Bulldog Puppies

Concordia fans, Luke and Marshall are ready to cheer on the Bulldog basketball teams. The men's team is now in first place in the GPAC!! We will travel to Milwaukee this weekend to watch the men and women compete at CIT (Concordia Invitational Tournament), the second longest running college basketball tournament in the nation, trailing only the NIT (National Invitational Tournament). The Bulldogs have won the CIT title 20 of the last 24 years!

Snowed In

After 5 days of Grandma and Grandpa being snowed in at the farm, it took a large tractor with a blade and a tractor with a blower working together to get the lane open! Being from the city, it boggles my mind how patient everyone is around here about waiting for the right conditions and the right equipment. It's just not as simple as calling your local snow plow guy and having him come plow the driveway. Many of the farmers with large tractors couldn't even get out to help people with their equipment because the country roads were drifted shut. Just a whole different world! If you're viewing this on Facebook and can't see the pics or video, come over to my blog at http://www.seevers.blogspot.com/.

The snow is higher than the fence along most of the lane!

Look how high Luke is above the car!

26 Weeks

I am 26 weeks pregnant in the photos below. C-section is tentatively scheduled for April 5, but final date will be set on Jan. 20. It's still hard for me to accept that the c-section is unavoidable. I'm hoping to get all my tears out about it well in advance so I can embrace the day without any sadness. The whole thing is such an assault on the body.....it's like knowing in advance you're going to have a car accident that will require major surgery and several weeks of recovery!! But hey, at least knowing in advance allows you to clear your calendar, right?

Seevers Christmas Highlights

In reflecting upon the past couple weeks, I realized that in the middle of all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the Seevers family had once again managed to have an absolutely wonderful, magical........I will go as far as saying "perfect" holiday celebration. These thoughts inspired me to put together this little movie of our Christmas Eve and Christmas day. We are all surely "Better Together"!

2009-Blizzard

The blizzard we just came out of was quite an adventure! Grandma and Grandpa Seevers had to stay at our house for 2 nights and 3 days before their lane could be plowed open. Scott says the 10-15 foot high drifts were the biggest he ever remembers on the farm. The drifts are a phenomena I've never seen in Ohio. The pictures cannot convey their enormity. They remind me of tidal waves! These ARE NOT hills in the videos below!! They are SNOW DRIFTS against trees along a shelter belt!! For more pictures of the kids and John and Karen taking care of horses during the storm, click HERE.

Merry Christmas!!!

Here's wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I miss my friends and family from Ohio very much this year. Even though I can't be in touch as much as I'd like, I want you all to know that I think of you often and hold you very close in my heart. I know the holidays do not bring joy for everyone so I pray that God would bless you with peace, love and comfort as we celebrate the Christ Child's birth.

The Many Faces of Marshall!

Gemma requested that I make this collage of Marshall to hang up in her room.

Santa On The Square!

Every year in December the city of Seward sets up this little house for Santa on the town square in front of the courthouse. Santa arrives on a fire engine early in December and then he and Mrs. Claus keep visiting hours (note they are taped on the door) for the children. The little "hut" is warmed only by a space heater so the kids keep their coats on!Gracie had an entire list written out and ready for him.Gemma tried to write her list on the way over but forgot most of it.Luke was so excited he just started asking for the same stuff the girls asked for!....And Marshall was going to have no part of the strange looking man!

Marshall's Burn

Marshall burned his fingers last night on the fireplace glass door. He burned all 4 finger tips plus all the way down on his index and middle fingers and a little of his palm. Between Tylenol and letting him play with toys in a sink full of cold water, we finally got the pain under control and he was able to get a good night's sleep. He's doing much better today. Now I'm just hoping these blisters don't break open!

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This is for all my brilliant, health-nut girlfriends!!

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