This n That

What a busy start to the new year...dodging the snow drifts, making trips to Beth's house, now getting ready for a new Easter drama. Just finished the afghan for my grandson due in June. Not doing as many cakes as I use to. Just physically not able to do as much as I want to.

But the chiropractor "released" me on Thursday. My hip-area muscles are finally staying in place since they went bonkers on me last July. And thank God for massage therapists...she keeps me moving and is helping with my hands. What a praise that is! Now maybe I can get back to my exercise walking tapes...have just been walking the treadmill.

Re-evaluating what's most important to me...what "things" I need to be doing. What are the things that make you happy and will please God?

New family pics taken in November. Colby is almost 5, her brother Cale is 2 1/2, cousin Rett is now 3.

Can't wait for Christmas! Everyone have a wonderful holiday.

Easter 2010

January 31st, 2010

Miss Colby celebrated her 4th birthday yesterday. She is quite the "princess" -- she loves all the Disney princesses and of course, Dora the Explorer, along with Max & Ruby (who are rabbit brother and sister). She can be quite the talker or very silent or cry at a moment's notice. When I arrived last Thursday at her house, she talked nonstop showing me all her things. Her mother and I took her Friday evening to get her a balloon bouquet, 4-year-old pictures taken, ate supper together, and then went to get groceries for her party. Just a nice little "girls night out". I found out that telling her "no" would result with crying immediately. So you figure out another way to tell her no...that's hard to do.

Rett is now 2 years old...he's into cows and Bob the Tomato. Jen made a cow cake for him; was really cute. Beth, Craig, Cale & Colby were able to come down to celebrate yesterday at Grandma Nancy's and Papa Bob's house. Mommy & Daddy were really glad to get some new Veggie Tales videos; the two they had were being repeated often!

Cale will be two next April but is quite the climber. Colby is the "princess" and has lots of dolls to prove it.

Christmas will be really a lot of fun this year. I finished my shopping today and now need to start wrapping. John and I have both had our Christmas parties at work, I helped with the Minier Christmas parade, our worship choir and drama team put on our Christmas cantata yesterday, looking forward to another Christmas party this Saturday, Christmas brunch at church Sunday (homemade sausage gravy with lots of good egg casseroles, etc.) and then we start getting together with family. Miss you Dan and Lisa, Matt & Miles; wish you could be here!!!

Cakes AND Cows

This is truly a cakes and cows post...the pink cake was Sara's and the orange,pink & green flowered cake was John's cousin.

Now as for the cow picture, that's John and our neighbor, Amy, delivering the bull to the "girls". If you look closely, the bull is in the livestock trailer. It's John's tradition to let the bull "back in" after the cows have had their calves. And since the cows are across the road this summer, Delmar (that's the bull's name; nobody else gets a name on the farm except the dog) was delivered via the livestock trailer.

Amy had heard John talk about "his tradition" so she wanted to be a part of it (she's an "old farm girl/wife"). Anyway, they let the bull out and he starts walking towards the others, stops, bellars a little, and the whole herd came running to meet him.

As I started to walk away, I turned around one last time, and there's the bull already "making a pass" at one of his ladies (if you get my drift!).

The only other news from the farm is the squirrels keep digging up my flowers. During last fall, they had planted walnuts in my planters. I know this because I found them when I planted my new spring flowers. I threw the walnuts out but, of course, the squirrels don't know this and they're looking for them.

My friend Janet gave me some cayenne pepper to put in my flower boxes so we'll see if that keeps them out. Then my Mom told me to put rocks in the boxes too; then the squirrels wouldn't bother them. We'll see!

Happy 4th of July

Just wanted to share some photos of the grandbabies. Rett is in the "dog house" with a friend and his dog playing! Cale and Colby were here for lunch today. Cale loved his Grandma Jo's chocolate chocolate-chip cookies!! And Colby was just being silly!