Good afternoon everyone. I can't believe that the end of the year is here!!!! I'm glad in many ways and just can't believe it went too fast in others. We've had such a good time with Caleb and Caitlyn these last 2 weeks. I'll have to post more and include pictures when I get the chance. They are so precious. We enjoy their visits so much and they are so lovable. Well gonna go for now so write to me when you can and remember Jesus loves YOU>

Hey everyone, We have a house full of such joy tonight!!!!!!!! We had all 3 of our grandchildren with us today. So much fun. We made cookies, presents, went to the Dr.-Caleb has an ear infection, shopping, just all kinds of stuff. So much fun. I'm so thankful to God for allowing us the privilege to spend quality time with our little ones. Kimberly is a stay at home mom so she helped make cookies with the kids. Thank you Toot-they are so good and she helped them decorate and cut and bake, etc. Christopher is off so he gets the full time with the kids also. So great!!!!!! Les is hunting and I hope he gets a buck. We are doing well and loving this season. Thank You God for sending us your son to save us from eternal death and separation from you. I'm so glad You are my Savior, Deliverer, Lover of my Soul, Physician, Friend, Confidant, Provider, shall I keep going???????? Merry Christ-mas to all of you!!!!!! Keep Christ in Christmas-it's His birthday afterall!!!!!!!

Good morning everyone. Bryan and I went to see my brother Larry for a few days. We had an incredible time!! Thanks so much Larry for your hospitality. We were in Bay St. Louis, MS. and I'm going to try and figure out how to put his weather station on my blog. It would be cool to watch him. Anyway, that's where I've been for the last several days. I'll try and put pictures on. Christopher leaves for Maryland tomorrow to go and get the kids and they are so excited to get to Texas. We love them so much and look forward to spending a few days with them. I probably won't be writing on here at all while they are here so this will have to do. I can't believe our trip to Hawaii is coming up rather quickly also!!!!! Anyway, got to go so have a very Merry Christmas and celebrate this holiday for what it is----Jesus' birthday!!!!

Good morning everyone, I hope you have a wonderful day. I have a neat weather thing that you can do everyone. Go to Wunderground weather and click on it. I'll have to figure it all out first because my brother's boat has a weather station. He's in Bay St. Louis, MS so I think you click on that, type in M/V Cigano and you can find him and look at his weather station. Got stuff to do today. Zachary is 9 months old TODAY!! Hard to believe. Kids are coming in 9 days!!! Yippeeeeee, can't wait. Merry Christ-mas everyone.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

I wanted you all to see the first cute picture of our grandson with his first visit to Santa Claus. The other 2 will be here on the 20th so we'll go and see Santa when they get here. Isn't this precious??? I can't believe the time is going so fast. It will be no time and we'll be celebrating together again. Our Christmas cards will be New Years cards because we'll wait til Caleb and Caitlyn get here to have our family picture made-no way we would leave them out!! I know everyone will understand why their card will be late. Well. gotta run for now so have a great evening, God Bless, and try blessing someone else that needs it during this special season.

Cheryl and I are riding Expedition Everest where you are looking for a Yetti -a snow bigfoot! Wasn't Cheryl having fun?? She was ready to get off before it really got started! I LOVED it!!
One of the kids' Christmas pictures.
Me and Ariel-my granddaughter's favorite princess
Me and Mickey at dinner!!
Well, here we are after Thanksgiving!! I can't believe it's Dec. tomorrow!!! Time flies whether or not you are having fun. Cheryl and I had a BALL at "The House of Mouse!!!" It was so much fun. I can't thank Cheryl and Amanda enough for letting me go. I'm going to include some pictures of the trip and some ride pictures. It was a great vacation and we really had a good time. Thanksgiving went well-different of course without Bryan's parents but we had a good time. Would you believe that I'm ALL FINISHED with my Christmas shopping? Everything is almost all wrapped also!!! I did it all in Florida. Of course I had to buy some extra bags to get everything home but that's okay too. At least it's all done. Bryan, David, Linda, and I are planning a trip to Hawaii in January. David is Bryan's brother. We are flying to Honolulu and then taking a cruise around the islands. It's going to be so much fun. Many more pictures to come. Guess what? Zachary is cutting 4 TEETH!!! Poor little guy-he's been fussy, feverish, and not a happy camper. He's always so happy and for him to be grumpy is a rarity. We went to Children's ER the other night and then he went back to Dr. Eastman's office this morning. He's also got a virus mixed in with everything else. They took him to see Santa Claus this evening because he is feeling a lot better and the fever is gone and he's better. I took some pictures of them tonight for their Christmas pictures. I'll include them also. Zachary enjoyed turkey, dressing, potatoes, etc. He wasn't real fond of the cranberries though. He loved pumpkin pie too He won't eat baby food anymore. He's sitting up good and wants to pull up which he's beginning to do just a little. He'll be 9 months old in 11 days. Like I said earlier-how time flies!! The kids are looking forward to Christmas-we can't wait to see them. We really do miss them so much. Well, gonna go for now so you all have a great day and God Bless You One and All.

Hello everyone, Sorry it's been quite a while since I have added anything to this. Later I'll add pictures as my friend, Cheryl, and I went to "The House of Mouse" last week. We had an absolute ball!!! It was so much fun. I'll have to post one of the pictures of us on a ride. Cheryl and I first met when we worked at Plano General Hospital 30 years ago!! We worked in the Nursery on the "house-wife shift"- 5-9:30 pm shift. I LOVED it!!!! Anyway, then we worked at pedi offices, ran clinics, etc. throughout the years. Thanks Cheryl AND Amanda for allowing me to go!!! I really had a great time. I got all of my grandchildren's Christmas shopping done-and a few adults too. Now, preparing for "Turkey Day" and Black Friday. I LOVE shopping on that day!!! Crazy huh? Yep, that's me. I'm so glad that I made it back from the U. K. safely!!!! hahahahahaha. Anyway, I'll post stuff later on. Have a blessed day and remember to be Thankful for ALL we have here in America and also Thank some soldiers along the way for our freedoms!! Even if they aren't in uniform-if they have grey hair, they were in the military and you can thank them too!!!! Love ya'll.

ATTENTION TO EVERYONE, Someone hijacked my yahoo mail address book and I have NO addresses in it!!! I have tried to write to everyone from my Mac to let them know to change your password so you won't get caught too. I'm making some changes to my accts. so if you have trouble with any of my stuff, you know where I live and you have my phone numbers. By the way, the letter said to send money so if you still want to send it, send it to my home address!!! hahahaha

This is my brother Larry who had a tremendous life change a few months back. Jesus brought him a new life in Him!! Praise the Lord. Bryan and I are going to the Bahamas to see him when he gets there. I love you big brother.
This is Clayton and his new 1st little grandson!!! His name is Nathan and my brother is Clayton. Many of you know of Clayton-he's the youngest of the brothers. Still older than me though.
Zachary was Mickey Mouse for Halloween. We were at a church for their fall festival.
Here are the "children" in bed taking their naps!!!!
Zachary was enjoying the lovely ladies at the saloon show at Silver Dollar City!!!
Hello everyone, I know, I know, it's been a long time since I wrote. Sorry about that. We were gone for several days to Branson. We needed to get away. We're home now but I leave again on Thursday morning to go to "The House of Mouse" in Orlando with a great longtime friend and working associate of mine. We're excited. I've never done this before. We're gone from Thursday til the next Tuesday. Cheryl has got all kinds of things planned for us!! I'm looking forward to it. She's planned the trip and all I have to do is go and have fun. That's different because I'm always the one planning the trips so it is truly a vacation for me. I have to look at all the interesting pictures I've gotten recently and add a few to the page. Duchess is doing great. Right now she is licking my leg/knee. She LOVES ME!! Caleb, Caitlyn, Zachary are doing well also. Can't wait to see the kids next month-Caleb and Caitlyn that is. I've almost gotten all their pictures ready to send to them. Just have to do it. Oh Christopher... Not much else new and exciting going on so I'll close for now and look at the pictures and then add more thoughts as I go.

Hey everyone, Well I hope everyone is having a great day like I am. I had my brother out for awhile and he really enjoyed it, even in the rain. Duchess doesn't like getting her feet wet very much. She's a real sweetie. I haven't gotten really any good pictures of her yet so will include them next time. I DO, however, have some new sweet pictures of the Cornelius family that were taken at the Celina Pumpkin Festival. I know you'll enjoy them. Kimberly added a new dog to their family. His name is Ozzy and he is a resuce dog also. He looks alot like Kodiak but he sure doesn't act like her!!!! He is part sheperd also and he's a pretty rough big toughie. They are going to have some obedience training with Kodi and Ozzy. Kimberly still isn't sure about keeping him because of her allergies. I told her to bathe him and see if that helps. He's almost 11 months old. Pictures included also of them. Our nephew, Danny and his wife Melody had a baby 3 weeks ago- 09-29-09. His name is Nathan and here is a picture with his mommy. He's a cutie also but so little compared with Zachary!!!! We are all doing well. We got Bryan's parents apartment cleaned out-which was so weird to us. We remember 6 years ago, excitedly moving them into the apartments and how thrilled we were to have them here with us and now... We know they are both with Jesus and each other. I told Mom to hug my parents for me and tell them I loved them. Well, gotta go get supper on. We're having soup and sandwich this evening. Yummy!!! Potato soup with ham, celery, carrots, broccoli and cheese added in!! Perfect for a rainy evening. Love ya'll.

Hello world!!!! Sorry I haven't written in awhile but have been busy. We've been trying to pack up Bryan's parents stuff and get their apartment cleaned and ready to give back to them. It's really weird to know that 6 short years ago, we moved them here and now we're cleaning out the apartment and getting rid of stuff. On a lighter note though, Duchess is sure fitting in well to our family. She's such a sweetie and a really good girl. She LOVES frozen carrots and green beans and will do anything you want her to in order to get some. She is learning some tricks now. She can sit, speak, learning to shake, she will go "down", go in a circle both ways, etc. Whatever else we can think of to teach her. Well, gotta go for now. Zachary is staying with us and just woke up from a nap!!!!!! God Bless You All, Have a blessed afternoon!!!!!!

Well we brought "Licorice" home and in the process, we named her, "Duchess". She got a pink "diamond" collar and leash!! and her own little chewies. She is a sweetheart!!! She REALLY likes people food but no..no..no. She wasn't particularly interested in her dog bed. Right now, she's laying on the couch as close to Christopher as she can get and is getting her back scratched on. She's a happy girl, I hope. In case you forgot, here is her picture. The lady that takes all of the Recycled Pom site does an awesome job on their pictures-Cheri, you did a great job!!! Debi, thank you for being such a good foster mom to her. You say "outside" and boy she runs to the back door already.

Well, we just got word that we have been approved to adopt Licorice!!! A new name is coming for her. What will it be????? We don't know yet. We're going to go and meet her tomorrow morning at 11am. I hope she likes us and that she likes Zachary. They say that she loves kids but is a little afraid of adults. Her step mom thinks she could have been abused. I'll let you know more tomorrow.

Well, it's the day after the funeral. It all went very well yesterday. Everyone liked the poem that I read that was called Heaven. I also told some stories about mom and different family members. We are looking to adopt a dog. I KNOW it will be good for us. I'm putting a picture of her on the blog. She's such a cutie. I filled out the paperwork required for her and we'll see if we qualify for her. She is a Pomaranian and is 15 pounds. She loves kids but is a little shy around adults. Anyway, she'd get a great home, I think. Say a prayer about this for me. I've been praying that the Lord would lead us to the right animal. She's a rescue dog. Anyway, have a great day and know you are loved, especially by Jesus!!!!

Gee, I can't believe it was the 3rd that I last posted. We had news that night-Bryan's mom went home to be with the Lord around 10pm that night. She was soooo ready to meet Jesus, see her husband, and all her other family and friends that she hadn't seen in many many years. We will miss her but I KNOW she's extremely happy!! Her last words a few days before she passed on was what she said when she looked at Zachary. She had a sweet smile and opened her eyes and said, "Oh the baby" at that, she closed her eyes and never said another word. Onto a lighter note.

We are looking for a dog to adopt. I've filled out apps all over for different places to adopt. We're looking at a smaller dog that has longer hair. It is fun looking at all of these dogs!!! So many!!! I'll keep you posted on our discovery. We're going to go see a little dog by the name of Sharla Bear. She's a mix of Chihuahua/Pomeranian and she is so cute. She weighs about 8 pounds. Anyway, I'll let you all know the latest developments!!! Not much else happening right now so I'll let you go and I'll write more later. Remember Jesus loves YOU!!! yes even YOU!!!

I got this in an e-mail from a friend of mine, so I decided to it, but instead of sending it by e-mail to people who may or may not be interested I'll post it to my blog!!!

Here goes the questionnaire:
1. *What is your occupation right now? * a jack of many trades
2. *What color are your socks right now? not wearing any
3. *What are you listening to right now? * 48 hours
4. *What was the last thing that you ate?* pasta, salad, toast, dump cake
5. *Can you drive a stick shift? * yes
6. *Last person you spoke to on the phone? Matthew
7. *Do you like the person who sent this to you? * my daughter, you bet!!!!
8. *How old are you today? 58
9. *What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? * FOOTBALL!!!!!
10. *What is your favorite drink?* diet Vanilla Coke
11. *Have you ever dyed your hair? yes
12. *Favorite food?* Seafood or Mexican
13. *What is the last movie you watched? Mama Mia
14. *Favorite day of the year? Thanksgiving
15. *How do you vent anger? hold it in and then my neuromuscular therapist works out the knot in my body
16.. *What was your favorite toy as a child? * my horse-yes he was real
17. *What is your favorite season? * Spring/Fall
18. *Cherries or Blueberries? fav? blueberries
19. *Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? * since it's on my blog-don't have to
20. *Who is the most likely to respond? * probably no one
21. Who is least likely to respond? who knows
22. *Living arrangements?* our home with my husband
23. *When was the last time you cried?* not real sure
24. What is on the floor of your closet? * shoes, clothes
25. *Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? * I'm not, it's on my blog
26. *What did you do last night?* Had my parents over for crock pot Lasanga, dessert and it was GREAT!
27. *What are you most afraid of? * those I know dying without Jesus
28. *Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? * Cheese
29. *Favorite dog breed?* mixed breed with long hair and lots of love
30. *Favorite day of the week? * Sunday
31. *How many states or countries have you lived in? * 2 states
32. *Diamonds or pearls? * neither really
33. *What is your favorite flower? * gardenia-I carried them in my wedding

Good morning world!!!! It's so gorgeous outside!!!! I got to work in Dr. Eastman's office the last 2 days. It was fun. We were really busy giving flu mist and then we had some swine flu patients. I'm so glad that I don't do this full time!!! It was fun though. Today, I get to watch Zachary for a little while today while Kimberly and Kodi go to the dog park and play. I'm going to visit my mother in law although she doesn't respond back. It's so sad to see her this way. I wish the Lord would let her come on home. I had great lasagna for dinner last night. Kimberly cooked!!! It was a new recipe that you make in the crock pot and it was great. Good going girlie!!! I'm going to be walking for Alzheimer's the end of this month in honor of several people that I know. If you'd like to join the team and walk or support us, contact me.(I don't remember how to pull up my page right now-hahaha) I may be walking in MY honor to-I don't know!!! Anyway, it's for a great cause. I hope you all have a great day today and a beautiful weekend. Be sure and go to church somewhere!!!

WOW!!!! I had a wonderful time last night!!! I went to my 40th year high school reunion and we had a great time!! It was so much fun to see people that I graduated with and how our lives have crossed and we didn't know it. I even ran into one of the mom's of one of the children from my nursing days. She's now married to my classmate!! How cool. It was just a lot of fun and thanks to everyone that made this weekend a special one. I have been praying for our "fallen Eagles" from our class and for their families. Today was Zachary's baby dedication also. It was a neat program and all the mommies and daddies promised that they would raise their child in God's pattern for our lives. Of course we thought that Zachary was the cutest baby up there!!! Then we went to eat barbecue at Dickey's. Yummy, and it was fun. Well, I'm going to get off for a while right now. Zachary stayed with us last night because Les had his 20 year reunion so I'm a little tired because I didn't get home til about midnight and Z woke me up at 4:30 telling me he was hungry and then the alarm went off at 7:00 am. See ya later.

Hey everyone, Well, we got back from Branson in time to hit the football game tonight between the Allen Eagles and the Plano West Wolves. We won--55-6!!! We had a WONDERFUL time in Branson. We went to several shows, enjoyed Silver Dollar City but it RAINED the first day!!! I was dry except for my feet!!!! Zachary stayed dry entirely. He's a great baby-he had fun, smiled, laughed, and had a ball. He enjoyed riding the train at SDC, rode the Ducks, and was all around a GREAT sport!!! Pictures to follow. We can't wait to take Caleb and Caitlyn there. They'll LOVE IT also!!! That will be their favorite vacation spot for awhile anyway. We are all good. Not much going on at home. I'm going to my 40th high school reunion this weekend! Les has his 20!!! Unreal. Bryan and Christopher is watching Zachary tomorrow night because it's Les' big dinner and also my get together. I have a memorial service in the morning for our "fallen Eagles". I graduated from Richardson High School in Richardson and we were "The Eagles!!" I'm excited. Well, not much else to say for now because I am tired from riding/driving today so will close for now. Take care and God Bless.

at the lake, wearing his life jacket
Kodi and Zachary-age? 6 months old
Ride 'em cowboy!!!!
He's setting up!!!!
Good evening everyone, How are you all doing? I hope well. We are doing great. Keeping busy though, lots going on. I thought you all might enjoy a few pictures of Zachary at 6 month's old. He's getting so big. He's got a lot of personality too. Kimberly and I took many of these pictures here at the house. It was fun. I hope you enjoy them. Kodi is getting bigger too. She's 6 months also. I can't wait for Caleb and Caitlyn to see how big he's getting.

I really like this one!!!
Austin with the kids
Ride 'em cowboy!!

(6 months old)

6 months old
Wow, what a beautiful day today is. I've been working on the kids' pictures so I can send them to Caleb and Caitlyn. I printed over 200!!!!! I thought I'd put a few more on here so you could see our beautiful grandchildren. Zachary will be 6 months old-I took a few pictures of him for his "birthday". Kimberly asked me if I'd help her so here they are.

Man, time flies whether or not you are having fun!!! Labor Day-can't believe it!! It's been such a hectic week for us and this week is no exception. Dr. appts for routine check-ups, dinner with the girls from a Dr. office, more Dr. appts for The Bear,etc. Kimberly gets her stitches out Friday morning. Master Zachary has his 6 month check-up on Friday afternoon! I can't believe he's 6 months old and on my mom's birthday too!!! Unfortunately it's also the anniversary of 9-11 but I think of it only as my mom's birthday. She still is around!!! We are doing great, just busy. Christopher is well, Bryan is too. Bryan's mom isn't doing too well but she's 89 years old and I probably wouldn't be either. We went to the lake today for Labor Day. We met Les, Kimberly, Z there and we had a wonderful day. Went swimming, boating, eating, more swimming, boating, etc. I'm tired!!! Chrissy had other fun things to do instead. He was with "a friend." I have to get busy this week and get Caleb and Caitlyn's pictures into be printed. I usually send them to Wally World through the computer but for some reason, I have a disc that the computer won't accept!! Weird. Oh well. Well, I hope your day was wonderful and I'll look forward to writing again later. Love ya'll and so does Jesus.

Hello everyone, Well it's been awhile since I've written but it's been kind of crazy around here lately!!!! Christopher had a rough weekend, Kimberly had hand surgery on Tuesday, Zachary has an ear infection, Bryan did something crazy-he hung by his knees on a steel bar that he put between 2 tree limbs. He was hanging upside down and had to try and get himself back up into the tree, so he pulled real hard on his knees and broke a blood vessel behind his knee. Needless to say he had leg swelling, foot swelling, and a lot of pain. He won't do that again!!! I'm doing great, just keeping busy with Zachary. With Kimberly's hand out of commission, we're taking care of him. He's so sweet. I tried giving him a "cheerio" today and he wasn't real sure about what to do with it. It was funny watching him. Tomorrow night is the first Allen Eagle football game!!! Yeah, I'm excited!!! We're playing Monterey Mexico-it's an exhibition game. We played them last year. Christopher and I have season tickets so that should be great also. I'm going to go to bed now so you all have a great evening. Remember Jesus loves you!!!

Shamu, Shamu, Shamu
The Riverwalk in San Antonio
The Dallas World Aquarium
Zachary getting his 4 month shots
Celebrating Uncle Les' birthday
I've been working on pictures from the summer so I thought I'd share a few with you-random shots. I hope you enjoy all the fun we had with the children.  They are such wonderful well behaved kids-as long as they are with their dad! No problems with them at all. They were respectful, polite, and a whole lot of fun to be around.  They are both loving and VERY intelligent!! I just wish they had more to do in MD than video games and TV. We didn't allow them to do that stuff very much. Oh well, what can I say. Anyway, here are some more pics.

Hello everyone!!! We've been gone for a week. It's too quiet around here with our precious grandchildren having to have gone back to Maryland. Bryan and I took Clayton to Illinois this last week and visited some family members whom we hadn't seen in quite a few years. Pictures that I'll post later. It's always nice to get back home. Anyway, now starts the clean-up process of having neglected the house while our kids were here. We have a Sunday evening old time gospel singing tonight at church with Dennis and Sharon leading it. It will be fun and then we're off to Taco Bueno afterwards with friends then to bed!!! Well, I'll go for now so have a great day and I'll have pictures later.

Well today is going to be a sad day for Poppy, Grammy, Daddy, Caleb, Caitlyn, We're trying to do the last fun things before the kids have to go back to Maryland tomorrow. We've had such a wonderful time. There are so many pictures, I don't have time to process them, print, and laminate them, before they leave. So, my big project after returning from vacation with Clayton is to do their pictures, fix them cookies-made with so much love and then send it to them.  They enjoy their cookies and their pictures because it helps them to relive the memories of all the fun stuff we did over the summer. We did some "educational" stuff also so maybe Caleb can use the information in school.  We saw sharks, the Texas state capitol, learned about bats, other animals, etc.  They both read to their book limits at the library but we returned home from vacation to  late to turn them in to get their awards, etc. Sad. Caleb read for quite a few hours-he read Sir Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Caitlyn read about 25 books. We saw the movie Moby Dick the other night along with Annie, The Sound of Music, many Bibleman adventures, Veggie Tales, many great Disney movies. The kids really enjoyed them. No shooting, no sex, no other stuff that little children shouldn't see anyway.  They laughed through them even with them saying "I didn't like it".  They ate popcorn, snuggled with all of us, and had a wonderful time. So many memories. Next year, we'll have Caleb keep a diary so he can keep up with everything. Caitlyn is too little but we can write it and she can tell us what to write. So future ideas for next time. We'll miss them so much as we won't get them again until Christmas. It's so hard-if you aren't faced with being without your grandkids for periods of time, then you don't know what it's like. People take the opportunity to share in their lives for granted when they are around or just live close. For us, we try to make every minute count because we don't have long. 2 months may sound like a lot of time, but it's not. It goes much too quickly.  We are so blessed to have them with us. Caleb learned to tie his shoes, lost 2 teeth I think if I remember correctly. The tooth fairy even found him in San Antonio!!!! So exciting. You all have a wonderful day and remember that this is the day the Lord has made-rejoice and be glad in it!!! 

Well, we went to Finch Park to their water area. We had some water balloons which were fun. Afterward, we went to Panda's for chinese food and then went home and the kids changed clothes and headed out to the Heard. Not only did they see the snake feeding but they explored some trails as well. I stayed home and fixed chicken spagetti. They really like that dish and eat so well. We watched Princess Diaries 2 tonight. Last night we saw # 1 of Princess Diaries. The kids are sound asleep now. It was a busy day!!!! It's raining outside!!! That was a surprise to the weathermen and women because NOTHING has been said about rain over the next several days but waaa-laaa, we have rain!!! Praise the Lord. Well, I think I'm heading off to bed after checking the weather one more time to make sure we have nothing severe out there. Nothing like a Texas thunderstorm!!! Good night all.

This is Caleb coming down the big slide at Hawaiian FallsThis is Bryan's birthday party with Christopher and the kids.
Caitlyn is swimming at Grandma's and she's underwater!!! She's doing great!!!

Good morning everyone, Well, I downloaded some more pictures so let me find them and put some more on here for your "viewing pleasure". We're having to begin to count the time down now and it's very difficult to see what the kids want to do most. Today is Snake Feeding at the Heard Museum. All of you from out of state, can look at the Heard Museum. Caleb LOVES the Heard Museum. They have trails, stuff to look at and things to do.  I think I heard them both say they'd like to go to the water park this morning. Oh, I just happened to think-the water park is closed on Wed. Well, we'll see what's next on the list.  Maybe it will be the nature trails. We were swimming yesterday.  On Saturday, it will be a busy day! Skating, waterpark, dinner at the lake, boating with a friend of Kimberly and mine. She has 2 kids our kids ages. Fun, fun, fun. Oh well, have a great day.

Zachary looks like he's saying SHAMU, SHAMU, SHAMU, and moving his arms around like they told us to do.
Bryan's birthday party
Measuring the wingspan of the kids! Zachary was a screech owl and that's all I can remember.

A picture of Bryan's mom and our grandchildren. Isn't that a wonderful picture?? I just love it.
Well here is the long awaited blog with some new pictures of everyone!! Before we left, we celebrated Bryan's 63rd birthday!! We've done so much and I didn't take pictures of everything but here are some of the ones I took. I'll add more to other blogs. Enjoy them.

Hey everyone, Miss me???? We had a WONDERFUL vacation with the children. Christopher's work was so wonderful to let him take the week of so he could enjoy the kids on this trip. We were going to leave Monday but I got sick and ended up being in ER in McKinney for several hours. Okay though and we left on Tuesday. Had a wonderful time exploring San Antonio with the children. Pictures will come soon. They loved the riverwalk and boat. Feeding tortilla chips to the ducks from Casa Rio, the market, the bats there-yes they have a bat colony starting there also. We had a great time at Sea World. I want to go back also!! They loved it and want to return also. Their tickets are good until Dec. 31st so when they come back at Christmas, maybe we'll get there again. Sea World was a wonderful place and we could have spent several more days there exploring everything. We didn't get to do everything while we were there. All 3 grandchildren were really so good and we just had a wonderful time. Poor Z, though, he was tired from always having to stay in a car seat or something like that. He wanted to run so bad with C and C he could taste it. They love him and he loves them!! He's going to be lonely when they have to go back to Maryland. We got to Austin to see the bats fly, but our boat trip was cancelled because of a storm. We saw them flying anyway but it WAS disappointing. We may even try to go back before they head back. We'll see though. Bryan's mom continues to be in ever worsening health. We knew that would occur though. Not much else new here but I will post pictures later. Have a great week.

Well today we celebrated Bryan's birthday tonight with a surprise party for him. It was our family and some close friends and also our grandchildren!! What a blessing. Tomorrow Kimberly, Zachary, Caleb, Caitlyn, and Grammy are heading for San Antonio. We're so excited to be going. I wish Bryan could go but with his mom the way she is, he doesn't want to leave her and I don't blame him. We're going to try and do some other things once we get back. In San Antonio, we're heading for the riverwalk and the boats, Casa Rio restaurant, the market, Sea World, the Alamo, and then when we get to Austin, we'll see the bats flying out from the Congress Ave. bridge. We'll also see the UT campus, the capitol, and other stuff. We'll ride in the bat boat up and down Lady Bird lake. It should be a great mini vacation for the kids and for us to. Well, that's it for now so I'll talk to you all later in the week-maybe.

Here are a few cute pics with the kids. Such a great picture of Grandma and the kids.

Good morning world!!! I know it's 11:26 in the morning and I just got rudely awoken by the bird screaming. I was up all night last night at the hospital and got home around 5am. Matey responded to me when I came home but then ended up squawking at the top of his lungs like a rooster so I had to go ahead and wake up. Oh well, Bryan, Christopher and the kids went to Hawaiian Falls without me :( Too tired to go. There will be plenty of water time with the kids next week. I'm going to add some pictures to this blog in a little while so you can see the kids. So sweet!! Have a great day.

MAN did we have fun last night at the rodeo!!! It was great. Got some cute video's of the kids-Caleb riding the fake bull and Caitlyn riding a real pony. We had a great time and really enjoyed ourselves. Zachary had fun also, for a little while anyway. Well, today is Kimberly's last day to work for MMI. She's quitting to be a fulltime mom and also to help family members when and if they will let her. That's such an important job and she'll be great at it. Say a prayer for Kimberly and Les as they both prayed about it and really feel that is where the Lord is leading them. Read 1 Timothy 5:3-10 and you'll understand. Put a special emphasis on verses 4 and 8. I hope you all have a wonderful day in the Lord and remember that TODAY is the day the Lord hath made-rejoice in it. Love ya.

I see Carlos and Deborah were on here!!!!!!! Yippeeeeeeeee Love ya'll so much

Well, I'm up and at 'em already this morning. Breakfast finished, emails checked, and ready to get going. Today is SAM'S day to replenish stock for my brother's house-his supplies and get some more things for our household. Then, this evening is the Bonham rodeo-yippee, the kids love it!!! The summer is going way too fast!!! I can't believe that we are at the end of July already. Next week will be great also!!! Why?????? We're go to San Antonio for the week. We're seeing the bats in Austin, Seaworld in S. A. and then all the fun stuff in S. A. Kimberly, the kids, and I are going. Bryan's mom's health is failing so he's not going with us. Wish Chrissy could get a day to go but that's okay-we'll have so much fun. The kids are in for a BIG treat!!!! VACATION!!!!! Love it!!! Well, you all have a wonderful day and know I am especially because my grandchildren are here with us!!!! I think I may have told you but Z's blood levels are looking awesome so the Dr. thinks he's "out of the woods" now. Thank you Jesus!!! Your the Lover of my Soul!!

Man what a wonderful day today was!!! Kimberly, Z, Caleb, Caitlyn, and I went to the Ft. Worth Zoo today. We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the day. I'll have to put some pictures on this page. Kimberly even helped hold a python!!! Bryan's mom told her nurse that we had left her for a long time. She didn't realize that it was just me going and not Bryan. She confused also the fact that I have some plans for next week and she thought that we had left and would be gone for a long time. Poor thing-the nurse said that she was really upset. She was going to tell mom that we were home and I was just gone for the day. The kids were great!!!!! They all had so much fun and Z was intrigued with all that he saw. It was fun. Got some good pictures also. Okay, it's late and I'm going to bed so you all have a great night!! Love ya.

Time sure does fly by!! I can't believe how quick it goes. Several things have been going on and it just keeps us hopping. The kids are having fun though. They really enjoy going to the water park more than the natatorium because you can play with water balloons there. Right now, they are out with Poppy shooting the pellet gun while I pay bills. The kids are so precious. They are so loving toward us and just hug us and tell us how much they love us. We're all so happy they are here!!! They are having a slumber party tonight with Les, KK, Zachary. They are REALLY excited because they get to play with Kodi a lot and help Uncle Les do his work. KK and Les love having them with them. The kids adore Zachary!!! Well, gotta go for now and take the kids to KK's after they finish shooting the gun. Have a great week and God Bless.

Hi Carlos and Deborah!!!!! I'm talking to Carlos right now.

Well, an update about Mr. Zachary!!!! He was over 13 1/2 pounds and 25 inches long!!! His blood was so good that he doesn't have to have it rechecked for 4 weeks!!! Yeah Zachary!!! Thank you Jesus. He's fussy today because yesterday is when we went and he got his shots and this morning he wasn't happy at all. Poor little guy!!! Caitlyn went with me yesterday also. She got to meet all of his Dr.'s-from the hematologist that diagnosed him to the neonatologist who treated him when he was first born. Caleb couldn't go because he had dodgeball camp at church yesterday afternoon. He said that next year, he'd like to do basketball camp so we'll bank that in the ole brain so we can remember when next year rolls around. Today is our son in laws birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LES!!!! We are SO blessed to have him as a son. God blessed us with 1 biological son and 1 son by marriage. We have a HOST of other "sons" that we love too but these 2 of ours are different. God Blessed us with one daughter and I am praying for another "daughter" and hopefully some day we'll get the RIGHT one!!! That's what we want--the RIGHT one not just ANYONE but THE ONE. We have a host of other "daughter's" also and we love them too. Well, I had to go back to the Dr. today and got a shot of steroid. I think it's already helping me. My cough is terrible and it hurts to cough so much-but I can't help it. I have a sinus infection and fluid in my right ear. That's the ear it's always in. Oh well, you all have a great day and God Bless You.

Hello everyone, Well, it's the weekend!!!! I can't believe it. The kids are having fun with their daddy today. We have Z and Kodi here tonight because Kimberly and Les are at the Ladona rodeo and dance and they are celebrating Les' birthday. I hope they have fun. I tell ya what-that Kodi is a brat!!! She's sweet though. We played ball in the yard for awhile and she is good at fetching and bringing it back to you. She sits, goes down, shakes, says her prayers so far. That's good for being a puppy. She also ilkes to CHEW on ANYTHING she can get those teeth on!!!! Well, I'm going to wake Z up, bathe him, and give him a bottle and hopefully he'll be down for the count but time will tell. I'm hoping I sleep well tonight!!!!

I'm going to add some more pictures to the blog. We were at Sammy and Lindy's new apartment today. They are twin sisters and we have known them for 8 years and we have such a great time together. They love the kids so much. They've known Caleb since he was a little guy and he was the first baby they had ever held. They are like aunts to all of the kids. The kids love them so much. They are wonderful aunts and we consider them relatives. Anyway, enjoy the pictures.

Hello everyone. I have some sweet pictures so far of the kids' visit. We are having a lot of fun with them so far. I hope you enjoy them. We've  loved having them with us! I sure wish we had them more!!  We've been swimming the last 2-3 days. The first week they were here, we had VBS. The next week was when Grandpa died so that wasn't a fun week for anyone. I was really surprised though, they BOTH wanted to go and see where Grandpa was laid to rest. They really liked the spot where he is. They understand that it's just his "shell" that his soul is in Heaven walking with Jesus.  Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pics we've taken.  

Something else exciting happened yesterday.  Caleb had a loose tooth and he pulled it himself!!!! right in front of Poppy. We had given him the dental floss and he took it and wrapped it around the back of the tooth and then crossed it in the front and pop!! out it came!!! I was so surprised. The Texas tooth fairy left him $5.00 and a note.  I remember when a quarter was exciting!!! We hope you have a great evening. God Bless You All.