Dinner on the Porch

Proud Grandparents

Here are Mom and Dad with the grandchildren. Angel is 7, Moriah 5 1/2, Chloe 18 months, Isaiah 8 1/2 months, Grandpa 53, Grandma also 53. (sorry I couldn't resist:))

Problem

I'm trying to post a picture, but I keep getting an error message. Grrr... Does this happen to anyone else?

Sad Day

The fun has finally come to an end. My parents left this morning. :( It is always so hard to see them leave, but as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. We really did have a great time. We played the game "Settlers of Caton" a lot. I even won several of the games! Mom and I did some shopping, froze green beans, talked a lot, and of course played with Isaiah. He loved all the attention he got from Grandma and Grandpa. This morning I asked him where Grandma was and he started looking around. Just about broke my heart. :( It was very hard to see them go, but I am very thankful for the close relationship my family shares. It makes leaving hard, but the visit very good.

So, Mom and Dad, thanks for a great visit! Thanks for all your help around here and mostly for loving on Isaiah so much. We love you and miss you already! Here are some special memories from our visit:

-Eating on our back porch
-Lots of good talks
-Taking a million pictures (thank goodness for digital cameras!)
-Hiking at Caledonia
-fete cheese :)
-The 4th with Matt, Heather, Angel, Riah and Chloe
-Missing Brandon and Cindy. :(
-"Is anyone trading wood?"
-Mom won!!
-"I'm a happy, happy man!"
-Dad's steaks on the grill (yum!)
-Teaching mom how to blog

and many more.

Isaiah's special memories:
-Lots and lots of play time with Grandma and Grandpa
-Falling asleep sitting on Grandma's lap at church (mom's note: this NEVER happens!)
-Taking walks outside with Grandpa
-Falling asleep sitting up in my pack-n-play
-Grandma teaching me how to drink from a sippy cup
-Playing with Grandpa's newspaper
-Grandma buying me special soft Kleenex for my runny nose
-Shopping with Grandma and mommy
and many, many more

A wonderful time was had by all! I'll try to post some pictures.

Need ideas

Ok, here's something to get your mind wheels turning. I need some good ideas for a date night for my husband and I. We're looking for ideas that do not cost much money, but are memorable and romantic. There's the question. Ok, so it's not very controversial, but I'm looking for some good responses!

Time for a post

I'm still here! Thank you to all you faithful bloggers (all 4 of you! :)) My parents are here right now so life is a little crazy, but very good. Isaiah is getting a lot of attention which he greatly loves. Today he's fighting a cold or getting teeth. His nose is running none stop. Any suggestions on what to do for a sick baby? This is the first he's really been very sick. I hope it's teeth. He's 8 1/2 months and still doesn't have any teeth. I think he's too busy crawling and climbing on things to grow any teeth. Well I've been trying to think of something controversial to post just for you, Robyn and Rhonda. :)

Finally...

I finally was able to post a picture of the tree that visited our porch. This blog thing and dial-up internet don't get a long real well! It took several tries to get the picture to upload correctly. Maybe it's just me. :)

I ran spell check on what I just typed. The spell check told me that "blog" isn't a word. Chew on that one for awhile...

Have a great day!

Blessed!

This afternoon we had a bad thunderstorm go through our area. I was sitting in our kitchen feeding Isaiah when the top of a big tree behind our house fell into our yard. We have a screened in back porch just off our kitchen and part of the tree feel into the porch. Thankfully, the screens must have blown in before the tree hit because they weren't damaged at all. Also the tree did not hit our roof. The whole thing scared the wits out of me, but Isaiah handled it all like a real little man. :)All in all we are feeling very blessed! It could have been much worse. Thank you God!

Hot, hot, and more hot

It is so very hot today! On days like today (93 F, plus humidity) I miss Canadian summers so very much! What I wouldn't do for a lake (not man made!). Oh well, I will survive! We're going to Canada for Christmas so I'm sure we'll get our fair share of Canadian weather then. Then I'll probably be cold! I'm trying to learn to be content in every situation, but that doesn't include weather does it??

As you can tell, I have no idea what to post on this thing, but I figured I should say something. :)

Happy Sunday!

My men!

This is where the "marriage and diapers" come from. I am a blessed woman!

I did it!

Well, I finally gave in to peer presure and created a blog. (is that what you call these things?) I fought it long and hard, but then figured, hey, why not! So here it is. I figure this is a great way to stay in touch with friends that I don't see often since I do such a pathetic job of keeping up with email. I have no idea what I'll write about it, but I'll figure that out as I go. :)

Does this work?

Just checking if this posting thing is working