Spring is here

Wow I didn't realize how long it has been since my last post. The day after my last post I ended up becoming a victim of the economy cut backs and lost my job. I am currently at home with my girls and loving every minute of it.
Alli is still taking riding lessons and doing fantastic. I will post more pictures when i get them downloaded. She just had spring break and is finishing up her school year.
Miss Brooke just had her 3rd birthday March 21st. We had a beautiful day for her party and she had a blast. Her ladybug party was a hit.
Mike and I are doing great. He has been very busy the past few weeks. They had a major bust last week. Almost 1100 lbs of marijuana!! Pretty impressive. He also went fishing with his dad a brother and caught some pretty nice fish. I am sure most of you have already seen the pictures.
Getting ready to do some work on the house in the next week. Carpet is coming out and Hardwood floors are going to be refinished. Very excited about this.
Getting ready for a beautiful Easter weekend. Hope everyone has a great holiday.

Happy New Year

Hello everyone,

Sorry it has been a little bit since my last post. I hope everyone had a great NewYear's and it has started out with a bang. We had a great time hangin out with family and friends.

We had a little bit of snow for the kids to play in this month. It was cold but they loved it.

Brooke also got to meet her new cousin for the first time. She had a nasty cold when Ellie was born so she had to wait. Of course she didn't want to put her down or leave her side once she was there.

Alli was able to take her first riding lesson this past week and she did awesome. She was really a big girl even though she looks so small up there. She loved it and wants to go back everyday.

All in all the new year is treating us well.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope every had a great Christmas, I know we did. It sure was busy though.

We are proud to announce that Mike and I have a new niece as of Dec. 21st. Her name is Ellie Suzann. She weighed 8lbs, 3oz. She is beautiful and looks just like Katelyn did when she was born. Jenni and the baby are doing well. It was a great christmas present for the Bishop family.

More baby news...I can now announce that my brother and his wife are expecting their second child at the beginning of Aug. We are very excited about this. Little Amelia is going to be a great big sister (as long as grandma doesn't hold the new baby...lol)

Christmas was great. The girls received so many new toys. Brooke is in heaven with all the new babies and accessories she has now. Alli got new items for her horse room and she also got riding lessons from Santa. We were able to start them this week due to the cold. Hopefully in the next couple weeks though. I will have to post some pictures soon.

Hope everyone has a safe and Happy New year.

Talk to ya in 2010.

Kelly

It certainly has been awhile since my last post. We have been very busy around our house. We had a great Thanksgiving. This past week we celebrated our 5th anniversary. We mad it to the first big milestone I guess. We did actually go out this year. With Alli's birthday the same day we have kind of put it off and made over her but this year we went out. We just went to the Olive Garden and then had some drinks. It was relaxing and a good time. The next week we had Miss Alli's big 4th birthday horse party. On her birthday (11th) we took her to lunch and to see the Princess and the Frog. It was a very cute movie. Sat we had her party at my mom and dad's. We had horses everywhere. She was super excited and I think everyone had a good time. We are now gearing up for the next two weeks of chaos.

Mike and I will have a new niece or nephew no later than the 21st. Mike's brother Matt and his wife are expecting their third child this week. If the baby isn't here by the 21st the Dr will induce. So a wonderful little Christmas present for all the Bishop's is on it's way.

Alli received her first report card from school last month and she did very well. We have her first Christmas program on Friday.

Brooke is now talking up a storm and still loving the baby dolls. She will sit and talk to them for hours.

Nothing else really to report. I will write again after Christmas and let you all know about the good news.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Alli's surgery

Well Alli made it through surgery with flying colors. She hasn't been complaining of pain that much until today. Perfectly normal and we expected it to start getting bad the 3rd or 4th day. The real problem we are having right now is that she cannot sleep. She is so tired but her body will just not shut down. We thought it was from the medicine but the dr seems to think it is from the pain.
We have about 7 more days til she starts feeling better. At least that is what the dr is telling us.

Thanks for all the prayers everyone

What a week

Well the festival has ended and I have to say even with all the rain this week it was a great week. Our little Quack Pac won the Pet Parade. It was a lot of fun. The girls are so proud of their metals. We are thinking of ideas for next year now.

My mom did her first half marathon yesterday. She did great. She walked and finished it in 3:14. I am so proud of her. we are trianing for another one that the proceeds go to the American Diabetes Association. It is April 11, 2010. Hopefully my dr will clear me and I will be able to start training as well.

Hunter has now been on 4 billboards around town. he is on the far right. (Mike has only been on one)

Alli surgery is tomorrow. i am sure everything is going to go well but we will let everyone know for sure.

Alli Boo Update

Hello everyone,

Well the Fall Festival has kicked off and has been going strong. Yesterday was disappointing for the kids with special needs. Due to the rain the Nut Club has to cancel the special needs day. The nut club did take prizes and cotton candy to the schools that afternoon though which I am sure the kids enjoyed.

My girls, along with my niece and some of my brother's friend's kiddos are going to be in the pet parade on Sat. I am very excited to share pictures of that day. I think everything will be so cute. The name of our float is the "Quack Pack"

We took Alli to the ENT yesterday. We have been having some issues with her throat. Dr. Finch took one look at her throat and said that her tonsils were nasty and very large and needed to come out. She said they couldn't wait to get them out, so Alli is scheduled for surgery next Tues. the 13th. I think that she will do just fine. The surgery is only about 30 mins. Dr. Finch said she would be down about 8-10 days and i just laughed. i will believe it when I see it.

Brooke is hanging in there. Not sick so far. Her nose is healing just fine. She is getting a little bossy right now. She won two fish at the festival the other day. Alli won one too. So we will see how long our 3 additions survive.

Well, I will update on Sat after the parade and certainly after Alli's surgery.

Happy Fall everyone.