Siefert Family of Four

B.G. 09

2009-11-21T06:28:00.000-08:00

B-days @ pull

2009-11-21T06:26:00.000-08:00

Summer 09

2009-09-15T19:26:00.000-07:00

update in a nutshell!!

2009-06-02T18:54:00.000-07:00

Louisville KY 09

2009-02-18T19:21:00.000-08:00

Family pics 2008

2009-01-03T14:03:00.001-08:00

This is a tradition we do every year. Right before candle light service on christmas eve we try to get some good family pics. There not to bad!

A little of this and a little of that

2009-01-03T13:13:00.000-08:00

Catch up of the past 3 months. I've been slacking at the computer. I will admit it is alot harder with 2 kids. I forgot just over the past 3 years all the first and how fast they grow up. It is amazing how easy girls are. Both kids are loved equally and it is a gift from god to have one of each...

4th and final Christmas 12-28

2009-01-03T13:11:00.000-08:00

Devin's 3rd B-day

2009-01-03T12:51:00.001-08:00

In the mix of all our Christmas's this year we managed to celebrate Devin's 3rd b-day.

Snay Christmas 12-27-08

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2nd christmas 12-25 (sieferts)

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Our Christmas 12-25-08

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Mr Bubbles and Aleyse in the bubble bath

2008-11-04T12:12:00.001-08:00

I got the bubble bath idea from the internet. So I figured Devin could be Mr Bubble's. I just made a box and cut out holes for him to fit in it. Devin did well considering that big box covered most of his body. Aleyse did well also. She fell asleep before the parade. We marched uptown and that is where they announced the winners. Sure enough they called our name for cutest couple. I was excited they won! They won money, candy, and even got their pics in the local news paper. Hope everyone had a happy halloween!! Enjoy our indian summer!!

Randomness with the kiddos

2008-11-04T12:06:00.001-08:00

Just cute pics of my kids!!

Night Getaway

2008-11-04T11:56:00.000-08:00

The weekend of Oct 11 we got away for the night. My younger sister Chels kept both kids and we went to Cleveland and stayed. She lives in Mentor. So we took the kids their first then went back to Cleveland. David and I went to winking lizards to eat supper then had tickets for a show at hilarities comedy club. The main comedian was great. We stayed at the Radisson downtown. The pics are just random pics. One of the skyline while we were driving, our hotel room, another of the browns stadium, and one of the lake along side the highway. I'm so thankful my sister was able to watch them. David and I had a blast and it was nice to get away and not worry about dirty diapers for the day. Devin still talks about staying at chels's place. They must have had a good time too.

Aleyse's first haircut

2008-11-04T11:54:00.001-08:00

Yes I know she is way to young to have a haircut, but with hair that long you have to do something. So I decided to cut bangs. I like her hair so much better. She was 5months when I cut it.

Family reunion

2008-11-04T11:49:00.000-08:00

Our family reunion was the beginning of Oct. That is how long it's been since I blogged. A few pics to share from the reunion.

It's been a long time

2008-11-04T11:44:00.000-08:00

Farming days are here! These are a couple of pics David took. One with Devin and one of the new combine!!

Adult 10 yr reunion

2008-10-05T14:04:00.000-07:00

After our fun afternoon with the kids we had some adult fun. I helped plan a night the involved a pizza buffet. What a blast we had. There was 27 total people with spouses. Maybe someday our class reunion will be a bit larger. Some of us even went and toured the school. Next year the school may not be there as they will tear it down since the new one is being built. Then back to pete's as some of us stayed through the night and had loads of fun. It is always fun to catch up with old classmates.

10 yr class reunion

2008-10-05T13:56:00.000-07:00

During the day a few of us got together and went to the local corn maze. The kids seemed to have a blast except the weather was yucky. I had bought a few gifts for the kids and handed them out after they had their fun. Maybe next class reunion we will have a few more kids there.

Crazy randomness

2008-09-15T06:34:00.001-07:00

It has been very hectic around here lately. The kids are growing like weeds as you can see from the pictures. Aleyse is grabbing objects, hair and her toes already. She rolled from tummy to back yesterday morning. She also loves to talk. Devin is progressing at peeing on the potty. He loves going back to tammys and has been sick already. He had a fever last week. We did manage to make him feel better for the last tractor pull on Sat night. We had a great year with 7 wins all together. That is great considering we only had it apart a few times. I have been slacking at the blogging with 2 kids and working fulltime it is impossible to sit at the comp. I like being back to work but the time schedule I do not like. I leave @ 7:30 in the morning and when I get home it is around 5:30. That leaves the kids @ the sitters almost 10 hrs. I will keep up the blogging as long as time allows. My kids are my first priority. This fall and winter will bring many new first with Aleyse and farming and etc. I will keep everyone updated!!!

2008-08-20T16:37:00.000-07:00

Ready for Show Time

2008-08-12T16:29:00.000-07:00

This is how Devin gets ready for the tractor pull. He just loves to work beside Daddy and Papa.
The semi in the picture is not our new ride it is a buddy's from WI. They were pulling in Sandusky OH and decided to leave it here. So David could take it to BG tonight along with our semi. It was pretty cool having another rig parked in the driveway. We even had to get one of the tractor's out and work on it. Yes we I even helped. Our Anniversary was Aug 3 and we spent Fri night at a t.p. We just can't stay away from them. We did have a good time but it was a late night. I will definitely post pics from the weekend when we get back. I will be another year older by then my b-day is tom.

It's been awhile!

2008-08-12T16:04:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I blogged. I do miss doing it all the time, but juggling two kids, work(40 plus hours a week and cutting hair), tractor pulling, and trying to plan a class reunion it's been hectic around here. I mean hectic. It has been a very successful t.p season though. We are gearing up for the big show in B.G. this weekend. I am very excited for that!! The pics are just random pics of the kids playing and Cassie's b-day party.

Chapel Hill TN

2008-07-29T03:52:00.000-07:00

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-07-15T05:06:00.001-07:00

More from Troy, Wilmington, & and Bucyrus

2008-07-15T03:59:00.001-07:00

Time flies when you are having fun. I go back to work in less than a week(boohoo). What a weeknd we had a very successful one. Won 2-3 pulls. We left Thurs for Troy MO(almost 10 hrs). It was hotter then heck out there, but a nice pull. There were only 7 tractors. We ended up 6-7. Never really hooked to the track. Didn't break anything which was good considering we had 2 more pulls for the weekend. Bud Gettinger won that pull. Go john deere!
After that pull and no rest we had to pack up and come back to OH for a pull Sat night. Left there at 10:30 and followed the Gettingers back to their place(IN). It was about a 6 hr drive or so. I think we went to bed @ 5am then back up by 8. There hospitality was greatly appreciated. By 1 we all packed up and headed for Wilmington. That drive took just a mere 2-
2 1/2 hrs. It was a beautiful day on Sat. Ended up a great day we took first place that night. Kathy and I had decided to have a cookout for the pullers(dennys birthday was thurs). I had cooked all week. Made 8lbs of sloppy joes, spinach dip, 2 loaves of bread, and 2 bathces of brownies. Even some of the other pullers wives helped out and cooked. We are so greatful to be in this sport and have such a great big extended "pullin family"!
A cousin of mine came up to the pull with her family. Her kids had never been to a pull. I know they had a good time. I'm sure her kids would love to come again. Glad they came to a pull we had won.
That night we packed up and headed for home. Pulled in at 2:30am. Sun we had wanted to go to our hometown pull in Bucyrus. Denny was so against going but we(thanks to the burgers) pulled his arm and leg and talked him into going. He was the last hook of the night and last class. So it was late again. We were all rooting and cheering as he pulled. The distance to beat was 314.75. He pulled and did not look like he beat him, but he did by 2 feet. So that was our very successful weeknd. I will post some pics as soon as I can figure out how to do a slideshow of them.

Pics from Troy, Wilmington, and Bucyrus

2008-07-15T03:49:00.000-07:00

Pics of the family from the 3 pulls we went to over the weekend. I just love the picture of David and Devin sleeping it really shows like father like son!

Random pics with the kids

2008-07-15T03:42:00.000-07:00

These are just some random pics of the kids. One day I decided to do something fun for lunch and we had a picnic on the kitchen floor(I think it was raining). Others are Aleyse at 11 weeks old. Hard to believe she is almost 3 months already. You gotta love those chubby cheeks.

Aleyse Baptised 7-6-08

2008-07-07T08:15:00.000-07:00

We had Aleyse baptised Sun morning at church. She did very well and never cried a bit. Afterwards we had a cookout and had some friends and family over. I even captured David getting a little crazy with squirt gun! What a beautiful day for a joyous occasion!

July 4th weekend

2008-07-07T08:00:00.000-07:00

We had loads of fun over the 4th. We went swimming and watched fireworks and did a whole bunch of things with family and friends. These are just a few pics from the weekend.

Aleyse's first swim

2008-07-02T10:11:00.000-07:00

A week ago we decided to take Aleyse swimming for the first time. About three minutes she was fine then you would have thought her brother was biting her. She screamed bloody murder till we got her out. That is why we do not have any pics of her in the water. We will one of these days take her again and she will get used to it. Maybe the weekend we can take her cousins and we can get some good pics!

Devin's fun on his tractor

2008-07-02T09:52:00.000-07:00

This is how Devin can stay entertained at his mama and papa Sieferts house for hours. He loves his tractor. Ryan even found him a wagon for it (in the dumpster). Snapped it all together and it was good as new. He calls it his baler.

Kellen Emily Burger 6-21-08

2008-06-24T06:15:00.000-07:00

This is our good friends Ryan and Carly. She was due 2 months after I was. She went into labor this weekend a month early. Everyone is doing fine and the baby is very precious. Hard to believe that Aleyse was once that tiny. She is huge compared to Kellen. I was a little bummed cause we were not home to help them celebrate the birth of their beautiful daughter. We did get a text(pic) message from Ryan mins after she gave birth. I was happy to be woke up in the middle of the night to find out everyone was healthy and happy. I guess you never know when to be prepared for a baby. They can come anytime!!

Tomah WI, Tractor Pull

2008-06-24T05:02:00.000-07:00

These are a few random pics of our trip to Tomah. We had a very successful trip up there. It took us 11 hours to get there but we finally made it. The kids slept most of the ride their and back. This was Aleyse's first trip out of Ohio. Many many more to come. David was suppost to pull on Fri evening but we got rained out. So our first pull was Sun afternoon. Their were 13 tractors in the class. We were about the 9th puller to pull. Nobody had a full pull till David came along. He had a repeat from last year. His first pull was 322. Full pull is 310. So he smoked it out the end. Then the last puller made a full pull. So that meant a pull off. Well needless to say we beat him by alot. So that made us the winners 2 years in a row. They always do a presentation to the winners, but there was rain coming. So I could not get pics of how proud we all were.

The kids were angels all weekend. I know for a fact they love tractor pulls already. Well at least Devin does for sure. Aleyse will in time.

First pull for Aleyse!

2008-06-17T06:19:00.000-07:00

You be the judge and see how close they resemble each other. No denying they are brother and sister. Aleyse is the bottom pic and she is 7 weeks and Devin is the other pic he was 6 months.

Semi almost finished!

2008-06-17T06:12:00.000-07:00

The semi was finished enough to go down the road for the first pull. The water and toilet are not hooked up but we managed. We also have a living quarters in the trailor with all the ammenities. All of us Sieferts got Denny a TV for father's day. So we hung it in the semi. Now Devin can watch John Deere while we are traveling to the pulls. I tried to get a decent pic of the semi and trailor. I took it at the tractor pull. I think David and Denny did a good job on the semi. It was nice to have a little more room going down the road.

T.P. time

2008-06-17T05:52:00.001-07:00

Summer is here well almost. That means tractor pulling time. If you all know me well you know that we love tractor pulling!! Our first pull of the season was on Sat. It was in Wilmington OH. There were 11 tractors there and we got 5th place. Denny drove the tractor that was the first time in a year and 8 months since his chemo and surgery. We were all a little nervous and antsy for him, but he got the boost up and went. This also meant that this was Aleyse's first pull and long trip on the road. She weathered very well and even slept through papa's pull. She fell asleep at 10 and slept till 4:30. Considering it was a late night since the pull did not get over with till 12:00a.m. My family even came down to watch us pull. The kids had so much fun together. Now we will be gearin up for the big pull this weekend. It is in Tomah WS. Yes I will be taking both kiddos. When I go back to work I will not be going pullin. That means I will go to all I can since I'm still on maternity leave. Watch for the next post I will post a pic of Devin and Aleyse their first time pulling.

The picture of Devin(sitting by himself in the green chair) was how he was all day and night rooting on all the pullers. I think that picture is priceless.

Update on Aleyse

2008-06-10T11:14:00.001-07:00

I know what you all are thinking enough with the pics of Devin and the Semi. So I enjoyed taking some of Aleyse the other day. I managed a couple of good one. You be the judge!! I think she is pretty cute myself. I love all the pink! She weighs around 9 lbs and sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours a night. I can't complain about that. Although Devin has been sick the last day and a half. He woke me up before she did last night. So needless to say I was up about 3 hours in the middle of the night last night. Well better get something else done while the kids are sleeping.

Fun in the Sun!

2008-06-10T11:04:00.001-07:00

Since it has been so hot I thought a little pool would be fun to play in. Devin really enjoyed it so much it even wore him out after he was all done.

Fun with their cousins

2008-06-10T10:43:00.001-07:00

These were taken last Fri when Darren and Cassie came to visit for the week. They had loads of fun together. I personally love the one with them in their cool dude shades!

Toter-home coming along!

2008-06-10T10:26:00.000-07:00

First pull is this weekend. Semi has to be done by Sat. That is if we ever get the tractor back. David is working on the semi right now as I type. He is adding the generator to it. The pics are of window placing, the windows are not in cause they were bent, toilet room, & black door painted. Pic of the outside were the windows will be and the lights in the semi. I think it is coming along just fine. Oh and one more thing Denny laid the carpet the other day, not sure if you can see it. You be the judge and let me know how it is coming along. Leave comments!

Fun day @ the park

2008-06-03T07:09:00.001-07:00

I think I was long over due for blogging! Next time I won't wait as long. This was Aleyse first trip to the park. It was beautiful out yesterday unlike today. Aunt Chelwy(chels) came home. So we ate some lunch and packed up and walked to the park. We had a good time and Aleyse never fussed once. We even stopped at the dairy queen on the way home. We also ran into aunt Donna and her doggy Kiara. The pic of Devin walking Kiara is adorable.

painting complete

2008-06-03T07:05:00.000-07:00

The outside is almost complete. Still have to add a few graphics or decals, but the outside is painted. All day Sun Ryan, Scotty, and David painted the Semi. I think they did a good job. Since it is raining out today David plans on working on the semi all day.

Semi renovations

2008-06-03T06:52:00.000-07:00

Since we have a bigger family now we needed more room in the semi. We would have had to drive seperate to all the pulls. We travel so far that we decided to make it a toterhome. David purchased the back of a box truck and cut it in half. These pics are just half of the renovations. As you can see it is not painted and no windows yet. They have the plumbing ready for the potty and counter ready for the sink. The walls and the ceiling are done too. David even added speakers on the ceiling. The wall above the cab we are adding a flat screen for the road. We are purchasing one for Denny to give him for father's day. So we will be watching tractor pulling and john deere to all the pulls. I think it is looking pretty neat. Can't wait to see the final project.

This past weekend

2008-06-03T06:34:00.001-07:00

This was Aleyse first road trip of more than an hour. I went all by myself to Seth and Karen's. Devin stayed down there for the night. He was spoiled rotten. He had fun with Macy as you can tell from the pics. He even made a mess out of their TV room.

Karen and I even found a garage sale to go to. This lady had all girl clothes. I bought $22 worth of clothes. Even a cute bathing suit. That has been my big spending on Aleyse so far. I have yet to go clothes shopping for her. Everyone else has done it for me.

My Flowers

2008-06-03T06:15:00.000-07:00

I picked my baskets first then go with that color scheme. Bright pink, light pink, and white. David had Devin one morning so I decided to plant them then. In between the phone ringing and tending to Aleyse I managed to get them planted. I planted a whole flat by our tree also.

Devin doing what he loves best Farming!

2008-06-03T06:10:00.001-07:00

This kid lives and breathes John Deere! He calls tractors broom brooms!

Fun with Aleyse

2008-06-03T06:01:00.000-07:00

Pictures of us enjoying our time with baby Aleyse!

2 nights in a row!!

2008-05-22T07:54:00.000-07:00

I don't have a picture to post with this but two nights in a row Devin has peed on the potty!! He is fascinated with sitting on the potty right now. We praised him and gave him a sticker every time he goes. I write down on a piece of paper when he went then he sticks the sticker on the paper. Lets hope he keeps this up. If so it won't be to hard to potty train.

Devin or Aleyse ???

2008-05-21T11:32:00.001-07:00

Take a good guess at which one is Devin and which one is Aleyse? I will post later to let you know!!

Update on Aleyse

2008-05-07T11:16:00.001-07:00

Everyone is doing fine and enjoying our time with Aleyse. She is such a joy to have around. Sleeps great at night unlike Devin did. It's so nice to have a baby that sleeps 4 hours at a time. Makes for a less grumpy mommy.

Mother's day is this weekend. We have a busy weekend. My sister graduates from college, Darren's birthday is today, Chels's birthday is may 9, and mother's day on top of that. My mom is hosting a party for everyone. So I will get to show Aleyse off. Can't wait hope the weather is nice.

Pics are of the family just enjoying Aleyse!!

What a week!

2008-05-01T12:53:00.000-07:00

You all may think we have had a little time to adjust. Today is actually the first full day I have not been in the hospital(we did have to go over this morning). I got home Sun afternoon around 1:00 had vistitors all day. Actually had a decent nights sleep. Then Monday came around figured it was time to adjust starting off a fresh week. We had to go to the hospital Mon morning for a repeat billi check. That is for Jaundice babies. She was slight jaundice(12.2) when we left the hospital. Normally happens to babies that are born early. She was three weeks early.

Off we went the first trip with a family of four in the mini van. We got there and they poked her heel and checked her blood. By the time we got home we had a few more visitors. I was waiting for the hospital to call with her levels. The head nurse called and said her levels had went from 12.2 too 17.2. That is considerably a high jump. So they had to order a billi blanket for us to use on her at home. The doc called back around 5:45 that evening and said we had to come back to the hospital to have her checked again. I said tom morning right. He said NO NOW! I got all frantic and started crying. Of course the emotional roller coaster a woman is put throught is enough. Then the doc to call and say I had to come back ticked me off. David came home and off we left for the hospital. We got there and the nurse said she was considered a dirty baby so she could not go in the nursery cause she had been outside of the hospital. As the nurse was taking her to put her under the billi lights. I asked her how long this would take. She looked at me and said a couple of days. My eyes got huge and full of tears. All I wanted was to go home and stay at home. So David and I pondered our thoughts awhile and called our parents to bring us stuff to the hospital. My mom kept Devin for the night at our house. The poor little guy has had a big change just like all of us. Then David's parents brought our night stuff over to the hospital. I needed David to stay since I was a emotional basketcase. I cry easily anyways. The hospital only checks her blood once in the morning @ 5am. so after that we would know if she could come home. It had went from a 17.2 to a 15.7 the next day. So Aleyse and I were their another night. I had to stay cause I am breastfeeding. Which is the best for a jaundice baby. I had stay on a strict schedule so she would eat and poop. I had to breastfeed every two hours. The nurses had to moniter her temp and check her every two hours. I had to chart every poo and pee diaper and log my breastfeeding also. Still am sticking to that schedule right now till her levels elevate a little better. So I am going on little to no sleep right now. I should be sleeping instead of blogging. This actually makes me feel good.

I was considered a guest at the hospital but got every meal catered to me. Good thing the food is awesome and I get to pick out what I want on the menu for the day. I did get bored sitting in that room nonstop. I could not leave cause Aleyse would have been left alone. I did get stir crazy and bored with a sore butt from sitting. The next morning she went from a 15.7 to a 10.3. The doc shook my hand and I new I was able to take Aleyse home. My eyes filled with tears again. So I called David and told him to take his time coming over. The doc had a point and told me to leave her under the lights as long as possible that day. We had already been charged for the day. So I might as well stay and eat their free food. The one good thing about being over their I was able to take care of myself and not over do it. All in all I am glad to be home and sleep in peace with no nurses waking us up every two hours except my alarm clock till I can breastfeed on a different schedule. I 'm sure my next blog will be upbeat with better pics. By the way her levels are now 9.9 the doc just called with her check from today. So that means no more hospital. Now I can take her to her family doc to get checked. I think I surely met my deductible for the year. HAHA!! Enjoy the beautiful sunshine.

Aleyse Lynn Siefert

2008-05-01T12:27:00.000-07:00

We had a beautiful baby girl Friday at 10:01 am. She weighed 6lbs 8oz and was 19 inches long. What a roller coaster the last week has been. I was scheduled to be induced at 5am on Fri because of low amniotic fluid. We got to the hospital and I was not even a bit nervous. Till they stuck me with the IV twice. My veins are normally good but I had a student nurse doing the IV. Everything was going well. Was not even feeling the contractions David and the nurse had to tell me when I was having them. All I wanted was to have another natural child birth. I did just that and a short while later I had my beautiful baby girl.

Aleyse (A-lease) Lynn Siefert!

Baby News

2008-04-20T15:20:00.000-07:00

Went to the doctors last Thurs. Was there a little longer than we had anticipated. They did a ultrasound and found out that my amniotic fluid is low. Which protects the baby. Also means for a dry birth. I am a little scared now. The doc wants to induce labor on Fri. I will be 37 weeks by then which is term. The baby looked good and measured normal. Weighs around 5lbs 11oz. I hope all goes well and the baby is healthy. I have prepared this weekend to have a baby next weekend in my house.

My sister kindly took Devin for the weekend. That was the first weekend David and I were away from him more than 24 hours. It was kind of lonely without him. I did get alot accomplished. My mom and mother in law came and helped. So I did not have to over do it. The pics are of Devin's fun weekend with Dan Dan and Chels. By the looks of the pics he played at the mall and played guitar hero. I know he was spoiled rotten and well taken care of. I'm glad it worked out. I was really able to get alot done and prepare for the new baby.

Visitors Sat night

2008-04-03T13:11:00.001-07:00

We had some visitors on Sat night. Gene one of David's high school buddies and his family. They have three children. They live in IN. So we don't get to see them very often. Devin had a blast playing with the kids. We tried to do some photos but only got these. Wasn't happening with 4 kiddos that young. Glad we got to visit with them.

Baby update

2008-04-03T13:05:00.000-07:00

Went to the Doc's again today. Yes it has been two weeks already. Time is just flying away with this pregnancy. Went well but the doc ordered another ultra sound for two weeks again. I'm just not gaining the weight with this pregnancy like I did with Devin. I gained 1 lb in 2 weeks. Not so bad but the baby does need a little fat on its bones. I am now 34 weeks and measuring at 30 weeks. He said could be just the way the baby is positioned. Let's hope everything is good for my next doc visit.

Devin with Cassie and Darren

2008-04-03T13:00:00.000-07:00

Saying goodbye!!

Fun with Cassie and Darren

2008-04-03T12:49:00.000-07:00

This was Sun we had met with the Phillips. Danell was having a open house at her home so we deceided to meet in Findlay. Mom, Donna Loren, Kraine, Jess and Devin all went with me. We had a blast first met at the mall then went to eat at the Golden Corral then on to Meijers. The kids had alot of fun together. They rode the little rides at the mall and Darren was even nice and gave Devin a ride in his stroller with him. Notice Devin even got his spring haircut. He is surely his daddy's boy! Now lets hope for some nice spring weather. That will stay!!

Baby update

2008-03-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

Went last Thursday to the doctors. Everything seems too be going just fine. My ultrasound went well a couple of weeks ago too. Baby measured fine. I am now 32 weeks along and measuring at 30 weeks. The doc said the baby may just be tiny but everything else is fine so far. Besides my ankles swelling up. Still trying to decide on some names. You would think we would already have some but without knowing the sex you have to come up with a boy and girl name. Can be difficult when you don't agree.

Egg Hunt

2008-03-24T13:12:00.000-07:00

Just some cute pics of the kids out in the cold cold weather picking up their eggs. Just like last year we had to wear mittens and boots. I even had his snow pants on him. I hope next year the weather can be alot warmer for easter. Devin picked up 6 eggs and one with a dollar coin taped to it.

What to do when your bored?!?

2008-03-12T11:23:00.000-07:00

Since we had a foot of snow on the ground and I was stuck at home. I usually bake when I'm bored. David loves to eat all my baked goods only chocolate of course. Anything else I have to eat. So I decided to put a big pot of chili on bake a cake and make some homemade peach cobbler. Our friends even came out in the cold snowy weather and ate with us. I made a marble cake for David(just a box mix.) If you look real good you can see finger prints in my cake. Wonder which little boy in this household was the culprit. I did get a pic of the snitcher. David and I thought it was pretty funny.

Blizzard of 2008

2008-03-12T11:03:00.001-07:00

This was the big one of 2008. Last weekend we got record snowfall around Ohio. Columbus got around 20 inches or so. I beleive we got around 14-16. That is alot of snow. We were under a level 3 for about 28 hours. Churchs were canceled along with most businesses too. I got alittle antsy being stuck in the house. It was neat to see that much snow, but now I can say I'm ready for winter to go away and spring can come anytime. These are just a few pics to show you how much snow we got in our area.

Bedroom ready!

2008-03-02T17:59:00.000-08:00

I have been harping on David to get the room ready for both kids, since we only have two bedrooms. They will have to share a room till we get a bigger house someday. So for now somebody gave us a set of bunkbeds. The bottom is a full size bed and the top a twin. We already had a full mattress so we just need to get the twin. I took pictures of the final results. I think it looks pretty nice. My mom was so nice to order a bed set to match the room for the bunks. We changed the curtains and added curtains on my closet and rearranged. Chels, Dan and my mom helped me. I am thankful they were able to help. Now we will try the real test and put Devin in the bed at night. I will keep you updated on he sleeps at night!

I will also update this week on my doc appt. I start going every two weeks now. The Doc figured we would do a ultrasound cause I was measuring small. Hopefully the baby is just a petite little thing and everything is just fine. I am starting to get tired alot easier than before when I was pregnant. Now I have Devin to chase after too. Time does seem to be flying by.

Hiler Get-Together 3-2-08

2008-03-02T17:51:00.000-08:00

We had our annual Hiler party this past weekend. It was nice to see all the family and share all the good news of engagements and babies. As always we had a bunch of yummy food also. We always try to get a few pics of all the kiddos together. We did not have as many cousins as last year but we were able to get a few decent pics.

Swimming 2-26-08

2008-02-27T07:03:00.000-08:00

What a witner!

2008-02-27T06:53:00.001-08:00

While Danell and the kids were down over the weekend she decided to leave Darren here. He has been staying with the shells. We snatched him up last night. Thought maybe Devin and Darren would have fun playing together. Since we had so much snow we figured darren would like to ride on the snowmobile. Well that did not pan out so well, but Devin still loves it. He had a blast. So after they were outside we took them swimming in the midst of about 8 inches of snow on the ground. As you can see by the pics Darren would only wear the helmet in the house on the tractor instead of on the snowmobile.

Hanging with Darren and Cassie

2008-02-27T06:25:00.000-08:00

Over the weekend Darren and Cassie came down for a visit. We had not seen them since Devin's b-day party the end of Dec. We had a blast with them. We took them swimming Sat night after Aunt Debbie had a fish fry potluck. We all had fun Aunt Chels and Dan-Dan even came out. From the pics you can see we had a blast. Then Sun morning Grammy and Poppy took us all out to breakfast 10 of us. We had fun!!

More pics of Louisville

2008-02-23T14:34:00.001-08:00

1st pic thumbs up dad.

Wed night winning family photo.
Still can sleep with all the noise!
Aren't we two of a kind!!

Morning that is their favorite saying!

winning run 2-13-08

2008-02-23T14:31:00.000-08:00

2008 Louisville KY farm show

2008-02-23T12:10:00.000-08:00

I have been slacking in the blogging world. Guess we all have been busy doing this and that. Last week was the annual Farm show down in KY. I blogged last year about it also. Devin and I were able to go for 5 days this year. We had a blast and Devin was great. He sure loves his tractor pulls. David pulled on Wed night. So Kathy, Devin, and I headed down Tues night after I got off work. The weather was horrible. I never have driven that far in weather like that. We finally arrived at the hotel about 12:30 am. Woke up the next morning to find out David had caught the flu Devin and I had earlier in the week. Good thing he did not pull till 7:30 that night. So we stayed in the room all afternoon till pull time. We were excited for his time to come. He was about the 5th hook in the class. The video is the winning run of the night(If it works blogger is not letting me publish it). He did so well you can hear Kathy and I in the background screaming go baby go yahoo. He did place 1st that night which advanced him in the finals on Sat night. So since nothing broke on the tractor we were able to enjoy some of the time down there and watch the pulls in the evening. The Burger boys came down to help with the tractor also. Devin was all excited to know Chad, Ryan, and Tom were coming.
Sat night came around and we were all tense and stressed cause of the lack of sleep we had. They take the top 6 tractors of the class. There were 3 green ones and 3 red ones. So the green had a chance after all. David was the 4th hook of the class. Of course the king of smoke was winning after his run of 235.88. Gettingers pulled next they are big buddies with us so we were cheering them on too. He went out of bounds which disqualified them. Next to pull was us. Nervous and excited we were to close to the track to even video so I did not get that run at all. He pulled and went just three feet shy of Esdon 232.19. That placed him in second. The pull was not over there were still 2 red tractors to go. They did not beat us so we were excited to know we placed in the finals also. They recognize the top three. So we went out on the track to except our award with David. He was being interviewed and told the announcer that the guillotine on the turbo went shut during the run which meant less air to the motor. Or we would have beat Esdon. Oh well better luck next time. We were all satisfied with 2nd place. Can't do much better than a 1st and 2nd .

Ultrasound Pics

2008-01-23T16:46:00.000-08:00

These may not be the clearest, but I think you get the picture. The first one is of the head and chest. The others were of a hand and a foot. Now everyone can take a guess at what we are having. Somedays Devin wants a brother and others he wants a sister. Guess we will find out in about 3 short months. The doc said everything looks good and it will probably be a small baby.

Devin had his toddler check-up today with Dr Nieset. He said he is very tall for his age 33 1\2 inches tall and 26lbs. Everything checked out good. Could not believe how well he could talk. Somedays I can't believe it either.

Memories

2008-01-12T13:22:00.000-08:00

This was taken 2 years ago Christmas of Grandma and Grandpa Siefert. What a Christmas that was. Little did we know that would be the last Christmas spent as a family. The following year G-pa went into the nursing home and G-ma could always be found right there by his side everyday. They were a couple of strong faith and strong commitment to each other. Grandma got sick with her heart and lungs in the middle of December. Although she lived a good many years making her grace and presence of God on this earth, she past on to be with him Dec 11, 2007. We miss her dearly. Only now was the real trial trying to keep grandpa healthy and strong to live on without her by his side everyday. We know she was always with him in spirit.
We all have been trying to keep G-pa up in his spirits. He has been battling his sickness(alzheimers) in the nursing home for 16 months now. He was always a jolly man with a great big grin on his face. It saddens me to say he got sick too and died from pneumonia on Jan 7, 2008. Almost a month from the day of G-ma Siefert's passing. We all know they wanted nothing more but to be together in good health. Bet in heaven they are up there smiling down on us playing cards with there friends and having fun together. David and I know we will meet with them one day again.
I can only hope this year will bring better days ahead for all of the Siefert family. 2 funerals in 1 month is very hard. Something nobody wants to go through. David went from having 4 grandparents to just 2 very quickly. As I always told him cherish your grandparents as you will never no when something can happen. I only have one living. We will always tell Devin how proud his Great G-ma and G-pa Siefert were of him. G-ma always said that if they were ornery you know they were always normal. Will in fact Devin is very normal cause he is always ornery. Next time I hope to write more of a upbeat post. This year can only get better. Especially with a new little one coming in only a few months.

2008-01-12T12:56:00.000-08:00

I decided to repaint my bathroom. I fell in love with blues and greens and found this awesome shower curtain. Nothing fancy but I liked it. Took a week to finish it since the paint would not stick. So my mom finished it in the midst of all the drama we've been put through this year already. Thanks mom looks awewsome. I don't think it looks to bad for being a old home.

2008-01-12T12:50:00.000-08:00

Loren her boyfriend Brandon and Devin on New Year's Eve

Swimming!

Daddy and Devin!

2nd birthday (Dec 29)

2008-01-05T14:45:00.000-08:00

This was Devin's birthday cake. He loves the digger and dump truck on it. The other is a pic of Devin opening many of his presents. Then came the big gift from Grammy and Poppy. The kids loved it so much they got inside and played. When I can't find Devin around the house I always know he is in the barn playing.

On the fifth day of Christmas

2008-01-02T13:41:00.001-08:00

This was the last and final christmas for the year. Devin was way to spoiled at all the other party's that I thought we would have to build a bigger house. Well I guess grandparents can't help but spoil there own grandkids. We all made out really good this year. Devin especially. He got more clothes and toys plus a motorized 4-wheeler from santa hiler. Mom thought it would be neat to buy all the kiddos bikes except devin is just to little for a bike yet. Maybe next year santa. He did like the 4-wheeler. We even had to ride it outside too. Over he made out really good, but we do need a bigger house now.

On the fourth day of Christmas

2007-12-31T04:30:00.000-08:00

This was christmas with David's mom, dad, sister and her husband. We went out to their house after we had finished opening our own gifts. Of course Devin was spoiled again. He got tons of clothes which he had to try on. Two john deere stocking hats in the pics you can see he is already sporting one. Then came the big gift after we ate. The john deere tractor. Or as Devin calls it a vroom vroom. It is the cutest little tractor. He looks like a man on it. It is now a week after christmas and he has it mastered on how to ride and drive it now. Maybe every now and again he will bang a wall.

On the third day of Christmas

2007-12-31T04:18:00.001-08:00

This was actually christmas morn. We had a few gifts for Devin and David had a beautiful peridot earrings and necklace for me. How sweet considering we were not going to get eachother anything. It was fun watching Devin open his gifts. Each year we will add more and more as he understands what it is all about. Of course not the gifts but we will still spoil our children.

Merry Christmas!

Family Photo's

2007-12-24T20:28:00.000-08:00

These were taken Christmas Eve before our candle light service at church. It will be the last family pic with just Devin. Next christmas we will have our new bundle of joy joining us.

On the second day of Christmas (Hatchers)

2007-12-24T20:21:00.001-08:00

There are alot of little kiddos running around at this Christmas. Even though so of them can't even crawl yet. It is alot of fun to see how they change from time to time. Almost all of the family was there. Just a few shy. Of course more good food and fun times to be had. Another one down and three more to go.

On the first day of Christmas (Snay's)

2007-12-24T20:09:00.000-08:00

Our first Christmas of the season started off with the Snay christmas. It was Sat all day. Devin was so much fun this year. He really liked opening his gifts. Even though Santa still makes him cry is what he says. He is still all about the gifts. The one pic is of all the grandkids and great grandkids.

Snowmobile ride with daddy!

2007-12-16T15:30:00.001-08:00

Daddy took me on another snowmobile ride today. I had lots of fun besides getting all bundled up. Once I was outside I was fine. Mommy had to take lots of pictures. Go figure! Then we took off. We went all over the country side. Mommy was getting worried we were gone to long. I liked every minute of it. We even chased a deer yes a real live deer. That was really cool. Can't wait till daddy and I can bond again. Maybe next time mommy will take pictures with my helmet on.

Santa visit

2007-12-16T13:05:00.001-08:00

Our santa visit did not go over very well with Devin. I was excited to take him since I never had. He seen Santa at the sitters last year. We walked in and he backed up in his tracks immediately. So David took him up and had his pic taken too. He received a bag of goodies and off we went. Later that night he told Grammy Santa Cry. That means Santa made me cry. It is kind of a cute story. I think it is a normal 2 year old story.

Last Weekend

2007-12-16T12:47:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was our NTPA banquet. It was in Worthington. So we decided to stay at Seth and Karen's. It was Sat night so they kept Devin while we went to the banquet. It went well. They finished 5th overall. We were able to catch up with some friends we only get to see in the summer.

Sun we all woke up and went to church. Then afterwords we ate at a really good restuarant named Buns. We stayed and visited awhile then decided it was time to head for home. We wanted to stop at the hospital too see G-ma Siefert. She had been in there since Fri afternoon. So we headed for home. We all stopped by the hospital and visited with G-ma. We found her in good spirits. She was sitting up eating her supper. We had a great visit.

Little did I know Tues at work David would call me and say she had passed on to be with God. It has been a long and tiring week. We did not expect that at all. We will miss Granpma(MaMa) but had many good memories with her. I hope to publish many more blogs around the holidays that are upbeat and happier!

Grandma you will be missed! We love you!

Time for Thanks

2007-11-26T17:22:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving is a time for being thankful and I have such great family and friends to share it with. That means christmas is almost around the corner and many more get togethers.

Thanksgiving came and went so fast. I had a blast at everyone I went to. We first went to mine since it was in town. Then off to the Hatcher side which was south of Bucyrus. Devin got to hit a pinata for the first time and we got to see a new baby cousin for the first time. Happy belated Thanksgiving to all!

Thanksgiving Eve

2007-11-26T17:13:00.001-08:00

This was the night before thanksgiving. We were all up at the K of C hall to decorate. Thanks to my awesome mom she made those beautiful centerpieces. They were a hit.

The kids had so much fun running and being goofy. I did get one good shot of me standing over them. I thought it was cute.

Caught in the act!

2007-11-22T08:33:00.000-08:00

The other night I found Devin on top of the air hockey table. I called David out to look at our son. We looked at eachother and could not help but laugh. So needless to say he didn't get in very much trouble. I even had to break out the camera

Seasons

2007-11-20T17:02:00.000-08:00

We have some monstrous trees in our yard. They drop the leaves like we have hair on our head. The red tree is just one that I think is beautiful this time of the year. We all know what season is behind fall. Winter yes winter. Only good thing about that is maybe one snow fall and Christmas time. YEAH I love christmas time and can't wait to put up my tree already. I think it is going up Sat or if it's not to late today when we get home.

Nice Fall Day

2007-11-04T15:37:00.001-08:00

As you can tell from the pics Devin loves it outside. He kicked and ran around with the ball the whole time.

Fall Time

2007-10-29T16:50:00.000-07:00

The scenery was just beautiful down in Hocking Hills this weekend. Sat was overcast and drizzly so some of the pics are cloudy. The ones I took on Sun were from the Van so they maybe a little fuzzy. But overall the colors were right at the peak.

Train Ride

2007-10-29T13:57:00.000-07:00

These are pics of our train ride we went on in Nelsonville. Devin did love the train ride!! I'm glad Kathy thought of that. We all had a good time. It was a 1 1/2hr ride. It even stopped at the Hocking college and we got to walk around a little village called Robbins Crossing set up in the 1850 era.

Hocking Hills trip

2007-10-29T10:57:00.000-07:00

We decided to go to Hocking Hills again this year as a family. We went last year and really enjoyed ourselves. The whole Siefert clan went down. Denny, (Papa) Kathy (Mama), Seth, Karen, and us. We stayed in the Old Man Chalet Cabins. They are fully furnished and are very clean. We did stayed in a different cabin this year. Last year we were in the boondocks. We stayed in Hawks Peak this year. It was very cozy and nice. The pictures are of the front of the cabin the kitchen and the family room. We used the cabin alot more this year than last year. It was cool out again this past weekend but the leaves were at there peaks. It was beautiful. More pics to come.

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2007-10-29T10:44:00.000-07:00

So your all wondering why we bought a van with one child. More room might be the answer or Devin can now see all the animals and combines in the fields. Or maybe another baby is on the way. Well all are right answers. We are expecting our 2ND child in May. I guess we timed that one just right for me to be off all summer.
I am almost 12 weeks along and have had one heck of a time. I have been miserable compared to my first pregnancy. I've only went to the doctors once. So my next checkup is Nov 9. All the good stuff then. Maybe even the heartbeat.
I will keep everyone posted when we find out more. But don't ask what we are having because we like to keep it a surprise. You don't have very many surprises in life that are such a miracles anymore!!

Moving on up in the world!

2007-10-29T10:26:00.000-07:00

I stepped up in the world finally. Last week we purchased a new vehicle(Ford Freestar) for me. Yes you guessed it your right I'm now driving a mini van. I know a mini van sounds terrible, but this one is nice. I always thought I would own a suv before a mini van oh well. Vans are far better on gas than a suv. We have been looking for quit a few months now. My car has had more and more problems. So we decided to go to the dealership 2 weeks ago. David seen this van on the lot. So we took it home and drove it for a few days. They offered me far more for my car then I ever imagined. So we were suckers and took the deal. It is loaded to the max. I really like it and I'm glad we bought it.

Jack O' Lantern

2007-10-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

Grammy came up last night and helped carve Devin's pumpkin. She did a great job! By looking at the picture you can tell Devin was excited to sit it on the porch and light it.

Delaware and Zoo trip 10-14

2007-10-17T17:28:00.000-07:00

We decieded to take Devin down to Delaware and visit with Seth and Karen. The weather was beautiful and we have never been to the columbus zoo so we took Devin for the afternoon. All the animals were awake and since it was not hot the animals were active too. They had alot of different animals then the Toledo zoo. We had blast and glad we got to spend the day with Aunt Karen and Uncle Seth.

Shelling corn

2007-10-11T16:14:00.000-07:00

This was Mon afternoon. I got home from work and David had Devin all day with him farming. Devin surley loves his farming. He bines beans and corn. That is what he walks around and says now. David had asked me to go get the camera to take a pic of the combine full of corn. Notice the concentration on David's face and the orneryness on Devin's. I even rode in the combine with David for over a hour.

Iron spring farm

2007-10-11T16:04:00.000-07:00

We did not know how hot it really was till we decided to take the boys to the local corm maze. Which is down the road from my parents house. We all had a good time and the boys even made it through the straw maze for kiddies. At the maze they have all sorts of neat things for the kids. Animals, tractor rides, pumpkins, and even a haunted corn maze at night. David and I used to spook people at the maze, we worked there for 5 years. Devin was trying his hardest to help pick up the pumpkins he was doing a great job (notice the red face he was burning up)!

Cook out Sun @ Grammy and Poppy Hiler's

2007-10-11T15:58:00.000-07:00

We had such a beautiful day for one last cookout. Everything tasted so good and both of my sisters were there. It was nice to be able to spend sometime with them. The kids played all day together. The kids even got to do there favorite thing go for a four-wheeler ride with poppy. Afterwards mom, Chels, and I took the boys to the Corn maze down the road.