Meet Mollie!!!!

Mom let me bring home some more of the Porcelain dolls that she made a while ago.  I already had one and she wanted Tab, Sam and Alyssa to have one, also.  Alyssa has a small one, Tab and Sam have medium sized ones (I'm passing my old one on to Sam) and I have a larger one.  I don't have pictures of Sam's, but I do the rest.


This is Alyssa's:

This is Tab's:

And I brought home Mollie:

Here's a close-up of her face:

She's so pretty and looks SO REAL!  I have to find a good place in the house for her.  Right now she's sitting in front of the fireplace in the living room.  I don't want to put her on the floor because I don't want Brute to do anything to her.

In other news, while I was in Nebraska, Todd and I received a very nice sympathy card from the vet's office.  It also had a copy of "Rainbow Bridge" and Buddy's paw print on it.  I think I'll frame it along with his picture and his collar and tags.

We also received a letter from Todd's dad.  He's offering to take us and Todd's brother and his wife on a cruise to the Southern Caribbean islands.  We have to do research and things and agree on when to go, so I have more work to do.  Todd and I don't have passports, so I'm working on getting them, too.  That will be lots of fun, so I'm really looking forward to it.

After being gone for a week, I have a lot of work to catch up on.  I need to plan the menu for the week, get groceries and go to the bank today.  I'm kind of glad I only work 10 hours this week since Megan and McKenna are going to be here on Friday for a couple of days.  Todd and I are really looking forward to it!

(Sorry again for the bad pictures, we're planning to purchase a new camera soon and hopefully it will take better pics.  lol )

(edited to correct spelling of Mollie's name)

Saturday Dec 12, 2009

On Saturday we had a monumental day in our family.  Kate graduated from COLLEGE!!!  (She's the youngest.)  We are both extremely proud of her.  She graduated summa cum laude - which means "with highest honors".  That is so great considering she worked all through college and also was married in that time.

We left to go to Stephenville on Saturday morning, and after driving for more than an hour, I realized I forgot my camera.  So the only camera I had was my blackberry and the quality is not great.  (Not that the quality is great on my other camera, but it's better.)

Anyway, here are some pictures I snapped and I apologize for the poor quality.




After the ceremony we went back to Kate and Brandon's house.  They have a pit bull named Punkin - she really liked McKenna!

After that, we went to an Italian restaurant for supper.  I got to sit by McKenna so I snapped a couple pictures of her, too.




She's getting so big and she's SOOO CUTE!!

Unfortunately Kate and Brandon aren't going to be able to make it to Nebraska for Christmas, but we will see Megan, David and McKenna there for a little bit.  Todd and I are going to celebrate Christmas with Tab and Sam and their families this coming weekend.  Then Todd and I will leave either the evening of the 23rd or early the 24th for the drive to Falls City. It will be good to see Todd's family for a GOOD reason, but it will be sad to not have Nel and Rena there.   Saturday, the 26th we'll celebrate Christmas with Todd family in the morning, then we'll drive to Milford for supper to celebrate it with my family.  Then we'll head back to FC that evening and get up early the 27th to drive back home.  Both of us have to work on Monday the 28th.  It will be a quick trip, but I'm really looking forward to it.

McKenna's Here!!!! (7/29/08)

Megan and David welcomed their first daughter, McKenna, today, July 29, 2008 at 2:28 pm. She was 19 inches long and 7 1/5 lbs.
We can't wait to see pictures!!!!