Jack meets his cousins....7/16/08

Today I went to grandpa's to make his supper for him to heat up later. I thought I would visit with him while I cooked, but he was snoozing and didn't wake up until I was almost finished. We visited for a few minutes and he wanted to take me out to show me his ripe tomatoes, but I had to get home to go to a funeral with Bill so couldn't. I talked to him later and he picked it and was very happy to have a tomato. I picked some string beans from my garden and took them for him to have with his meal. Talked to Brenda while I was there. She asked about the baby. After the funeral, we met our Christian Motorcycle friends and went on a fabulous ride. It was so fun and relaxing.
Kimmy fixed my camera today. GREAT JOB KIMMY!!! The battery cover had broken over a year ago so I was using tape. I had checked on a new one and they had told me the part would be $85. I thought I would rather put the money into a new camera than pay that much for a tiny cover. Well, Kimmy checked on EBay and found a new one plus the directions to put it on for $15. What a difference. It's just like new now. A big thank you Kimmy. They were here while I was gone so I missed seeing my wonderful grandsons. Poor Jacob has a sore lip. It's hard for me to even look at the picture. I am praying it gets better fast. I talked to him on the phone and he was playing with a flashlight and sounded very happy. Melissa said Jack slept good last night. I'm glad he's getting more on schedule with his sleeping.

Our new grandson has arrived!!! 7/15/08

Our new grandson, Jack William, arrived today. He is beautiful and entered the world with a strong healthy cry. He was born at 4:39pm. He weighed 7 lbs. and is 19 inches long. I love seeing the birth of my grandchildren and am so happy the girls let me be there for all of them. It is so touching to see God's miracle creations. Melissa is doing fine and smiling lots of course. Bruce too. He was a great coach. I left the hospital a while after he was born so that I could go watch the other 5 grandchildren and Kimmy and Vikki could go up to see their new nephew. When they came back to Melissa's we got Hailey and Max ready to go see their baby brother. They each took up gifts their mommy and daddy had gotten for them to give the baby.
They were absolutely adorable with their new brother. Such sweet kids. I got great videos of course.

7/13/08

I stopped at grandpa's this morning. He hadn't got his paper yet which is unusual. When I walked in the door I could see why. He was reading up on his new walkie talkies. They have a turkey call on them so that's what he wanted to have before he goes turkey hunting in the fall. I left for church and dad met me there. I taught Sunday School. The kids were so wonderful. Great class. A couple from church invited us out to lunch so we went and had a wonderful visit. Afterward, Bill picked up Mykenzie on the motorcycle and took her to Maynard's grandaughter's graduation party at his house. I went in the car, but had to get a card first so they beat me there. More good food and fellowship. After we left there we went and got a new digital camera. Glad to have it before my new grandson arrives. Now I will have a camera I can count on. Kenzie was happy to get my old one though. Kenzie worked on decorating her butterfly and netting. She made it look so beautiful. We have to get more glitterpaint and beads before she can finish it. Let me know how the pictures come through girls. Vikki and Rody came over and we had lots of laughs and fun taking pictures.


Kenzie making her butterfly net for in her room.







Dad didn't want his picture taken.

7/11/08

Today I headed to grandpa's to clean his house and stopped at a couple good garage sales on the way. Found a cute battery charged car and got it for $5. Unbelievable as it is in great ship. It's a cute girl car so Hailey will like it and Kimmy's upcoming twin girls....Found a Fisher Price Barn (the big one) and also a Little one for Kelly's shower. Great buys. I finally made it over to grandpa's and started cleaning. I took a break to bake dog treats for Taylor and when I looked out the window, there was a doe and two fawns standing back on the end of grandpa's property. So beautiful. He had told me about them and how cute the fawn's play together. He was outside washing the birdbath and hadn't noticed them. I wanted to let him know (the doe was just staring at him), so I snuck out the front door and went to where grandpa was. The doe must have spotted me as she was no longer there.
I cleaned some more, than dad called to say he was getting gas for $3.93. Grandpa and I headed there and I filled my car and he filled his gas cans. Got back
to grandpa's and dropped him off. Met Michelle from church for lunch at Applebee's.
Great lunch and company. Pastor's wife, Sherry, was there with Karen, and also Barb Rosteutcher with her husband and aunt. Went back to grandpa's and finished cleaning the house. There were a lot of spots on the carpet, so I decided to shampoo it.
Grandpa was so happy to have clean carpet. He smiled and offered to take me out to eat. Dad was already taking me to Applebees. We had to meet a couple he is marrying at Tim Horton's so decided to eat before we met them. We stopped and got some M & M's and took them to Joel. He wasn't there, so we left them in his room.
Stopped on the way home to look at the hall the couple is having their reception at and ended up going a few miles farther and visiting friends. Met Vikki and Kenzie for ice cream afterwards. They surprised me and each painted me a beautiful bird house. They both did such a wonderful job. Can't wait to set them out tomorrow. Thanks Vikki and Kenzie.