I know, I know

So obviously my blogging is in bad shape when I go from one Kansas visit to the next between posts. What can I say? It's actually nice outside!

I was lucky enough to be able to go to Kansas for a week to see my friend/cousin get married and to visit my family. Joseph didn't come this time but that made it easier to come home, even though the visit was too short. I put a ton of pictures on my flickr account so you can go look at those by clicking on any of the ones I post, but I'm not posting all of them.



Tim just keeps growing! He is now six feet tall.




While I was there he bought a new bass that he has been saving up for. It's pretty sweet and he got a good deal too.




My amazing sister and my favorite nephew.




My sister and I at the reception. The wedding was really beautiful and I'm so happy for Mark and Amanda! I didn't take any pictures though because I just wanted to enjoy it.




Greg and Luke after Luke woke up from a nap with crazy hair.




Ben tried to comb it.




Luke loves being outside and fell asleep while my Dad was carrying him around the porch.




He is soooo cute!




My parents and me on my last day in Kansas.




Me and my best friend Kristen. This visit was the first time we'd seen each other in a year and a half and we didn't have nearly enough time. It was great to see her though.




I was sad to leave Kansas but it's nice to be back with my sweetie again.

Kansas Visit

So I'm finally getting around to putting up a few pictures from our trip to Kansas. Basically all of them include my amazingly adorable and incredibly awesome nephew. His name is Luke. I adore him immensely. I'm very happy for his proud parents and extremely jealous of all the family that gets to hang out with him regularly. It's been at least a month since these pictures were taken and he has grown like crazy and started smiling and Laura (his mom) said that he laughed for the first time the other day. Obviously, I am smitten.

Aside from meeting Luke, I also got to spend a lot of time with some of my favorite people. It was an amazing visit. On to the pictures.


Here he is, so so sooooo cute. But of course you can see that.






Grandma Bev


Grandpa Chuck and Luke size each other up


Uncle Ben gets a turn.


Here he is awake.


My Grandparents, Luke's Great Grandparents.


Ok, so this is hardly a great photo of any of us, but I'm posting it anyway. The reason being that this is my entire family. This visit home was the first time that all of us had been in one place at one time in nearly three years. Soooo, in case anyone who doesn't already know who is who and actually cares, back row left to right is Ron, James, Tim and Ben. Middle row is Greg, Chuck (Dad), Bev (Mom) and Andrea. Front row is Laura, Luke, Wes, me and Joseph. I realize that I have a big family. I know when I tell people that I am third out of seven kids that they will be surprised. I know that since we are now thirteen people, that seems like a lot to most people. Most of the time though, it doesn't really seem like we're that big of a family. When I see this picture though, I know that we are.


It was a really great visit and I am hoping to make it back this summer. In the mean time, spring has finally decided to come to Vermont and there are lots of other things to look forward to here. I love the summers in Vermont, swimming in the river and getting ice cream cones, gardening with my friends, just being able to be out in the sunshine again. I'm getting new glasses, which I am excited about. Joseph graduates in a few weeks. This is a little bittersweet but we are happy that some of our friends are sticking around. Right after that, we are moving down the street to a slightly bigger apartment. Things I'm looking forward to about that are: two small closets instead of one, a full sized stove, more space in general, and most of all, a bedroom.

Let the count down begin!

We will be in Kansas in a mere 16 days.




Yay!!!