Easter Flowers

Hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!  We had the pleasure of seeing John's oldest brother Jack during the weekend, and had a wonderful time visiting.  As a combined birthday present for Sara and Easter present for all of us, he bought a bunch (and I mean a bunch) of flowers to plant in the front.  And, as you can see from the first picture, we had lots of help with the work.  Of course, we did feed all of those boys afterward.  Enjoy the pictures, and hope to see comments from everyone.

Can you say "Attitude"?

Had to tell her little girls shouldn't show their panties.

Let It Snow??

Okay, I moved to Texas for the warm, sunny weather.  That pretty much disappeared last week.  It started snowing about 3am Thursday and didn't stop until about 3am Friday - 24 hours of straight snowfall for Texas.  We had a record 12.5 inches of snow.  It was beautiful and a little bit fun.  Some of us from work actually had a couple of snowball fights.  I had forgotten how much fun those could be.  The snow was a perfect heavy, wet snow that just begs for making snowballs.  I even saw a couple of snow forts.

Here are a couple of pictures taken that show you our 'winter wonderland'. We did end up losing three brances off one of the trees in our front yard, but I guess it could have been worse.

  

 

Time Goes By

Where does the time go? I can hardly believe that it is already February. Seems like I was just cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Work has been so busy and it doesn't look like there is any breathing space anytime soon. John is working just as hard. In case, everyone didn't hear, he was promoted to District Manager in November and he has been cleaning up his area ever since. This is something that he has worked very hard towards for a long time, and I am very proud of him.

Sara is back in school for the semester and working at the dry cleaners. We see Jason about every other week on Sunday for dinner. He likes living on his own, but it does get a little too quiet for him and he misses his Cami.

The Munchkin continues to grow. She is potty training now and doing a great job. This last week, she went all day except for a couple of accidents. Even stayed dry during nap time. She still needs the diaper at night, but I don't think it will be too long before those are a thing of the past. She is more stubborn and headstrong than her mom was, so that continues to be a challenge. I can't imagine our home without her. She keeps us young and on our toes.

I'm with Dad. We need to start doing a better job of posting again. I don't get on Facebook much because I can't access it at work, and by the time I get home and the family settles down, I really don't feel like getting on the computer.

I'll try to get some pictures posted soon, but the connection from the camera to the computer is acting up. I do believe it is time for a new, updated computer.

Merry Christmas 2009

Another year has gone by and, for the most part, all of our family and friends are doing well. I thank God every day for keeping the ones we love safe. I hope this Christmas brings joy and comfort to all and that the New Year is happy and prosperous. Please know that even when I do not do a good job of keeping in touch, each and every one is thought of often.

Love to all and Merry Christmas!!

Moved and New Furniture

Well, we got everything moved out of the old house into the new. Of course, there is still a bunch of stuff still in the storage unit. Hopefully, we (I) will have some time to weed through it some more and get rid of more. In the meantime, here are some pictures of the new furniture we bought.

This is the new sleeper/sofa that is in the game room upstairs. So in addition to the spare bedroom, we have a queen size sleeper to house plenty of extra guests (hint, hint).

Here is our new family room furniture. Our good friend, Marsha, wants this for her house. :)

This is Cami's new big girl bed. She loves it and has not fallen out yet.

My favorite is our new bedroom furniture. After 25 years (in December) of marriage, my husband and I got ourselves this as an anniversary present.

And, of course, what post would be complete without a picture of the Munchkin! Here she is ready to go to day care on a chilly fall morning. In case you are wondering, that is a bagel in her left hand. She loves having one in the morning. Of course, she can't quite say 'bagel' yet and it comes out 'wagel'.

On a side note, can't wait to see some more posts from the family. I think we have all gotten so busy and are neglecting our posts, although I know a lot of you are doing quite a bit of Facebooking. I only get on it about once every other week or so.