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Happy Birthday to me!

I had a great birthday today, and a great weekend! First of all, last Friday Cindy and I went to Portland to attend the Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Convention. On Friday night we went to Beaverton to visit a guy who is a consultant for the co-op. We got to meet Wayne's wife and kids. They bbq'd us ribs and veggies. They were very good. Christine made us strawberry margaritas and brownies too. Then on Saturday we went to the convention and took a 2 hour class called "In the box" with S.E.I. We did a full album in the class, and it was a lot of fun. I loved the way it turned out.

Then after the class, we decided to go ahead and leave for Lincoln City to see Mel. We got there about 5:00. We stopped at 2 scrapbook stores and then headed up to see Mel. He was glad to see us. Since Cindy wanted clam chowder for dinner, we headed to Newport and ate at the Sizzler. It was so good. Then when we got back into town Mel drove around and showed Cindy some different things in town. We visited awhile and finally fell asleep about 11:30 or so.

Yesterday we got up and headed down to the Chinook Winds Casino for the breakfast buffet. After we ate Mel and Cindy both gambled a little. I only watched, & pushed the button every once and awhile for Mel. Mel came out ahead, and Cindy just donated some money.

When we were done there, we drove around some and then went down on the beach. We found a lot of agates. Mel showed Cindy what to look for, and she found quite A few. It was a Beautiful morning, and no wind or rain. Cindy and I finally left after noon and headed home. I pulled into the driveway right at 6pm.

Then today I got a call and birthday song from mom and Dad and Mel before I went to work. Jenny & the boys called me at work and told me happy birthday. Kaeden said it real fast. Tammy & Quintin came in right before lunch and brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers in a neat porcelain watering can with a Thomas Kincade picture on each side. The card was signed "Love, Jared, Tammy, Aaron, Quintin & baby to be"...yep, just this morning Tammy took a pregnancy test and it came back positive. She was sick all weekend.

Tammy & Quintin went with Cindy, Josie, Lynda & I to the Panda Inn for lunch. Then after work Jared, Tammy & Quintin took me to USA Subs for dinner. I then went with them to 60 Minute photo and they had a photo shoot with Rosie. I am anxious to see the pictures.

After that I went to Bunco. I didn't win, but had fun. They gave me a brownie with a candle in it, and sang happy birthday to me.

When I got home I talked to Pam for 89 minutes. I sure miss her and love talking to her. I don't do it often enough, but we are both busy.

Well, here are some updated pictures, and so long for now.

A few more pictures

Here is Jared & Tammy with Kailer and Quintin. Also, Tammy & Quin. Also, some more of Kaeden at the park. I am sure he will sleep good tonight, as we had a very busy day there. These are the foot and hand mold of Quintin that we did the last time Jen was down. They turned out pretty good. And the pic of Kai doing his nebulizer treatment.

Til later...

Photos

I was having a hard time posting my pic's, so I am trying again...here goes. The board that Kaeden is standing by was his Uncle Jared's fromwhen he helped build the original Funland park. It was burnt up by an arsonist, but they replaced the boards when the new Funland park was built. The gorgeous eyelashes belong to Kai. I am not sure how I got the duplicate pic's on here, and don't know how to delete them without starting the whole post over, so I will leave them on here.

Til later...

What a great weekend!

What an awesome weekend. Jen, Steven, Kaeden & Kai stopped at the house on Saturday night on their way to Jared's. They had been shopping all day with Jared and Tammy in the Tri-Cities. Kaeden and I watched "The Grinch". He is still in love with that movie, and wants to watch it every time he comes to my house. Poor little Kai has a cold and the Dr has him on nebulizer treatments. They do seem to be helping him. Quin is also raspy & coughing. Poor little guys. I took some pictures of the boys this weekend, and will post some on here.

Yesterday Mark Rosenberg came down for a couple of hours. He brought me some more pictures and newspaper articles of Jenna for her album I am doing. We went in to the Daisy Bucket and surprised Cindy! She got to show him her Alaska album she is working on. Mark & I called Mel and I told him Mark was doing his chores for him. ha ha...yeah right! He isn't very good at doing dishes and cooking.

Then Jen, Steven, Kaeden, Kailer and I all went to the Daisy Bucket for Cindy and the girls in there to see them. It was just a great day!

I took bacon and pancake mix over to Jared's and Steven helped me make breakfast. Kaeden and I went to Funland Park today and had alot of fun. Then we went and got chicken nuggets from McDonalds. Then we met all of the kids at Grocery outlet. They are going out of business and had some good deals going on.

Jared & Steven got the carpet put down on Jared's steps going downstairs. They didn't get done until late, so Jen and Steven aren't going home until in the morning. They will leave when Jared leaves for work.

Well, it is time for me to head to bed, so I will go for now.

Til later...

Frog song Video of Quintin copying Tammy

Tammy was telling me about Quintin copying her when she sings this frog song to him. It was hard to imagine that at 2 1/2 months he would be doing that...but I have a video that I took on my camera, and you can definitely see that is what he is doing. Remind me if you want, and I will show it to you. I can't download it onto this site because it is too big.

I get to see the kids this weekend, so I am sure I will have my hands full of grandsons! Yeah...I can't wait.

Hurray, tomorrow is Friday. I stopped at the Daisy Bucket tonight on my way back in to Hermiston (had to go to my thyroid Dr in Walla Walla for a follow up visit) and I had a nice talk with Cassandra and got some good ideas for some sports pages. I am working on a sb for Jenna and need to get if finished.

Till later...

It has happened...

Quin has officially overtaken Kai in the weight game. They are both sick with colds, so both went to the Dr today. Kai weighed in at 13 lbs 5 oz & Quin weighed in at 14 lbs 8 oz. Kai's Dr put him on a nebulizer to help him breathe. Jen said he seems to be doing ok using it. I could hear him coughing, and that made me sad. They tested him for RSV today, but Jen hasn't heard anything yet. Quintin's Dr said his was a cold, and they think Tammy had allergies, not a cold as she thought. Jared was starting to get sick again last night, and mine is still hanging on. We are sure a sorry group. Mel better stay away at the coast.

I don't have any new pictures to update with, but hope to soon.

Till next time...

I forgot to tell you

If you are able to go & play the video of Kailer, then when you are watching it, if you double click on the video it will make it your whole screen, not just the little screen. you can always just double click on the video again and it will make it small and back to the screen if you want to stop it. I could sit and watch it all day...

Thanks for looking.

Kailers Birth-2 Month video

I don't know if this will work or not, but if you can access this video that Jennifer made of Kailers 1st 2 months of life...it is well worth watching.

Here is the link:

http://www.zippyvideos.com/4248074071619486/birthtomonthone/

Another weekend...

I have this darned cold, and slept until 1:00PM today. I had taken 2 tylenol PM's and some cough syrup. At least I did get some much needed rest. Jared and Tammy went up to Jen and Steven's this weekend, so I am home all alone. Mel is still at the coast. Ronald went down there to help him work on the house. They have been working on the sheetmetal for the duct work. I think they are working on the electrical too.

When I talked to Jen earlier today, her and Tammy were looking at tux's. I have been working on idea's for their invitations. So much to do, but I love it.

Mel and I watched Quintin last Wednesday while Jared and Tammy went to the Olive Garden for a "date" to celebrate their announcement of their wedding. Quintin was an angel. Grandpa held him awhile as I made dinner and then Quintin and I took a bath in Gramma's BIG bathtub. It was like a pool to him. He likes his baths. After that I gave him a bottle and he fell asleep watching American Idol with us. He stayed asleep when his Mom and Dad came to get him, and Tammy said he slept very good all night.

Well, need to get some things done, so will go for now. I will leave you with some pictures of my precious grandsons.

Here are the boy's pictures. I can only do 5 at a time, and I didn't realize that, so some didn't post that I thought were going to.

Anyways...here they are. The one is Kaeden in his Uncle Tony's police vehicle when they went to Spokane last week. Jen said he really enjoyed that.

Then there is Kai and Quin in their matching pants...Quin is really catching up to Kai, shorter, but weighs almost as much. Check out that double chin & cute smile. I love Kai's dark beautiful eyes & look of awe...and my little man Kaeden is so cute! He sang to me today on the phone "The closer you get" by Alabama. Jen said he was copying Randy Owen on the video of the song...doing the jumps and running his hands through his hair. I can't wait for him to show it to me in person when I go up there.

Bye again.

Hurray...There is going to be a wedding

Jared asked Tammy to marry him...and she said yes. They have set the date as June 17, 2006. They went up yesterday to the Tri-Cities and picked out their rings. Tammy has to get hers resized, but Jared brought his home.

Now they have some planning to get done. I know that they have asked Jen, Steven, Matt & Jake to all be in the wedding. I am not sure who else Tammy is going to have for her. Her sister-in-law has been sending her lots of pictures of dresses to my email for Tammy to look at.

I am going to watch Quintin next Wednesday so they can go out and have "a date" and celebrate.

Jen & I talked today, and Kaeden's right thumb is doing something strange. He can't do a "thumbs up" with it. It won't go that way, but he hadn't had troubles with it before. He told her it is his "broken thumb" and that he did it playing a power rangers game. She took him to urgent care and they put a splint on it. He has an appt with his pediatrician on Tuesday to check it further. The x-rays that they took didn't show a break in it, but they said there is definately something going on with it that isn't right.

Kailer seems to be doing better, thank goodness. I am going to Jen's on March 11th to see them and the boys. I can't hardly wait. The boys are growing so fast, and I just don't get to see them often enough. I am so thankful that Jen sends me lots of pictures of them.

Here are some updated pictures of the boys...Aren't they all precious!

Mel is on his way home from Lincoln City. He is coming home to pick up some things he needs to take back over there to work with. I am not positive when he is going back over there. It is nice to have him coming home. I sure miss him when he's gone, but know he is doing something that we will appreciate and love when it is done. Here are also some pictures from last weekend when Jared and I went over there to help him work on the house.

Bye until next time...

Spending the day with my boys

Today I went over to Jared's and visited with all of the kids and the grand-boys. I had a very productive day. First of all, I finally got Kai's Hershey's candy bar announcements completed. Then I got his quilt made. Jen at first said she didn't want one, as she had so many blankets from Kaeden, but she changed her mind, so I got him one made. I got his name and birth date also embroidered on it tonight. Then I got pictures made for a book that Aunt Pam got Kai for Christmas. We tried them in Quintin's book to make sure they were the right size, and they were.

I also have all of Jen and Tammy's thank you cards done. I love the simplicity of them and how they look.

We made molds of Kai an Quin's feet and hands tonight. I hope they turn out OK. I will post a picture of them on here if they do. They both did excellent while we were doing them. I remember doing Aimee's and Kaeden's when they were little, and they both cried and cried.

I also got Jen's hair cut tonight. She asked me to do it while they were down here.

I made Kaeden some Alabama Cd's, as he likes them. Jenny said they were going to listen to them on the way home tomorrow. We are going to take the boys to the Fun-land park tomorrow, and then to Chuck E Cheese in the Tri-Cities. We are meeting Melissa, Tatum and Triniti there too. I am sure it will be a wild time.

Well, time to close. Here are some pictures from today...Old Navy hat was bought by Grandpa Mel for the boys. I still need to get pictures of Kailer and Quintin with theirs on.

Quintin's photo...I forgot it.

Quintin's bath

I have been busy at work, and have been tired when I get home, so haven't updated this lately. Mel went back to Lincoln City yesterday to work on the house. His brother, Ronald, is going down to help him too. Jared and I are going to go down next weekend to help. I told Mel I hope he has a toilet working for me by the time I get down there!

Tammy brought Quintin over tonight while "Daddy" was teaching Karate. We gave him a bath and watched Survivor. He loves his baths, but is already about to outgrow Gramma's kitchen sink...Thank goodness I have a huge tub for later.

He fell asleep and I rocked him for awhile. We went upstairs and picked out several books that were Jared's when he was a boy. Tammy took them home to read to him. She took him to his first "story time" at the Library yesterday. They read The Cat in the Hat. I am glad that she is getting him into reading, as it is a love of mine.

Jen called yesterday and they took Kailer in for some blood work. She said they took THREE tubes of blood out of my precious baby. I asked her if he had any left in him. She said he was a real trooper and didn't cry at all on the first arm, and when they did his other arm (due to the blood not coming out of the first one) he only cried for about 5 seconds. What a tough little guy I have there.

Kaeden told Jen that it was going to make him cry when they went in there, but he didn't. He is such a thoughtful loving brother. She thinks he didn't cry, since Kailer didn't cry.

Jen, Steven and the boys are coming down this weekend, and I can't wait to see them!!! I don't get to see them enough.

Well, I will close for now. Here is a picture of Mr Quintin during his bath. Hopefully I will have new pictures of all 3 boys after this weekend.

Quintin & Aaron

Tonight Jared and Tammy brought the boys over and they had dinner with us. I made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and corn. There was enough left over for Mel for his lunch tomorrow. While they were over here I got some pictures of Aaron and Mr Quintin. Here is one of them. I played with it in my PSP program. I printed one off for Jared and Tammy. They were wanting a picture of the boys together. When I did the pictures a weekago, I didn't get any of Aaron and Quintin together, as Quintin was being fussy.

Jen told me I needed to write more than I had on my last posts. I write in a diary every day, so I now will have to try and keep both of them going. That will be interesting. My sister once told me I have one of the most boring diaries there is. She used to read my diaries when we lived at home, but I can tell you that I have won a lot of bets with her, as to when things happened etc.

Well, this is all for tonight. I will post more later. 

Here is a picture of the boys that I took last weekend when Jen was down for Quintin's baby shower. They are so cute, and Kaeden loves his baby brother, Kailer, and his cousin Quintin. He is so good with them too.