Bomma's Funeral

Kelsie, Kristin, Sharon
Debbie, Brooke, Kammi
Sharon, Karen, Debbie
L toR:  Donna, Pam, Bryan, Karen, Sandi, Sharon, Debbie, Kristin, Kammi, Dad, Mom 

(in order of age for the kids)
Uncle Tom, Mom, Janet, Bob (Bomma's kids)


Kids taking flowers to remember Bomma
Pallbearers:  Front - Jesse, Tom, Bob, Bobby

This week we went to Bomma's funeral.  Bomma is the name I gave my maternal grandmother and it stuck.  We all loved Bomma very much and were sad to see her go, but happy to know that she would be reunited with loved ones that passed on before her.  I look forward to the day that I can be reunited with Bomma and Papa.  We did enjoy seeing aunts, uncles, and cousins that we hadn't seen in years.  What a blessing to be part of such a wonderful eternal family!

Annie

I love this picture of Kelsie as Annie.  We were so proud!

Kelsie as Annie with Daddy Warbucks

Annie and Sandy

Annie with President Roosevelt (Dillon)

President Roosevelt and secret service

Kelsie as Annie with Daddy Warbucks (Brian)

Dillon as Bert Healy the announcer

Dillon in the dancing Production Number

Kelsie as Annie with Grace and Daddy Warbucks

Kelsie as Annie with Ms. Hannigan

This is Dillon as Michael the servant on the left, and Kelsie as Annie on the right.

Dillon as the Apple Seller

Kelsie as Annie with Sandy the dog.

Kelsie as Annie - becoming quite the vocalist.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, you're only a day away!

Beauty and the Beast -CHS

Brooke was in Columbine High School's production of Beauty and the Beast.  She had so much fun being a villager and the whisk.  We enjoyed watching it and seeing what a great job the kids did.  We are friends with Belle, Hailey Beutler, and so it was really fun to watch how amazing she was on stage.

Rockin' Out!

Cade rockin' out!

Dillon burning it up!

My cute little guitar hero boys wanted mohawks for CRAZY HAIR DAY at school.  So I agreed to cut the sides short for a day and spike the middle.  I don't know if these pictures are good enough for you to see their crazy hair, but they thought it was awesome.  The next day, after school it was gone.  They were cute and excited about it.

Can You Pour Water Sideways?

Dillon won first place in his 4th grade division of the Science Fair.  Yea Dillon!  Not bad for putting it together in one hour the night before (yea, Mom!)  And yes, you can pour water sideways using a physics concept called cohesion. . .try it!  As a side note, Dillon also participated in the school's spelling bee two days later.  He was the only 4th grader that qualified and so he competed against 5th and 6th graders.  He made it to the 4th round and beat out half of the older kids!!  Way to go!!

New Year's Eve 08-09

Cade, Cale, Paige, and Carli had so much fun blowing horns to celebrate the New Year!  It was a blast having a quiet New Years Eve and celebrating with Matt & Debbie, Sharon & Spencer (and kids), Kristin,  & Forrest.  We had dinner, and SNACKS and more SNACKS, and games and lots of noise makers!

Christmas Morning 2008

Kelsie and Brooke were all about Twilight and electric blankets!

Santa brought Cade a video rocker chair and an xBox game

Dillon was a very good boy and so Santa brought him the electric guitar 

that he'd had on his Christmas list since July!  Now he needs lessons.

Paige was happy with the puppy stroller set she got from Santa, but especially liked the candy and nuts!  She wasn't too excited about Santa before Christmas, but decided Christmas morning that he was okay.

Here is the cute bunch anticipating finding out what Santa brought the good Mercer kids!

We were very blessed to have many nice gifts under our tree thanks to the generosity of many family members.  We were grateful for each one!  Thank you!