costume time and more smiles....

last night we put Jayden's costume on....YODA.   I think the two pictures are some of my favorites.  Today he is going trick or treating at my work.

Check out the shoes above...yes those are YODA shoes.  I know we are dorks...but love them!
Also every time I hold up the camera Jayden flashes his smile.  Below are couple from Sunday.

Have a great day!

cherish every moment....

Today I was starting to pack up my desk.  I am off to tackle the world of Home Decor as a Sr Buyer back at Shopko....very excited but very much going to miss seeing some of my favorite ladies everyday.  Back to packing my desk....

I have a bookmark over my phone that I put there to remind me to live my life and celebrate with the ones you love.  This bookmark is in remembrance of an amazing young woman who was taken away from her family too early.  Our neighbors and friends lost their beautiful daughter Kylee about a year and a half ago.  I hope they don't mind me sharing this but today I re-read the bookmark and it made me start to cry thinking about how much we could all use her advice....then I realized...tomorrow is her birthday. 

The bookmark..

These words were from Kylee to Lexi (her younger sister) 6 months before her untimely death. She wrote them in marker on Lexi's dresser.  Truer words were never spoken. Live your life with no regrets and treat everyone like you would want to be treated.  That is Kylee's message to us all.
Fist Bump #5

Kylee's words-
Plan your life like you will live forever and live your life like you will die the next day.

Advice from your sister

• Love your life: even without me
• Never ever give up
• Go with your gut feeling
• Believe me, boys are dumb
• Get as many friends as you can get. They're awesome.
• Work hard; &even though I'm a pain some days, know that I love ya Sis!
• AVOID TROUBLE
• Work hard in school
• Parents will be happy
• it will benefit you
• Love your life again: you only get one!!
• I can't stress it more
• love your family
• make good decisions

Kylee Renee Hyde
10/25/92-2/2/10

We will be thinking of Kylee tomorrow and her wonderful family. 

Catching up....

So what have we been up to..lots of stuff.

First thing.  Joe's sister Becky got married the first weekend in Oct in a beautiful little Chapel.  It was a perfect day.  Congrats Becky & Tim.

Below is a picture with Great Grandpa Teska.  This is the first time he met Jayden.

Below is a picture of the Teska Men

Below is a picture of Joe, his dad, and the groom Tim

Here is a picture of the beautiful Chapel. 

Below is picture of Jayden on the way home after the fun weekend.

The following weekend and week was filled with beautiful weather.  We went on many walks and went to the park multiple times, below is a pic of Jayden on a swing.  This is several mins before Jayden was stung by a bee...happy to report that he is not allergic!  This has a tough couple weeks for the little man, he had a dislocated elbow and then a bee sting.  Nothing that a couple cookies couldn't fix or a doctor :)

  I got to spend the last week with the little J man.  I am not very excited to head back to work tomorrow.  We had lots of fun going for walks, going to multiple parks, hanging out with Rilee and Hope, picking out some plants for the backyard, having lunch with daddy on Wed and then lunch with friends on Friday. It was a great week and I loved every min.

This weekend we got to visit Aunt Debbi and her new Condo.  It looks great and we were very excited for the visit.  Then today we got visit with Vanessa, Jeff, Caleb and Maggie....thanks for stopping by and thank you for the car for Jayden!  We also spent the day with Cindy Wrezca and her daughter Addie (she was born just one month before Jayden).  Joe Wrezca and my hubs Joe went to the Packer game.  Below is a picture of our two little Packer fans (Jayden & Addie).

I will leave you with one of my favorite smiles.  Have a great week!