She Amazes Me

This little girl; all kids with T-18 for that matter; simply amazes me with their strength, determination, will power and spirit. They bring so much love into my life and make me more grateful for all that I have and can do. She truly amazes me and I love her so much!! The other day during therapy we brought M outside to do her PT she walked up and down the drive way so well and it is a bit of a hill

She was in the mood to stand so she stood in the kitchen and helped me get lunch ready

She loves to walk and so we came up with a way for her to have more freedom, use more of her muscle and save our backs from bending over.. You guessed it a panty hose and a maxi pad, who would have thought the things women hate the most could have so many possibilities and who needs expensive equipment this is stuff you have at home!

Nursing

School has started and when I finish I will graduate on May 13th, 2014! I am so excited to finally be doing something I love and have interest in! Don't get me wrong it's a lot of book work, studying and homework but I LOVE it! I am a huge hands on / visual learner so I am loving the lab part where we are doing everything! I can't wait for clinical and to be out on the field! It's fun to wear scrubs and have the initials SN (student nurse) behind my name.. I know it is early on and I might not be this enthusiastic about it in a few months but right now I am loving it and I have never been so determined in my life to do something!

Home

Nothing in the world makes this girl more happy then being able to see my family. I miss them so much when I am gone and LOVE being able to go home and spend time with them!! In July I was able to go home for two weeks, I didn't tell anyone that I was coming because I needed this trip to be about family and not stressing over seeing everyone and there dog. I needed just family time and I think that the family needed some Kourtni time as well. Family time is just what we had and I couldn't be happier! I finally got to meet my brothers girlfriend and her two kids so I was pretty happy to spend time with all my nieces and nephews! Siblings and parents. We went to the pool many times, we did our "drive in" theater where we project a movie on the garage, we went and released balloons at my brothers grave, as a surprise my little brother bought lanterns for us to release in memory of Kayne (they didn't work the best but it was still really cool!), my lil bro and sis in law went to the real drive in with me. We spent time at g'ma and g'pa's. Went for walks, went to the park and went on our annual camping trip to Moon Lake. I am so glad that I was able to go home and it was nice to have so much time with family, one of my favorite parts was just sitting on the couch watching t.v. with dad, I'm a daddy's girl 100%! I can't even begin to say how much I love my family! Every single one of them! I know I am who I am today because I have K and J for parents, Gok, Elfie, Little Brother, Dean, Turk and Kayne for siblings. L, K, L and D for sister in laws and Baby Girl, Bubbers, Bean, Peanut, Butter and Jelly for nieces and nephews! Saying goodbye never gets easier even after all the times I have done it, I love my family so much and I am so proud to be a Knobel! *I suck at taking my camera with me and taking pictures! My sister has a lot of pictures on her camera that I need to try to get. Bubbers and me

Moon lake

These two are the best buddies

Africa style baby wearing still pays off

They were this dirty the WHOLE time

Mud Monsters

Peanut, Butter and Jelly napping

Getting balloons ready for Kayne

The lanterns

Indiana

Back in May I had a few days off between semesters and wanted to get away for a bit. I called up my aunt and asked if I could come visit for a few days and to my delight she said yes. It has been so much fun living closer to them, since I didn't get to see them to much while we were growing up. On my first day there my aunt let my cousin leave school early and her and I went out and saw the town. We went to lunch and then downtown where the Ohio River is ( I looked like a total tourist but give me credit I had never seen it before:)...) After that we went and got FroYo and then we tagged along to watch my uncle race, I like to call him Lance Armstrong. It was really cool to see him ride in person. The next day my aunt didn't work so I got to hang out with her. We watched a movie, went to lunch and she took me to see her work. It was a very relaxing time and so much fun to be able to spend it with such cool people! I told them I will have to come over more often, it's totally worth the 8 hour drive. Thanks L&L!!