4 December 2010 at 3:46 pm (Uncategorized)
Wonder of wonders, I had a birthday! LOL Dad surprised me with the best, most awesome birthday present EVER! Isn’t it a beauty!
(It almost looks gold in this picture, but it’s really brushed nickel.)
And then . . . he even installed it for me. What a guy! We liked it so much we sent him back and got another one for his bathroom, too. 
I love the way the water comes out, flows so soft! Wonderful, marvelous, fabulous, dear! THANKS
(Love you so much, honey.)
29 September 2010 at 4:12 am (From Amy)
On Sunday I got to go see my first cousin once removed in law be Christened. Olivia is six weeks old and weighs about 10lbs. She was so good during the baptism, sort of woke up long enough to think it was strange that her head was wet, then went back to sleep.
I got to hold her at the second after party at Auntie Susie’s house [Marilyn's sister].
I was thinking about it and the last baby I held was Lauryn! So it has been a while. 
29 September 2010 at 3:27 am (From Amy)
Remember the summer before I moved here there was a white board on the fridge for notes? I cleaned out some boxes the other day and recycled a great deal of paper. Among the papers, I found this gem:
Amy: This is my adopted son.
Becki: Really? He looks just like a camel!!
Amy: He is a camel.
Becki: Ohh!! No wonder!
Mom: No camels are allowed in the house…
Dad: Camels have padded feet just like you. We let you in the house.
Mom: If we’d known you had padded feet, we wouldn’t have let you in the house either!
Becki: So, if you have padded feet you can’t come in??
Amy: This is why Bear lives in the garage.
Dad: But Bear does not have a hump. That’s not fair.
Mom: Who said anything about hums?!?!
Becki: Aren’t we talking about camels???
Mom: Camels??? What camels???
Becki: Okay, who let in th monkies?!?
Amy: Sorry, it was the camel.
Dad: One hump or two?
Mom: No camels in the house, dang it!!!
Amy: *hides camel* What camel?!?!
Becki: I think there are two.
Dad: We’re not in canvas anymore!
Classic. 
28 May 2010 at 4:11 pm (Uncategorized)
We are proud of you. You should be proud, too.
C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-!
6 March 2010 at 2:16 pm (Uncategorized)
Dad and I had to spend a night in Amy’s old bedroom last week because the waterbed sprang a leak. It was just a little one and easily fixed, but was in a spot that we’d already fixed once before, so we knew it was time to replace it. We’d been talking about the state of our bedroom carpet recently cause it was looking quite worn, so decided it was time to replace it since we’d have to take the bed apart to do the mattress already. (Hope that makes sense. LOL Two birds with one stone, so to speak.)
Here’s some pictures of the process. The new carpet is just the same as the livingroom carpet. We could have gotten different, I suppose, but I like the livingroom carpet so much I wanted to do the same thing.
Here’s the before picture:
This picture was specifically requested by Amy:
Taking out the staples from the old pad (which was falling apart – literally):
Starting to put down the new stuff
And Done!
The installer was super fast . . . he was done in TWO HOURS.
It feels and looks nice.
Now we’re in the process of putting it all back together again. It’s simply mind boggling to see how much STUFF we had. I used it as an opportunity to re-assess everything that goes back in.
Good job, Dad, on doing the bulk of the hard work. You’re a gem. *mwah*
28 December 2009 at 9:20 am (From Kirk)
These are the pictures I promised to put up for all to see and “enjoy”. The last picture is of the house across the street from us (my competition). Thanksgiving came so late this year that I really didn’t get everything up the way I wanted.
When I pulled the old lights out 1/2 of them didn’t work and kept blowing fuses. I went out shopping at 6:00 AM on the 26th to get good deals on next years lights. The new lights are blue and white LED icicles (half price) and some snowflake pathway markers (also half price). You will have to wait till next year to see them. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Love, Dad (:=)
2 November 2009 at 7:19 am (Uncategorized)
Friday afternoon we finally got our pumpkins trimmed and ready for Halloween. Dad and Becki did an awesome job cutting them, eh!
This is the biggest of our pumpkins from the garden.
This pumpkin grew lopsided, so we decided he must be a sleepy pumpkin. Makes you tired looking at him, eh? LOL
This is our little baby pumpkin, the littlest one of the bunch. Too cute!
How about the rest of you share some pictures of your Halloween celebrations (if any). We’d love to see ‘em!
13 October 2009 at 12:12 pm (Uncategorized)
Lauryn becomes a teenager today!
She has been a joy to our family from the minute she was born — and every minute since!
(Please pardon me if I have some of these slightly out of order.)
Lauryn, you are an AMAZING girl! Totally beautiful, inside and out. We are so proud of you!
From among the millions and billions of Heavenly Father’s children, I don’t know how we got so blessed as to have you in our family. We are so lucky!!! We love you forever, we love you for always, for now and forever, our Lauryn you’ll be! LOL
Thank you, thank you, to your mama and daddy, too, for making an awesome girl to clothe your sweet, sweet, spirit.
16 July 2009 at 9:43 pm (From Kirk)
The second picture is the fireworks I set off on the 4th. The big brown box on the left weighed about 5 pounds… The rest of the pictures are taken at Stoddard Creek with Wheelers, Holmgrens, Hammers (Robyns parents), Aaron, and us. Little blue butterflies in the mud.
The picture of the mushroom is wonderful. This was at Stoddard Creek also and was the size of a rugby ball. It was cool. We still have fun in our old age.. 
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