Wedding

Bride-Hilda & Groom-Joel


Awesome center pieces made by Joel's mother.


Angelo and his friend Anna



Wil sister, Sue and her husband David-parents of Hilda



Brennan was all worn out from playing with Tyler. he slept almost the entire wedding and Monica was in the Nursery with Sawyer.


Brennan giving Aunti Melissa a hug





Wil's sister, Mary with our daughter, Melissa



Cousins, Chris and Matt

I have too many pictures that I'd like to post, so I think I will put them on Facebook.

Traveling to KS

We headed for Kansas on April 8th. This is Daudy watching a video. We stopped in Iowa at Wil's Aunt and cousins for 5 hours. They have numerous green houses and we were intrigued with the tomato houses. Traveling with elderly people is interesting and testing at times but it went much better than we anticipated.

On Thursday late afternoon we help with some wedding food preparation, folding programs and napkins.
In the evening those of us that were there enjoyed a meal at David's. On Friday morning Wil & I left soon after 7 to help load food and things for the wedding preparation. In the evening my side of the family was together at my brother, Wilbur's.

Fallen Tree

Monday April 13th our first day back from Kansas, Monica called me at work to let me know that a very tall tree fell down in our back yard. What a mess.
We didn't do anything with the tree until this morning. It was quite an art to get the tree cut up since it wasn't completely detached. Would it fall on us? Grandma Barbara worried about us the entire day.




This was my first real fire this year. Some people think that it's a sign that I had a good day.

Even Brennan and Sawyer got in on the action tonight. Yes, I said tonight. This project began this morning and ended tonight after we were too dead to continue. I am sunburned and hurt everywhere. I can't imagine how Wil must feel. Some may think that our heat in the winter is free, but I'm here to say that we work hard for our heat. You could say it's like having another part time job.

Happy 60th Norm

Today we had fun celebrating Norm's 60th birthday. My sister Anna and a friend came to the office, all decked out in their best teeth, wigs, clothes and makeup to wish him a Happy Birthday!

Carol had a surprise party for him at their house. He was certainly surprised since he thought he was going to have a party on Sat. A bunch of us showed up at their place as he was getting ready to work outside.

The best part of the surprise was that all of his brothers were coming for the weekend and he didn't know anything about it. He thought he was working Saturday but Jan and I had rescheduled all the patients but just didn't remove their names from the books.

About an hour and a half after the group of friends were there, 3 of his brothers that were in Ohio showed up. His big surprise was when his brother from Kansas showed up!

This is Norm when Ellis walked in the door.

Harold-Ken-Norm-Ellis-Nate

I don't know if Carol could have given Norm a much better gift, than to get all his brothers to come celebrate with him. All the wives were able to come along except for Ellis's wife.

Where are the Bride and Groom

I took a few pictures at Kristin and Tyler's wedding but I never got close to the Bride & Groom while I had the camera. It was a wonderful wedding with delicious food.

Mother of the Bride-Lynette Showalter

Monica & Matt

Some handsome dressed men. (Norm, Wil & Conrad the Father of the Bride)

My niece, Liz and her husband, Kyle

Here is proof that my friend, Carol has a grandchild. We seldom get to see her in her Grandmother role.

Isaiah with his Shield

Good job Isaiah!

Butter

We started getting milk from our neighbor to when we make yogurt. Last night we dipped the cream off the top and Wil suggested I make butter. My response was, ya right! I had no intentions on starting that. However today I remembered that we did make butter back in our farming day and decided to give it a whirl. Now, I need to do something with the buttermilk. Maybe I could make healthy muffins. It seems there is no end to what one can make. I don't like to bake but I must say I have been enjoying making the granola and bars. I made another batch of bars today. When I get to AZ, I will find out if Melissa, Maury and Isaiah like them as well.


Brennan was quite impressed with the butter and wanted some on a bagel. His response was, yum! He was taking a bite in-between his Mario Kart Racing.

Update on Isaiah's Project

This is the updated picture of Isaiah's school project. With a Dad as an artist, he had great help in decorating his shield. I wish we had pictures of Maury working on it.

Isaiah-Grandpops

Melissa sent me this picture tonight and I so loved it, and wanted to share it with all of you. This is Grandpop helping Isaiah build a shield for a school project. It does my heart good that he has such a wonderful great grandfather that is always ready to lend a helping hand.

Spring

It is Spring and of all things, I waited to start a big puzzle until about a week ago! It has been a great stress reliever for me. As usual, I'm enjoying my grandchildren and it's nice that they can go outside at times.

Sawyer can have fun with just about anything and can also trash the house very quickly.

Sawyer had a big hug for his brother, Brennan when he came home from preschool.

Signs of Spring!!

These pictures were taken with Wil's phone on his Sunday afternoon walk with Brennan

He got his mother to take a spin around the driveway.