Summer Flowers

All of these pictures were taken at my sister in law's house except the pink rose of sharon. That was taken at my house.

Lanie Goes to a Wedding & Meets Our Family

Here are the Bowers - all dressed up for the wedding

Lanie meets the Kuhl Family

Lanie hangs out with her Kuhl cousins

Lanie meets her Great Grandma and Grandpa Crews - thanks for the new book
Lanie meets Great Aunt Carol - thanks for quilt

Jim's Award

Almost every year Jim gets an award. Used to be they would fly us to the East Coast somewhere and put us up in a hotel and give a big party for all the "hard work" multiple employees did over the past year.
These days the award is a plaque and bonus in your check (that always helps) and this year Jim also received a big coffee mug (the kind only men drink out of) and a nice duffel bag complete with a liner for wet clothes and a small cooler.
Keep up the hard work Jim!

Lanie Comes Home to Missouri

The Bowers' arrived in St. Louis late on 090909. Jim went and picked up Allison when he got off work and they came to my detention and tutoring class. Then we went home and had dinner and family time. We got to spend time with Lanie and caught up with Allison. Allison looks so good. Lanie is cuter than her pictures. She will be sleeping away, wake up, let out a yell and go right back to sleep. The first time she did it, we were really surprised. Here are some pictures we took tonight.

Happy Birthday Allison!

Today is Allison's birthday, so we called her this afternoon on Skype.
The top 3 pictures are from today and the last one is from 8-16.
Allison said she has had a good day. We are happy we got to talk to her and see them on Skype. She'll be home Sept. 9th and we'll get to hold our new g-girl.

Lanie Belle Arrives Today 8-7-09

This is the hospital Lanie is in right now.

This hospital has only been opened a year. They must have known Lanie was going to be born there.

This is Lanie's room at the apartment. Everyone had a hand in decorating it.
Geoff & Allison bought and put together all the furniture. The quilts on the bed & the glider was made by Allison's Aunt Carol Narup. Sara & Travis had the accent wall painted. I helped hang the shelves and pictures. Linda made the curtains. And lots and lots of people sent clothes and baby needs to Lanie. She is going to be well taken care of. Larry sleeps between the bed and crib and he is her number 1 fan!

Darn School For Starting So Early, Shorten My Trip to Eugene

I went to Eugene to visit Allsion and Geoff.

When I got there it was 106F. And no AC in the apartment. So we went swimming a couple of times.


It cooled off some at night. Allison & I did some very important shopping for the baby.

On Saturday morning we had biscuits and gravy, then went to Saturday Market downtown.
It includes what Allison calls a hippie market, I bought two bracelets, and a farmers market. It was a very nice morning. We had to go home so Allison could rest, but went to baby resale and snagged a base free for the Cougar. After Allison rested and we ate lunch we did some more shopping for Lanie, of course.

These are some plants from the Farmers Market.