Thursday, December 21, 2006
Girl Scouts Bird Watching
Girl scout babysitting project
Fireball the egyptian...
Bunko Babes
Monday, December 11, 2006
Dec 9th - TKD housewarming party
Dec 9th - Darleen graduates!
Here she is with her brother Garrett.
Here are Darleen's dad (Doyle) and stepmom (MaryAnn)
See that round cake? Garrett made that, "italian cream cake". It was very, very good. That's Denise in the back looking hungry.....hehehe.
Dec 8th - Rick's 30th - Quentin Tarentino party
Dec 6th - Visit from my sister
Here is dad sipping on his tea....
Mom...
Hmmm...... What are these crazy people doing? Could they be taking pictures? Hmmmm. Looks like they are taking pictures.! What do you suppose they are taking pictures of???? It must be very important!
Here it is! These horses are a ceramic piece my Aunt Bonnie gave as a wedding gift to my mom and dad. My mom handed this down to me about 10 or so years ago. I have always loved it. I have many early memories of this piece! Mom thought since we had a nice fireplace at the time, I might as well have it, rather than have it packed away.
The gals....... Me, Mom and Bea....
The family!
Back row - mom, John, Jordan
Front row - Steve, me, dad, Bea
I got the idea to have mom and dad's hands. Another photo op! But a really nice picture.
~~FROZEN~~ in the cave!
Near the SpaceCenter corporate office is a "sunroom", basically a hole blasted on up to the surface. They have built windows all around this hole and you can even walk out through a set of doors and enjoy the air and sunshine!
Another view of the "sunroom"
Dec 2nd - Scrappy breakfast and grand opening
Here are Dana DeCarlo and Joann
Here am I - with my Kara Ward make & take. (Kathy and Deb chatting in the background). Kathy was patient and waited for us to do the make and take.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Week in Review....
Thur 12/07/06 – Took the kids to get a birthday gift for dad. Attended Girl Scout service unit meeting.
Wed 12/06/06 – Worked in the cave for 6 hours, then took off a little early, since mom, dad and Bea were coming over from Topeka. Bea said she had to see the young man with the deep voice (that would be Steve). So, we had a nice lunch of John’s most excellent stew and some fresh baked Schwan bread. Mmmm. We took a lot of pictures too. In fact, I took a few pictures of Bea and her monster camera taking pictures of other things. It was pretty funny. The kids got home from school and we sat around shooting the breeze for awhile. John arrived and accepted many compliments. We had some fun trying to find a particular quote in Macbeth.
Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.
It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
After they left I had to go to our Northland church planning meeting for the diocese. It was quite interesting. I don’t feel I have that much to contribute personally, but I really love maps, and they had a BUNCH of huge maps of various areas of the northland.
Tue 12/05/06 – Mom’s 70th birthday today. I think she liked her surprise.
Mon 12/04/06 – Picked be up at 5:00 pm, drove her over to Topeka. It was quite fun. I had Bea wait at the garage, went up to the door and rang the bell. When mom answered the door, I said “We’re here!”. She wanted to know who “we” was. I said that the kids and John were getting something out of the car and would be right in. I said “didn’t you ask us for dinner tonight???” She said “ummm, no..”. That was funny. After we were talking for a minute, Bea came in and mom was surprised, although she didn’t show it much. We had a really nice visit before I had to head back home.