A spring afternoon

It has been rainy here for a few days and finally a decent Spring day!
I was fixing dinner and heard singing from the front porch. I checked to see what was going on and found Kyla and Kaleb swinging, singing and playing their guitars to their little hearts desire and having a great time.
It was a nice serenade to the rest of fixing dinner :-)

Dons Birthday is today!!

Today is Don's ?? birthday: We all celebrated with some white cake for breakfast. That afterall, is the breakfast of champions!!! Don wont reveal his true age but sources do say that....... this is at least the 2nd anniversary of his 28th birthday!! We did have the Fire Dept on standby!! LOL Kyla said, "It's a little smokey in here Grandpa!!"
He says, he is still feels youthful, lots of energy, and plenty of stamina, that's his story and he is sticking to it!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

Tom's first Marathon

Last Sunday, Tom ran his first marathon. Don and I, Valerie & Jason, and Kim all saw him off downtown Rockford and then went along different spots where he would run and get pictures.

Heading down the final stretch to the finish line:

He was shooting to finish by 3:30 min and he finished 3:26 min. There were 249 runners and he finished in 31st place overall, 5th in his age group and 3rd place in the male group. WTG Tom!!!

Hugs and more Hugs

Kyla and Kaleb were playing the other night and then started huggin.... and huggin.... each other. It was so cute, that I just had to snap a shot. They generally get along pretty good and they love each other. We tease her about him being her little "bother" and Kyla says NO! he is my little brother!! LOL

Baby Lightheart

Last weekend, Valerie called to see if we wanted to come and see the baby's ultrasound and of course, I wasn't going to turn that down. So Kim, Kyla, Kaleb and myself met Jason, Valerie and Allissa at the office. The nurse is like OH my gosh!!! when she saw this long line of people coming down the hall. But in any case, we got the see the cutest little face and hands of this new baby. It is so amazing what you can see with the ultrasounds. Here are a couple pictures of measuring the baby. As of that day, He/She weighs about 5 lb 7 oz. This baby is probably looking at us and thinking, umm.....who are all these people staring at me and do I really.....want to go see them LOLThis one is the heartbeat and there's a strong heartbeat. Cant wait to hold our newest addition to the family :-) One month to go!!!! And Mom is doing good too.

Jessica and Tyler come to visit

Last week, Jess and Tyler were able to come and visit us. They flew up for a wedding reception and a babyshower for Valerie. It was good to see them again and it gave Don and I a good chance to spoil Tyler for a few days.
Tyler just LOVED jumping on the trampoline that Valerie and Jason have. He was having the time of his life just jumping and jumping. He had us all laughing with him!!

Tyler and Kaleb got to know each other better. They had fun playing together and they got along good.

Jess and I were able to paint the nursery for Valerie and so we made a trip to Home Depot for the paint. The boys got to drive the carts and each had their own steering wheel. They did pretty good, so...if....NASCAR ever has a doubles team, they better watch out because the Shobe-LaRue team looks pretty darn good!!!
On Sunday afternoon, we went to a baby shower for Valerie.
Then on Sunday evening, we all celebrated Tom's birthday with our family and all the grand-kids. Kaleb, Sydney, Kyla, Skylar, Tyler, Allissa and Katie~~We had fun with Jess and Tyler here and as usual, the time went way to fast and they had to go home. :-( But...the good news is...that they will be back in June to see the new baby Lightheart.

Happy Birthday

I would like to say "Happy Birthday" to our son Tom. He is 22 yrs old today, April 23rd. Tom goes to college at NIU and studies hard!!! He has a very witty sense of humor which is very funny, and he is just a lot of fun to be with. He doesn't like stupid people!! Tom has had it rough growing up with 3 sisters!! Once when he was about 3-4 yrs old, he decided to go upstairs and take on all 3 of them at once.Well....they sent him packing real fast and he came back downstairs crying. That was the last time he tried that!! Tom is also a great server at a restaurant near school. He likes to come home and throw around his niece and nephews!! So....Happy Birthday Tom and we are very proud of you!!