A Winnie Pooh Party!

Happy Birthday to Byson, he didn't know quite what to think of his Winnie the Pooh cake grandma made for his first birthday.

It's Our Little Biggie Boy!

I am amazed how fast this past year has sped by. It seems like yesterday when Byson was a tiny baby. He is a year old now and has been walking since he was 11 months old. He gets into everything. He definitely keeps Grandma young.

Time Out!

Byson learned to blow a whistle at his birthday party. What a cutie!

Yeah Legos!

Byson loves Lego's. His favorite thing to do with at our preschools when he visits is to throw them in the trash cans. In fact his favorite thing to do anytime is to throw things away. Last week Catherine couldn't find her cell phone, three guesses where she found it. Of course it was in the trash can.

My Turn Grandpa

On Byson's first birthday we celebrated at his house and he and Grandpa took time to play a game of catch. He loved being the center of attention and had a blast playing with his toys.

Happiness Is . . .

Happiness is to me getting together with family and friends. We will be celebrating my niece's wedding in the next few weeks and it will be a time to fellowship with family and old friends. I can't wait until I get my hands on the grand kids. I love each one of them. We kept Byson, Catherine's little one this past weekend. He was a handful but I loved every minute of it. It makes me so happy when he runs up to me and puts his little hands out to me to pick him up, even tho his mom would be standing right next to me. We attended FCS's first home game last Friday night and Byson was with us watching Thomas' old team win 66 - 6. He yelled right along with us, and stayed awake all through the game and the pizza stop after the game. Thankfully he slept until 7 am Sat. morning.

Byson's First Haircut

With the celebration of his first birthday behind, Byson got his first haircut. He looks so cute and looks just like his dad now.

Can you guess my idenity?

Party Time!

To keep the tradition alive, Catherine asked me to make Byson a Winnie the Pooh cake for his first birthday. I started decorating cakes long ago when our son Perry was only 5 years old. Blaze wanted to know who was going to blow out the candle. He was a good volunteer, he got it out in one breath.

Happy Birthday BYSON

Byson really enjoyed his first birthday cake. He didn't quite know what to do at first but after his mom helped him get his fingers in it he went to town with it. We really don't know how the year went so fast. It seems like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. Now he walks everywhere. He loves to throw things away which keeps us busy to make sure he doesn't. His cake was a Winnie the Pooh, but he had his very own #1 to bite into. I used chocolate frosting and he enjoyed it so much.
Happy Birthday my little biggie boy! Grandma and Grandpa loves you so much!

Lydia and Megan had fun on vacation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL

Today Rachel turned 3, she was so happy! Now she gets to go to work with her dad. On their birthdays their Dad takes them out to lunch. Can you guess where she picked for her birthday lunch? McDonald's of course. From the report from her Dad she had a great day with him. Happy Birthday beautiful, Grandma and Grandpa loves you sooo much.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Abigail's 25 hour project took 33 hours to complete. She made a replica of one of the seven wonders of the world.

Graduation Day

What a gang we made at Thomas' graduation. We had a ball with all the family here to celebrate with us. Can you believe it we all stayed under one roof too. All I will say it was very interesting. :) just kidding, really you should have seen us working together to get the house ready for the 70 guests who came the next day to celebrate with us. The barbecue from Post and Beam was the best we had tasted. It was great having all the little ones here, we sure miss them now.

Aunt Yvonne

Aunt Yvonne was able to make it to Thomas' graduation.

Stepping Out

My sweetheart and I loved celebrating the night with Thomas at his banquet this year.

Celebrate

It was a night to remember celebrating the end of their Senior year. Thomas had the best teachers in the whole world, Dr. and Mrs. Grant. They really helped him turn out to be an outstanding young man.

Best Buds

Thomas had at leasts two homes away from home during his last two years of school. His best friends Cahl and Josh really did a great job delivering their blessing for Thomas at the Jr./Sr. banquet.

Missing Him Already

Abigail will be going to school without her big brother Thomas this year. She was missing him already at his Jr./Sr. Banquet.

Dad really enjoyed being there with Abigail.

Little Ladies

This year on our son's birthday he and his second daughter and his Dad and Abigail attended the Vision Forum "Father and Daughter" retreat in Georgia. They had so much fun dressing up for the High Tea.

Remember When

It was about two years ago after visiting for about 2 weeks, we stopped by Vision Forum to say good bye to the kids. Rachel was only a couple weeks old.

July is here again and with it Grandpa and Deanna celebrate their birthday on the same day. I will never forget that night in 1993 when Perry III asked if he and Kim could spend the night with us so they could work on their truck. I cooked stir fry that night and while I was fixing supper we heard sirens screaming up the little dirt road by our house. We lived in the country then and did not get much traffic. Perry got on his brothers ten speed bike and took off to see where the ambulance was going. It turned out our closest neighbor's daughter came home from work got on her 4 wheeler and ran into a John Deere tractor and almost killed herself. The doctor said if she was not wearing a helmet she would be dead. The life flight helicopter took her to Columbus, Oh and she did recover. Meanwhile Perry came home filled us in on the accident and we had dinner. Perry and Kim worked on their brakes of their truck and took it out for a spin to see if it was fixed. Dad and I went to bed and around midnight Perry woke me up and said they had to go home because Kim was in labor. They had called the midwife and she was meeting them at their house. I fell back asleep thinking "the baby was going to be born on my husband's 40th birthday." What a present he got that year!

Grandma Is Happy

It was so nice to have everyone here to celebrate with us. Byson is right at home especially since Grandma gets to keep him during the week when his mom is at the preschool.

Kissing Cousins!

They both loved to give kisses.