Vacation...

I have absolutely LOVED this vacation. We've visited family and friends, played, watched movies, made special treats, cleaned, and had a great time as a family. The only think we haven't done that I'd like to is play in the snow and build a snowman. The days we were home were too cold to be outside and the days we were gone were beautiful. Maybe tomorrow will be the day. I'll post pics later from out Christmases. What have you enjoyed doing over the vacation?

School Christmas Gifts...

At Christmas time each year it is customary to make a gift for parents. In the past we've made ornaments and picture frames. The items that I've used to make the ornaments you can no longer from from Oriental Trading. I know, I know... I thought you could get anything from that place also, but no. The frames that we've made in the past are kind of cheesy. So this year, my partner teacher and I found these really neat frames that are black. When students scratched away a design on them the background is all different colors. I thought this was a lot cooler than the other frames, but no. They are even cheesier. (Is that even a word?) So right before Christmas we were scrounging around trying to find something to do that was easy enough for students to make, cheap enough because I'm not made of money, and something that would not drive me CRAZY in the making process. I decided - candy! What is better at Christmas time than some homemade candy and snacks. We divided our classes into smaller groups. We've got pretzel dipper groups, pretzel wrapper groups, ribbon cutter groups, puppy chow making groups, puppy chow bagging groups, and pass out candy groups. I tried to think of a group for everything so I didn't have 12 people trying to make each thing. The kids are excited. The pretzels turned out great. I only burnt the chocolate in the microwave twice - smelly!! Today we are going to wrap them and make the puppy chow. Wish us luck. I've already taken extra headache meds to get me through.

Christmas is a Coming...

I feel like I way behind for this Holiday Season. I've had the decorations and trees up since right before Thanksgiving, I wrapped all the gifts right after Thanksgiving, but I still feel lost. I have made Christmas cookies, but no icing yet. I've addressed all the cards, but don't have stamps to mail them. We haven't written out letter to Santa yet either. This week is busier than I even imagined at work and we have to make our parent gifts. So much to do, so little time.

Awana Program Funny...

Sunday night my niece and nephew (Hayden and Claudia) were in the Awana program at the Lancaster Christian Church. Lydia was really excited to see Claudia on stage. Hayden was a tree and she didn't recognize him. She also was excited to see Aunt DeeDee playing the piano and kept calling out her name. The two funniest moments were when she realized there was a Christmas tree with lights on it. She yelled that there was a tree and wanted to go tough the lights. A little later she saw Dram-a and Papa sitting in a pew across the church and hollered that out to me. A few people down from them was a lady and a baby. Lydia goes, "Look mommy! Baby Jesus and her mommy!". It was so cute!!

Lydia's Little Funnies...

I know one day I'll forget all of the cute things that Lydia says so I figured I'd write them in a place where I'll (hopefully) always have them and share them with you.

• She called her pacifier her "firefire".
• When you ask her if she wants something that she doesn't want, she says "NO, don't want it".
• She always have to sleep with her "bankit".
• When they dogs are barking she yells at them to stop.
• If they are excited and barking at Gail, she yells that them that that is her daddy.
• She'd eat applesauce for every meal if I'd let her.
• Her names for people: Darla - DeeDee, Claudia - Claudiaudia, Grandma Jerri - Dama, Grandpa Stanley - Papa, Grandma Mary - Mimmy. There are many others.
• She loves to talk on the phone to people and will just walk off with the phone talking away.
• She loves to go check the cows with daddy and seeing the baby camel (Thunder - Funder).
• When she wants to you carry her around she'll stand with her arms up and say "Hold you, hold you".
• She likes to be in the bathroom with you while you are taking a shower or going to the bathroom. Now that she can open the doors it's a little awkward.

I'll have to add more to the list later because it's a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy.

Update...

Things around our household are looking much better than a few weeks ago. Lydia's ring worm spots are practically all gone. You can still kind of see 2 of them, but much better than the 11 we did have. Her hair is also growing back in her bald spot. Gail's job is still going fine. They are expecting them to be back to 5 days a week by the first of the year. He has been working only 4 days since last spring or before. He's picked up several car jobs to work on also. He just worked on some one's transmission this week. Another guy is to be bringing two vehicles this weekend for him to put new brakes on. If anyone needs cheap car repair, give us a call. My job is good. I still get stressed out at time, feel like crawling under my desk for a good cry, and pulling my hair out. However, problems are slowly getting better. I'm looking forward to Christmas break like a kid on Christmas Eve. At home all the decorations are up, gifts are wrapped and under the tree, and I'm managing to keep up on most of the house work. If the wood stove weren't so darn dirty I'd been really good. When I figure all the money it saves us and how warm our house is, I feel much better about sweeping and moping the mess almost daily. On a random side note, I want to start a Christmas Eve tradition for our family. I want to do things like the living nativity, CE services, and other things that we can turn into tradition. What are the things that you do with your families for the traditions?

Another First...

Last night was another first for Lydia, and probably the one I've most been dreading. My daughter is a wonderful sleeper at night. To bed at 7:30, up and 6:30, and not to bad of a morning person. However, she has to sleep with her pacifier. She wants it right when she crawls into bed. We give it to her and she's off to night night land. I thought it was going to be terrible when we actually did take it away. I've been telling her that at Christmas we are going to give them all to Baby Hannah (our new little cousin) and that we won't have then anymore. She shakes her head in agreement, but doesn't actually understand what I am talking about. Yes, I know she's almost 2 and a half years old and doesn't need to anymore, but she likes it. And who and I kidding, it helps her go to sleep so I like it just as much. Well, last night I just did it. She started asking for her pacifier and I told her we didn't have anymore. After telling her this for awhile and her asking for it again I just told her that Annie (one of our dogs) ate it. She looked at Annie and then asked me for a new one. I told her Annie had gotten in the cabinet and had eaten all of the of pacifiers. She really gave Annie a chewing and then went right off to night night land. No crying, no screaming, no tossing herself about... just went to sleep and slept all night long. I don't know what I was so afraid of. Hopefully it will stay this way.

Until next time...

I haven't blogged for awhile so I thougth I would just catch up on on what has been going on (which isn't much).

Lydia - She is still fighting ring worm. We starting putting rubbing alcohol on it after her bath every night to help dry it up. Currently she has the bald spot, a small spot behind each ear, a spot on her ankle, a spot on her hip, and two small spots on her leg. We are on week 3 on the medicine, but I haven't noticed a positive change yet. Only more spots. She has had a couple of accidents at home with the potty. We've been being out late and it has messed her up. But hey, 2 accidents since the end of August isn't bad. She also moved into her big girl room (our spare bedroom.) It's bigger than her old one. I painted it pink and just moved her stuff right in. Several bigger toys that had been in the living and dining rooms were able to fit also. I was thrilled to get her in there. She's also understanding that that is her new room and has been sleeping fine. Now, I need to get the spare room back together.

Gail - We thought he broke his foot last Monday night. He went to see Dr. Minter the next day. Two people thougth it was broke and 1 didn't. We have a friend who broke her foot over a year ago and was told that it wasn't broken when it actually was. After several surgeries she still had trouble with it. I talked Gail into going for a second opinion for 2 reasons. #1 The x-ray machine at Minter's is older and he told Gail that it doesn't pick up fine breaks really well. #2 I didn't want the same thing that had happened to our friend to happen to him. The second opinion said that hsi foot was severally bruised, but not broken. I was happy with that answer.

Me - I just keep working, grading, cleaning, and paying bills. It seems like that is all I get done. I am almost done with my Christmas shopping. I wasn't going to go on the Black Friday shopping trip with my sister, but I was informed that I was going. I've learned to not argue with her, just do it. It's fun anyway.

Until next time...

What's the deal...

Either all the raid is getting to the kids at school or there is a full moon tonight. Does anyone know which?

Diane

Sick Day...

I'm home today with my little snuggle buddy. Aside from the fact that she has a terrible couch every night for the past few days and her nose is running like crazy, I'm home because of her head. My little girl brought home ring worm from the baby sitter's house back at the end of August. It started with a little spot on her belly. We treated with OTC anti-fungal cream that was recommended by the pharmacist. After the spot went away I kept treating if for several days when a spot on her ankle showed up. I've been treating that area for a couple of weeks and it is almost completely gone. Well, on Saturday after her nap I was getting ready to fix her hair when I noticed small spots behind both of her ears. (I'm still not convinced that they are ring worm, but we'll let the doctor decide. I've been putting cream on the anyway.) She also had a balk spot close to her neck. That freaked me out beyond belief. So, I'm home today to take "Wormy" (as her dad has started calling her) to the doctor. I'm hoping that they'll be able to give me some oral medication because putting the cream in her hair everyday drives her crazy and then she starts touching it. Wish me luck.

P.S. I've also told Gail that when she gets older I will be telling her about the "Wormy" name.

Changes...

Gail and I are neither one big on changes. From big changes to small changes, we don't deal will with any of it. My house in one of those areas where I don't do well. When I first moved out on my own and when Gail and I first got married we lived in a rental house (the little yellow house beside the old High School in Lancaster). The furniture stayed in the same place then entire almost 4 years that we lived there. In December 2005 we bought and moved into our house now. The furniture, with the exception of Lydia's room, has been in the same spot since we moved in. Well, last night a friend helped me move our bedroom furniture around. I have always wanted all 5 pieces of bedroom furniture in there, but had never gotten around to moving it. Now our bed is in a different place, and I'm not sure how I like it. There is not other furniture option that makes room for all 5 pieces so if I can't get used to it, it all goes back. Do you all deal well with changes?

Decorations...

I love to decorate for holidays. Before Lydia was born I just decorated for Christmas and a few other decorations here and there. Now I decorate for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Fourth of July, Halloween, fall, winter, and Christmas. I'm officially decoration crazy. It's been so long since I was able to get decorations out that I think I was going through withdrawal. This past weekend I got out the Halloween and fall stuff and I have three boxes full. THREE BOXES!! I didn't realize I had so much stuff. I had fun putting it all throughout the house. There is something in every room except for our bedroom and the spare bedroom. Lydia had fun after nap time walking around and looking at everything. I'll have to put pictures on here later. What are your favorite decorations for Halloween?

Round and Round It Goes...

... where it stops nobody knows! I just hope it stops soon. I feel that I just can't keep up with everything these days, and Lydia isn't even in all those activities like older children are. I get things caught up at school and things at home seem to get behind. Things get caught up at home and thing at school seems to fall behind. I really need to get back into my routine with Fly Lady. Doing that routine really works for me. Maybe I'll start tonight (maybe not)?? How does everyone else keep up with their jobs, household chores, and children's lives?

Potty Princess...

Lydia is in her fourth straight day of wearing big girl pants with no accidents. She usually stays dry at night also. I'm so proud of her. CONGRATS, LIDDY!!

Lydia's New Pony...

This is Lydia's new pony that we got from a guy Gail works with. He gave her to us. We named her Daisy.

Lydia was REALLY proud of her new pony.

She wouldn't get on her back, but she did enjoy leading her around the backyard.

Passing the "sniff test".

I think this picture is precious.

Brain Surgery...

Last week my mother found out on Tuesday that she was going to have her brain tumor removed on that Thursday. Short notice, but it was actually a relief not to have to worry and stress about it for several weeks or days. Darla and I got up at 2:00 a.m. that Thursday and left at 3:30 to go down to Columbia. Mom's check in was at 5:45 and we wanted to get there before that. They took her back to the surgery waiting at 7:00, surgery started at 8:30 and she was done at 10:30. By 11:00 they have told us that she was moving her hands, feet, and talking. We were relieved because those were the areas of concern with the area of her tumor. When removing the tumor the doctor told us that he would have to cut around the tumor and then kinda scoop it out. After he "got in there" he discovered that there was a vein going over the top of the tumor that he was able to move to the side, cut around the edges of the tumor and just "pop it out" (in his words) because it wasn't attached on the bottom side. She was really lucky. The MRI taken the next day showed that there were no cancerous cells remaining in her brain. Currently she is CANCER FREE!!!

Update...

We haven't been up to much lately. School started back last week and I'm exhausted after a three day work week. The road construction on Highway 63 is about to do me in. It adds 30-60 minutes on to my trip each day. Consider both ways and your talking 60-120 minutes just sitting or only going 2 miles per hour while you're following BIG machines for 15 miles. I've had to leave home by 6:30 (6:15 when I have to take Lydia to the sitter's house). She's going to turn into a bear before it's over. Also with school starting my house has gone to pot. I hadn't vacuumed, dusted, or swept since Monday. These usually happen every other day. I had dishes in my since, trash falling out of the trash can, dirty laundry falling out of the hamper,... I could go on, but you get the picture. I spent the morning getting everything back to normal. Other than the three loads of laundry it's looking good. This afternoon we went to the Glenwood reunion for a parade. Lydia didn't have that much fun. Probable because some really loud machine with stinky exhaust backed up right beside where we were standing. The farther we moved away, the closer they came. And of course they kept it running the entire time. (HOW RUDE!!!) Lydia was scared of it. I was very upset by the time the parade was over. Tonight we get to go to the Downing Rodeo. We've gone almost every year that they have it. This will be Lydia's second year. She enjoyed it last year so I think she'll love it this year. Tomorrow I get to finish up whatever laundry is left and can tomatoes.

Until next time...

Summer Favorites...

Here are some of my favorite things from the summer.

Lydia started sleeping in her "big" girl bed. We took the rail off and now she has a day bed. She does really well with in and stays in once we put her there. In the mornings and after nap time she won't get out until we go into her room.

We went to story hour every week here in town. Each time they did two coloring projects, a craft project, listened to three stories, and then were able to check out books. This is my favorite project they made - Princess Hats.

Here she is all dressed and ready for the pool. We only went once this year because is was such a cool summer.

Once she figured out how to sit in the ring she LOVED it.

This is my favorite picture from all summer. She was so proud of this little rock.

Until next time...

Update on Us...

Not much has been going on with us since summer started. We've been going to the library in Lancaster for story hour every week. Lydia really likes the crafts and sometimes listens to the stories. Other than that we haven't been doing much. I organized my photos to make it easier to start scrap booking (now I just need to start). I have 2 other big goals for the summer besides just the basic cleaning.

One is it organize the basement kitchen cabinets. Yes, our house has 2 full working kitchens. Some may find it weird, but it is actually very useful. The fridge in the basement come in really handy to store things in. Currently I think there are potatoes, 10 bricks for Velveeta (great sale), flour, sugar, and Gatorade. The freezer part is full of berries and peaches that I have ready for pies. The stove and oven down there are really handy also. The upstairs oven is a wall unit and a counter top stove. I would never recommend it to anyone. The oven is smaller than average so some pans won't fit. Therefore we end up using the one in the basement. I also do my canning down there. It keeps the extra heat downstairs and all of the canning stuff is down there. I use the cabinets to store the canned jars as well as extra food. When I go to Aldis I get an entire flat of each vegetable, put a few cans upstairs and the rest to the basement. It's wonderful. The cabinets also have all of the "stuff" that didn't have a place to go when we moved in. So this summer (before I start canning) I need to organize (toss mostly) the contents.

The second big job is to clean out the garage. We normally don't put the garage doors down so when someone drives by the dust from the road floats right it. Leave also blow in. Along with the basic clutter that needs to be thrown away and you have a very dirty garage. Someday while Lydia is asleep I'm going to take on that task.

I'll let you know when I get these down. What are your cleaning/organizing plans?

Lydia's Birthday Cake...

I didn't realize until today (thanks, Jen) that I hadn't put pictures of Lydia's birthday cake on here. It didn't turn on exactly like the picture I had found. The picture had pink and green circles, but I didn't think I could match the colors. It also used fondant and had fondant ribbons on it as well as flowers. I just did it my own way and thought it turned out well. Lydia said it was "preddy" and that is all that matters.

My Baby Turned TWO!!!

I still can't believe that Lydia is now two years old. On her birthday we just had her special spaghetti dinner and her party wasn't until Saturday. Last year she had a butterfly themed party. This year didn't really have a theme. Her cake was green, pink, and white and we just had summer luau decorations hanging around the house and front porch. Oh, and balloons. Can't have a party without balloons. I took tons of pictures at the party and put them on facebook. Here I'll just share with you some of her gifts.

Movies

Gail and I got her a pair of Gap jeans, 2 t-shirts, and 2 dresses.

We also got her this Keri doll from Fisher Price. It is a Snap N Style doll. You can get a lot of different outfits and the hats, clothing, shoes, and acessories just snap on.

Bubble Machine from Mommy and Daddy

Pink Horse Purse

She got an aqua doodle from a friend of mine and she LOVES it. I'd never heard of it.

Some of her Aunts and Uncles went together and got her this CD karaoke machine and some CDs. She sings and dances with it. FUNNY!!

Board Books



Several more dresses.

Pink Cowgirl boots that we have to exchange for a bigger size. I hope we can still get them.

"Rodeo - Cowboys invented it. Cowgirls perfected it" I love this shirt.

Each year we get her a Dr. Seuss book and have everyone sign it. Then she is getting a wonderful book collection as well as knows who was at her party.

It's hard to see the signatures.

Mommy and Daddy also got her a magna doodle.

My parents, siblings, and their families went together and got her this vanity. She likes to go fix her hair and pretend to put on make-up.

She had a wonderful birthday party. Thanks again to all of you who have helped us in the past 2 years and continue to be important parts in our lives. We love you very much.

First Few Days of Vacation...

Lydia and I have been enjoying the first few days of summer vacation. Gail has been off also, but he is too busy trying to get the hay done so it's been just us girls. Wednesday (Lydia's birthday) we went to the Schuyler Co. Library for her first story hour. She got to color a bunny, make a pin wheel, and listened to stories. She loved the coloring, but not the listening to stories. She likes to pretend to read them herself and doesn't even like for me to read to her. Afterwards, we went to Memphis to eat lunch with my mother, sister, sister-in-laws, and their kids. It was my mom's first day of full retirement so we celebrated. That night we had her special spaghetti dinner. We did it last year and I think it will be a tradition. Thursday we took Claudia and went to the Adair Co. Library for their story in the park. The theme was Moving' and Groovin'. Claudia and Lydia just sat, but it was a nice day to be outside and get some fresh air. On the way home we stopped at the Greentop roadside park for a picnic then came home and took naps. I hope the rest of the summer is as enjoyable and fun.

All ready for story hour.

Coloring her pin wheel.

The bluish bunny is Lydia's. Claudia made the other one.

I won this for Lydia out of one of those claw video game things. It look me four tries but I was determined to get something for her for her birthday.

The two of us on hehr birthday.

Spaghetti dinner.

Yummy!

Picnic in the park.

I thought this picture was just cute.

Summer Vacation...

I am officially on summer vacation as of 5 hours ago. Summer school is over and I can honestly say that (so can the rest of the summer school teachers) that we greatly deserve the rest of the summer off. I have several things planned for Lydia and I this summer. The Schuyler County Library is going to have a story hour once a week. I'm not sure if Lydia will enjoy it or if it will be too advanced for her, but we're going to try it out anyway. The first one is tomorrow. Tomorrow is also Lydia's second birthday (I'll post later about that) and my mom's first day of retirement. After story hour we are going to Memphis to have lunch with her at the Bowling Alley - taco salad here I come. The Adair County Library is also having different events at the park once a week. There are a few of those that I plan to take her to also. I'll keep you updated on our daily events (or lack there of) throughout the summer.

Until next time...

Vacation Here I Come...

I have 2 days of summer school left. Every year I sign up to teach summer school because we need the money. It usually goes to purchase hay, but this year it is going towards pasture rent. I don't mind teaching (some days) and get a lot of stuff done for the next school year. However, I would love to sleep in some of these mornings. I guess I just have to be patient until Wednesday.

On Wednesday, my first official day of summer school, is Lydia's second birthday. I can't believe that she is going to be TWO!! Sniff, sniff. We have a fun day planned for that day. We are going to the library for story hour and then over to Memphis to have a birthday/retirement lunch with my mom. It is her last day of work - every!!

Until next time...

Dress Up...

Lydia loves to play dresses. We have a truck that she for the Christmas that came full of stuff to play dress up with and I've added to it along the way. She'll go over to the truck, pull it out, and decorate herself. I got some pictures of her playing with it earlier this week.

This was the outcome. She ended up wearing pink flip flops, pink poodle skirt from the Relay for Life, 3 necklaces, purple wings, and a blue fuzzy hat. She didn't have the hat on until she realized that I was going to take her picture. Then she bent down quickly, grabbed it, put it on her head, and said, "cheese". She is so funny.

Until next time...

Pictures...

I think I may be a mom that takes way too many pictures. I use the Wal-Mart photo website to order pictures. And though I take a ton of pictures, I don't print them too often. In fact, I haven't ordered any pictures since June 2008. I don't have any from Lydia's first birthday party and her second is next week. I typically order 2 copies of every picture I take and today I realized how silly that was. I uploaded 505 pictures taken since Easter (2 1/2 months, 74 days, that averages to 6.8 pictures a DAY!!). Normally it would have costs me $45 plus tax for single pictures. Instead, I only ordered the pics that I absolutely wanted. Several 5 x 7s also, and it only cost me $18. Smile on my face. Tomorrow I'll try to go back and upload from July 2008 until Easter and stay under $20. I love digital cameras!!

Until next time...

Weekend Results...

The results of the garage sale were pretty good. I owed Darla $44 (actually $42 because I had bought her something that costs $2 somewhere) and I ended the day with a profit of $1. I was thrilled that I was able to pay her. I traded a bunch of clothing that either didn't fit her or she didn't wear in for ones that will. The entire concept of a garage sale is wonderful. I also spent $13 at another garage sale so I actually didn't make any money. Darla (AKA garage sale queen) made a lot of money. I swear that she could sell rocks and dirt and would still make money at a garage sale. Before the garage sale even started on Friday she had sold over $100.

I got the cake done for Erin. It looked really neat on Friday night when I got it finished. However, with all of the humidity the icing started melting off on Saturday. It still looked alright, but I was disappointed in it. I hope is looked good for the shower and didn't fall apart too much.

The rest of my weekend was crazy!! Lydia's schedule is way messed up with the summer. She took a nap from 1:30 until 5:00 on Saturday afternoon. She played outside all morning at the garage sale (and was wonderful) so she was really tired. I got the yard mowed and took a shower all while she was sleeping!! That never happens. Usually I'll get the yard mowed and start heading for the shower when she wakes up. I think she knows what's going on. Anyway, after I got cleaned up we went to Meme's (Gail's mom's) house with a cake I had made. She played with her cousins, played outside, and went to the pasture to feed the cows. She had a blast. Meme had fixed supper. I fixed Lydia a plate of a roll, bacon, and melon. While we were all eating she got choked (really choked) on the bacon. Gail pulled her out of the high chair, flipped her on her tummy, and started pounding on her back. Gretchen (my sister-in-law) reached in her mouth and was eventually able to pull the bacon out. I was SCARED!! If Lydia hadn't turned it into a big joke I would have broke out in tears. After we got her settled back into the chair she started "choking again". We all looked at her and then she started laughing!! I hope it never NEVER happens again.

Until next time...

Garage Sales...

I think I have a garage sale addiction. I love to go to them and get good deals on clothing for Lydia. Don't get me wrong, I liked garage sales before. However, once I had her they took on an entire new meaning to me. So tomorrow Darla and I are having a garage sale at her house. It in Lancaster City Wides. I had more clothing to sell than I thought I would have. I used to keep everything she outgrew in case we had another girl in the future. After having 14 eighteen gallon tubs in our basement mud room (and she's not even 2 yet) I decided that I should really go through the clothing and purge. Now I hope I actually get rid of it all. Not that I'll get any of the money from what I sell because I looked through Darla's garage sale piles and took a lot of her stuff. So currently I owe her $44. My goal is to make enough to pay her for what I owe. I'll let you know how that turns out.

I'm also on the downward stretch of summer school. We had 22 days plus 4 work hours. We are completing day 15 today. I have so much planned for the rest of the summer and I can't wait. I have basement cabinets to clean out and organize, a garage that is a disaster, and a pretty clean house. I also plan to spend time at the Kirksville wading pools. Speaking of - Lydia got in the pool for the first time this summer yesterday. She didn't like it at first so I got in there with her. A big thank you to Darla for loaning me dry clothing!!

Until next time...

Pictures from the Relay and Around Home...

Kitty at Meme's house.
I just love her face in this picture.

She loves to brush her teeth.

This picture of Hayden are Claudia is priceless.

Picking up rocks.
Watching the cows.

Yelling at the cows.

Lydia will now slide all by herself. She doesn't want any help.

This is the best pictures of the Relay for Life lip sync that we did.

Hayden the rock star.

Gail trying to keep a very tired Lydia entertained. She liked to wave the feather boa around.

Great Aunt Mary's Luminary

One of Grandma Franklin's Luminaries

One of Mom's Luminaries

Gail and Lydia walking the Supporter's Lap with our entire family.

Mom, Aunt Mary, and Aunt GeorgeAnna after mom received her Hero of Hope award.

Survivors Lap

Grandma Franklin and Mom preparing for the Survivor's Lap.

Lydia with the bird house she picked out that Uncle Gary had made to sell. She was proud of it.

Until next time...