Suhr Family

Oliver's new hiding place

2009-08-23T20:23:00.002-05:00

He's hiding under the reclining part of the couch. Josh was doing something that scared him and before I knew it he was laying under there. It was funny.

Taylor's Birthday

2009-08-23T20:08:00.003-05:00

(I had the picture rotated before I downloaded it, but it downloaded sideways. I can't figure out how to do it.)

He got a new 20 G shot gun for hunting pheasants this fall with his dad. He passed hunter safety class on Friday and has been telling me everything he needs to do. I think he really paid attention. Josh also made him a prime rib dinner with king crab legs. Kaitie made him a chocolate chip cookie cake and decorated it all by herself. She did a great job. We put relight candles on and he couldn't figure out what was going on. Some of the candles relit like 5 times, it was hilarious. we finally let him in on the joke. All in all I think he had a fun day and now I have a whole year to prepare myself for a teenager next year!!

Kaitie's room

2009-08-23T20:02:00.004-05:00

This summer we have been busy painting the house. Here are the colors Kaitie picked out for her room. It's bright! The colors, neon green and blue

2009-08-23T19:58:00.003-05:00

Taylor getting on the bus for his first day of middle school.....yes, that's right my baby is in 6th grade and is in middle school. He gets on the bus at 7:27 am every day and gets home at 4 pm. So far I think he is enjoying middle school.

SWIM BIKE RUN

2009-06-14T22:43:00.010-05:00

I now have a triathlete living in my home! Today Kaitie participated in the first ever kids triathalon here in SF. She did great!! although she didn't really rnjoy the swimming part though. She is much stronger at running and biking this is her waiting in line to get started.

had to get all the gear on for the biking part

starting the running
finally the finish line!

This is Jared Shoemaker. He is #1 triathelete in the USA and #6 in the world. He did the triathelon at the Bejing olympics

I'm not sure if she will do it again anytime soon, unless she can practice the swimming part. that is the part that wore her out. I guess we need to get access to a pool..hummmm maybe the next project for the back yard? or a membership to the wellness center with the olympic size pool would be better.

Girls on the Run

2009-05-16T11:50:00.003-05:00

Kaitie is in "Girls on the Run" a program to help girls live healthy lives, et have a good time while exercising. This is the second year she has participated. She is finishing her 5K run. She ran it in 32 min and 27 sec. Pretty good, better than I can do.

2009-05-08T18:27:00.002-05:00

Taylor needed black dress pants for his play coming up soon. I ended up getting him a suit intead it was only 10 bucks more. He really likes it, this is a picture of him right when he got home from school. I think he likes it.

remodeling

2009-04-14T16:35:00.004-05:00

Dressing up

2009-03-04T21:01:00.002-06:00

It's dress like your dad day at school, I think Taylor is a spittin' image!!

Pinewood derby

2009-03-04T20:57:00.003-06:00

It's time for Pine Wood Durby again. This is Taylor's last year to participate. He is using the Dremal, he us using my sunglasses as saftey goggles.

The Cruise

2009-03-04T20:32:00.013-06:00

We left Cozumel after being there for about 8 hours. It was a perfect amount of time. We had a good time. Ate at a resturant, that was awsome.

Our next port stop was Cozumel Mexico, where we made it to Mr. Sancho's beach. It was pretty relaxing. I used 30 sun block, and it worked, I didn't even get any color. I was bummed. oh well, I guess I didn't burned and be miserable for the rest of the vacation. This pic is a bunch of Frito Lay employees and their spouses.

We ate key lime pie at the key lime pie factory that was featured on the food network. it was an awsome piece of pie. You could even get a piece on a stick dipped in chocolate.

Our first port was in Key West, We only did some suvonier shopping there, didn't get the chance to get to a beach or anything. We ported on a navy base, so we had to show our ID's to get back on base, it took forever to get the whole shuttle to get through.

Here is our room it was pretty small, and we were on the very bottom of the ship. It was probably a good thing, because there wasn't much for motion down there.

It started off before we left port that some of the top guys from Frito Lay came from Dallas to congratulate the midwest region on their accomplisments of winning the Herman Lay award. This is a pic with Randy Melville the VP of Frito Lay. He was such a nice guy and offered a lot of advice to the guys. He even thanked all of the spouses for all the support we show to our Frito Lay employees.

Back to Life

2009-01-14T16:33:00.003-06:00

Now that my Semester break and Christmas break are done, I have to start back to school once again starting tomorrow. I should be getting things all in order instead of updating my blog, which I could have done yesterday. I still have to go get my millions of books for the nursing program! I actually can't wait to get started and start learning new things about the nursing field. I only have three semesters left and I will be a full fledged RN (Reject Nurse)!!!!I can see the light.

After Christmas Celebration!

2009-01-14T16:25:00.003-06:00

Even the adults got in some play time at the Guitar Hero!! That was a blast to play. I'm glad that Austin and Patti brought it with them.
Holden I don't think really cared about opening his gifts as this was a toy already at Grandpa Toms!!

Doesn't Taylor look happy with all those Reeses?!!!! He got all these from his Aunt Krissy!! I don't think he could have gotten a better gift.

Playing after the presants are opened!!

2009-01-14T16:21:00.004-06:00

We got a Wii from Santa. Got a pic of Josh playing and the kids watching him, They look so enthused don't they?

Christmas still

2009-01-14T16:15:00.002-06:00

Taylor and Kaitlyn wanted to do the decorating this year of the Christmas tree, so I let them, I think they did a great job.

Christmas

2009-01-14T16:11:00.005-06:00

Josh arranged for Chester Cheetah to vistit the sick kids at one of the local hospitals here is Sioux Falls. Taylor and Kaitlyn also helped pass out the chester cheetah stuffed animals to the kids. Chester also gave the nurses a bag of Cheetos for all their hard work!

Christmas

2009-01-14T16:11:00.001-06:00

Christmas Band Concert

2009-01-14T14:54:00.004-06:00

Taylor had his first Christmas band concert. Here you can hear for yourself!!

Taylor's Christmas Concert

2008-12-26T14:21:00.001-06:00

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2008-12-16T22:27:00.010-06:00

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2008-12-07T20:00:00.001-06:00

Kaitie's basketball game

2008-12-07T19:25:00.007-06:00

Yesterday, Kaitie had two games for a tournament. They won them both and scored in both of them. Here is a video of one of her shots.

Christmas

2008-12-03T16:46:00.003-06:00

Taylor and Kaitlyn are such big helpers. They did all the decorating. They didn't want my help. I think they did a wonderful job.

Halloween

2008-11-13T20:13:00.004-06:00

Here is Oliver he dressed up as Pepe the skunk!!

These are pictures of Taylor and Kaitie's pumkins they carved all by themselves. Kaitie's is on the left and Taylor's is the right one.

Kaitie is peaced out!!! Taylor wouldn't pose for me.(pre-teens!!!) He was a warrior from Narnia. Just imagine it.

Taylor the trumpeter

2008-10-26T22:28:00.003-05:00

Taylor had his first concert and it lasted 15 minutes, and they played 3 songs. Mary has a little lamb, hot cross buns, and row row row your boat

8 Things about me.

2008-10-19T21:16:00.002-05:00

1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Answer the six "8" items
3. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving them a comment

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1- House
2- Prison Break
3- Days
4- 24
5- Kitchen Nightmares
6- 2 1/2 Men
7- CSI Miami
8- CSI

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1- 1 load of Laundry
2- Went to Kaitie's flag football game
3- Babysat
4- Went to Walmart
5- Taled to Dad on the phone
6- made homeade chips
7- wash my tomatoes
8- picked up my house and vacuumed

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1- Being with friends and family
2- seeing my family after I get home
3- Christmas
4- Monday when all the kids are back to school
5- Vacations
6- helping with the fall festival
7- Payday
8- going to church

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1- Fuddruckers
2- Spezia's Italian
3- Ruby Tuesdays
4- Any mexican restaurant
5- Applebees
6- Panera Bread
7- Red Lobster
8- Outback

8 Things On My Wish List:
1- My Degree I want
2- Taylor to go on a Mission
3- To have a bigger foyer
4- That my kids will always stay strong in their beliefs and in the gospel
5- An interior decorator to tell me how to decorate my house and the money to do it.
6- A self-cleaning house (or just a maid to do it for me)
7- To be able to see my family more
8- Willpower to loose weight and keep it off.

8 People To Tag:
1- Anyone who wants to.
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Last Game

2008-10-18T11:13:00.004-05:00

Kaitie's last flag football game. The temp was about 40 degrees with a chilling wind and it was cold out there. Josh was the coach of the game and did an awsome job. The score tied at 7-7. This was our toughest team yet.

Flag footbal

2008-10-11T16:41:00.002-05:00

I got to go to Kaitie's game today. Her team is still undefeated. Kaitie scored two touchdowns, one was offensive and one was defensive. That's right she got an interception. Well actually she got two interceptions for the game, but ran the wrong way for one of the interceptions. The coach took out the two girls so other players would have an opportunity to score a touchdown. Needless to say without the two girls in the game, the other team made a try at coming back and scoring two touchdowns. Our team was only up one touchdown, and so the coach put Kaitie and her friend back in the game. That is when she had her second interception. Now there is only two minutes in the game, and we have the ball. It was a boys time to shine and he made the last touchdown. We won 28-14. It was fun to watch. Kaitie is a great player, and most of all she has a good spirit, and even is heard praising the other team for a play well done. We have our last game next week and the coach will be out of town, so Josh is back up coach. Can he keep the winning streak going? It's alot of pressure!!!!

Taylor's finger

2008-09-17T16:54:00.002-05:00

I took Taylor's stiches out today. It's been 10 days since his accident. He got an apple slicer from grandma Carol and grandpa Tom in the mail today too. Thanks for that, he already used it.

Kaitie's Birthday #10

2008-09-17T16:20:00.003-05:00

Kaitie had a flag football game in which they won 21-14. Kaitie scored one of the touchdowns, and I think I heard a boy from the other team say to his teammate, you got beat by a girl?!!! WE went out to a mexican resturant, she love enchiladas!! then she got a basketball from oliver, because he loves balls. She got a zero gravity remote control car from mom and dad, a bluejay webkins, and a new outfit from grandma Jill. She also made out with some cash. I would say she had a good day all in all. Thanks for all the presents and wishes from everyone.

Memory Lane

2008-09-10T14:12:00.002-05:00

If you're reading this, please leave a comment on this post of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you, and I'll come post a memory about you. If you don't have a blog, I'll leave a comment here about a memory I have about you.

I'm excited to hopefully find out all the blogstockers reading my blog ;)

Anyway, have fun with this. I'm looking forward to hearing the you remember about me!

On your mark... get set... comment!

Update

2008-09-08T17:18:00.006-05:00

Not for the Faint!

So we had to start cleaning Taylor's wound tonight, here is what it looks like.

Apple anyone?

2008-09-08T08:30:00.005-05:00

So I was alone all weekend, because Josh took the kids up north with him because I had to work. They got home yesterday at about 7:30 pm with a bag of apples from grandmas house. Taylor thought it would be a good snack to have before bed time. He also thought it would be a good idea to use the slicer to cut it. Until he cut his pinkie finger. He was pretty calm about it until he saw all the blood. I now have blood spattered on the floor and the fridge in the kitchen. He had it all over his clothes and face too. We made a trip to the ER and was there until about midnight. he almost cut his little finger tip off. He even cut through the nail. He ended up with five stitches in his little finger. One through his nail and 4 along the finger tip. he did this at about 9:45 pm and we left the ER at 11:30 pm so we got in and out of the ER. This picture was taken right when we got home.

Taylor's Birthday

2008-08-23T23:48:00.005-05:00

I still don't have a camera, I hate it. Here is what happened on Taylor's birthday. We asked Taylor what he wanted to do for his birthday, he said first he wants to go fishing, then the canaries game, and then he wanted to go go-carting. He got to do two out of the three. Josh took Taylor fishing and left as I walked in the door from work. When I woke up I took Kaitie and went birthday shopping, nothing like waiting until the last minute. We got home and the boys were home, Taylor caught a bull head and a 10 pound carp. Josh had to finish reeling it in, he got tired of the fight. Then for the third year in a row, we went to Inca's mexican resturant and ate. It's awesome, they sing to him in spanish. We know the staff there quite well and get the royal treatment when we do go in and eat there. It's fun. (That means we love mexican food, and we love to go to Inca's frequently) from there we went to Sioux Falls Canaries baseball game (they are our semi pro team). It was the last game of the season. Taylor caught the first foul ball of the game, then he caught a ball to get a free hot dog, glad he got it I was still stuffed from Incas!!!! I guess he is a growing boy. Then the bad news of the night, they were having "Technical difficulties" with the fire works display, so they had to cancel the show. They have a spectacular show. They have fire works after every night game it's awesome. The canaries ended up winning 9-6, with the help of a grand slam homerun. That was so fun to watch. After every game the kids can run the bases. Kaitie lapped a kid in front of her twice her size. It was fun to watch her run. I think we have an olymipic sptinter in the family. Then since it was the last game of the season, the players stayed out to sign stuff, so the foul ball came in handy. they had their markers ready, so it was so convienent. We still had to have cake, but we were so tired and we light the candles and sang one more happy birthday to Taylor, and he has a lot of girlfriends!!!then we covered the cake and are going to have it for breakfast. Good thing it's not fast Sunday!!!! All in all I think Taylor had a fun day. We asked Kait what she wants to do for her birthday. She wants to go to the Skyforce game (our semi pro basketball team) we will have to see. I can't believe I have an 11 year old. I am getting old now!!!

It's about time!!

2008-08-23T16:10:00.004-05:00

Ok so I haven't been the best at keeping up with my blog. I admit it and I also didn't promise anything when I started this. My camera broke and so I have missed out on alot of pictures, so I will try and paint pictures for you!!

Last weekend we went out to a local lake and took the kids tubing. Kaitie I think has the new boat record of staying on the longest!!! Taylor, who even last year, was scared to death to go into the water up to his waist, did pretty good on the tube too. He can give Kaitie a run for her money.

Max and Oliver also took their first ride in the boat. Oliver sat on the back seat and watched the tubers. Max was busy tring to eat the water splashing up from the boat.

I actually got on the tube and didn't do as well as I did ten years ago. Josh dumped me right away, so then he thought he had to take it easy on me. I ended up with a muscle knot in my neck now for the past week and have even had to go see a massaage therapist. I guess I am not as young as I used to be.

I actually did my school shopping early this year and only have gym shoes left to purchase. School starts next Wednesday. Taylor and Kaitie have seemed to have switched places with their pickiness in choosing clothes. Taylor was easier than ever to buy for this year and Kaitie she didn't make out as well as Taylor, she just couldn't find any tops that she liked. We went to a lot of stores to pick out clothes.

I signed up for classes at the college and for finacial aid and hope to start school in September. I will find out shortly if I made it into the RN program. I have submitted all the paperwork now, and just have to wait. I will have finished all of my generals for the bachelors program in nursing and will just need to finish the nursing classes. I am so close now I can almost taste it. Hopefully at this time next year I will have my degree.

Well Kaitie has Mrs. Johnson for a teacher this year and is happy about that. Taylor has a male teacher this year and is excited for that!!

I think that brings everyone up to speed on my summer. It has gone by fast and am excited for school to start. i never thought I would say those words, but it is true, I love school.

I am going to get a new camera so I can add pictures next time. and hopefully I won't wait too long to post again.

Niagra Falls

2008-07-29T15:20:00.002-05:00

2008-05-28T13:48:00.005-05:00

Here we are just arriving at Elizabeth,NJ it is about 1/2 hour from New York

On the Road Again.

2008-05-28T12:11:00.001-05:00

We left Tuesday afternoon and drove to Palmyra, NY This is where Joseph Smith lived and had his first vision. It is the place of the Sacred Grove, and Hill Comorah is just down the road. We got there an hour after the tours ended, but we went on our own to see everything, I can't describe the peacefulness I felt when I walked into the grove.

2008-05-28T12:03:00.004-05:00

After Battery Park we just decided to take a walk and see the sights. We ran into the Federal Building where George Washington was sworn into office as President, we saw Wall St, we saw NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), and we found Mesa Grill (Bobby Flay's Resturant) I wanted to see Little Italy, and China Town, but we couldn't find them.

Ground Zero

2008-05-28T11:58:00.001-05:00

This is what Kaitie wanted to do is see ground zero. They had it all fenced in because they are working on the new buildings they are putting there.

Statue of Liberty

2008-05-28T11:52:00.001-05:00

So on the last day we saved the Statue of Liberty, we kind of slept in and just took our time, big mistake. We got to Battery Park at around 1pm and it was a two hour wait for tickets to get on the ferry, then another two hour wait to get onto the ferry. By the time we would have gotten on the ferry, Liberty Island would have been closed. so we admired lady liberty from Battery Park. (that is where you get on the ferry to go over.) Actually New York Takes very good care of their parks and they are beautiful. They have a monument in Battery Park of all the people killed in WW1 and WW2 with an eagle there it was quite the memorial.

Top of the Rock

2008-05-28T11:41:00.001-05:00

After the Yankee game we went for a walk and found ourselves by Rockefeller Center. We took a tour, They say it is better than the Empire Tower and cheaper too. It was quite the view.

Yankee Game

2008-05-28T11:28:00.001-05:00

Of course the main reason we went to New York to see the Yankees play in their stadium for the last year before they build their new one. The game was so fun, they played the Mariners and won 12-6

Memorial Day

2008-05-28T11:24:00.002-05:00

Because it was Memorial Weekend we saw a ton of Navy men and Marines walking the streets of New York City, They got alot of handshakes

In the City

2008-05-28T11:19:00.001-05:00

After the museum we decided to do a little walking. We walked just North of Penn Station and were at Time Square.

Going to the Museum of Natural History

2008-05-28T10:59:00.001-05:00

You may recognize the museaum of natural history from the movie Night at the Museum. First we had to get there. We realized that there are more than one train that goes on the same track. We were supposed to get on the C subway but accidently got on the E, so we were headed to Queens instead of the museum, as you can see in the picture it says Queens.

Going to New York

2008-05-28T10:56:00.002-05:00

We took the hotel shuttle to the Newark International Airport then the airtrain to the amtrak station where we could get on the New Jersey Transit to get into the city

2008-05-28T10:52:00.000-05:00

We drove straight through to Elizabeth, NJ where our motel was, it is about 1/2 hour from New York City. It took about 19 hours to get there, the kids are still smiling.

New York Trip

2008-05-28T10:39:00.000-05:00

We drove straight through to Elizabeth,NJ which is where our motel was it took us about 19hours to get there. The kids were troopers and traveled well.

Getting Started.

2008-05-20T17:03:00.001-05:00

I thought that I would give it a try and see what I can come up with. I hopefully can get this up and going throughout the summer especially. But when the fall semester comes I can't guarantee anything. I thought that it would be fun to share our pictures from New York when we return.