The "Big" Birthday Party

June 19th Leanna Rose turned nine years old. It is so hard to believe that 9 years have come and gone for us waiting at Sacred Heart Hospital for her arrival. Here she is enjoying her new bike from us. We also, got her a helmet because it is the law. Plus, we got her some other presents that will surprise her.



June 27th is Justin's sixth birthday. He is growing up so fast with learning from his older sister. He is going to be so surprised by all his presents, especially his new Big Wheel. Shhh that is a surprise! It is red & white Radio Flyer big wheel. His daddy will have to put it together after the party is over, Yippee, for him. Thank goodness for daddy.

Cute pics of Jonathan & Jossy

Jonathan is playing tee-ball this year for Mivajo's Pizza in Nazareth. What a nice picture of him with his shirt & hat and getting ready to throw the ball. He makes for one handsome ballplayer, don't he.

Here is Jossy in her cute sun hat enjoying the things that this park has to offer. She is just so darn cute.

Happy Birthday , Dutchess the 2nd

Happy Birthday to our big girl, Dutchess. What joy you bring to our household. We thought our first Dutchess was trouble, you beat her by a landslide, LOL.

Dutchess will be 3 years old tomorrow. Wow, I can't believe that it's 3 years we had her. She still is a handful. Hopefully, someday she will come down and not jump on Chuck. His poor legs are sure taking a beating from her, when he comes home from work, or comes downstairs from waking up.

Happy Birthday, Cody, he is 13 years old today

Today Cody our yellow lab is 13 years old. Happy Birthday to our bestest dog ever. We have had other great dogs, but none better than, Cody. Our son Tom (on the couch with Jacob) brought him home to us when Cody was 6 months old.

Cody loves being with the kids. He loves the attention that the kids give him. We will remember him always.

Ice Cream Party

Here is the all the ice cream waiting to be eaten for the ice cream party.

The gang waiting patiently for the ice cream party, while I was at choir practice. We have my three grandkids-(left) Leanna, (right) Timothy, Justin, (the kids I sit for) Kobe and his sister Kylie.

Kobe below is enjoying his ice cream, yummy!

As you can see on Kylie's face it was lots of fun and yummy!

I have Been Flocked by My Church, Olivet Presbyterian

Our Youth Group from my church, Olivet United Presbyterian, on 12th & Northampton Sts. in Easton are raising money to help the youth group go to camp. You had to buy insurance so that you wouldn't find flamingos on your front yard, well, as you can see, I didn't buy insurance. So, now I have to pay a ransom fee to get them removed and to be put on someone else's front lawn. I hope the people I chose appreciates waking up to flamingos. They are a really nice couple that I chose to wake up to flamingos.

Nobody Blogs Anymore, :(

Ever since FaceBook was created more people are going on there and posting their pictures, playing farmville, fishville, they stopped blogging. I really miss reading their blogging and seeing their pictures.

Please come bag to blogging again. This message is to my friends that I read their blogs.

Today is the day we get more to our household

My son and his wife started moving their things in yesterday. What a mess they have. The magistrate said that a notice would be put on their door, then they would have 10 days from that, but that never happened. Steph called the magistrate on Friday and he said that it should have been posted and she told them it wasn't and she asked the secretary has this ever happened before, and she said no. Figures it has to happen to them. Anything that can go wrong does for them. Then the constable came and put the notice on the door and the notice says they have until 6:00 AM Tuesday to be out. Doesn't give them much time to empty a 3 bedroom house, plus a basement and attic.

I'm sure things will get a little testy between them and us, that is to be expected. Because our house is small and we will be adding 6 more to the family. We will all have to learn to share the bathroom at different times. Plus, their eating schedule is different than ours. But I'm sure it will work out.

My 2007 Santa Fe SE

Yesterday, was a sad and a happy day all in one. I made the decision to sell my Santa Fe to get out from under a huge car loan. That payment was 3/4 of my rent, so to afford all our monthly bills, it was best that I find her a new owner. She was the bestest car ever, but she was going to need new tires this year and that was a BIG expense, because they were 18 inch wheels. So, it was best to let her go. :(

I hope her new owner will enjoy her and treat her with excellent care, like I did the three years I had her.

Goodbye!

My Whole Family

My mom, Tom & Steph, and my brother, Butch



My foster son, John, and Jamie, his now wife



Tom with his Nanny (Chuck's mom), his Aunt Jan (Chuck's late brother's wife) and Stephanie



Bill, Tom and our foster son, John

My family

Me with my sons, Tom & Bill



Chuck with his sons, Tom & Bill

Wedding Pics of Tom & Steph, 8/31/03

I came across these pictures while cleaning out the attic. I thought they were lost. I'm so glad they were found.



The Bride and Groom, Tom and Stephanie



Tom, Stephanie and their daughter, Leanna



Tom, Stephanie, Leanna, and Maree', Tom's other daughter he raised from birth.

Well, we are in a snow emergency...waiting for it to start!

Here is comes again! The snow is suppose to start around 4 AM and continue for 36 hours. The prediction is 12-24 inches. We are also suppose to have high winds, so that means drifting will occur.

We live on a one-way street with parking on one side and nowhere to put the snow, when it is done snowing. Our block is a nice block, they don't put out chairs, tables, garbage cans or anything else to save their spot. We all usually help each other shovel or snow blow. My neighbor helped a lot of us on the last snowfall with his snow blower. We thanked him for all that he did to help, with limited parking.

We hadn't seen a winter like this in years. It doesn't bother me if it snows or doesn't snow, because I still make the best out of what is dealt to us.

I'll let you know on all the snow totals and I'll take more pictures.

February 16th, Our Littlest Grandchild Turned 1

Josslyn turned 1 on Feb. 16th. She enjoyed her trip to Disney World with her grandparents & parents. Here are several different poses of Josslyn. Here she is with her mommy, Jamie.



Here she is with her grammy, Carol. I just love how she pushes that bottom lip out. She does that all the time.



She is just so cute and a very happy little girl. She loves to climb steps when she gets the chance. She isn't afraid of the dark, as little kids usually are. She is fun to be around with her bubbly personality.

The Blizzard of 2/10/10

It started snowing on Monday Night around 8:00 PM and it didn't stop, until Tuesday midday. We had anywhere around 13-17 inches of snow throughout the Lehigh Valley, PA. These pictures will explain themselves.

I started taking pictures in my back yard to show how much snow we ended up with. Totally amazing to me, because we hadn't had this much snow at one time, since 1996, where we had almost 3 feet of snow. We were snowed in for 2-3 days that year.

This picture I took out my front door facing west down the street to show all our parked cars covered in snow and more snow.

This picture is taken facing east up the street. Robbie, my neighbor is shoveling out his car to go to Papa Johns to get a pizza. They were having a special at Papa Johns if you picked your pizza up, instead of having it delivered, it was a better deal. Robbie came home with two large boxes and one small box.

Today, John & Jamie Are Tying The Knot

John & Jamie are having a small ceremony tonight at the Emmanuel's Lutheran Church in Bath, PA. The ceremony is at 6:30 PM. They want me to read a scripture from 1 Corinthians 13-1. It is on love.

Just a few of their friends will watch them exchange their vows and rings. Jamie's brother will be there from her family and Chuck & I from John's family. There will be some cake afterwards. Jamie & John didn't want to make a BIG deal, so that is why no BIG wedding.

Their plans were to get married before joining Jamie's parents in Florida at Disney World. This way they can say, this is their honeymoon, so they are killing two birds with one stone, so to speak.

This picture of them was taken at Tom & Stephanie's wedding in 2002. They have been together a very long time. They have two beautiful children together, Jonathan 5 & Josslyn will be 1 on Feb. 16th. Jamie's birthday is Feb. 14th. February will be a month of celebration for years to come.

Chuck and I wish them many years of happiness, love, and wealth together.

Tonight's Gig at the Thyme Restaurant

The band was awesome as usual tonight at the Architects Golf Club/ Thyme Restaurant in Phillipsburg, NJ on Strykers Road. We had a good crowd for the most part and the people loved the band.

I'm sorry some of our good friends couldn't come to enjoy a nice night of entertainment. There was even room to dance. It was on carpet, but they made room for some dancing, which I was very surprised.

Chuck was very surprised by his cake I had for him. While I went to the Ladies Room I was very surprised I missed his present that the guys in the band gave him. It was a small Ibanez black bass guitar. Chuck has been wanting one because his guitar is getting old and it was in the shop to be fixed not that long ago. They told him then that it wouldn't be able to be fixed and the parts for it would cost too much because of how old it is. He is so thrilled over their generosity. Thank you guys!

The food at the Thyme Restaurant was fabulous. I never ate there before. I had a garden wrap w/ goat cheese and I added grilled chicken to it and it was so delish. I definitely recommend you try eating there. There is a fireplace to sit by to warm up on a nice cold night, like it was tonight. There is a nice bar to sit to relax and enjoy the music. It just was an all around nice cozy atmosphere.

Tonight at the Architects Golf Club

Tonight from 7:00-11:00 PM the band, "STAMPEDE" will be performing music to your pleasure. We look forward to this new venue and hopefully lots of our good friends will be there to eat and listen to good music. It looks like a very nice restaurant with a good atmosphere.

Come one, come all, for a good time and some socialization.

Click on the title to see what the restaurant looks like and browse their website to take a tour.

Patches Is Finally Free......

Today Patches is e-collar free. YIPPEE!!!! She is back to her old self of playing, chasing balls, and everything else that a doggie loves to do. Her eye still has some scabbing on it, but the doctor said it will eventually fall off on its own.

I can't wait until it does so I can get her groomed and bathed. She doesn't let anyone come near her face, except my groomer. She was so bad when she injured her eye and we had to put medicine in her eye. Forget it! She kept turning her head no matter which way I came towards her. You would think I could catch her off guard with her only having one eye, but NO WAY, she is just too smart.

She is our little special friend. When her eye heals, I'll take pictures of her and post them.

Well Back To The Vet, Again

Patches' eye seems to be opening where it was stitched. It has a pinkish, reddish, wetness where the lid comes together. I tried to pat the eye and Patches winced like it pained her when I touched it. I have been doing that since she had the eye injury and there was never any pain or wincing on her part. So, I called the vet to let them know and they said to bring her over at 11:30 this morning. She said she may have to stay. She may have to have it re-stitched, again. She asked if she is still wearing the E-collar and I said yes. But she rubs her face on her crate, sofa, and the floor because the eye itches her. She is so bad, that she puts her face right up to Dutchess's face so she licks her eye. I have to yell at them all the time and watch them to make sure they are behaving.

What am I to do with her.....