Mama Jo and the fam!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Trip to Kentucky...

I am WAY behind on my blog.... but since this serves as my journal too I am catching up the last several weeks. I have my posts scheduled to update one a day til I am current!!
SOOOOOOO....
Here is our trip to Kentucky in September:

Up Up and AWAY!!!.... Me, Mike, Trent, Kristin, Jaron and their kids made a little trip to Kentucky!

Not long after we arrived we HAD to go to our favorite place to eat.... The Woodshed... Can't ya tell we are excited!!!

Uncle Trent!!

Some of our food!... and not only did we clean our plates, but we had dessert too!!

YUM!!

So WHY did we take a trip to Kentucky?!?!?

To see Dustin and Aimees new additions to the family!!! Jackson Matthew Lewis ....

AND... Cinnamon the bunny. Mike held the bunny and the rest of us held the baby!

The cousins had a good time together!

The weather was great to be outside!

Pizza time!!

While Dustin and Aimee went on a date we all got to babysit!!

MORE fun times coming!!!... this post to be continued.....

Friday, September 17, 2010

Quick update

A quick update on life at our house... new grandson was born, trip to Kentucky for his blessing, Dustin back to Afghanistan, Brandon home from his mission, both boys speaking in church Sunday and Trent leaving in a very short time!!! I have LOTS of pictures to post this weekend! Wow... crazy fun times in our family... Life is good!!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

LAST emails from Brazil...

Here's the last three emails from Brazil... he'll be home on Thursday!!!

Hey family,

I still don´t know the time i will get home but next week i´ll tell you guys. But time is sure flying by and in no time trent will be leaving too. But everything is good here in jatai and we are still working hard until the end. For sure by next week i´ll have all the info for you guys. When is aimee going to have the baby? That´s about it for this week, no pics this time but see you all later. Elder Lewis

Oi família,

Wow, 1 more nephew! That´s way cool. The family keeps getting bigger and bigger. Pretty soon teresa will have her baby. This week we will be having a wedding and then the couple will be baptized on sunday. It will be awesome!! Wow time sure does fly by, i have my homecoming talk now. This part of the mision is a bitter sweet time. A part of you wants to stay here forever, but i know that i have to go home and continue on my life´s course. But it will be cool to see you all again. Trent will love brasil, this is a great place. I just have to keep working hard until the last day and make the best of my time here. That´s about it for this week. Yes i did get the package. See you all later. Elder Lewis

Hey everyone,

Hows everyone doing? I´m really busy this morning and i have to finish packing my bags and i´m headed off to goiania in a little bit. Tommorrow we have a farwell meeting with president and then the next day we´ll all go home. Time sure does fly by, it doesn´t fell like i´ve been here for 2 years, feels like yesterday when i entered the mtc. But now i´m off to the next stage in life and i think that the church should build an after mission training center. It wierd to think about normal worldly things like sports,tv,xbox,playstation,cars, and other things like that. But i will never forget this time on the mission and the experiences that i had that only a mission could offer. But i have to go and i´ll see you all in a few days. Tchão, Elder Lewis

Monday, September 6, 2010

Weekend...

So what have we been doing this Labor Day Weekend?!?!?.... Changing the "boys" room to a room more suited for young "men"!!
I didn't take a real BEFORE picture... it would have been too scarey... but here it is so far:

There was a LOT of prep work that started earlier in the week... We had to go through stuff and pack up the room and then Mike started demo-ing (is that a word?). Here is Mike taking a much needed chocolate shake break (and telling me DON'T take this picture and put it on your blog.... but all I heard was blah blah blah!)

Mike ripped out all the moulding and flooring. AND this was the last white room in the house! Now it is a lovely and manly bedroom beige color!

Out went the yucky carpet...

then down went this layer...

then the professional floor installers went to work... they finished the floor in no time!

This is how it looks this morning! Just a little more work and we can start moving everything back in this afternoon!!! I LIKE Labor Day Weekend projects!