hhmm.

Wow. I didn't do a single post in August.

I don't have much time to post at the moment, just wanted to let you know that I'm alive.
I guess.

School started last week.
I have pretty good teachers, which I'm thankful for.

I'm really not as overwhelmed as I thought I'd be(at the moment), but I know it's coming... it's only the second week and I haven't had any test's or anything yet.

I'm really busy with stuff besides school, which makes it hard to get the homework done. I guess I'll get used to this 6hr of sleep thing each night.

Or, I MIGHT just have to cut down my social life. Yeah, that's something that is a pretty high priority at the moment. :)

So yea. I can't promise you many posts, but you never know, I might surprise you every once in a while. :)

Love you all!

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So... here is a picture of Luke & Heidi at their rehearsal dinner.


Click on it/enlarge it... look at what they're wearing...








THENNN... look at this picture!








Haha, see a difference?


In Kansas, Luke & I both came down for church, and I realized that we were wearing exactly what Hyde & Luke wore to their rehearsal dinner.



Yay for hand me downs from my older sister. :)

Remembering Grandma

One year ago today, Grandma went to her heavenly home. Although I(and the whole family) miss her greatly, we could never wish her back.

"There will be a day..." and I can't wait for that day!

LOVE YOU, GRANDMA!

A week on a farm

Wow, I really can't believe it's been over a month since I've written. I had to quick post this month so I could have a least one post for the month of July in my archives! :)


As most of you probably know, I went to Bern, Kansas a week after I got back from Mexico to stay with my cousin, Jill & Larry and their 4 kids. It was a very enjoyable week, and I just loved watching Jill react to her 100% country kids. :)


Jill & I

We worked a lot in the 6 days I was there, but one thing we never stopped doing was talking! We never ran out of things to talk about, either. I loved it! :)

Their darling family.

Heidi & Luke & Katie came out for the weekend for a wedding. It was so fun to have them there!

Me and the 4 kiddos. Kyle-11, Trenton-9, Brenna-6 & Kayla-3
(I hope I got those ages right?)

One of the things we did was snip beans. A LOT of beans. As we were snipping on the picnic table outside, I took this picture. It turned out pretty good with the tractor, so I used it for 4-H and I got a Superior on it! Yay for easy/cool still life photos. :)

Jill & Kayla, working on our 16 quarts of beans for the day.

Making the chocolate chip cookie batch we managed to eat in just a few days!

Kayla Rose

One afternoon, as I was cleaning up the dishes from lunch, I saw from the window,Trenton pulling his calf across the lawn. It was so cute!

Then Kyle brought his calf too (after trampling over the lilies in the picture). They were training them for 4-H, and here they are washing them up, with the girls "helping" them. It was very entertaining!

Kayla, ready to go swimming, and looking pretty stylish. ;)

Brenna & Kayla

The pool was a bit green, but hey, the kids had fun.

We also got to do applesauce while I was there. They do it in the garage though, which was super nice to not have the mess in the house!

Larry pressing cherries and making juice.

The weekend guests(H&L and Katie) arrived late Friday night. Saturday morning, we took Katie into the little town of Bern so she could go sightseeing. :)

While we were playing around on their huge playground(seriously! It's their pride and joy in that town), a tractor cruise came thru town. It was so cute!

Saturday afternoon, the boys were working on their calves again. They're a bit stubborn.

Saturday night was a singing, and then we went to Bern's fireworks. They were super impressive for such a little town! We stayed up pretty late, hanging out, eating, & talking.

On Sunday, we went to the wedding reception right after church, but headed home pretty much right away. It was just Heidi & Luke and I.... very nice and quiet. :)

It was a fun week, and I just love the gravel roads and the hills of Kansas.

Thanks, Jill & Larry, for having me and dealing with me all week! :)

I'm Off!

Well, tomorrow morning I begin part 1 of my summer traveling. :)

I'm spending a week in Wisconsin with some of the Pfaff family. It's always so relaxing and fun, full of: Fishing, water skiing/wakeboarding, long walks, food, shopping, sun, etc. etc.
I just love to fish... I sure hope it's better than it was last year.


Then, Micah & I come home a day early by ourselves, and we leave for Mexico the next day at 4:30am. It's been a little crazy trying to be packed for both trips before I leave. I'm very excited but maybe a tad bit nervous about MX. :) But, I know it will be an aamaazing trip and I can't wait to experience it! I've been down there before, but just to stay with U. Bill & A. Joan... it wasn't a work team. The dorms will be different/interesting for me! :)

So, no blogging for a couple weeks. I'm kind of looking forward to two weeks without a computer/internet. I could have it in Wisconsin if I wanted to, but I really do enjoy the time away from it! It's good for me.

I'm sure I'll have pictures to show and stories to tell when I get back! Check back in a couple weeks! :)

Lynette's Birthday

Happy Birthday to Lynette! Her birthday was Wednesday.

(sorry, this picture is a little blury, but it was fun... I had to post it! :)

Love your kiddos, Lenny... but I also love being with YOU, too. :-)

Hope you had a good day, and sorry you had to deal with our computer on your birthday!

Mr. Wyatt

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to "Wyatt Levi Leman!"

Hope you had a fun 3rd birthday!






Wyatt(along with Wade-o) is such a joy to babysit. Even though he's a bit ornery, he is still waay too cute and sweet. :)

Love you, little buddy!

Yep, I'm happy. :)

Right now I'm babysitting Wyatt and Wade. In case you were wondering, they're down for their naps at the moment. :) But it was so cute at lunch today:

Wade: "Wendi, Happy!"
Wyatt: "Yeah! Because you're following JESUS!"

Soo cute. And True. :)


Tuesday night I gave my heart to the Lord and started repenting. It was certainly not an easy thing to do, but wow, I feel so peaceful and joyful about it now. :)
I'm so excited to see what happens in my journey with Him, but I know it won't always be easy.

Thanks to everyone for all your prayers and also the LOVE you've showed to me.
It really means a lot to me.

Love to all,
Wendi