Mothers Day 2008

I had a GREAT Mothers day. It started out with Mr Q bringing me over a plate of cupcakes that he helped his mommy make for me...and Papa got one so he wouldn't feel left out. Then when I was least expecting it, Friday night Jen, Steven, Kaeden, Tatum, Kailer, Triniti, Sally, Jazzi & Lucy surprised me by showing up for the weekend! It was such a nice surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mel said they planned it while I was in St. Louis. We had a fun weekend. The kids wanted to do another egg hunt, but I told them I couldn't find my Easter eggs. So I hid "treasures" outside and they found them. I took toys from the toy box and hid them all over the yard. Then when they found them all, I gave them bubbles. They thought that was pretty neat.

These are some pictures from the weekend:

St Louis Missouri

I went back to St. Louis Missouri to a meter training class for a week. We will be changing out all of the meters at the comany where I work. It is sure going to be a challenge at first, but should be very helpful in the long run. While back there, Connie, Stacey and I got to do some sightseeing in the evenings after class. These are some of the places we went and some of the things we saw. It was awesome going up in the Arch. The wind was blowing the day we went up, and it was swaying. It didn't bother me, but some people were holding on to the railings. Some of these pictures were taken out of the little windows at the top. It was something to be looking down and getting a view of the sides of the arch. The Mississippi River was flooding, and this one statue was so far under water, that it looked like Clark was swimming across the river holding his hat up to keep it from getting wet. I had to go online to look up the statue just so I could see what it really looked like. Hre is a small picture of it that I found online. We went across the Missouri River into St. Charles, and we fell in love with the charm of this town. We went back there several times to the little antique stores and restaurants. I got to meet up with my Uncle Wayne and Aunt Jean from Illinois too. It was only the 5th time in my life that I got to see them, so it was wonderful.

Looky...Looky...

We are excited to announce that we are going to have a new addition to the family. Jared and Tammy are expecting a baby around December 18th. When Jared called to tell me about the ultrasound, he told me it looked like a jelly bean with a heartbeat. So far, Tammy is doing ok. She is sick off and on, and tired, but those are good signs of a healthy pregnancy. Quintin says he wants a sister, but we will just have to wait and see what he gets.

Maryland, Washington DC and New York City trip

Mel had to go back to Maryland for 4 weeks of training for his job. I took him to the airport early on Easter morning, and he didn't get back until April 18th. I missed him so much, but did get to fly back to spend 5 days with him. I flew back on Thurs Apr 10th and got into Baltimore about 5:30pm. Then the next day when Mel got out of school we drove up to Hershy PA to the Chocolate factory. That was fun. On our way back we stopped in a neat little town called Havre De Grace, MD. It is at the end of the Chesapeake Bay. We walked along a neat boardwalk and saw a lot of wildlife. Then we got up early on Sat the 12th and took the subway into Washington DC. Once there, we got a shuttle pass for the day and visited the war memorials, Arlington National Cemetery and the White House. We got very lucky. They only open the South lawn of the White House 2 times a year, and one of the times happened to be the day we were there. It was SO NEAT to be that close to the entrance. Arlington Cemetery is undescribable! I had always seen pictures of the headstones, but didn't imagine in my wildest visions how many there really were. There are over 300,000 people buried there!! Then the next day, we got up early again and took the Subway into New York City. That was quite an experience too! We went up in the Empire State Building and went down to Ground Zero. That was haunting to just try and piece together how horrible it must have been on Sept 11, 2001. We went down to Pier 17, and that is the picture with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. We got to meet up with Jake and Sid Sanchez. Jake and Jared are best friends, and he was the best man in Jared and Tammy's wedding. They live in Brooklyn now. Then the last day I was there, I did Mel's laundry and got his things all straightened up in his room. That is all just a SHORT version of what we did. Enjoy the pictures.