We Made It!

November!!!  We made it, we all survived November.  What a month, between a wedding, a birth, and Thanksgiving - Whew!  Then Carol topped it all by getting t-boned, what a way to end the month!  Through it all, we are so blessed, we have a new grandson, a new great-grandson, made our way through a couple turkeys and a couple hams and our daughter and granddaughter survived a potentially deadly accident.  


We have faith that Jace will soon be going home, and the reason he's being kept in hospital is unknown to us. Mom and Dad don't really have the experience to say - explain it!  And in this day of Confidentiality, we, his extended family,  can't find out anything.


But I think we are all aware of our blessings, and grateful for the ongoing favors He showers down upon us.


Now we look forward to, first, the release from the hospital of the new great-grandson, then on to the Christmas Holidays where we can celebrate the birth of Christ our Savior.


We all expected a very busy month, but it was more than anyone expected!  So with mostly relief we say goodbye to November and say we Hope to see you again next year!!


So until next time. . .

The Phone Call No Parent Wants to Get, Regardless of Age!

This is the phone call no parent wants to get - it came from Randy who said his wife had been in an accident.  This was taken the day after the accident. We are all feeling a deep sense of gratitude to our Heavenly Father for keeping Carol and Emily safe.

RIP Buick!

So Many Memories!!!

I don't have the pictures to go with this, but another delightful story from our family! At the preparation of the wedding Saturday, Terri, Jamies Aunt from Denver, volunteered to do the pictures. This is a stressful job, trying to know where, and when to shoot! A big responsibility for sure. Since I have done this many times, I am all too aware!

As they are preparing, all the tables are sit up with care, the food tables are arranged to have the food put out and waiting for the end of the wedding when Carol says to Terri, something to the effect of "she was thirsty". Terri says she told her there was water fountains, and when Carol pushed the issue, I guess saying things like - "But WHAT is there to drink". Terri said she just kept thinking why was Carol doing this - we are ALMOST ready to walk down the aisle. Terri told Carol there was vending machines, she could go get her something. But still Carol pushed the issue, until it suddenly dawned on Terri, what are the GUESTS going to drink - and the lights come on - OH NO - NO, IT CAN'T BE!!! Terri was supposed to bring the punch and drinks and "jugs" or items to have them in.

Terri says at this point, being beyond mortified at this, Carol says, it's okay, it's fine, let just figure out what we are going to do now.... Terri makes a frantic phone call to her father-in-law, saying you're a man, you worked at the schools, you are a problem solver, HELP!! He handed the phone to his wife!

Poor Marty, not knowing what to do, offers to bring Kool Aide, Terri say YES - BUT HURRY. Carol knows there are big thermos coolers somewhere, so as the time arrives for the wedding party to proceed down the aisle, there is a FRANTIC push for drinks!!! Having held up the wedding now for over 10 minutes, the coolers of water and ice are sit on the tables!

And we all proceed!

Marty then comes with the flavorings for the water, hearing applause coming from the auditorium, throws the kool aide on the table and make a RUN for the front door!!

After the kiss and we come back out for the reception, Brady said he made a bee-line for the one container of water and added the kool aide, picking up the spoon sit aside for the lasagna to stir it with!

What memories!!!

Until next time. . .

This is just LOVELY!!!!

For the wedding, the kid's favorite "Uncle" came over. Rick is not really their Uncle, but their first cousin, once removed! He's Tom's cousin. But Sunday morning, before he left, he remembered something in his pickup that he had to "share" with us!!

He related the story of how he had went to Albuquerque for horse races, had some time to kill, so went to a mall. (Never let a man go to a mall alone!) This mall, like most I've ever been in, had Kiosks in the halls, little places, usually manned by one person, trying to peddle their wares!

Well this particular kiosk had a "pretty young thing" who said "Hey mister, come here, I have something to show you"! (Those are words to run from for most of us!!) But Rick says

that the low-cut dress helped him follow her instructions! (He's a divorced, farmer, middle-aged male and by this part of the story, I am wanting to roll on the floor in laughter, because I can just imagine!)

She proceeds to ask if he ever has problems with dry hands. (He's a farmer, what do you think??!) Well, she has this miracle product, "here, let me show you, let me use it on your hands", which I bet she did make his hands feel REAL good!

Rick proceeds to tell us how "Lovely"

this made his hands feel!! He USED THAT WORD - LOVELY!! And not just once. . . Our farmer boy is going soft!!!

Seriously, he tells us LOVELY!!

No - now he has this bottle and has to SHOW us!!

"Here, warm your hands up so the pores can breath". WHAT - WHO SAID THAT?? Let my pores breath?? NO, this can't be happening before our very eyes!! Our hard working farmer cousin??

This is the picture to prove just how LOVELY our poor middle-aged, divorced, farmer cousin's hands look! He is PROUD of them! Uses this product, and loves it - it's just LOVELY. (That word again and again!!)

But this whole thing doesn't stop there, now that this young thing with cleavage, has our poor ole' farmer boy totally in her grips, she now tells him they also have some after-shave that will be wonderful for his face!!

Suppose she can tell from his weathered face (remember the farmer part, he's been out in the elements for YEARS!) that he might love some "product" put on his face??!! (I am dying now. . .) Well, what hot-blooded, middle age, divorced, farmer can resist this??

Is this not LOVELY?? "Look, can't you tell the difference?????"

And now the best part of this story, this beautiful young thing with the low cut dress on, has completely sold our cousin on the benefits and true miracle of her product.

So NOT ONLY does he want to buy ONE, he wants two!! Oh yes, two!! He goes up to pay for it and was in for somewhat of a shock....

( Oh, did I forget to add, he NEVER ASKED HOW MUCH IT WAS??!!!) (I'm a blubbering idiot now, on the floor, laughing, with tears rolling)

He gives her his card, she gives him his receipt for $190 - One Hundred and Ninety DOLLARS for TWO miracle hand products and one miracle after-shave. Okay, they're not miracles, just LOVELY!!!

Now he has more product than he says he'll use in a lifetime, so one of these LOVELY jars is now in our possession! He was kind enough to share this with us, so I am anxious to see if we start using this word on a regular basis!!! Actually, I think I better keep it away from my husband. . .

Until next time. . .

It Happened!

My Jamie Lee is married!!

I really was a beautiful wedding, Jamie looked like a princess coming down the aisle!

The "program" was well planned, well put together and all together! We all has some reservations on having a wedding at a high school, but it was dramatic, and perfect! The auditorium seemed like the perfect place for such an event.

I am glad it's over, and it's given us all some very very special memories!

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wollman!

My Boo Bear To Take A Husband

My sweet Jamie is taking a husband next weekend. November 20, 2010 will be the day of their choice.

His name is Billy Wollman. They went to High School together, and have known each other for a long time but only this last summer when Jamie's mom encouraged Billy to ask her out, did Jamie find him interesting!

I don't know much about Billy, but will as time goes by I would bet. Jamie seems very happy, and says she loves him deeply and he her. She is 25 now, and has matured a lot in the past few months.

Jamie has worked for Head Start for over 5 years, and Billy has been a meat butcher for Penrose Market since 1996. I am very proud of my oldest grandchild and want nothing but the whole world for her!

Busy Months

Seems life has been pretty non-stop of late.

I won't post pictures of the trees, I have many Umbrella Willows growing, but for some reason, I lost all of the others. I suspect I gave them too much water - well, didn't keep them "under wraps" well enough. There is an acid you did the twigs in, which promotes the formation of roots. Then you put them in the damp peat and keep them in a humid environment until they root. I think, because I had them drying out more than I felt they should, I over-watered, which washed the acid off the twigs. Or maybe not!!!

I have spent the past few days downloading old photos from ZIP disks. Many years ago, at the beginning of the digital age, I scanned a lot of pictures. Understand, I have boxes and boxes of photos. And I wanted a better way of storing them - in case - something happened to the hard copies.

Many years ago, I never saved negatives of pictures. Never even thought of doing so. I now have note books full of negatives and of course, now, and for the past 5-6 years, I have gone totally digital and no longer use film of any kind!

Anyway, getting back to the ZIPs, I don't know if anyone even uses these any longer, I no longer even had a ZIP drive. I spent some time just finding an external ZIP drive to view these pictures! So as I view, I have been uploading to our Family Web so all can see them.

So until next time...