pills he was taking in order to drop his triglycerides. Thanks for praying for him too. I'll write again soon!

He's got a grasp on what is important.

Literally!

How Many cameras does one family need?

They aren't all in this picture but here there are 4 in the picture and of course one taking the picture but we are missing at least one of the camera's in teh family maybe two. It is like a disease. They just start sprouting out of heads at the strangest times!

Opening the cards and gifts

Sisters

Brother and Sister

Daniel was the ringbearer in our wedding and Mary was one of the flower girls. Daniel is a Freshman in college and Mary is a Junior in High school. I'm sorry but I have to say it! I feel old!

Birthday cake!

Scott with Grandma

Heidi with Grandma and Grandpa

Doug with Grandma and Grandpa

Kali with Grandma and Grandpa

Kali looks as if she isn't quite sure who
it was that she was sitting with when
she was on Grandpa's lap. I think
Doug just caught her in an odd moment.
It is still very funny!

Danny with Grandpa and Grandma

Darth Kali!

Yes! Cousin Paul was Darth Vader for his school Halloween party. He already had the helmet. Kali found it while she was playing. She came out with only the face part on. Danny had the top helmet part on. We had him give it to Kali. I cracked up when I saw her though. It was hilarious. The panel hanging fromt eh face mask makes the breathing sounds and says some of the key lines from the movies. It also alters the voice of the person speaking from the inside of the helmet. She kept saying "Danny and Kali". She also didn't have very good peripheral visions so she kept falling over things that were on the floor. Including people! It really was very funny!

Scott Michael Wesner

Isn't he adorable!

The youngest (and cutest) Wesner !

"Kid's" table

The "adult" table

Pictures from our trip to Indiana!

OH MY! It is so hard to choose which ones to post. I am going to have a really hard time not posting ALL of them! There are some really great ones! We went out to Indiana to visit Doug's mother's side of the family. The Wesner's. If any of you were at our wedding, Mary and Jeannette were our flower girls. Daniel was our ring bearer and Steve was one of the groom's men. Sharon was the first Wesner Cousin I ever met. She was at Family Camp one year with Beth and the three of us seemed to hit it off. We did some thing really goofy and if I ever find the picture, I may just post it too. Sorry girls! Grandma and Grandpa Wesner are wonderful people who welcomed me into the family with great big hugs! Then again, they welcome everyone with great big hugs! They were tremendously active in their church and although they have slowed down a lot in the past few years, they are still two of the best prayer warriors we know! The occasion for this trip was to celebrate their 80th birthdays. Grandma's isn't for a few months I guess but it seemed a good time to do both.
Bear with me as I post a ton of pictures. If you have questions about the pictures and I haven't added any comments to explain, leave a comment and I will reply as soon as I can! This picture, is by far the greatest achievement of the weekend! EVERYONE in one place at one time. We were only missing Beth's husband Jon, as he couldn't get the time off work and had to preach for Dad on Sunday night. I will try and list everyone in the picture
Back Row: Aunt Eileen, Daniel, Aunt Bev,Rachel, Beth, Jeanette, Mel w/ Danny, Jonathan, Michelle
On the Chairs: Uncle Dave, Uncle Rodger, Grandpa Wesner, Grandma Wesner, Linda w/ Kali, and Christine
On the Floor: Steve, Evie w/ Baby Scott, Paul, Mary, Markus & Sharon, Doug, Heidi

I think I got everyone! Now let's see if this picture will post!

More pics from the weekend!

Kali was dressed up for Ed and Tina's reception Saturday night and she was blowing kisses! danny was making funny faces at me!

Here is a better picture of Kali in her turban, and another picture of Danny with is trains.

Close ups!

Kali was in a towel turban to help protect her hair. i had put it in curlers. I found her later taking her curlers out. I was pretty irritated but I have to admit they aren't comfortable to sleep in. Danny just wanted me to take a picture of his trains.

Danny getting a gift at Kali's birthday!

Here they are!

Hey all! I am finally posting some more pictures. I really should be doing house work so there wont be a lot right now but there will be more throughout the week. At least I hope so. The two on the right are from Kali's birthday and the one on the left is my little snowflake queen! The dress actually has a hoop under it but I am going to take it out and she is going to wear this dress for Christmas. It is pretty long on her so she should be able to wear it next year too!

Been a while.

I know, I know! It has been a while. I was really hoping to get some pictures yesterday of the kids but my lovely snowflake queen daughter threw up all over her dress. She had been coughing since Thursday but yesterday she seemed to be better. Danny decided he wanted nothing to do with school yesterday and they basically had to drag him into the classroom. I felt bad but there was no good reason for him to not want to go. He was dressed up as a train engineer again this year. I had to run to Walmart to get a new buckle for his train but then I left it at the school for him to show. When Kali and I picked him up, the teacher told me he was fine less then a minute after I left. I knew he would be but he has been acting up lately. Mostly since the time changed again.
So we went home an ate lunch and then I put Kali in her dress and we went to visit our friend Robin and then my grandparents and then Aunt Beth and Grandma Chandler. Aunt Beth and Grandma Chandler gave the kids SMARTIES and they ate them on the way home. At Grandma's house, Kali started coughing again but not too much. By the time we got home though, she was coughing harder. We got home about 2 minutes before Doug. The kids were playing Daniel's Thomas the Tank Engine game. I was sitting here next to Doug and we were talking about the days we had and what was coming for the evening. Kali came out not looking too good and still coughing. She looked at us and then started to cough. Then she gagged and threw her hands over her mouth. I grabbed a towel that happened to be close by and "caught it" but not before she got it all over her pretty new dress. This happened about 7 minutes before I had to leave. I got the dress off of her and started cleaning it. It is a "spot clean only" dress since there is some white fur trim around the wrists and neck and hem. So I did some quick spot cleaning and then covered the dress in Febreeze. I threw my uniform on and ran out the door. Thankfully I was on time for work but I was not in a great mood. Thankfully I was working with the two best workers there. The day went pretty well. After we finished serving the meal, we were cleaning up, I was clearing dishes when I head a page for me to pick up the phone. Now I was scared. Doug had called worried because there were 10 open medicine packs on the bathroom counter that he thought Daniel had gotten into and eaten them all. Thankfully I knew that wasn't true and we all breathed a sigh of relief. Poor Doug. He didn't have a very good night with the kids. When I got home, near 8 PM. The kids were still eating. The supper that I had put in the oven at 4 something Pm, took longer to cook then it was supposed to.
So , all this to say that I didn't get the pictures that I wanted to of the kids yesterday so I am going to try again today. I stopped at Walmart after work yesterday and picked up one of those Dry cleaning kits to use at home. I was able to do a pretty good job on the dress but the smell is still there. I have been periodically spraying it with Febreeze but the smell doesn't seem to be coming out. If you see Kali in a pretty white fur trimmed navy blue felt dress, don't smell her!
Hopefully there will be a few pictures sometime in the next few days.
The Reception for Ed and Tina is this Saturday here in Ohio and we are excited to see them again. Kali keeps talking about her "cousint Melanie". Yes, I know there is a T at the end of Cousin but that is how she says it. It is really sute, actually.
Well, enough time messing around here. I have a house to clean and some supper to prepare. I have to work again tonight so I want the house to be as ready as possible so the kids wont get into too much trouble and Doug can have an easier evening then yesterday.
See you all soon!