Christmas 08 and New Years 09

So we had a wonderful Christmas and New Years and we hope everyone else did too. We hung around here until Christmas day and then flew out to Kansas City to be with the family there. We stayed at Karen's house as usual along with Gene and Hariett and Stephen and Debbie and the cousins. It was full but so fun. We shopped, played and of course ate wonderful food. Finally got home and had our wonderful friends Suz, Will and Maresa, from KY, come and visit us. Hopefully they will come and visit more often. We love and miss them so much!
Wishing all of you a happy and healthy 2009!

Kasey got her ears pierced!

Well yesterday was my birthday and I had a wonderful day, thanks to all my wonderful family and friends that called or left me messages or sent cards. It was a super day! But the really exciting news was that Kasey was really brave and got her ears pierced. She was so scared but faced it and did it. And they look so cute. She is growing up way too fast, just like her sister and brother!

Thanksgiving Cruise 2008

Thanksgiving 2008

Well I haven't had much to post until now. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of good food and great company. I missed my friends and family but had a terrific time on our family cruise. The kids had a week off school for Thanksgiving break. So we decided to make some fabulous family memories. Boy, we certainly made some memories that will probably never be forgotten by anyone in our family or or friends the Wilkin's family. So we flew to Miami on Nov 23 and embarked upon a cruise that will live in our minds FOREVER. We had a day and a haft at sea and arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tues night. It was a quick trip off the ship and back on, but we got some cute pics there. The next day was a day in St. Thomas. It was BEAUTIFUL! Poor Alexa was stuck on a beach in St. Thomas. We got back to the ship for dinner and the next day was ST. MAARTEN. Oh that day was the best and the worst! We had more fun there than anywhere else. Which is what got us into trouble. We rented two jeeps for our two families. And toured the beaches on the island. No one wanted to leave the last most perfect beach with the most awesome waves EVER!!! And who knew there was going to be the worst rush hour traffic we have ever seen. So two families who are supposed to be on the boat by 4:30 were no where near it. And still not there at 5:00 when it was supposed to take off. We were praying like crazy!!! Finally we see the boat and park the jeeps and go running as fast as we could to the end of the boat where we can get on with crowds of people cheering and clapping and screaming "run! run!" It was harrowing!!! The last two days at sea had perfect weather and we made it home with lots to be thankful for!!! Thanks for hanging in this long and taking a look at the pictures. We love you all and miss you so much!!!

Kasey's Gymnastic Competion Oct 11, 2008

Kasey competes in gymnastics as most of you know. She is so brave and goes out there in front of the other gymnasts and judges and does her very best. We love to watch her. She trains hard and this is what it is all about. We usually have to drive at least an hour to get to her competitions. UG with gas as high as it has been that isn't our favorite part. But we do love watching her compete. And she usually brings home at least one medal.

Helloooo and Welcome to Gray Space

I have taken it upon myself to create a blog for our family. I want to share what is going on with our family with all of our family that lives so far away. And I want you to feel free to share here also. Please send news that you would like included at anytime and I will get it in the family news blogger for all to enjoy. I need to have everyones' current email addys. So be sure to get me any that you think I may not have. Also because I am really new at this feel free to help me with input at any time. I have pretty thick skin and would welcome any advice for our "family" project. We miss out on so much being so far apart and this may help us feel closer together.
We love you all so much and I hope this brings us just a little closer. Not sure how this is going to work out. So please bear with me while I am learning.
I love and miss you all very much!!!
Love and hugs,
Rusti