WHERE DOES TIME GO

 

These are pictures I downloaded several months ago, hoping to enter a blog. I just can't seem to catch up. Levi hates it when I sit down to blog. He always brings me a toy and wants me to throw it for him so he can bring it back.
Ashley was given a wonderful baby shower by her Granny and Betty.

This was the food table.
 

And look at the gift table. A great time was had by family and friends.

 

A wonderful dream coming true for both of us!!
 

Then shortly after the shower...A BABY WAS BORN...

Little Naomi Faye Tynan entered our lives on August 15th weighing 8 lbs and 10 ozs.


Here is a very proud Nana and Poppi, holding her just one day old.

 

 

This was the day the dream came true; This is a day that I will never forget.

Summer at the Lake

Everything is beautiful down here. Even on rainy days one can sit on the porch and breath the sweet clean air. Here I am, caught at the dock, in the pouring rain.
 

We now have steps to the lake,which is a big help. We spend many mornings drinking our coffee on the new dock and many evenings watching the sun set.
 

My garden is doing well. We have had radishes, broccoli, jalapenos,green onions and lots of fresh herbs.
 

We had fun over Memorial Day.Paige, Sarah and Aaron stopped by with Uncle Gene.
 

 

Brent, Annie and Seth fished.
Edison caught some fish with Levi's help.

Liza Jayne loved the water and playing with shells.


Boat rides were a hit.


















I have started two different flower beds. They are outlined with rocks from the lake.









I hope to add a few perennials each year, till it is blooming from spring till fall.















I really miss my rose garden from the other house, so Phil made me a flower bed along the drive. I have planted Knockout roses there. They are still quite small but hopefully will double in size in a couple of years.

CATCH-UP TIME

I apologize that it has been so long since my last blog. I am glad to come out of hibernation though and look so forward to daffodils and tulips. 

We got a big suprise the other day when this bald eagle landed across the lake from our house. This picture was taken through the dining room window pane and is a long way off.  

I enlarged it in the next picture. We were told there was an eagle that lived on Wood Creek when we moved here but we had never seen it. We were told that it's mate died or was killed. I wish he or she could find another mate.

We had a few pretty days of sunshine and warmer weather last week, before all the rain came. It was just enough for Phil to build me a couple of fishing benches down on the water's edge.




This one sits in a small crater left by a huge tree that was uprooted.












However, this is my favorite one. He cut notches in two pine tree stumps and placed a 12 inch board. Pretty crafty husband that I have, don't ya think?

Liza Jayne came to visit with Nana and Poppi today, and we had a great time. We went for a wonderful wagon ride.

 

THE GREAT JANUARY FREEZE

We have had a very very cold and frozen month of January. There were times when the snow was over Levi's belly.
 

Here are a couple of pictures of our driveway during the last snowfall.
 

CHRISTMAS 2010

Christmas came early this year. We had our family dinner on the day before Christmas Eve. I am sorry for the delay in blogging but I wanted to do a slide show. I failed several times but here is my virgin voyage in movie making.