Happy birthday to ME~

The picture above was what Jen made for me, and I LOVED it! It was the best next thing to being able to see them in person!


Well, it doesn't feel any different being 50! I see it as just being happy to be alive, loving life & being able to enjoy my family and friends.

Mel and Dennis got me good. First thing, I got a beautiful bouquet of roses from Mel, along with a sack of my favorite candy bars, Snickers & some money...$50 for 50 years. Then, as I was driving out of the driveway, I saw balloons and a sign on the mailbox. Of course, I was running a little late leaving for work, so didn't have time to take them down. It did make me smile to think Mel was so thoughtful. Then I drove to the end of Joy Lane...and there was a piece of rebar stuck in the side of the road with more balloons & another sign...then, when I got to the end of Cooney lane, there was ANOTHER sign and balloons. By this time, I was laughing out loud. Then at Elm street...more balloons & a sign...Then finally, as I pulled into the parking lot at work, there was more balloons and a sign.

I laughted about it all day...and kept telling people what my husband had done... Only to find out when I got home that he hadn't done it,Dennis had. Well, Mel did have a small hand in it. He wrote up the signs and told Dennis where to place them. Dennis also brought me in a bouquet of flowers that had been spray painted black.

In the evening Jared, Tammy & Quintin came over and brought me a German Chocolate cake that Jared and Quin made for me. It was scrumptious! Jen and the boys made me a picture that I loved. Here are some pic's from the day. By the time Jared & Tammy took pic's of the signs and balloons, they were pretty trashed from the wind and rain we had during the day. That is what you get on the first day of spring...rain and wind in Hermiston.

The first thing I found:



Then on the mailbox & me with the sign after work:



Joy/Cooney Ln:


Cooney Lane (balloons were gone when they took the pic):


Elm Street (sign gone):


In the parking lot at work:



The balloons & flowers at my desk at work:




Here is my cake from Jared, Quintin & Tammy-the boys made the cake and Tammy put the frosting on it. She added whipped cream to the frosting and it was delicious! It had Q's handprint in the frosting.


My birthday kiss from Mr. Q:


Flowers from Dennis:




Til later...

March 2008 new house pic's

Mel and I went to Lincoln City last weekend to take down the bar, the last mattress set, a coffee table and a couch. Dennis gave us his mom's coffee table and couch after she passed away last month. We were very grateful to him for thinking of us and giving them to us. We sure looked like the Beverly Hillbillies on the way down there. I wanted to put my Grandma's wooden rocking chair on top, hold one of Mel's rifles and have him take a picture of me, but I couldn't get it up there. Oh well. Mel didn't want to take the trailer, so we managed to squeeze everything into the pick-up. It was a tight fit. We also planted 2 Rhododendrons and 3 roses while there. It was nice to see 2 azalea's blooming that we planted last summer.
We got the last bedroom set up and the new comforter put on the basement "Kite Room" bedset. Now we need to start getting pictures etc put up.

We did get to enjoy a walk on the beach to look for agates and just enjoy the beautiful day too.

The pick-up loaded:


Me at the bar:



The bar:


The great room in the basement:


From the other direction:


Living room furniture:


The Kiteroom Bedset:


The Friendship room:


Planting roses:


The back of the house with flowers blooming on ivy hill:


Bubbles on the beach:




Vicki on the beach:


That is all for now...Til later...take care and thanks for looking!

School time with Kaeden

Last week was Kaeden's "Special week" at his school. I was happy to get to go to Ephrata and go with him for the day. Steven's Mom also got to go for part of the time. We did a craft project with the kids. It was a 6X6 page with a flower, butterfly, sunshine & place for them to put a wallet picture on it. Here is what my sample looked like:




Kaeden & Grandma Bea making his craft project & Kaeden writing his numbers:





Then I spent Friday night visiting with all of them. Jen and Steven had Tatum & Triniti that weekend, so it was nice to see them too.

Here are some pictures from the weekend. It was a beautiful day and we played outside too. Then I came home and Mel and I worked on the bar for the basement of the beachhouse. We got it stained, and polyurethaned. I love the way it turned out. I am sure it will match the post in the basement, as we used the same stain. It might be a tad different, as the wood is a different type. Oh well, I still like it!

The boys outside playing:



Gramma pushing the boys:



My little man Kaeden:



My Kai Guy:



Tatum and Kai:



Triniti:



Gramma & the boys...Gramma was making a strange face:







Jennifer and her boys:



I haven't gotten any new pictures of Quintin, as they had been sick, so I didn't go over for awhile. However, Jared and Quintin were over a little while ago, and I got these cute pic's of Papa Mel reading "Peter Pan" to Mr. Q It was so cute, and he snuggled right in for a good story:







Here are the pictures of the bar finished & a picture of the room it will go in at the beach house. The open space in the back side to the right is going to have a small refrigerator in it, so that is why we didn't finish it like the rest of it. It looks kind of funny in the picture:

Sunrise at our house...

I haven't been doing much around here, so don't really have many new pictures. I did see a beautiful sunrise this last week and grabbed my camera. It was brilliant colors, and these pictures are straight out of my camera with no touch up at all.

Also, here are a couple of the eclipse the following night...the 20th. It was kind of cloudy, so they didn't turn out the best. You can at least see that the moon turned red through the hazy clouds.

Til later...

The beginning of the eclipse:



The red moon during the full eclipse...hazy, but still noticable:





The full moon after the eclipse. Love how the clouds gave it a halo.




February 19, 2008 Sunrise in Hermiston:

Our little streaker...

Jennifer was getting ready to come to Hermiston for Tammy's mom's funeral, when she realized she felt a breeze, and that there was alittle more light in the hall than normal.. Well, here is what she found when she went to investigate.

Kailer had escaped to the front yard to play with Jazzi and explore the yard...since the snow was melting, he must have thought it was warm enough to be outside naked.

She said it didn't take a long time for him to want to come back in. She has "ALTERED" the front to protect his privacy. ha ha

Just had to share.

Until later, here is my little Kai Guy:



Free at last




"Look, I found the Christmas tree"




Ok, I am ready to come in:






BRRRRRR...