Sunday, August 28, 2011

Papa and Alyssa Fishing


My Papa

Many of you know that my grandfather has been very sick for months. He was in the hospital for 41 days and suffering from cancer. The Lord took him to glory last Saturday, August 20th. We left Monday for Arkansas and stayed until yesterday. The viewing was on Tuesday evening and the funeral was on Wednesday. It was good to spend time with Chad & Courtney, who we have not seen since the wedding, but would have loved for it to be different circumstances. My grandfather was a wonderful man. He was like a second father to Chad and I since we spent every summer of our lives with them in Arkansas. He was an amazing Chrisitian and up until the day he died would preach God's word to anyone who would listen. This has really made me think. Do I do that in my life? Am I willing to talk about God to anyone who will listen? I feel like so many times we let life take over and forget that this is just a temporary home and our Heavenly Father is waiting to take us home to eternity. One thing I have learned this week , is to be open about God with everyone. Don't hold back or be afraid. I will carry on my grandfather's legacy by taking this new approach in life. I will make sure that everyone I come in contact with knows about God. I am thankful for Papa's life and what it meant to me and so many people who came, called and emailed to express their sympathy. The love that rallied around our family was amazing. Til next time......

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Introducing Liam Jonathan Chesser

As you know Liam was born on March 15, 2011 at 9:48am. He weighed 8 lbs. and 3oz. After a brief stay in NICU, he was brought back to us around 4pm. He has been an added joy to our family and we are proud to show off his pictures. It has been a long road to this point but we are so thankful for this blessing that God has so graciously given us. Enjoy! We sure are! Til next time....

Liam's Nursery

Liam

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Chesser Family Updates

Okay so I have not blogged since Christmas, but can I just say my life has been crazy!!!! We went to Arkansas for Christmas to visit my grandparents and then came back in January. Since then it has been full steam ahead with baby stuff. I feel so bad because at this point with Alyssa I had everything done! They say with the second child, things are not so grand and on time like with the first. I swore that would not be me and guess what ~ It is! Anyway, we are finishing up the nursery soon and I will post pics for everyone to see. Only 4 and a half weeks left! Hard to believe. Til next time.....

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Elf Sightings for the Week of December 5th - 11th

So this was Jingles first official full week at the Chesser house and boy was he busy. On Sunday December 5th Jingles made snowman out of white moon dough, some of mommy's sewing ribbon and chocolate chips. On Monday the 6th, Jingles popped popcorn and went downstairs to watch Star Wars on the big screen. He took one of Alyssa's capri suns and played with daddy's star wars figures. On Tuesday the 7th, Jingles made Alyssa some chocolate chip cookies and left them in a Christmas tin on the stove. On Wednesday the 8th, Jingles made a zip line from the kitchen fixture to a nail in the wall. He convinced two of Alyssa's Barbies to join him as he zipped across the room. On Thursday the 9th, Jingles snuck into Alyssa's room and took her Uno Moo game. He got Chloe and Poodle (Build a Bears) and challenged them to a game. On Friday the 10th, after a long week he decided to take the night off and keep Alyssa company in her bed. On Saturday the 11th, Jingles got a bucket and climbed to the top of Alyssa's mirror in the bathroom to leave her a message. It said, "So far so good, Keep up the good work!" Stay tuned to see what this week has install. Til next time.....

Elf Pictures for the Week of December 5th - 11th

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Elf Sighting at the Chesser House

On December 1st, Santa sent one of his helpers to the Chesser home to visit until Christmas Eve. His name is Jingles and he is a magic Elf. At night, Alyssa has to tuck him in his sleeping bag and sprinkle him with magic snowflakes for him to come alive. While we are all sleeping he does very mischievous things around the house. For instance on December 1st, he took some hangers from mine and Jon's closet and connected them to make a ladder climbing up to our living room fan. On December 2nd, he took Alyssa's blocks and built a fort with Handy Manny. Then they snuck some marsh mellows from the pantry and had a snowball fight. Alyssa was angry because he wasted her marsh mellows and she had to throw them away! On December 3rd he went to Alyssa's bathroom and left elf poop on and in the toilet. When Alyssa found him he was wrapped in toilet paper. (Note: Elf poop is chocolate chips) If you have a hard time seeing the pictures below, you can double click on them to make them larger. On December 4th he decided to take the night off and sleep with Alyssa. We are going to post at the end of every week all of the crazy things he gets into. Be sure to check back and see what Jingles does next. Til next time.....

Elf Pics from December 1st - 4th

Friday, November 5, 2010

October Events

Most of you know that two weeks ago Jon had to have shoulder surgery. We were so thankful for everyone's thoughts and prayers. Everything with the surgery went well and he is doing great. Right after surgery I felt like we started rolling and never stopped. I am waiting to come up for air but I realize the holidays are just around the corner. I am just now posting what happened in October. We went on Sunday after Jon's surgery Thursday to our SS teachers house for our class fall party. This was Jon's first outing. Everyone commented on how "relaxed" he was. I am sure the medicine had nothing to do with that (wink, wink) Anyway, we had a hay ride, fed the miniature ponies, helped collect eggs from the chickens and roasted marsh mellows. We had a great time. The following Thursday, one week post op, Alyssa had her class Halloween party at school. This was Jon's firs party experience since they are always during the day while he is at work. He was wishing he felt as good as he did at Joey & Kelly's after that party. Sugar and eighteen 4 year olds make a great mix! Saturday night before Halloween we got together with the playgroup and ate chili and went Trick or Treating in the Hidden Brook neighborhood. Mr. Hugh made a hay ride for us and we used that to circle the neighborhood. It was great to get the kids and families back together. All of the kids are in different classes at school this year so they were happy to be together! On Halloween we went to Middle Ridge to Trick or Treat. Our neighborhood is filled with teenagers so no one ever celebrates Halloween there. My parents live in Middle Ridge so we always bust in on their Halloween. We had fun and Alyssa met another Dorothy while out collecting candy. We had a very busy couple of weeks, but everything was fun and went a lot better then expected. Now we just have to wait and see what November holds. Til next time.......

Trick or Treating on Halloween 2010

Trick or Treating w/the Playgroup

Alyssa's Halloween School Party

SS Fall Social @ Joey & Kelly's