Wow!! Thanks to Everyone!!

Paige Family: We so enjoy all the information from all. Thanks to Sara for writing from the Fairbury Household. We enjoyed those sights you posted. Jen's project looked awesome, too cool. So HAPPY for McKenzies' first steps. We have viewed the video of the little girls many times and laugh everytime we see and hear of Annie's POO and PEE episodes. Kenzies' laughter is a joy to our hearts. Thanks so much for sharing those special times with us. Wish we were going to be their for McKenzie's Baptism and Birthday. XXX and OOO's to the little girls from Mema and Popo. We all are ok here, Grams is slow but keeps on going. Dad and I finished the DECK. We love it , will post pictures of it shortly. We have such beautiful evenings on the EAST side of the house and we have a little fire pit for the night time. Dad did a great job and I helped a little. Have planted trees and a few bushes around the deck, will do more next year. The growing season is short here. I went to the State Fair in Minot yesterday, what fun we had, in the evening four of my friends went out for Thai Food and went to see "Kiss Me, Kate" on stage , in an outdoor theatre, made in the side of a hill. We had great seats and the play was out standing for a community theatre. We got home at 12:30 AM, long day. We are preparing for the Bike Ride. Leaving next week, Patty Roberts is coming from Wichita to go with us. It will make for good Memories!! Love to all Mom

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Awesome to hear from you Josh, Ang and Sara... Sounds like your all having great summers :) Mine hasn't been too busy... Shelby has one-upped me with a job... haha... but i start working for the fall. Right now i'm taking a motion graphics class... I had to create a short music video for a restaraunt called Seven in KC.... check it out. love you all!

Summer Fun?

Hello all! Greetings from Fairbury and the Paige/Hutchison household. Things are chugging along here. We've never had this much rain this late in the summer, so our grass is really green and our basement is damp. Lots of mowing but our flowers look great!

The kids have had their own versions of a busy summer.




Sheridan has been helping Jeremiah a little bit with projects, when Jeremiah can tear him away from his multiple activities such as swimming, golfing, bowling, baseball, Boy Scouts, video-gaming and just normal 14-year old boy activities. Sheridan spent last week at Baptist Church Camp at Camp Moses Merrill near David City. He had a really good time and met some new friends there, and is hopeful that he might be able to get in next year as a Jr. Counselor for the younger campers. He has his '08-'09 class schedule and is ready to get back into school. He is considering running with the Cross Country team this year (freshman).

Shelby is at the same camp this week and I'm sure she's having a great time, she was sooooo ready for a vacation. Her summer has been busier than normal because she has a JOB! Yes! She's out in the sun working for the maintenance crew at the country club. She hasn't quite figured out the money/budget thing, she's spending it nearly as fast as she's making it. She wants a dress for homecoming and she's not sure if she can afford it. Her mean mom might be able to help her out with some of the expense, but we're keeping that a secret for now. Key word= LEVERAGE. She is considering Golf Team this year (Junior).

I'm still writing occasionally for the SoundOffFairbury.com site, my blog called "Unblocked" apparently has some fans. Keith, the owner of the site, has expanded his site and is adding a nice mix of video features of local people and businesses. Shelby and I created "Busy Mom's Kitchen" on the spur of the moment, which is on YouTube.com. Shelby is pretty proud of that. He also did a short PSA type video segment for my yoga class, I've had some new students because of it. I'd really like to find a more private location for my class, but for now we are still at the Wellness Center. They've paid for my 1st level of training and they tell me they are going to reimburse me for my 2nd level before August. I have Level 3 in November and there will be quite a bit of preparation for that one so I need to get busy with that material. OOOOMMMMMMMMM.

I enjoyed my 20 Year Class Reunion. My friends and I put a lot of time into the preparation and it was very well received. We are all keeping in touch via Facebook and that has been a great tool for us, even though some were skeptical. Once people figure out it's not just for college students anymore, they kind of warm up to the idea.

Jeremiah, as you know, had a battle with poison-something. He's feeling much better now but had kind of a miserable week last week. I imagine he will be working like crazy this week/weekend to make up for missed time. He's got our yard looking really nice after adding some artistic finishing touches to the deck and bordering some of the existing landscaping with landscaping stones. He also built a nice fountain which I love. Maybe he'll post another blog soon...










Including some random pictures.
Crystal Springs wildlife, Sara's nice bass, Shelby, my friend Suz and I playing Rock Band, and another unique shot of Shelby.

Take care and love to all.

First Steps For Roodini!!!

Kenziroo took her first steps on Sunday night. She stood up and just took off and then fell down. As Annika would say, "Kenzie is growing too faster Dad." Happy day for Kenzie, she is our rough and tough, and Annika is our soft hearted. Here is a few pics, hopefully I will get some video of the Roo walking soon. Were goin to the lake this weekend, they are letting a lot of water in at the Inlet, they are hauling off catfish by the truck load the water is boiling and the fish biting crazy on shad. The only bad thing is that it's wall to wall people. We'll see how it is this weekend. More later.

Poisoness July Fun!!!

Hey everyone! Thought I would send a little fun your way! Jeremiah and I went fishing at the river the other night and ran into a little trouble with the poison oak. Jeremiah is covered in it and I have a little on my arms and legs but it was well worth it. We had a great time! I caught myself a 10lb bluecat. It about took my pole in the water, had to put my foot on it to hold it down. As you can see, it's a nice size fish! Stayed out till 4:30 in the morning. A cold front came through and pretty much stopped all the biting so we came home!




As for the family, everyone here is great! I wasnt feeling real well yesterday but today everything is good! McKenzie has a check up tomorrow for her ears, so we'll let you know how that goes. She's growing so fast and really wanting to walk right now. Bet she's walking in the next month or so!!


Annika is doing great! She's really getting into a baby doll stage. Loves her baby dolls! But as always she would rather sing, dance, color, or read books! Gotta love her personality! She's always so funny!

Angie is doing alot better after her surgery. Almost like nothing ever happened now! She's ready to be back to being able to do all the lifting that she wants.

Everything here is great! This weekend we have a big family reunion at Darlene's. Lots of people are gonna be there! July 27th we are having McKenzie baptized and celebrating her first birthday a little early. Doing it all in one, like we did with Annika, because it's so hard to get everyone together. Wish you guys all could be here, but I know everyone is so far away, and I know your thought and wishes will be with McKenzie on her special day. You should be receiving an invite shortly though, so that you have it for your scrapbook.

Hope everyone is doing well! We love you all and we are thinking about you every day! Lots of Love! XOXO

P.S. Hey Jube, did you ever get those pictures on a disk? If so, could you send them our way or email them to us! Thanks!

Birthday girl

Thanks bue!! Love you! I had great birthday... a little fuzzy but amazing! My girlfriends took me out and showed me a great time... and then a whole buncha friends came over saturday and we had a little party at my apartment. Really fun! Thank you mom and dad for the gifts, i loved the shirt! Oh, and I know mom knows, but my roomy Chelsea was a little silly and spray painted CB and JP 4EVA on the side walk, and the milspec came and she got in a little trouble, but it was hilarious! Haha, here are some pics, love you all!

For Jenna Bean!

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TO THE JENNA BEAN! YEAAAAAHHHHHHHH! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

(WE'RE GOIN TO VEGAS......

...AND WE'RE TAKIN GRANDMA...

...shhh DON'T TELL THE PARENTS!)

summer school!

Summer school started! Motion graphics.... we're learning the basics so far. Check out my cheezy homework :P

Stampede!

Hey all, this is your Jenna speaking.
That's awesome about your new place bue, I'm glad you like it there. I wish you were closer thought so i could visit easier! Hopefully you get your card in the mail.. :/
I start summer school today! yaaaaay :( It should be really fun though.... my friends Aimee and Gina are taking it with me so we should have fun. It's a motion graphics class. 4 hours a day, 3 days a week... looong days. This guy at the country stampede told me that there is a place in lawrenece where you can get free hot wings at 5 o'clock everyday.. so me and vance and some friends are gonna check that out.
The country stampede was pretty fun! Thad's oklahoma friends, Luke, Chelsea, Skye, and Haley came for the stampede, too. They were great. We camped out at the camping grounds next to the concerts, it was a wild site. We saw Charlie Daniels play "The Devil Went down to Georgia." That was an awesome song to hear, and that guy has to be 70 at least.... and his fiddle playing was awesome. We also saw Taylor Swift, Josh Turner, Sugaland, Rascal Flatts, and Rodney Adkins.... Met a lot of interesting people. Lots of confederate flags. Lots of hicks... Lots of fun. :)
Oh, and by the by... my birthday's coming up! my big old 21st!!!! So me and James are gonna go out and have a beer. He's the only other 21 year old. That'll be exciting. Well, love you all and call me! Hope you're having a great summer!

p.s. Heard your trip was awesome ma! Happy you and daddo had a good time :)