Back from Iowa

I hope you enjoy the pictures I have posted. I think Alexis could be a model for the sunscreem company :). She has also learned how to stand up in her crib too, we just lowered it the middle of July since we knew she would soon be able to sit up on her own. I also love her cheesy smiles, and when she gives me kisses. Well, we made it back to Kansas last night from our trip back to Iowa. Alexis and I came back for a highschool friends wedding, and also attended the Bremer County Fair. There is a picture of us taking a stop so Alexis could eat, she is such a great traveler, I couldn't ask for much better, maybe that she could talk :). Alexis got to see her first Holstein, made me proud :), and she also petted a calf, and her name was Spicy. I miss the farm and wish I could have one of my own. She also had some good ol' ice cream from the Dairy Promoters Booth that Grandpa and Grandma Kerns run, and she loved it. I wasn't feeding it to her fast enough. We had a very nice visit with everyone, and it didn't seem to be a rush visit, I actually felt relaxed. Dad and Tracey bought Alexis a JennyJumper and we put it into a tree outside, and oh man did Alexis love it. There is a picture above of Dad and Bubba figuring it out and it was too low to the ground, that is when they thought of putting it in the tree. We were making fun of them trying to figure it out. You can see in the pictures above of how much Alexis was enjoying the swing. I also put a picture up of Bubba and I, and he is almost taller than me, I took of my heels I was wearing so I could see how tall he was, and wow is all I can say. I will have to get one if we have a tree in our yard when we move to Maryland. Right now it is way to hot here, it was 103 today. I am almost at the start of week 6 of 8 of my two classes, and they have flown by. I will start two new ones Augst 28th. Ryan leaves this Sunday for a month to Alabama for his tech escort school. In the meantime I will pack up all of our belongings and head to Iowa until we move in October. We will probably leave for Maryland October 7th or so, not sure yet. Alexis is crawling on her knees now, instead of Army crawling. She also stood up to the couch today for the first time. Last Tuesday (29th) she started to show signs of a top tooth coming in, and now you can see the white of it, and it will be here soon. She is more cranky with the top tooth then she was when the bottom two came in. Ryan goes to the board in the morning to see if he will get promotable status to Seargeant, if he does then in late September we will find out if he will get promoted or not. I will be sure to update when we find out. I know he will do fine, he always does :). That is all for now, good night.

Love,

Ashley