Ten on Ten - May 2014

listening to one of my favorite book series as I get ready for the day

wrapping birthday presents

Heather decided to take the girls to Lowe's and I went along to help - the girls had so much fun!

we had time to stop by the park on the way to lunch....the girls had fun swinging!

family lunch at Little Italy - one of our favorite places!

starting the girls early!

helped Daddy work on changing out switches and outlets - that is a much bigger job than it seems like!

ready to head out for Phillip's birthday dinner.....but first Anna has to clean up her room!

gyros for dinner at Niko's - a relatively new eatery in town

no present can be opened without help when there are two little girls around

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Ten on Ten - November 2013

starting the day with worship

Eternal Threads global marketplace

with Anna at lunch

Emily teaching me a clapping game at lunch

celebrating Heather's birthday

my rose bushes are still blooming!

laundry

thankful for a dishwasher.....even when I procrastinate the unloading

thinking about how I'm gonna decorate my fireplace for Christmas

that delicate balance of tea that is hot enough to soothe my sore throat, but not so hot it burns my mouth

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{Early} Birthday, Fall Festival, Etc

Anna's birthday is so close to Christmas that (for now, at least) we are celebrating somewhere around the 3/4 mark.  So, today was the day for her 3rd birthday celebration - even though the actual day isn't until Dec 19.

{the last two photos - of me with Anna and Emily - were taken by the girls....not too bad!}

Then tonight was the Fall Festival at Emily's school.....

this clown costume was actually made by my mom for me 35+ years ago.....worn by me, then Heather, then Emily and now Anna!

with Emily's teacher Ms. Cagle

And some beautiful clouds on my way home.....

Happy birthday.....

to my favorite 4 year old Emily!!

No 10 on 10 this month - I totally spaced out that it was yesterday.....oh well. Maybe next month!

99 years

This weekend my family gathered to celebrate my Granddaddy's 99th birthday. Decided that we needed to attempt family photos.....thankfully, my parents have a great oak tree in the front yard which provided ample shade for our photos.

This collage is just a bit of setting up and getting settled.....

Three sets of 10 shots each yielded one pretty decent shot, with good expressions and smiles on everyone's faces and all the kids looking at the camera!

Then we got Granddaddy with his 6 great-grandchildren: Emily, Lindsey, Reagan, Anna, Andrew and Amy.

One of the hardest shots to get was actually of the grownups! Probably because we didn't take too many shots and just assumed that one would be good.

All the grandkids with spouses. Back: Blake (Lianne), Heather (Phillip). Front: (Robert) Lauren, Granddaddy & me.

Finally a family shot of just us with Granddaddy. Not quite all of us looking quite perfectly at the camera, but it is pretty good.

After the posed shots in the yard, we headed into the house to 1) cool off 2) eat lunch and 3) have dessert and open presents!

Granddaddy's favorite Lemon Chess Pie!

Granddaddy, we love you and are so happy to still have you with us!