THE WINNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry but I forgot to go on to chech the winners but i checked who commented to the newer post. and who ever did wins and you get the copons for ever post that i saw on the newer ones. So anyways have are the winners.Auntie kirstin with two copons. Grandma Betty with four.Aimee with one.Auntie Tara with one. And Ryan with one.

I have contests!!

Hi!!!!!! This is Gracey speaking!!!!! I have a announcement to make. I do contests. I am doing one that starts today that if you do comment by 7:00 on a post called about my spa you will get 2.00 certificate for my spa. On the post called about my spa it tells you what I do.Good luck!!!!

About my spa.

My spa is called keep a smile on your face.I do not make expensive prices. I already made a post with my prices. I f you want other massages place a comment the other post on my spa.

• workers.Chloe as boss and does everything.
  

My little business!

Hi!!! Gracey speaking !!!I really wanted you guys to know I own a spa business. Here are my prices.The certificates are worth $2.00.I m doing a contest . all of the people who comment by 7:00 gets free certificate that is worth $2.00 for free!!!!

• Nail fileing.25 cents per foot.
  

• Certificate.50 cents
  

• Hole body with certificate.$1.00
  

• Shoulders.25 cents
• Both feet.50 cents
• Back and shoulders.50 cents

• Back .25 cents
  
• Facial .50 cents
• Mani/pedis.50 cents
• Hot rocks full.50 cents.small25 cents. If you have questions place comment on this post. My spa name is keep a smile on your face.
  

Going Iceskcting With addy.

Yesterday I went ice skating with Addy at Deep River Water park.Addy's mom came. Addy's cousin Jordan came as well. We all rented skates. First we rented the regular skates.Then we started skating.First Trish went and got hokey skates. Then Jordan went and got hokey skates. Finely Addy and I got hokey skates. Then we skated for while .Then we went to the food place. Addy and I got cheese sticks. My drink was orange crush. Jordan got hot chocolate and a piece of pizza. Addy got pepsi I think.Trish got a drink but I do not know what it was and a piece of pizza.Then we got all of our stuff back on and went skating some more. Then we left.

MY BROS BIG NERF GUNS!!!!!!!!!!!

My brothers Brett and Owen have HUGE NERF GUNS!!!!Now that they got the batterress they can be on full auto!!!!!!!!Last night they turned off the of the lights and locked the door and shut the blinds on the front door and waited for my grandma and grandpa to come to our house .When they got to our house they turned on there finger light for the riddering grab bag and shot them to death.OK they didn't shoot them to death but they got them pretty good.I think grandma Betty got Brett and Owen the perfect christmas present.

a bright christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we put up our christmas tree!!!!!!!!! I helped mom put up the decorations for a while.Then my brothers Brett, and Owen came and wanted to help us, so we let them.Then we played for about 20 minutes.after that we played outside for about 20 minutes as well.Then we all decorated the christmas TREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!after that we all watched ELF the movie well eating lunch.Then we played for while. THE END.

Coupons

SoftBall Tips

Hi these are some softball tips to play bye.

1. Always remember a MIT
2. Always bring a water bottle full of water
3. Always wear your team shirt
4. Always wear your team hat
5. Never get your team shirt dirty
6. Never get your team hat dirty
   
7. 
   

The tips on safe bicking

1. Always Have A Helmet On
2. Hold On To Handholds At All Times
3. Make Sure The Tires Are Not Flat
4. Make Sure The Seat Is Right
5. Make Sure You Have Reflectors
   
6. Look Out For Cars
7. Make Sure That Another Biker Is Not In The Way

Have Fun Biking But Staying Safe You Would Love Biking If You Stay Safe:)!

GOING BACK TO THE LAKE!!:)

On Sunday daddy said "were going to the lake":) with a smile! I said really we are going to the lake. Yes dear we are he said. I Chile got on my clothes on and brushed my teeth,did my hair,and got my PJ'S for on the way home because it would be late. Know what we did not were the PJ'S!!! But not a big deal just PJ'S not like a tooth brush!!! Then we got in the car and stated playing ds then we went the gas station to get a new paper for mommy so she could cut out coupons.Then we went to aldi so mom could get jelly and potato chips after she got out we got ready to go. First me and Owen battled on Mario then before we knew it we were there:) The first thing i did was say hi to everybody then we went in our club.The swamp. Brett and Owen caught a snapping turtle then tim got in the club then they caught two frogs. Then they caught cray fish and a fish then we went home bye bye:)

Lily sleepet over last night!!!!

Lily.O My friend slept over last night . We made friend ship bracelets mine is orange,white,and pink!!!!! In my bed we played our DS we borrowed each-others game I played build a bear and she played sonic rush. Then we talked intill 10:00. Than went to sleep. In the morning we played wii and ate then went to church .

Brett and Owen are the best frog cacher

Brett is the best frog catcher on earth.

Too more again!!

Owen holding his frog and Brett holding his frog!!!

So cute Owen so cute:)

The best tools around :)

megan my best friend

Hi this gracey girl speaking I am going to talk about my best friend Megan .She is a good artist she is nice to. She is a sweet and giving girl. And a funny girl too. by gracey girl

this is the life

I love the lake because there is a trampoline in the water and we have a boat that we can go tubing and kneeboarding on I love the lake too because we get to see our friends and family I love the lake.

I am going to a surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to a SURPRISE today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not know what it is !!! We are going after dinner. Dinner is almost done!!! Mom says that it will not be a big deal but fun. But I am still excited:) I love surprises too!!! well that is all I am going to say. Gracey girl

I JUST HAD A SLEEPOVER AT ANTY KATIE'S

Hi I just had a sleepover at ante Katie's house!! How it all happened was we went over for a play date and I got to sleep over:):):)We played on the trampoline and the swing too. I love ante Katie's house.

My trip

On Friday night my family was going to grandmas and grandpas house. It was about 6 HOURS LONG!!!!! But we stop to take potty breaks too HA HA HA !!!!! And we got ICE CREAM AND FRIES!!!!! Then I took a nap in the car. It felt so good and so great:) And finale we were at grandpas house!!!!!! then i go to bed. then the next day i woke up first. then i had cerele. then go on on my blog!!!

cheap thing at targat

At target there are assorted birthday cards for $00. 99 at target and there is star wars the clone wars paper party goods for 1.59$ and licensed partyware snack plates there is rub dub laundry day for 9.99$ ,kid 's crest tooh paste for $ 00.49 and a oral-b cars toothbrush for 1.00$ check it out Gracey

ohio trip

these are my good cosins and my greatgrandma!!

this is me and my cosin ellie .

this is my cosin ellie again.

this my dad and my brother owen.

this is me at the pool.

clean room messy room:(

I have a messy room , I try to clean it:) but it gets messy again:( and the worst part is that when my brothers are mean ALL OF US HAVE TO CLEAN OUR ROOM AND CLEAN OUR DRESSERS AND DESKS!!! it is the wost ever! i do not like it at all!!!

my friend shawnie's heart cookies

this is my wonderful auntie mel !she is nice:)

my friend shawnie made heart cookies for my party!!!

this is me eating my prayer works cookie!!

I love this cookie picture so I put a nother on!!

this is me and my wonderful mommy and me in a picture!!!

maizey is the best!!!!!

maizey is going to be 9 in april!!! she is 8 right now !!!!!maizeyis aunte tara's doggie:) i love her. she is the best dog in the whole wide world!!!! and she wants to be by all the action!!

American Girl Last Year!!!

this is really blurry but when i upload it it looked clear.

these girls are my bestest friend i will ever have:)

we are on the train finally CHOO CHOO!!!

this is when we go home bye bye!!!

Science experiment!!!!

Today me, my mom, Brett and Owen are the making a science experiment!!!! it is rock candy !!!it will take a long time to make it is really cool because we get to make it!!!!! they look like crystals!!

this is my mom pouring mine in its cup its my 2nd fav color!!

this is my mom pouring mine in the cup to pour in the cup that makes the crystals!!!

this is mom pouring Brett's in the cup that pour's it into the cup that make's the cystals!

The finished product!!! Now we just have to wait!!

Did my best!!!!!!!!

At first I was not going to be in the winter jublee but then I said that I wanted to be in it!!!! I did really good!!!!!

Brett and his sillyness

Brett is really silly!!! he is so silly he cracks up everybody in the family HA HA!!!!! nice hua hua!!!!I think boys are just that way all the time:) ben my cosuin is silly too:) love gracey

The aldi queen is my mom:)

My mom is the aldi queen!!!! ha ha ha that is the best huh huh!!!!!! she is the 1 at shoping!!! and she loves to shop to!!!!!! I love her to!!!she is the best ever!!!:)

good the docter said it looked good!!!!!

YES!!!! the docter said it looked good were my chest tube was :) yeeeeeeeessss!!!! ha!!!ha!!ha!!! I crack myself up!!!!!! haha!!!!!! who ever is reading this is going to crack up to!!!! and I forgot to say hi :) love gracey

I WENT TO SCHOOL!!!!!!

I went to my school because Brett's winter jubliee practice was today!!! I had to go the doctor after it so we stayed and watched he was so cute!!! I also got to go in my class and see all of my friends! It was so good!

I Miss you:(

I miss you lauren you are the best ever:)

I wish you were here right now:)

he's a rockstar!!!!!!!!!!=good at it:)

Josh my cosiun loves to play guitterhero. he thinks he is a cool dude:) he is good at it too. just so you know we are at the wilderness last year:)

simons baptism!!!!

on sunday we went to simons church for his baptism . for the church sirvis it was the boringist thing you could ever amagin and I had to be in there the hole time!!! graceygirl

I am geting well!!!:)

I feels well again it feels good!!!!! I made a sign with flowers made out of colored foam and letters made out of colored foam it says chloes bedroom:) it was my 2 time out of the house and I went to wallgreens!!!!!!!! I got some gum from grandma:) my cosuin came over her name is emma and abby and ethin. we played and played!!!! I am happy

The best grandma!!!!!

My grandma betty is the best ever:) she is so nice !!!! she has a nice smile!!I love her so much the boys do to:) love gracey

my cat

This is my little ozzie.
my crazy cat.
he is so smart that he watches tv:)

Well Wishes for Gracey!!!

I thought it would be a good idea if everyone left a comment/well wish for Chloe on this post. She LOVES getting comments on this blog, so I think once she's able to come here and read them all she's going to be thrilled! You don't have to sign up for an account, I just ask that if you do an anonymous comment, please sign your name to it. We're going to read these while she's laying in her bed for words of encouragement.

I know that Ryan and I have been so encouraged by your words on FB, so we want these comments to be specifically for our Gracey!!!


P.S. Take a look at some of her posts from the last couple of weeks - they are so stinkin' cute!

Chloe's story - in her Mommy's words

{Days and days leading up to the accident Chloe has been BEGGING me to get her hair cut - short and on an angle like mine. I was dragging my feet about getting it done, because I just love her long locks.}

I was at my friends house with 4 of my girlfriends when Ryan called me. He told me to go pick up the boys from a friends house, because there had been an accident with Chloe. I'm not so good in emergency situations, but I knew that I had to be with my girl. Thankfully, our friends who had the boys, offered them to stay the night and keep them the next day if needed, so I didn't even have to worry about them. Also, my girlfriends worked out a plan so that I didn't have to drive to the hospital by myself. Looking back at that - that was huge. I don't know if I would've made it there!

When I got to the hospital, I walked in her room, and Ryan was standing to the side watching about 8-10 people working on our baby. I lost it. They took us to a consultation room and just let us hold each other and cry. There was nothing that we could do to help our sweet baby girl and we felt so helpless. We prayed right there for her and asked for the Lord to heal our Gracey girl. Thankfully, my two friends who drove me there were there for me and just let me talk and cry. I was numb. It totally felt surreal - like it wasn't happening. I didn't know what to do. The only thing that I could do for her is to get people to pray for her. I had Susan call Joan at my church to put Chloe on the prayer chain; people posted it on Facebook, and from there it just snowballed. My baby girl had hundreds of people praying for her!

Chloe was going to get airlifted to The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, but before they left, they allowed us to go in and see her. Nobody should have to see their baby like that - NOBODY. It was awful. They handed me her little purple hoop earrings and the clothes that they cut off her body. Up until that point, I thought that she was unconscious and not able to breathe, but it was then that the doctor told me that they did that to her on purpose because they didn't know the extent of her injuries.

The flight team arrived and as they were preparing her for the flight to U of C, they noticed she had some air in her lung. They immediately scanned her lung to find out that she had a collapsed lung and then put a tube in her chest. The doctors from U of C said that the doctors from St. Anthony's placed the tube perfectly, and that they did everything just perfect for our girl. Once they completed all that she got on the helicopter and headed to U of C.

Ryan and I got in our car, still in complete shock that this was happening and headed to U of C. Our Pastor Kris texted us on our our way telling us that he was with Chloe at U of C and to drive safe. Ryan and I can't explain how much of a comfort that was to us. To know that someone was with her meant the world. My mom, brother Len, sister-in-laws Tara and Jen and cousin Rachel were also waiting for us in the waiting room when we got there, and that was so comforting as well. We had to wait a bit for the doctor to give us a report, and to have those people with us was just awesome! Thanks guys!

The doctor came in and gave the report that she had a small bleed on the brain on the back right side and a fracture on the front left side of her skull. Prognosis at that point was good, but it was basically a waiting game - the first 72 hours are crucial.

They finally came to get us so we could see our girl. Of course, Ryan and I cried and cried and just held on to each other. Shortly thereafter, our family members came in to see her. It's hard to see anybody on a ventilator let alone a 7-year old girl that you love dearly. We all shed some tears and then tried to get some sleep. I say tried, because honestly I didn't sleep a wink. My nerves had got the better of me and I was having trouble with horrible thoughts, so I was pretty much fighting with the devil all night and standing beside my baby. I would sing to her, pray for her, rub her head - anything to try to comfort her.

Morning FINALLY came - and she went for a CT scan. I was walking to the bathroom, and realized I knew one of the nurses. I stopped and talked with her and cried with her, and then she asked if she could come see Chloe. Of course, I said yes. She looked at her and how she was trying to wake herself up out of sedation and her vitals, etc. and she told me and Ryan "she's gonna be fine." After that she asked if she could get us something to drink. I asked for a Diet Coke while Ryan asked for a coffee. Little did we know that she was going to go to au bon pain and bring back coffee, diet coke, muffins and danishes. She was my little angel that morning (and pretty much proved to be my jem that night when she got everything we needed to take showers! :) She was awesome! Thanks Karen!)

While we were waiting for results I called Mel to give her an update and she told me that she was walking up to the hospital with Katie. Just what I needed! We waited so long to get the results, but the doctor said that if all came back with little to no change, then we would start to take her off the sedative and try to extubate her. The doctor came and said that there were no huge changes from the previous CT scan, so we were going to go along as planned with getting her off the sedative first to see how she would handle the ventilator. Well, let me tell you, she had a cheering squad in that room. People just kept showing up and we all just stood quietly by her bedside to see those beautiful eyes! She was fighting coming out, but she just wouldn't wake up enough for them to extubate her. My brother Paul and sister-in-law Kristin, niece Dana, Brian, Jori, Fritz, Jen, Heather, Jen, Rachel - we had a crew! (sorry if I forgot anybody - it's not intentional.) My brother and his family were getting ready to leave and she still hadn't woken up yet. My brother started to talk to her and tell her that they were leaving and they would really like to see her before they left. She started to really move around (her hands were strapped down the whole time) and FINALLY opened her eyes and woke up! The joy in me and Ryan's hearts when we got to see our baby girl's eyes was amazing. The respiration team quickly got into action to get her extubated and that went off without a hitch. They took the tube out of her nose and she was awake and telling us she was thirsty. She kissed us, she smiled at us it was just amazing! She was in and out of sleep and about 9 o'clock, Ryan and I decided that we needed some much needed sleep. I hadn't slept at all the night before, so sleep came very easily for me. I woke up around midnight to the nurse talking with Chloe. She was telling the nurse her name, holding her fingers up to tell her age, and gave a thumbs up! Oh it was just magnificent. To see my baby interact after so many hours of not interacting was just amazing!

I couldn't fall back to sleep. I think I had finally come to a point where I knew my baby was going to be o.k., I finally got my girl back! I cried....and cried....and cried. It was a really emotional time for me. I did go back to sleep about 4 and slept on and off until 6. All the while I would hear Ryan asking her what her middle name was and she would reply "Grace." It's just music to our ears when she can tell us what her brothers names are and what her birthday is.

We've had a few minor set-backs today, but nothing major! What they had originally thought to be fractures on her vertebrae are no longer there - they didn't show up on the second x-ray!! Another answer to prayer! They did find a non-displaced frontal sinus fracture. Nothing that needs operating, just monitoring for right now. No wrist fracture like they had thought.

She's been really sleepy today, which the doctors say is normal. Sometimes she's acting a bit confused and that's o.k. too. She's going to just need some healing time and I think before you know it, she'll be good as new. I'm going to guard her with my life, but she'll be good as new!

Ryan and I have sobbed over her bed because we didn't know what her future held for her. Last night, I sobbed over her bed because she's got a story that she's going to share in the future that includes God's healing power and the power of prayer! Oh, I can't wait to tell her all about it!

Oh, and the first thing on the agenda for her future? She's getting her hair cut!!! :)

Gracey girls weather forecast :)

Gracey girl at the weather forecast it will storm again at 1:12 :)please come again I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!

A fun night with grandma and grandpa;)

On satrday my grandma and grandpa came to our house!!!!!!! we had pizza from pizzahut and had pop with it too!!! the boys had fun playing golf on wii;) I know that it will be fun when grandma and grandpa come!!!!;)

The deals from my mom

at aldi you can get 3 box of mac n cheeefor1.00. at aldi you can get milk for a1.49. at other stores it is 2.00 or more. that is the for now!!!!!!!!

Family vacation

coming soon

2010 has come!!!!:)

2010 has come. I hope it is a good year. I have waited for a long time for this year and it has finily come :) I love the snowflaces thay are pretty . this year is going to be fun I just feel it. love gracey:)

My world

My world is awsum and supar because I have good grades I think I am good at math too!!!!:)

My two brothers!!!!!

This is my brother O. he is 4 years old .you can tell we are at the lake because he has goggles on his head. my little O.

this is my brother B. he is 5 years old. we are in our own boat. he is waiting to go tubing. my little B.

Lunch time;)!!!!!!

Today I helped mom cook lunch we made noddles and soup and sandwiches.it is fun to cook with her. I can not say how much I love her. she's the best mom in the world;) I made eggs one time too!!!!!and I made toast too!!!! love Gracey

The cool thingsI love to do

The first thing I do that I love in my life is make friend ship bracelets with my own style. that is just my thing:) the second thing I love to do is to swim. I love to feel it :) that's the thing 's that I love!!!!!!

Going to auntie kaite's house for new years eve!!!!!

For New Year's Eve I went to auntie katie's house. I saw cally and anna to!!!! the boys spied on us . the girls painted nails I put hearts on my nails and toe nails too!!!! the adults yelled and screamed during the card game. I could not evening hear the movie!!!! when it was new years we yelled happy new years and had sparkling juice it was the best ever:)

My family Christmas

This year I thought it was the best christmas ever. I got an Ipod nano that is orange it is really cool . I was so excited to see what I got. my good cousin of mine Simon got a dsi. my brothers got a ds. my other cousin Ben got a ds too! my grandma and grandpa got my family a wii too! i love it so much!!!!!! WE WENT TO 3 CHIRSTMAS PARTYS!!!!!!! that was my favaorite christmas!!!!!