Lily made her appearance this morning weighing in at an ounce under five pounds. Please keep this little one in your prayers as she is facing health issues.

We will treasure each and every day we're given with her.

We love you, Lily -

Grandpa & Grandma

A sister's blessings on me

Here is a photo that my sister found when re-doing her photo albums. Pretty precious even though it's 18 years old. Thank you, Donna. A treasured photo.

Singing with Uncle Gary

The kids finally got to sing with Uncle Gary, something they'd been talking about for days before his visit. Dylan has the tamborine and Raegan has the maracas - all singing Jingle Bells. It was a short concert, we were all pretty hungry for a good brunch before we had to say goodbye to Gary and Teri.

Too Much Turkey

I'm thinking Dylan overdid the turkey thing! All he's missing is his easy chair and the remote for switching between football games.

Thanksgiving Day 2006

Abby is so grown up - she put the placecards out for everyone and only got confused on 2 of them - OURS! Well, think about it..... she doesn't call us Bill and Karen. Those were new words to recognize.

Here is Season looking absolutely radiant coming to the end of her pregnancy. Baby Lily will be born this coming Thursday, the 30th of November.

And of course, Bill's acting up and the guys are picking through the rest of the food left in the kitchen. Season thought Bill looked like a cartoon character in this photo. Maybe he IS!

Birth Spurt at Church

It's amazing that there were so many babies born at our church this past week and a half. Here are the ones I get to give away this week.

Plain pink is for the Tate baby girl, green diagonal is for the Ryan baby boy, and pink/white block is for the Hogue baby girl. Our pastor

had a new granddaughter born in Texas, too.

Lola's Thanksgiving

And the Major Award Goes To...........

Here is part of the group that went to Canada fishing in June. The major award had to go to Jim (right) and his uncle Rod (not pictured) for running out of gas and having to use old oars for 4 hours trying to find the cabin.

This is Ryan, Bill, Tim, Mark and Jim (Unc was living easy in Mexico when this was taken)

For Dean Charles Marsh

Another baby born into the family on November 5th, 2006. Nephew David and his wife Liz welcomed into the world Dean Charles Marsh in Grand Junction, Colorado.

I tried a different type of fuzzy yarn for the ripples and it actually came out very cooshy. Is that a word? Anyway, we are so excited for Dave and Liz.

California Trip

OK, now those who know me would never suspect I could actually like being on the back of a motorcycle, touring the countryside......but, I LOVED it and can't wait to do it again. This picture is the bike we took on a mountain ride in California in early October, the same bike that is in my brother's blog when he bought it and drove it across America. It was a glorious trip.

MOPS - Nashville Convention

There were nine of us from our Calvary MOPS leaders that got to go to Nashville for the convention late September. It was a marveous time with lots of information. I came home on information overload and it took a few days to process the whole thing. So glad that most of us got to go.

"SIX" only happens once......

Our oldest granddaughter turned six (holy cow) last week, with no party or fanfare. Here she is getting to open her salvation bracelet made with real crystals. She is so grown up........... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ABBY!

....waiting for Halloween

We had fun making jack-o-lanterns with the grandkids this week. Dylan doesn't like bad guys so he wanted his to look like a monkey. We had them name the pumpkins, so Dylan's is Orange Monkey and Raegan's is Kelly Di-La-La (don't ask). We had a BLAST!

More babies.......more blankets

Neighbors Andy and Amy had their third baby, and it was a boy!

...........Here is the blanket that I did for them.

Awaiting New Granddaughter

Here is a baby blanket I finished while on vacation in September - just waiting for my new granddaughter Lily to be born on November 30th. I fell in love with this pattern and with her name being Lily, it just had to involve some flowers.

Rainy Day Cake Set-Up

Here's Season setting up her last wedding cake before baby Lily comes in December. This was the first time I was able to help a little with setting a cake up. And that help consisted of holding an umbrella in the rain so the sugar chrystals on the cake wouldn't melt! But it was an important job and the cake made it to the little church on time and in exactly the way the bride wanted it - simple and sparkly with the perfect touch on top - the topper from the bride's parent's wedding cake! Makes me wonder where in the world mine is. :)

My Best Friend

Here's my best friend, Sue. I got to spend the evening with her to help her learn how to use her new scrapbooking toys. And btw, let's keep her in our prayers the next few weeks because of health issuess and that her doctors will be able to finally help her.

She's a keeper and she's the best.

Kansas City Trip to Universal

Here's the real reason for the fast day trip to KC. We needed to pick up product for a client here, and got a grand tour of how the big boys work in a large printing plant. It was an awesome experience and met some wonderful people who work there. We were busy Friday, huh!

The sign that got my attention

On my first day trip to Kansas City ever, we stopped for gas in St. Joe and I couldn't believe the sign in the restaurant window next door! What a hoot! Have any of you ever seen a 'shut' sign instead of 'closed'? I can just hear them saying, "Sorry, ma'am, but we're SHUT!" Too bad, too, or we'd have stopped in and tried the BBQ.

A little YARN