Merry Christmas!!

so it's been awhile again- sorry! but things are good...
jesse's new job is going good- he just had an evaluation which he passed as "exceed" - which will result in a bonus- yah for him!!!

we have new neighbors- well almost- mom and dad have officially bought and started to build at the property in the pictures in the post previous to the one before this one. they are not completely moved out there yet- but they are working very on getting there.

gunner is growing like crazy- i probably say this in every post- but he is more fun all the time. he likes to sing in the car... and at home... i hear him sing this all the time "i'm a country boy, i have a 4 wheel drive, climb into my bed and i'll take you for a ride- in my big green tractor" yeah a combination of a couple of his favorites!!!!

me- hmm my hair is darker- i have a "new" (to me) car- my Christmas tree is up early for the first time in a long time- gunner had fun helping me decorate it this year :) my shopping is not done- i think jesse and i may try to take care of that this weekend- like we have a choice!!!

i guess that's pretty much it for now- have Merry Christmas, Happy New Year- and knowing me a great Valentines Day and St.Patricks Day too!!!!

Pic's by Aunt Katie (Bovee)

Kate took these at mom and dad's the other day- guess I'm done paying big money for pics- oh yeah I've never really done that anyway- but from here on out it'll be Katie taking our pictures- thanks Kate!!!!

A few pics

The above pictures are on mom and dad's (hopefully) new property. Gunner is prety tired in a few of these :)

Bovee kids and Gunner- mom was watching them while Andy, Jen, and Sydney where at the hospital in Saginaw.

hopefully these aren't something i've already posted...

have i lost anybody?

i know- i'm not very good at this- but if you go back to my very first post if think i warned that it could be like this- not to mention getting sucked in by facebook!



so i guess here is a person by person update:



Jesse- started a new job at Dow Corning on July 6th. it's training season for dogs- even though he hasn't gone yet- we went camping the first weekend it come in and he reminded me of it every time we seen a truck full of dogs.



Me- hmm my hair is really blonde (for now anyway)- i've parted with my (fake) nails. i think me dog is going to have to be put down, she's not doing too well.



Gunner- riding his bike without training wheels. spelling his name- it's cute- he says "GU NN ER- Gunner!" mom took him and jaden put-put golfing the other day- gunner's first time- he won with the highest score and jaden with the lowest score :) he has two chickens at G&G Staley's house- Peep and Pop- and he can tell their eggs apart (ones are darker than the other) aunt katie (bovee) took some cute pictures of him- i will get her to email them to me then post them when i can.



that's about it for now- if i come across any random pics that might be fun to look at i'll post those too- just not much time :)

Time to make time

sorry- sorry- it's been awhile i know!! just been busy. not too much is new with our family- other than our little g-man is 3 now!!!!! i guess the newest thing around us are two new calves (Jaden and Ethan)- yeah can you guess who named them?!?!?! the picture is of (grandpa) bob and gunner watching Jaden the first new one.

oh and the top picture is gunner's "handsome hair" - kind of his latest thing :)

Today would be a good day to be a what...?

i used to tell jaden 'today would be a good day to be a... duck (or kite- or whatever)' so one day he said to me 'aunt stephy what would today be a good day to be a what?'

so.....

Today (Wednesday) would be a good day to be a... kite.

The last few days and most of the weekend- would be a good day to be a... duck.

North of here a few days ago- would be a good day to be a... snowman!

anyway i think of that anytime we have some kind of weather that is somewhat extreme- and thought i would share it!

my mom is coming home tonight- i'm going with dad and katie to pick her up in motown around 10pm. i'm know she has had a good time visiting G&G Yeager, her friend Debbie in CA, and all of G&G's friends too- BUT i think she is ready to be home (aka- missing the boys mostly).

hmm well... the end...

Spoiled??? Nah!!!!!

Little Jesse???


He can reach the foot pegs but not the ground.


He was so happy!

The helmet as well as boots, pants, and chest protector come with it.

And so did the training wheels.

he had so much fun- as soon as we got home from picking the bike up (in Bad Axe) he wanted to ride down to grandpa and grandma's to show it off. so we did- jesse and i running next to him all the way- we got down there- NO ONE WAS HOME- we went to the basement to get warmed up then ran back home. on the way down gunner was a little unsure about the throttle (how to work it) but on the way home he had it down! you can control how fast it can go with a screw by the throttle grip- the guy we bought it from had it wide open for his older kids- and we found the screw is missing- so gunner a few times would take right off and jesse had to grab his coat to keep him from getting too far away- and let me tell ya- when you are on foot- that little bike can go a lot faster than you would think it could- so catching him was crucial! this is his birthday present- he doesn't really realize that yet- but i don't think it would do any good to tell him- he wouldn't get it anyway! on the way home from Bad Axe we told him he needed to go to sleep- he was wound! he did finally lay his head back and close his eyes- after a few minutes (just when we thought he was out) he turned his head around to see in the back of the truck so he could see his bike- never said a word- turned back and went to sleep- like he just wanted to make sure it was for real and that it was really back there!

~~FINALLY~~

finally what... ? finally a few things~ one the wedding has happened~ i don't want to say finally it's over because that sounds bad and don't mean it that way~ it went so well and we had so much fun all day~ jamie was a beautiful bride~ not that i had any doubts!!! oh and jim looked good too :) even with all the snow we got on saturday they had a great turn out at both the wedding and the reception~ the entire day played out perfectly! i survived my 6" light up heels! however i did not wear them all night~ in the morning it felt like i had~ and for the next 2 days after as a matter of fact~ but i wouldn't have not wore them. i don't have any pics to post yet~ when i do i get them right up!

and just as exciting to me~ FINALLY~ GUNNER IS USING THE POTTY~!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is only day 2 but he is doing so great with it! everyone says "it will just click one day and then they will do it" ~ well i do (now) believe that ~ however i also believe that a "push" helps too~ so with that said~ thank you to aunt marie for helping push on monday~ i have to believe that was what really did it~ since he "clicked" on tuesday morning :)

well for now that is all...

Not too much to talk about

it's been a while- but i'm not really sure i have anything new to talk about. ohhhh jesse's going to be 30, i guess that might be something to talk about :) no- no surprise parties- he's threaten to kill me if i did that- just dinner at my moms (tomorrow- on his b-day)- we had dinner at his moms yesterday, our SIL karen's b-day is also on Feb. 17th so yesterday was a shared birthday dinner. i got him a new pair of burly's (Alpha Sports- to be specific) and a belt. he hasn't gotten the belt yet but the boots come in on friday- i ordered them off of shoebuy.com yup- another good deal- $70 for what sells (if you could find them) for closer to $90. well so that's about it- the wedding is this weekend- so maybe next monday i will have more talk about.

Long Weekend

well this is a long weekend- hurray!! the plan is to play hockey tonight- jesse is doing something with sam tomorrow (i think)- and then maybe to midland with jamie to take care of some wedding stuff. saturday morning is her bridal shower- should be fun. if i remeber to take pictures i will post them- but don't hold your breath!!!! sunday is super bowl "party" at our house- i don't know that it's going to be much of a party- jim and jamie are coming over- that's our party :)

have a great weekend!!

Oh Allison!!

yes jesse and i have been living a lie- you caught us!!!!!

JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

our friends Jim Bailer and Jamie List are getting married Feb. 21st and we are both in the wedding. so starting this weekend things are going to be getting busy (bridal shower).

allison- i think you just want people to put your name on their blog- you know there are better ways to go about it :) :) :)

be watching mine it will be showing up more ;) are you wondering now- well you should be!!

Thanks!

thanks guys (girls) for letting me know you're out there :)

is anyone else really sick of this weather- the snow was pretty for a while- but now... not so much. i would really like some time away from snow and cold!!! mom is going to AZ the first week and a half of March- maybe i'll hide in her suitcase.

the only bad part about going to warm weather when it's cold at home is that you have to come back some time- and it's still going to be cold- never the less a break from all this would be great- maybe after the wedding is over i can talk jesse into a short vaca- pack gunner in the car and head for something fun.

any suggestions????

Ohhhhh

Hey look there is someone out there! Thanks mom for looking into us :)

Happy New Year!

Here are the much talked about "Tractor/Pond" pictures.

-Yes Jesse was on the tractor when it went through

-Yes he is OK

-Yes his mom did scream and call him an idiot before asking if he was OK

-No there is not any real damage to the tractor

-Yes he has been back out on the pond with the tractor

*****Just in case you don't know the story... Jesse was plowing the pond with the blade on the lawn mower (aka tractor- since it's a little heftier than your everyday mower). While by the edge (towards the shallow end) he broke through- too far to just drive out of- but not completely under either. He called his dad to come down and help him- with Jesse setting on the tractor (to steer) they started to pull it out with the truck- this caused the tractor to break through further and tip over! Yes with Jesse still on it- Jesse was pinned in the water- not for very long- but none the less he was wet- and cold- and now a little (more) pissed- this is when his mom yelled at him. I called my dad to come out and help- he brought Katie and Eric. Two jerk straps, a few pulls later and they eventually tipped the tractor upright- but then onto the other side- but then were able to pop it out of its hole. They got it back on its wheels and towed to the garage where it sat for several hours with the salamander (heater) blowing on it (thanks Jim for leaving your heater). *****

This was all happening while I was in the house taking down my fake Christmas tree- I knew he had broken through just a little bit and that Bob was helping him- but not until I heard Marcy scream (from out at the far (west) end of pond) did I know he had tipped in the water. She then come up to the house and told me to go out and help.... ????????? what was I going to do?! No she did not really expect me to do anything except go out for moral support- which I gladly did.

Thank you to Katie for taking these pictures with her phone- I knew if I would have taken them I might find myself at the bottom of that pond- if you know what I mean. But she somehow managed to pull it off without Jesse even noticing- or at least he didn't say anything.

She then sent them to me in a text. While on the way to the store for a little stress relief (chew and such), I of course had to send them on to Jim- who called ask me the story- hung up and called to give Jesse a hard time. When I walked back in the house I just heard a really loud THANKS- who else did you send them to? He really wasn't mad at me- it's just one of those things that you think- how did I... why did I... is it going to be ok...

So that my friends was our exciting New Years Eve event!

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