Mira Jane

Amy and Cora, before........

our new niece!

Mira Jane

Born May 10, 2009 at 10:46 am

8 lbs, 2 oz 21 inches

Happy, healthy, baby girl. Amy and Allen welcomed their second daughter into their family on Mothers Day. Everyone is doing wonderfully. Here's a picture to oggle at. :)

One year!!!

Who can believe that it's been one year since I walked down the asile to marry my now husband? The last year has been an experiance. I wouldn't change it and it was honestly not any harder or easier then I expected. Plus I have this wonderful man as a permenant part of my life.

Speaking of that wonderful man. He did an amazing job with our anniversary plans. I was in the dark for the whole weekend as to what was happening. We celebrated a week early due to a show that I had planed with my dancers and the pipe band. We stayed in on Friday night. Brad brought dinner home with him and told me I could pick any movie I wanted to watch. Too bad the movie I chose wasn't all that good.

Saturday I had rehearsal for Big River in the morning so Brad got to sleep in, but as soon as I got home I was told to pack an overnight bag. I had to bring one fancy outfit, swimsuit, and normal clothes for Sunday. After I packed, we headed to lunch in German Village. It was very tasty. We stopped and got two cupcakes for our"cake". The real cake had to be thrown out after my parents lost power this past winter. After that we headed to our "next destination" which ended up being the hotel we spent our wedding night at. We checked in and changed into our fancy clothes and headed off on foot to dinner. We were a little early so we headed to a bookstore and bought each other a hard back book that will be our "paper" gift. Dinner was delicious and after dinner I got to see my first opera. We saw Marriage of Figgaro on campus. It was very good and quite funny. We headed back to the hotel after the show and to my surprise got champange and chocolate covered strawberries delivered to our room. We ate our cupcakes, strawberries, and champange while watching a movie and then drifted off to sleep in the "Heavenly bed".

Sunday morning we got to have breakfast in bed and then after checking out, spent a few hours wandering all around German Village. It was such a wonderful weekend. So well planned. nothing felt rushed or like we had to much time in between. It was great. A little vacation in our own city.

Thank you, Brad!!!

In other news, Devin is doing well in the Highway Patrol Academy. He's loving it, especially now that his knee/leg isn't bothering him any more. Erin is busy planning away for her wedding. Amy gave birth to her second daughter, Mira Jane (more on her next time). And April sent us a great anniversary card. Brad laughed out loud when he read it. :)

Love you all,
Crystal

Devin's big adventure

As of tomorrow morning, my baby brother will be an official member of the State Highway Patrol academy! That's right, he will finally begin classes and the actual schooling process to become a highway patrol officer. His ideal is to be a canine unit and I really hope he gets to reach that goal. I'm so proud of him. He's got 6 months to work hard and finish school and then he'll be able to get a job and stuff. I hope he is ready for the work that is ahead of him. It will be interesting to see if his living habits and stuff change. Anyhow, WAHOO!!!!! GO DEVIN!!!!

Her Last Two Weeks

Over the last two weeks, I have spent soooo many hours with family. It's nice to have such a close family. A family that's there to lean on when you got through a time like this has been.

Grama would have been 100 years old on August 23rd, 2009. She always told us that she didn't want to be 100. Well, she got her wish. Sunday May 3rd, 2009 God took Naoma Ruth Brace in his arms and away from her pain and suffering. She had been sick and in pain for 12 days and now she isn't. I know that we will all miss her and that it will come in waves. Having spent so much time with her in her final days, I am amazingly comforted by the fact that she is where she wants to be now. Crying is part of it, I know, but the joy I felt for her when I found out she had been taken home was surprising. I love her so much and miss her already. I'm sure Saturday will be one of the hardest days in my life up to now, but for Grama, I am looking forward to it.
Naoma Ruth Brace
August 23, 1909 to May 3, 2009

The school is chosen!

So Brad has officially chosen Capital Law School as the place that he is going to earn his degree. He has now dove head first into anything he can get his hands on, Law related. He is also starting a contracted position that will carry him through the week before classes start in August. He pretty much can't work his first year of school and can only work something like 20 hours a week his second and third year. It's going to be interesting. :)

1st day or April

My 37 in 365 starts today. I brought my lunch and I need to take a picture. :) Not a bad start!

We went to visit with Grama after dance class last night and she was sleeping when we got there. We chatted with her for a couple seconds and then she was still groggy so we were just going to grab her laundry and head out. She perked up though so we got to hang out for a little bit. I was really pleased about that because I wussed out about going over on Sunday.

1st of good news!

So last night was a very normal Tuesday night for me. I teach dance from 6-9 almost every Tuesday and this Tuesday was no different. So mom and I headed to her house after work so she could change her clothes before heading to dance. While she changed, I asked my brother how his first day of his new job went. (well overall, coworkers are what really make it). She waltzed into the room with cell phone to ear saying congrats to someone on the phone and for some reason I got the feeling it was Brad. I had left my cell in the car so I had not recieved the text reading: "I just got some really bad news..............the Dean's scholarship I received along with acceptance to Capital Law is ONLY $10k. sucks right? :)"

That's right Law school. We have been being sly about it so we didn't have to tell a lot if it didn't work out. It's pretty much a for sure now though, as long as we can work out financial aid. He applied to 4 schools total and this is just the first we have heard from, so there is still some waiting to do....... but I'm soooooo happy for him!!!!!!!!