The Circus

I went to visit my sister.  She told me while I was driving that we were going to the circus.  Okay, so I haven't been to the circus in a very long time.  This wasn't a big three ring, but a one ring circus with animals acts, funny skits and jugglers. 

There were elephants,

camels and

tigers, oh my!

This is the Stephens/Sassmann family.  There is never a dull moment at their house, nor a quiet one!

Cherry Jelly

My friend, Nancy and her husband went to pick tart cherries earlier this summer from a friend's tree.  Nancy wanted to make cherry almond jelly with part of the cherries.  It turned out so gooooooooooood!

A sample of the jelly.

We ended up with 11 half pints.

Allison's New House

Allison & Geoff waited patiently to close on their "short sale" home.  So far, so good.  Things are coming along well, as they move in and fix things more to their liking. 

The House

Lanie's new wall color.  Jim says with the white furniture it looks crisp!

Jim changing locks with the kitchen in the background.

Thought you would like to see the MB & bath OLD paint color. It is now a light blue.

The Kuhl's Visit

Grant eating peanut butter pie!

Grant opening one of his birthday presents.  His birthday was back in July.

The Kuhl's visited today.  We swan and cooked dinner.  Then, my friend Nancy made us peanut butter pie, so we had that for dessert.  Turns out Grant loves peanut butter pie.  Mckinley opted for chocolate ice cream and Jackson had both.

Grant peeking around Sara's leg.  

Nancy's peanut butter pie! It is so gooooooooooood!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Allison

Hope your day is wonderful!!!

You have become a wonderful mother, wife and friend.  We love you!

Babysitting

I babysat Lanie today...all day.  She is very fun, but things don't always go as planned.  Our plan was go swimming, eat lunch, nap, play inside, dinner and then time to be picked up.   She ate from the time she got here until left, except when she was sleeping.  She even insisted on eating whole pizza slice at lunch.  She is also starting to tell you when she has to go potty (her diaper was still wet).  Today, was a Mickey and Elmo day - all day.

See where her small food bites are?  She got up and moved by the whole pieces of pizza, so she could eat them.  She ate 3 pieces and started a 4th.

Happy Birthday, Lanie!

Lanie turned 2 on Sunday.  Allison and Geoff gave her a party.

She had cake

and cookies

and her favorite foods

and we played "pin the nose on Elmo"

Lanie was very happy we all came to celebrate her 2nd b-day with her.