The Sevy's

Thursday, September 11, 2014

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Grandma Kunkel

At the beginning of May (May 5th) my Grandma Kunkel passed away. My parent's had been with her that evening. They ate dinner with her, walked her around her assisted living home and then took her upstairs to get ready for bed. They could tell that my Grandma was just not herself. They went home that night and got a call about an hour later that the nurses found that she had passed away in her bed. I'm so hopeful that she had a peaceful passing. That was one of her biggest fears. We all miss her a lot but we know she is so much happier to not be stuck in a body that was slowly deteriorating! I know she's also happy to be with the rest of her family and my Grandpa who passed away years before her. It's a blessing to know that we will get to see them all again one day! It was amazing to see all of the people there for my Grandma. The best part was seeing her red hat club friends show up with their red hat gear on. So cute!! We automatically loved those little ladies!

Here's part of the family that was able to make it to the burial Monday morning (a couple of days after the funeral).

Uncle Joe Kunkel with Jaxon.

Flowers I kept from one of the flower arrangements.

She's so cute! This picture was when she first moved in to her assisted living home less than a year before.

~Nat

Thursday, July 24, 2014

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April

Towards the beginning of April was Easter. It was so fun to be able to have the whole family here!!

Amy and Jaxon came in to town a few days before Easter. We were all able to go visit Grandma Kunkel.

This is after church on Easter Sunday. (Em didn't come in town until later that day.)

He's a happy little guy!!

All smiles!!

After church we went to the airport to pick up Em and then had lunch at my parent's house along with other family and friends.

Beat boxing to make Jaxon smile. He loves it! Sometimes we have our own dance sessions!

Here are some cookie and cream sandwiches I made for Easter. They were super easy!!

Easter Cake Mix Cookies with Cheesecake Filling

1 box of yellow cake mix
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 cup Easter M&M's
1 tub of Cool Whip
1 small package of cheesecake pudding mix (I used sugar free)

1.) Make the cake mix cookies-

M&M Cakies

1 box of yellow cake mix
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 bag M&M's (I chose the Easter themed ones.)

1) Mix together all the ingredients except the M&M's until completely blended and smooth. This took me a little while since the consistency is a little thicker than your normal cake batter.

2.) Stir in M&Ms.

3.)Ball up batter and put on a cookie tray. Bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes.

4.) Let the cookies cool completely before putting any filling on them.

5.) While the cookies are cooling, you can make the cheesecake pudding mix. Stir the cheesecake pudding mix into the tub of Cool Whip and mix completely.

7.) Spread a generous amount of the Cool Whip filling in between two cookies and sandwich them together. Enjoy!

The day after Easter the whole family went to Austin for the day. Of course, we made a very essential stop on our way there!

We also stopped and took some pictures in the bluebonnets.

Obsessed with his little Birkenstock sandals!! <3 <3

So cute with Grandma and Grandpa!! It was their 30th anniversary that day too!!

When we finally made our way to Austin our first stop was for lunch at Torchy's. I'm pretty sure the only thing we did on our trip was eat!! HA!

Then the Big Top Candy Shop on South Congress! We had never been, which is crazy since we've been to Austin so much the last year! It was really fun! I loved the old school feel of the store!

Jaxon loved it too!!

Later we met with my brother after his class and went to the Institute building and walked around UT campus. We went to a few stores near campus and watched the turtles at the turtle pond for a while.