The Kassel Family Project Life 365

While working on our family tree, Andy stumbled on some interesting information regarding his real father.  After a bit of investigating, he found the name of a woman – Laurie – who appeared to have been married at one time to his father.  He did some Facebook checking, found her, and sent a message.  She responded and she was, in fact, married to his father from 1978 until 1990.  Even more exciting was that Andy discovered that he has a half-sister – Rachel!  Yes, they have been talking via email and we hope to meet Rachel and her family (we also have two nephews!), along with Laurie, very soon!  I just want to say, “Welcome to the family Rachel and Laurie!  It is so great to have you!”  So, sometimes a broken family…

But…  Note to self:  Never attempt to take pictures of kids that finally feel better after feeling rotten for days because of a cold.  It takes many pictures to get one, good one.

Well, she didn’t get to wear it at the invitational, but she wore it to her gymnastics lesson.  Not quite the same thing, but close enough!

See how happy ibuprofen makes two sick kids?  They even had fun at the doctor’s office.  Ibuprofen is the wonder drug.

Instead of wearing her new leotard and performing at the Tiger Academy of Gymnastics “Around the World” Invitational,

Laura is sleeping.  Damn cold and sore throat…

We have one disappointed girl who worked very hard to learn the routines so that she could perform.  She was very much looking forward to learning how competitions work and earning that medal at the end.  So sad.

We attended the Missouri Beer Festival again this year.  Just like last year, we had VIP tickets that allowed us to enter the event an hour early.  I love not waiting in line!  I really enjoyed this year’s festival and found a beer from Rock Bridge Brewery here in Columbia that is going to have to become a staple in this household.  It was called Option #2 (it won the People’s Choice award!) and is a milk stout with vanilla hazelnut coffee flavor.  Seriously, I could see myself substituting this beer for my morning coffee.  It was that good!  It was a great way to spend the afternoon with my husband and friends.  A special thanks to Jeremy for watching the kids for us!

It was time.  We are now the proud owners of brand new HTC One (M8) cell phones.  This is a special thanks to my husband for going to Best Buy to get them on his own.  It was really nice being able to stay home.  Now, to finish the set-up…