Better late than never...

These pictures were taken before Christmas, but I hadn't scanned them to post until now. Peightin was just 9 days old when these were taken and Quintin had just turned 3. She was sure alert and looking around that afternoon. Jared borrowed Santa's jacket that he had "LEFT" at the photo studio so he could hold Peightin in the Santa one. We let Q pick out any prop he wanted, and he picked the reindeer and the little red chair. He was very helpful while doing the pictures.

Anyway, thanks for looking.

Til later...

Growing like a weed...

Jared, Tammy, Quintin, Peightin, Jake and Sid were all over last Saturday for pizza. Jake was Jared and Tammy's best man in their wedding. Him and Sid got married and live in Brooklyn NY now. They were in town for a funeral. I was sad that his Grandpa died, but glad that we got to see them. We hadn't seen them since we met them in Time Square/NYC in April. Here are some pictures from the evening:
Peightin & Gramma Vicki

Look at how asleep Peightin was~Grandpa tickled her, blew lightly in her face, tried to stand her up, gave her to her Daddy to change her diaper (that usually works) and nothing seemed to work: Finally she woke up and we got a picture of her and Grandpa Mel






The group: Tammy, Quintin, Jared, Jake, Aaron, Sidorela and Peightin...in case you are wondering, Quintin was saying "CHEEEEEEEEEEEZEBURGER"

Some new pictures of the grandkids. . .

As promised, some new pictures. I can't keep up with Q to get very many good ones, and Jen hasn't sent me any new ones recently, so I made up for it with lots of Peightin:

The Bonnet that Gramma Vicki made Peightin when she was born:




Guess who found the ink pad???


Q after his bath he took after he got ink all over himself:




Til later...

New pictures of the family to come...

I have been busy, but will post a few of pictures with more to come soon. Mel is working tomorrow, so I am going to watch Peightin and Quintin awhile, and catch up on some internet things.

Some pic's from our trip to the coast:
Snow and rainbow in the Gorge near Lyle:

Mel got caught in the ocean:


Crab that our neighbor gave to us:


Trees between Lincoln City and Newport...the sun was trying to shine through the fog:

Me on a tree on the beach:





Til later...

We had a Merry Christmas...

I don't really have time to post much right now, as Mel and I are headed to the coast in the morning early. We went to Jen's for Christmas and had such a wonderful time. Then we got to spend some great time with Jared's family too. We sure had fun with the grandkids and seeing all of their new toys and excitement. They are the light of my life. We told Jesus Happy Birthday too, as we do remember that he is the reason for this celebration.

Here are A few pictures to keep you going till next time...


Frosting cookies for Santa:

The boys in their new Mario Brothers jammies:

The boys hanging their stockings...you don't have to have a chimney:

What we came home to:

Quintin's train from Santa:

Peightin wasn't too sure about the holiday:

Mel & Peightin (17 days old):