Nana Flo

Can you say PINK????????

Well I know that most of you already know that Jenn is having a girl and needless to say we are tickled "pink". We went to Eugene for her ultrasound yesterday and we were there for 4 hrs. at the hospital while they were getting ready and all that stuff. I will let Jenn tell the details. Anyway when we finally get in there baby will not get in the right position so Jenn says "That is what I get for saying I didn't want to find out" LOL... She was pretty anxious once she decided to find out so of course her tummy was in knots and then they came to take her blood pressure and I said well it is probably sky high now that she can't see what baby is. The first tec. was an intern and she thought she could tell but didn't tell us so the reg. tec. came in and got right to work and then said " I'ts a little girl" We were both thrilled of course and since Carter has already calling her a "sissy" we told him look there is your baby sissy. I took him back out in the waiting room because he had had it by then with all that waiting and he just wanted to go "In Nanna car???" When we got to the waiting room he said "I see Gracie"??? so I had to tell him she was gone night night.... LOL.... Well then a little celebrating for Nana.... Jenn and Carter went up to Portland so my sister Donna and I went shopping..... WOO HOO!!!!!!!! here is a start on Gracie's wardrobe... LOL...

 

Isn't this the cutest little outfit and hat???????????

 

I can't wait to take pictures of her.... I also can't wait to go shopping when we go to Italy and Scotland in Sep.Oct.................. Jamie and I are going to have fun..... We had fun shopping for Carter in Rome but we kept looking at all the cute girl clothes too..........

Anyway enough of my babbling on and on like a Nana and I just want to say we would have been happy with either as long as it was healthy and the fact that it is a girl is just the icing on the cake....

Busy Summer

It has been a busy summer for me and it doesn't look like it is going to slow down anytime soon.
At work we are busy trying to get ready to go to the HOOT convention in Ohio in Aug. For those of you that don't know it is a decorative painting convention where Jamie will be teaching and we will also have a booth to sell her books and pattern packets. We have never been to this one before so it is going to be all new to us. I hear it is very hot there with lots of humidity so that part I am not looking forward to but seeing everyone will be great. 

I am going all pink so I am thinking positive for Carter to get  a little sissy. Oh O.K. for me too ;o) 

I am going to keep my blog pink until we find out on the 7th of Aug.

Our class reunion is coming up in a couple of weeks and I can't believe it has been 44 years. We combine the class of 63-64-65 so it is our classes 44 instead of 45. I am looking forward to seeing everyone again and get caught up on everyone's life.
I have been swimming with Jenn and Carter and my sister Donna at Jamie's for the last few nights instead of walking so I think we will get back to walking since the weather has cooled off. I am still going to curves and walking in the morning but I just can't seem to lose any weight. I do feel good so I guess I will just have to be patient since I already know my body is resistant to letting go of the pounds LOL.
I am going to photograph a wedding in August when I get back from H.O.O.T. so we had a little get acquainted session a couple of weeks ago. I had so much fun with this family.... They wanted to include the dogs so it was quite a challenge to get everyone looking in the same direction at once. The littlest dog is so feisty it can hardly be still 1 second. It was hilarious.....this was as close as we could get....
 
Emma and Cameron are two of the cutest kids I have had the pleasure to photograph....

They are so sweet to each other...

Love this...

This is my favorite of them...

A few family shots...

Being silly.....

I like this one.....

This is my favorite family one...

A little photoshop playing

I love this one of Emma in the grass....she is so adorable

Well that is it for me and I am not going to promise to blog soon because I always get too busy and don't get to it so see ya when I can.......

Summer Fun

I think I am getting too many things going and I don't get anything done... LOL... Oh O.K. I get some things done but I sure have been a blog slacker lately.
I have been very busy with baseball and softball teams pictures and getting them done takes a lot of time. Trista helped me a lot with the paper work and I sure was glad she was available to help me. Not only did she keep the papers organized she also had to let me take pictures of her so I could get my settings right. Thanks Trista I couldn't have done it without you.....
 O. K. Nana I will just stand here....

Have ya got it yet Nana?????

I have been walking every evening with Jenn, Carter and my sister Donna " Aunt Donna" as Carter says.I also joined Curves so I walk down there at 5 AM and walk back home after... About 1 mile total but it all helps.... I am determined to lose this weight.....

I push Carter in the jogger on the evening walk and he has so much fun. He always is seeing things and says " I see jeep"... "I see water truck" His Dad has a water truck so he knows trucks.... He also is at the stage where he repeats exactly what you say. He fell down and I said "Oh did that hurt?" and he said " Yes that hurt" so cute...... I love hearing him talk... We can't understand everything he says but he says it over and over until we get it right.... I have been enjoying having him here and seeing him almost every day.... Now that is how it should be.......
It has been so darn hot over the 4th that Jenn got all of us to go to the pool.... Here are a few pictures I took.... I didn't go in this day I just took pictures..
Jenn, Carter and Sebby.... Carter just loves Sebby....

Sebby doing a flip off the diving board...

Carter... He still isn't too sure about this "BIG" pool yet so he stays close to Mom....

He wanted to get on the slide but not slide down it....

Every once in awhile I get to "babysit" Carter for a couple of hrs. so Jenn can get her nails done.... The last time I did I got out the bubble machine and we played bubbles for about 1/2 hr. or so...
At first he tried to catch them...

Then decided it might be more fun to hit them with a fly swatter....

That didn't work too well so he is just standing there looking at them...

Well the heck with it " I'm done with this game".....

Papa was making frames for his bee boxes and had everything out when Carter came to go walking...
Well he discovered the nails and of course spilled them out of the jar...

Papa gave him a magnet so he could pick them back up......

That kept him entertained for quite some time... Then the next morning Papa had to sort them all out again....LOL.....

Do I have other grandchildren you ask???????
Of course but I just don't get as many pictures of them as I don't see them as often.....
Terak had his 20th birthday... HUH????? How did that happen???? I couldn't have a 20 year old grandson already.......Meghan will be "21" this year Yikes!!!!!!!!!
Jim had went crabbing and clamming so we had a little party for Terak here..... A friend of Danna's makes these quilts out of the kids old sports t-shirts so Danna did a scrapbook for her and she made this quilt for Terak out of his wrestling shirts.... It is really cool and he loved it.

 

Whenever we went to a tournament I always bought him a shirt so he had lots of them... Another great way to preserve memories....

 

I made him some peanut butter cupcakes for his birthday.... I used chocolate frosting instead of peanut butter and they weren't as good....

Carter is eyeballing the cupcakes... He loves cupcakes.....

Thank-You cousin....

Carter gets a little help from Aunt Danna....

 

Terak doesn't need any help...

 

Neither do Trista and Desi....

 

A couple of more Carter frosting faces and I will get off here...

 

I like this one.....

 

Well now for those of you that needed a Carter fix you should be fine for awhile now.....

For those of you that think I may have fallen off the face of the earth..... I haven't......

for those of you that don't blog???????? See you can do it once in awhile........

For those of you that are tired of reading this long post.......SORRY!!!!!!! I will try to do it more often and not as long next time........

Have a "Great "day.......

Reception Photo's

Here are the last of the wedding photo's I will be posting. This is the reception and it was so much fun taking pictures of everyone. Denny and Danielle didn't want to many posed shots they wanted more photo of the friends and family so that is what I did. I so enjoyed visiting with everyone ( well as much visiting as I could get in) I had to make a smilebox since there were so many photo.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

More wedding

It has been a very busy week and I haven't had time to get on here and post more pictures so I am going to do that today and then I will have some softball, baseball and rodeo pictures soon. Time sure gets away from me. I keep thinking things are going to slow down but they don't.
Kansas, Shelly, Dani, Haley and Misty

Jake, Tony, Denny, Sebastian, John and Jason

The wedding party

Denny with Jake and Kansas

Danielle with Sebastian

The family...

Dani and her parents Tom and Joan

Denny with Jim and I

Another kiss....

Making it al legal....
 

His turn.....

I like this picture....

A few of my favorites...

Mr & Mrs......

Love this one....

A happy moment....

A special moment....

I like the bouquet only in color...

A few Black and Whites...

Black and Whites are  my favorite....

Another B&W

The evening was upon us and I got a couple of shots of Danielle by the pond.

Danielle with Sebastian...

I took about 1200 pictures of the entire wedding and reception so this is just a few. I will post some pictures of the reception next time and then on to other things.....

Denny and Danielle Wedding

First let me say a little about the wedding.It was held at Delfino's Winery in Melrose which was a very beautiful setting.  Danielle is a planner and she is the most organized person that I know. She had everything down to the min. for this wedding and she checked every detail. It went almost as planned. One person (I won't mention names here) was a little late so we weren't able to get very many before pictures of the bride and bridesmaids so while Jenn and Colleen were taking pictures(and it looks like helping them get dressed) of the guys getting ready I was with the girls.
  I am going to have a few blogs about the wedding so here is the first one. These pictures are all unedited because if I took the time to edit all of them they wouldn't get posted for another week.
Something old (Her great grandmothers handkerchief) Something new (her shoes) Something borrowed (Jenn's Pearls) Something Blue (her garter I brought in Italy) She also made the the ring bearer pillow.

The Dress and I loved all the old furniture in the little cottage they stayed in.
 

Another look at the dress with the veil

The rings

Getting ready... Mandy and Molly did an awesome job on all the hair and make-up...


Mother of the bride Joan

Haley helping Dani get ready

I wonder what she is thinking???


Getting their gifts from Dani.....

Earrings and an monogrammed hankie among other things..

Jim and I also got our very own hankies to cry into. That was so very nice...

Almost ready...
 

She is ready....
 

Just a few more min....
 

Beautiful bride....
 

One last look.....

We must have a self portrait....

Dani and Kansas...

Sebastian patiently????? waiting....

Shelly and Misty

Haley, Shelly, Misty....

The Dad's Tom and Jim getting ready....

Jake

Tom proud father of the bride....

Jim confused father of the groom

Jenn to the rescue helping her brother...

John and Tony

John showing his "Best" side....

Jenn helping Jason

Denny with his best man Tony

Father and son....Denny and Jim

Father and son...Denny and Jake

Grandfather and grandson... Jake and Jim

Jake Jim and Denny

John helping Jim...

Jake helping Sebastian

Jason, Tony and John

John, Jason, Tony, Denny and Jim

They are all ready to begin the wedding.....
I will try to have part 2 in a day or so....

Happy Birthday Honey

Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my Honey as he is a bee keeper and loves to get swarms. I think it is just the challenge to see if he can get them.
This is the season for them to swarm and he has  gotten 6 swarms. I usually try to take pictures if I am home or able to go with him. These swarmed in a tree up on the hill by our house and I was home so I took these photos.
 

A closer look.....

If you click on the picture you can see how many bees are flying around him.
 

A little cutting and they are ready to take..
 

Well maybe a little more cutting....

We don't have any big plans for his birthday except he wants to go to Kowloons for dinner so I think that is what we will do tonight.
I also want to say Happy Birthday to my friend Randy in Maine. I don't have a recent photo of him since I didn't get to see him this year. I plan to take a trip back there for our class reunion next year in July so maybe the following year I will have a picture LOL.
Well that's it for me for today with 2 blogs in 2 days I think I am pushing it LOL...
Hope everyone is looking forward to a nice warm week-end as much as I am.

South Umpqua Prom 2009

Sat. was the Prom and all the kids gathered at Evergreen Park again this year. There were so many beautiful dresses and georgeous girls with handsome guys. I had a great time taking pictures of lots of them. I am going to use a smilebox with a slideshow because I have so many photo's. I also did a couple of Trista and Desi that I will post first.
Trista and Jim....

Desi and Ky......

Make a Smilebox photobook

Prom Photo

I just wanted to post a prom photo of Trista and Desi. I have lots more that I will post later.
They were so beautiful in their dresses.

Bridal Shower

Last week-end was Danielle's bridal shower given by her best friends and bridesmaids. Misty, Hailey and Shelly.
The girls did a wonderful job on the decorations and the food was delicious and all made by Shelly.

We played a few fun games and I even won a prize of some gardening tools, an apron, gloves and a few plants.

There were lots of great gifts including a metal turtle made by Gina.... She does awesome work and is at the Farmers Market in Roseburg every Sat. with her unique designs.

She got cook books, aprons, A beautiful tablecloth and of course the regular stuff like... Frying pans, Beautiful dishes, Bowls, Sheets and Pillows. I can't remember everything but there was lots to OOHHHH and Ahhhhh about.

We are so happy that Danielle and Sebastian will be joining our family on June 6th. They are already part of our family but June 6th will make it official I guess.....

I can't wait to take the wedding photo's..... We are all excited and can't believe it is almost here already.

Hope you enjoy the slide show.......

Make a Smilebox scrapbook