"Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own." -- Marguerite Kelly and Elia Parsons
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Butterfly Ball 2010
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Happy 4th Birthday Shelby and Avery
Shelby:
You are an amazing little girl... no matter what comes your way you go at it head on and you figure out YOUR way to get it done. These past 18 months have been a struggle for you but you are coming out/through stronger and braver and tougher than you were before. There is a reason you are so very strong willed... you need it and God knew that. We are so very thankful to get to be your family. Mommy, Daddy, Delainey, Avery and Brody love you more than you can ever fully know or understand. HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY SHELBY!!! WE LOVE YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH!!!
*I wasn't allowed to see the girls until late into the evening on 12/27 so this isn't a birthday picture*
Avery:
Sweet precious Avery... you started out in our family as being the 'trouble maker' with all the acid reflux, ear infections etc and now you are the one of the kiddos that requires the least amount of time or attention. It is far to easy for us to 'forget' when it is your turn or when its your time because you just want everyone to be happy. Your tender little heart is wounded far to easy but yet you still have that precious smile on your face. You are our little mommy making certain that everyone else is taken care of putting yourself last...You are such a strong and amazing little girl. You are our 'go with the flow' girlie and our family is so very lucky to have you in it. Mommy, Daddy, Delainey, Shelby and Brody love you so very much girlie girl...more than you know... HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY AVERY!!! WE LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The 12 Days of Sickmas
On the second day of sickmas my child gave to me, two splitting head aches and one case of the croup.
On the third day of sickmas my child gave to me, the joy of sharing germ, two splitting head aches and one case the of croup.
On the fourth day of sickmas my child gave to me, vomit in the hallway, the joy of sharing germs, two splitting head aches and one case of the croup.
On the fifth day of sickmas my children gave to me.... THE JOY OF BEING THEIR MOM, vomit in the hallway, the joy of sharing germs, two splitting head aches and one case of the croup.
On the sixth day of sickmas my children gave to me lovely gooey pink eye, THE JOY OF BEING THEIR MOM, vomit in the hallways, the joy of sharing germs, two splitting headaches and one case of the croup.
On the seventh day of sickmas my children gave to me coughs that sound like barking, lovely gooey pink eye, THE JOY OF BEING THEIR MOM, vomit in the hallways, the joy of sharing germs, two splitting headaches and one case of the croup.
On the eighth day of sickmas my children gave to me, fevers hotter than hades, lovely gooey pink eye, THE JOY OF BEING THEIR MOM, vomit in the hallways, the joy of sharing germs, two splitting head aches and one case of the croup.
On the ninth day of sickmas my children gave to me vomit in in MY bed, fevers hotter than hades, lovely gooey pink eye, THE JOY OF BEING THEIR MOM, vomit in the hallways, the joy of sharing germs, two splitting headaches, and one case of the croup.
On the tenth day of sickmas my children gave to me exhaustion that won't end, vomit in MY bed, fevers hotter than hades, lovely gooey pink eye, THE JOY OF BEING THEIR MOM, vomit in the hallways, the joy of sharing germ, two splitting head aches and one case of the croup.
On the eleventh day of sickmas my children gave to me icky nasty boogers, exhaustion that won't end, vomit in MY bed, fevers hotter than hades, lovely gooey pink eye, the JOY OF BEING THEIR MOM, vomit in the hallways, the joy of sharing germs, two splitting head aches and one case of the croup.
On the twelth day of sickmas my children gave to me all the same symptoms and no sleep in sight, icky nasty boogers, exhaustion that won't end, vomit in MY bed, fevers hotter than hades, lovely gooey pink eye, the JOY OF BEING THEIR MOM, vomit in the hallways, the joy of sharing germs, two splitting headaches, and one case of the croup.
* I hope that you enjoyed the song, because we certainly have not enjoyed being the subject of it... Please understand that our Christmas cards have now turned into New Year's Cards and we are hoping to be up and well soon....*
MERRY SICKMAS from the Krumwiede household
Monday, November 9, 2009
Ock a pock a posey....
Monday, October 6, 2008
Papa's Pumpkin Patch
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sesame Street Live 2008
We took the kids to see Sesame Street Live 2008 today at the Civic Center. EVERYONE had a blast...even my mom. The kids and us want to thank my mom for the wonderful time that we had as not only was it her idea to take the kids, but she also purchased everyones tickets...so THANK YOU MOM/GRANDMA!!!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Our backyard looks like a daycare...
Wow…that was A LOT of work!
We have finally made it so that our backyard was a fun place to play. I was able to take the time Friday during nap time to mow the back yard…I dang near needed to call up my friend who lives north of town to see if I could borrow her husband’s fancy lawn tractor to get that yard mowed. I mean seriously… I think the farmers in some counties may be jealous of the amount of ‘hay’ I was able to rake in.
Last night Chad sprayed the yard for bugs…supposedly this spray is supposed to keep the bugs out of the lawn/yard for up to 4 weeks. We shall see though….(although no one had any bug bites tonight).
So today we took the time to FINALLY set up the play set that my mom had purchased for the kids (they are even cheaper now at the local Wal-Mart). And since we were out there we also finally put together the Dora pirate ship that the girls Uncle Ryan (he is actually my cousin, but since we are both only children…oh never mind LOL) bought for Delainey like two years ago. We also set up the new smaller pool (the 36inch one was a bit scary for Shelby so we got a smaller one so that everyone could enjoy swimming) as well as brought out the rest of the yard toys.
As Chad was further into the back yard putting together the new dog run, he commented that our back yard looked like childhood had thrown up… LOL. He then expressed how his dad would have NEVER let their back yard look like that when they were kids. So in all the kids have plenty to do to keep them busy and to entertain them…I for one think that we still need another red cozy coupe car!!! LOL
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Krumwiede Cousin 2008

Here is a picture of the Krumwiede Cousins. We were able to be together for a few days last weekend. The five kids in the middle (well basically just not Delainey and Brody) are all 2 years old and were all born within 4 months of each other. Apparently the Krumwiede boys (meaning the dads) like to do things together, because we were all married within 8 months of each other in 2001-2002 :)
ETA: as you can see





