California Grandangel #3 is 18 Today

| May 19, 2009

Happy Birthday to California Grandangel Chase who turned 18 today – a developmental milestone for sure!  LOVE YOU CHASE!

BIG NEWS FOR CATHERINE

| May 19, 2009

The big headline of the day is that CATHERINE is being released from the hospital on Thursday, May 21.  SHE IS SOOOOOOO HAPPY! She will be staying at the Marriott with John and her baby Sydney – and perhaps a skilled nurse….but the bottom line is that she can eat and sleep and dress and […]

Catherine May 17, 2009

| May 17, 2009

Catherine has made tremendous progress in the past week!  A week ago Saturday  she took a catastrophic spill and had a nasty ankle break which, because of a prolonged period during which the foot was dislocated and a tremendous amount of blood loss, the surgeon had serious doubts as to whether or not he could […]

Happy Mother’s Day, May 2009

| May 10, 2009

Happy Mother’s Day to my mother…….(and to my daddy too). to my three daughters……Christi in VA and Lil and Jan in CA!     I am so blessed. I went out to dinner with my DD, Christi, my DSIL, Greg and three of my grandangels, Leanna, Sarah and Cooper  – we enjoyed a great meal […]

My May Day Baby is 41 – OH MY

| April 30, 2009

People in VA don’t really celebrate MAY DAY…..but growing up in Missouri, May 1st was MAY DAY – and people celebrated.   We used to make paper baskets (we cut paper and wove them into baskets) and then we picked flowers, filled our baskets with flowers and left them on the doorsteps of our neighbors’ homes.  […]