Stay at home mom for a week.

I quit my job last week. I have been unemployed, semi-retired for a week. I received a new job offer at another financial institution. I have been with First Citizens bank for 3 years now. I really enjoyed working there and made many new friends. I felt as though I could not have moved up the ladder plus I wanted better job security. I feel I will have it at the new bank. I am going to Sutton in Attica. I will have less hours but more pay. So that means I can work the beauty shop more.
I have enjoyed lounging in my pajama's every morning all week, but on the other hand my two men have both been sick. Devin has a ear infection, snotty nose, and bad cough. David got sick the night before last. He was throwing up and everything. Now he has a sore throat. I pray I will not get sick especially before my new job.
We actually our making plans to go somewhere before I start my new job. Not real sure what we are going to do, but we are thinking of going to a indoor water park just the 3 of us. I know Devin would love that. Will I better get back to taking care of my sick men. Hopefully they will be better before tomorrow so we can go somewhere.

Amy's baby shower (bank party)

I held Amy's last baby shower at my house Wed night. All of us girls from the bank plus Devin got together to celebrate. She had a great turn out and recieved alot of nice things. We first ate then chatted for a while. Then decieded to get to the good part the presents. She got her high chair, alot of onesies, exersaucer, and so on. I think she is almost set and ready for Mason to enter this world. I wish her all the luck! I know Jeremy and her will be great parents. 4 more weeks hang in there. P.S. Penny makes one mean cake!! YUM YUM :)

Devin at a Tractor pull!

He is so used to the noise it does not even bother him. Of course it was late and past his bedtime too. Maybe this is just a good indication on how the summer will be. He loves his tractors so much they put him to sleep. Now that is a true boy!!

Sweet Hotel Room in Louisville KY

This was much better than staying in the living quarters in the semi. David, Devin and I even had our own bedroom and bathroom. There was a full kitchen as well. Devin and I only got to stay one night but he had as much fun as I did. He enjoyed walking from room to room seeing what there was new he could get into. I told Kathy that was a break away from the tractor pull. She enjoyed the nice gas fireplace. I liked having a separate bedroom and being able to sleep. Normally I would wake up in the middle of the night and hear Denny snoring(ZZZ)!! That is something I should think about doing. Well I think I will call it a night. Sleep tight!!

4th place finish!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a great weekend. I was able to get off work on Sat and go with David to watch him pull. The pull started at 7:30. So we bundled up and took Devin with us too. It was a indoor pull at Louisville KY. It goes on for 4 days. Of the 26 years that I had been going pulling I had never went. It is a big deal down there. It is the best of the best cause you have to be invited.

So they pulled Wed night and David had gotten 3rd place. From there they only take the top 6. So they pulled again on Sat night. We left early in the morning on Sat. It was a 5 hour drive. We got there and the weather was kind of crappy. It was cold and snowy. So we went into the arena were the tractor was. It was weird being at a pull in the middle of winter. Knowing that I won't see smoke or that the tractors would be extra loud. Well it happened that they were the only green ones in the top 6 plus the only ones form Ohio. There were 5 IH's in the class then David. So needless to say all the green fans were rooting for Renegade Deere!! Go Green!! Boo Red!!

The top 4 had pulled then David came up next. They reconize the top 3 over all then. So he pulled and had went 223 and the leader was 233 so that put him in 3rd place. That left one more tractor to pull. A good one from TN. He ended up beating David by .8 feet. Kathy and I were screaming and yelling we were excited. He ended up 4th over all which is awesome. Considering that was the first time down there. This just makes me all the more excited for the summer!! Maybe that means some wins or 2nd or 3rd place finishes. Go Green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dog Sitting

Not only do I have a 1 year old monster running around but 2 big (sometime lazy) dogs. I am dog sitting at my house since I can't get up and down the roads. All they do is lay around and sleep all day(except for last night they decided to play outside for 25mins before they came in and went to bed). Molly is our dog on the floor and Emmy is Denny and Kathy's on the chair. I wish I could say they would be home sooner to get Emmy but they won't! Great news though David pulled last night in KY and got third place. That is awesome!! You have to be invited to this pull and they were the only ones from Ohio to pull in there class. So they pull again on Sat night that is the finals. Good Luck Renegade Deere Pulling Team!!! Wish I could go to support them.

Snow Snow and more Snow

We finally got snow!!!! David has been asking and praying for it. Of course he is not home to enjoy it. He is down tractor pulling in Louisville KY. Hope they do good. He left bright in early this morning when we were under a level 3. Actually I think we are still under a level 3. The news channel I watched said we got up to 13-18 inches. This pic is just out our back door. Suppost to be our back steps, but you can't see the steps.

Reading a book

This is one of Devin's favorite books and mine. It is a lifesaver at church. As you can see he loves to read. He will sit and look through it all by himself and if he wants me to read it he will bring it to me.

What a cuddle bug!!

This is after his bath! He loves his bath time. He loves to splash water and throw everything out of the tub. I think he learned the splashing from swimming to much. I love to wrap him up and give him a big bear hug he may get me all wet but it is worth it :) !!

Devin's first ride!!

Daddy argued till he won this one. He wanted Devin to ride so bad. It is actually the first time David had his snowmobile out this year. We think he had fun. A little hard to tell with the helmet on. Maybe we need to get a smaller helmet. I think next year he will be older and will have more fun. Just had to break the snowsuit in too.

Daddy Day Care

David (daddy) has decided to be a stay at home dad!! No he has just been watching Devin a lot lately. It helps out on babysitter cost. Needless to say Devin keeps daddy busy. Which is a good thing. I came home from work Friday on my lunch break and found my little boy pooped and out on the floor. Daddy day care must have really wore him out.

Swimming in the middle of winter

How many people do you know that can swim in the middle of winter. It is nice to have in-laws that have a indoor pool. We can swim anytime of the year. Actually Devin loves to swim. We started him at a young age. In the pic is our niece Cassie, newphew Darren,

brother-in-law Brian, Devin, David, and of course me.

Devin's 1st Birthday 12-29-06

It is so hard to believe that one year has passed. Where did the year go? He is a little man now. Such a ham. Really don't remember what life was like a year ago before we had him.

He had so much fun with his birthday cake as you can see. He flipped it off the plate and thought it would be cool to lick the plate. So he had blue frosting all over his face. He looked like a clown. He was so talkative the whole time he was eating it too. He recieved alot of nice stuff. Lots of clothes and toys of course. He did get one special animal that is my lifesaver. It is a lion that folds into a pillow. Up until 2 weeks ago he was putting himself to sleep with his bottle which is not good. Now I just lay him in his crib and he may talk a little bit then off to lala land(ZZZZ)!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEVIN!

Devin's Birthday Pics

This time we went to the Picture People. We had a

good experience there. We knew the photographer. She is one of David's pulling buddies wife. So she took lots of pics and gave us a discount. I think we may go there from now on. Here are a few she took.

Family Photo's

These photos were taken after candle light service on Christmas Eve.

Siefert's Christmas 12-25-06

This was our final christmas. Now Devin was a pro at opening gitfts. He even enjoyed what was inside of them too (toys that is). We even got to hear some beautiful music by Devin. He loved the piano. Guess he will be musically inclined when he gets older. He even dances to music too.

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!

Siefert's Christmas 12-24-06

Fourth day of Christmas was spent with the Sieferts. We first ate at Kathy's then lounged around for awhile. We also enjoyed holding Braden (Shane and Kate's baby) and playing with Devin.

Afterwards we went to the nursing home to visit with Grandpa Siefert. He was very alert and happy. It really put a sparkle in G-ma's eye knowing we were all together.

Hatchers Christmas 12-23-06

Third day of christmas the Hatchers got together. Like every other one ate way to much.

Devin got his first and only red tractor. I know your probably thinking red wrong color(go green). Well the Hatcher side is all red. Which isn't so bad considering my family likes it to. We had a good time. We even got to see some family we hadn't seen in awhile.

Snay's Christmas 12-17-06

What can I say we always have a fun time at G-ma Snay's christmas. This year it was even on her birthday. We ate way to much then did a white elephant this year. This was the first year for that. I'm sure we will be doing that next year again. Like always lounged around and played some games, but most of all got to spend it with all of may family all day long.

Hiler's Christmas 12-16-06

This was Devin's first Christmas. He really did not know what to think. We all got alot of neat stuff. He got lots of toys and clothes. But most of all we got to spend it with Danell, Brian, Cassie, Darren, Chelsea, Dan and Grammy and Poppy. We had a good time!!

We ate then opened gifts then played games. we played Apples to Apples if anyone gets a chance that is a very good game.