WCYF 2013 Part 1

We had one busy weekend! Friday we went to the ELKS Lodge for supper. They had yummy rib-eye steaks, baked potatoes, and green beans. I ate so much but it was very good!! We had a great time visiting with everyone and finally headed home about 10. Early Saturday morning like 6:00am both Jonathan and Jacob left and headed out to deer camp with Brad and the boys. A bunch of the guys from camp went to go deliver their 'new' toy, a Maintainer! Rheanna and I woke up around 8:30, we both got to sleep in a little late!! Thank goodness! We started cleaning house and tried to get everything in order for the following week. Since it is Fair time we will be there 90% of the time. We finally got done and then went to go get groceries. Once we got back Rheanna put up the groceries so I could jump in the shower before we had to head out and get Shelby ready for the Jr. Miss Pageant. We got the Shelby's house about 1:00 and started doing her hair and make-up! We got a little behind but still made it out to the Fair for her interview at 3:00. The Jr. Miss Pageant started at 6:00pm. Shelby did a great job and we were very proud of her!!

Shelby answering her on-stage question

Shelby and Rhea

Rheanna showed her Broilers on Sunday. We did not use the same feed as last year and the weather was so chaotic this year that we knew right away our birds were not going to do well. But Jonathan still tried to keep our hopes up. The morning of the show Rheanna went to go check on her birds and 1 of her good birds had died. This only made matters worse but we still tried to keep calm and not let Rhea see the frustration we had. We got to the Fair and checked in our birds. First was the Roaster Show and then the Broilers Show. We were called into the first class which wasn't a good sign. :( This is the lower end of the birds. We placed at the bottom and Rheanna was devastated! She had worked hard and got up every morning and evening to do her birds. The only other thing she could do was place in Showmanship. We told her she knew everything about her birds since she was the one who took care of them and it was all up to her now to show the Judge just how hard she worked. Remember to smile, talk loud, make eye contact, don't fidget, and be confident are the things we told her as she entered the ring again for Showmanship. As the Judge went down the line talking to each individual kids I anxiously awaited until he got to Rhea. I probably looked like a crazy Mom standing on the bleachers to see her and smiling really big so she could see me and not forget to smile!! But apparently it worked and she placed 3rd in Showmanship and received a super nice blanket! That just made her day and we couldn't have been more proud of her! As far as the actual Broilers themselves, well better luck next year!!

Rhea with 1 of her Broilers

In the ring waiting to show her Broiler

Jonathan, Rhea, and SoSo. J & R have the same pose in this pic! Too funny!

Rhea with her 3rd place Showmanship blanket! So happy!

28 Weeks and Growing...

So Monday I had my glucose test. I got to the doctors office at 8:00, I was then sent to the lab to drink a nice little orange drink, which by the way was not bad at all! Everyone states just how yucky these drinks are but it really didn't taste too bad. It was very sweet but did leave aftertaste that wasn't too pleasant. Once I drank the juice the ladies told me to come back in an hour. So I had an hour to waste. I didn't want to sit at the doc office just waiting, so I made to a quick trip to the local Wal-Mart. I figured I could get some walking done while there and check out some baby items and do some price checks. After walking around Wal-Mart as long as I could I headed back to the clinic. They drew blood in both arms! Ouch! Afterwards I headed in to see my doc. He checked the heartbeat which is still a strong beat of 155! And he felt around on my tummy to make sure I was growing and so was the baby. "Yep!" he said, "You are definitely growing, already up to your ribs! The baby is still head up which is not a big deal he still has plenty of time to turn down. And right now he is probably doing a lot of moving around anyways." The doc's office called me the following day and said I passed my glucose test but needed to take an additional iron pill.
Jonathan wasn't able to go with me to this appt. which was fine, he has been to every other appt. My next appt. is April 29th. This is when the doc said we will find out exactly how big the baby is and he will be categorized as a small or big baby, etc. Then after this appt. I will go to see him every other week until the baby is born! Getting close! I am really excited for our next appt. I can't wait to see Parker! I am really hoping to get a profile pic this time! I think he is going to be a 'big' baby! But only time will tell! We have also opted out of getting a 3D Ultrasound done. Jonathan said since we already know its a boy it should be a surprise as to what he looks like! I am totally down with that!

28 weeks and 4 days!

Uncle Mikey's 21st Birthday!

Last Friday April 5th 2013 Michael Orsak Jr. turned 21!! Yes, you read it right! 21! Who would have thought?! Any who, Mikey called us and said that we were all going to meet at Los Cucos and have supper together for his Birthday! That sounded mighty good to me! We all met up at Los Cucos at 7:00 and of course everyone else was already there when we got there, Mom, Dad, Mikey, Patricia, and Patricia's parents. We had a great meal and all the guys had the drinks flowing. Yum! Sure wish I could of had one! LOL! Of course we had to tell the waitstaff it was his birthday! We had a nice evening with great food and laughs! Happy Birthday Uncle Mikey!!

Someones embarrassed!

Gotcha!

Rhea, So, & Jake

Patricia got in on the fun too!

Rhea didn't want to be left out either!

Silly Mo and Jake!

Overall I think Mikey really enjoyed his Birthday! Happy Birthday Uncle Mikey! Your no longer So & Mo's baby boy!

Jake's humor will have you rolling...

So, we all know how Jacob is and what a character he can be sometimes I mean, all the time!! He keeps us laughing and sometimes to the point of crying. I have been writing down every time he really cracks us up, so I could write one big post. So here we go....

One night, after supper, the kids cleaned up and came to the living room to watch some TV. I was relaxing in my recliner and Jonathan was on the couch. Jacob came into the living room dancing around and acting silly/weird. I looked over at Jonathan and said, "You mean to tell me we are having another one of those..." Jacob stopped and said very calmly, "Hey, he may not be exactly like me, he might be smart!" We died with laughter and couldn't stop! The things that come out of his mouth are priceless! On the other hand I don't know why would say something like that since we tell him how great he is doing in school and praise him all the time for his good work. Oh the things he says....

When the Easter egg hunt was wrapping up at Grandma Drapelas the boys, Jonathan and Jacob, left with Uncle Billy and headed to Deer Camp to just get away for a while. When they returned home Jonathan had plenty of stories to tell me. First he pulled out this long stick that looked like a giant hook. He said Jacob had found it on the ground and said, "Look its a show stick!" Jonathan asked, "What? What is a show stick?" Jacob responded saying, "You know a show stick," picking up the stick and referencing it to look like he was yanking on something he said, "You know a 'get out of the show' stick!" I just laughed and laughed!

Next Jonathan told me that when they pulled up to camp there were quite a few trees that were dead and starting to fall over. So when they went for a ride in the Jeep they came across a giant tree that had fell over in the road and Jonathan barely made it through all the limbs. Jacob said, "Woo, this is a dangerous back way with all these trees, thank goodness we have Life Alert!" Jonathan looked at him and said, "Do what? We don't have Life Alert." Jacob replied, "Yes, we do! You are old and we have Life Alert! Thank goodness if we get lost we can just push a button and they will come get us."  Seriously, where does he come up with this stuff!! (Just in case you are wondering how he knows about the Life Alert thing, the other day I found a video that had been posted to Facebook of an older lady just dancing her heart out. I showed Jonathan and the kids wanted to watch too. The older lady had a Life Alert button hanging from her neck, so he must have picked it up from that.)

This is just a few of the examples of what living with Jacob is like. At the least he keeps us on our toes! I can't imagine what it is going to be like in a few years when Parker is old enough to talk. I can't wait!!

The lovely Jake!!

Easter Fun

This year for Easter was a busy one! This year I called everyone from Jonathan's side of the family to do an Easter get together at our house. It turned out better than we could have imagined! Everyone had lots of fun including the kids and the lunch was pretty tasty, if I might say so myself. I had seasoned a pork roast earlier in the week and Saturday morning I woke up extra earlier and left the house by 6:45 to take it to my parents house and put it on their BBQ pit. (My dad has a great pit where the fire is low to the ground and it just cooks so much better than ours.) So Saturday morning I spent most of my time with my Dad. It was nice to spend some much needed father daughter time with him. But it was short lived since I had to get back to the house and finish cooking the potatoes, sweet corn, BBQ sauce, and gravy. Everyone arrived at our house at 12. And about 12:20 we said the blessing, got a plate, and we headed outside to eat. It was such a beautiful day I didn't want to waste a single minute of it inside! After we finished eating, the kids started playing so this gave me the perfect opportunity to go hide the Easter eggs in the front yard! Then the real fun happened when I lined the kids up, counted to 3, and off they went, finding lots and lots of Easter eggs! We all enjoyed visiting on the front porch for a little while longer and then everyone headed home to take a much needed nap! We really enjoyed all the company and plan to do it again next year!

Ready, Set, Go!

Jacob finding 'em in the flowerbeds

The boys

Everyone on the front porch helping look for eggs!

Shawn checking on his candy

Rhea and Jake sorting through their eggs.

Once everyone left we cleaned up from lunch and headed over to Dawns house. The whole gang was over there and we visited for a while before their big Easter egg hunt started. There was lots of kiddos who did the hunt! Afterwards I had the kids eat really quick and then we had to leave. I know the kids and Jonathan really wanted to stay longer and so did I, but my Aunt Debbie was getting confirmed this same night at the Easter Vigil Mass and I really wanted to attend. So we headed out and they dropped me off at Church before they headed home. Although I didn't get home til 10:45pm the mass was beautiful and I was glad I could be there for Debbie.

Sunday morning I woke everyone up early and we all got dressed and headed to 7am Mass. Boy was it packed! Luckily they brought me a chair to sit on so I didn't have to stand the whole Mass. After Mass we stopped by Jack-n-Box to pick up some breakfast and I snapped this shot of us while waiting in line.

After Church getting some breakfast.

Next we headed to Grandma Drapelas Easter. This is always a highlight for the kids and us. We enjoy getting to see all the cousins, aunts, and uncles and eat some great food. There is always so much for the kids to do over there and too many kids to count to play with! The Easter egg hunt at Grandma Drapelas is always a big one! They have lots of great prizes in the eggs as well. Jacob racked up this year on money, $14. Rheanna had to be in the 'big' kid hunt this year but also racked in $5.00 and $5.00 worth of Lotto tickets.

Rhea in the big kid group

Jacob in the middle group

McKenlie, Jacob, and Jake getting all the eggs they can!

The big kid group

Daddy helping Jacob

Rheanna

The family, excuse the big belly Parker has been growing like a weed lately!

Rolling in the money!

All their eggs!

Overall we had a great Easter weekend! I was one tired Momma after getting up early all weekend long but anything to make my family happy and to have lots of great memories! Until next time.....God Bless!