More Catch up from last year!! =)

Our Families Continued:

Mike's Mom and Dad are doing great!! =)  His Grandma Ruth hasn't had the greatest of years.  She was in the hospital for a little while due to a surgery she had to have. It has defiantly been a trying year on everyone.  Steve, Marisa, Patrick, and Haley are also doing great!!! Patrick turned 5 last June and started Kindergarten in August at Peoria Christian and is loving it!!!  Haley will be 3 in February.  She is just growing up sooo fast and is really starting to open up more!!  They are both such loving kids!! =)  Here are some pictures of them:

 Top to bottom: Marisa & Mandi(Marisa's sister) in front of Deb and Jer's old house.  Then Haley and Grandma Ruth.  Then Jr(Steve) holding Patrick. Then Patrick golfing.  Then Haley and Patrick standing on a train car at the putt putt golf course.  Then Haley walking on the bricks at Pat and Steve's house.  Then Mike and Jr at Khori's in Pekin.

Mike's sister Debbie and her family unfortunately had to move to Pennsylvania this last August for 3 years because of a job transfer for Jeremy.  No one is loving this situation but we are ALL making due the best we can with phone calls, letters, and skype.  We would all be lost without skype!!  Mike, Ashlee, and I took a road trip at the end of October to visit for a week!!! It was great to go but soooo sad to leave!!! =(  Here are some pictures from our trip!!!

  

These go from bottom to top if you go in the order of what we did while we were there.  We hung out at the house.  Mike, Ashlee, and I took the girls to Bass Pro Shops one day so Deb could have a day to relax and get her hair "did" =)  It was so much fun!!! We also had delicious pizza, went to Hershey, and spent lots of time together!!! It was so much fun and we can't wait to go back!!!  We LOVE and MISS you guys TONS!!!!