Ellie & Dolores

Grace has had a delightful time with her Ellie & Great Aunt Dolores!

Andrew's Car

Andrew got a new-to-him car and a new job! This all happened in May. He now works at SIU Police, dispatch. We love having him work so much closer to home and are anxious to move down to Carbondale/Carterville area...just waiting for all things to fall in place.

Winter/Spring 2009

Christmas 2009

Fun on the Farm

Jon had one more baby lamb...a little guy. Grace loves the sheep and kitty cats at Papaws.

Is it too late?

I'll never get caught up now!

Grace is 17 months old! 17! She is a delight...saying all kinds of new words & playing pretend. She got a potty chair this week and is very excited about the whole thing. I don't really want to potty train her yet...no diapers?=no baby! But she has been very interested in going potty now for several months...she gets my toilet paper reading for me & flushes...talk about service. So, I guess the next step is ...deep breath...big girl panties. Wish us luck!

Cousins...Jake, Grace, & Ellie

Erika & the kids have now moved to Nebraska. We are going to miss them so much...but know that God has big plans for their family there.

"Ga Ga" & Grace

It's going to be a great summer!

So Sorry!

I know...3 months with no new posts! I'm not a bad blogger...really...it's not my fault! We are having computer issues...can't get my pictures to load. So...when we get it fixed I will post all things fun from Christmas to St. Patty's Day. (especially because this is my scrapbook...and I'm horrible at writing in Grace's baby book)

Grace is turning into a little girl...no more baby...She's 15 months old now and is just a delight. She says lots and lots of words...up, baby, bubble, turtle, purple...and she knows lots of her animal sounds...puppy, cow, kitty cat, pig, sheep and lamb, lion, horse...And she can point out the giraffe, elephant, zebra, horse, crab, fish, snail, octopus, turtle, hippo...on and on...She's learning to "jump" and seems to really like sports...we've gone to a couple of Ellie's games & Grace is so attentive to all that's going on. She watches "baball" (basketball) with her daddy and is still his biggest fan. We love her so much and can't wait to see what may.