Triple Play

Braydon, age 9

Tyson, age 7

Kayleigh, age 3

BUDDY MADE IT!

Guess we need a new sign to add Bonnie!

Left to Right~ BonnieBlue, Gromit (yes, his ears are 100% natural), CissyBelle, GabbyGale and in the rear our Tornado Tested Trooper, BUDDY. Buddy was in his yard when it was hit by an F4 tornado last week, he was located about a mile away in the same direction the winds went. We don't know what he went through but it seems like a Wizard of Oz story!!! His owners (The Tom Meachams) brought him to us while they are putting their home back together.

Chocolate Moose

Moose is the young Chocolate Lab shown above, actually an oil painting I attempted in 1997, the year I met Moose in East Grinstead, England. He was a gentle soul that convinced me I should be sharing mince meat pies, chesnut sausage balls and other Christmas treats with him!

This is Moose as he aged, getting a bit of grey hair but still a beloved pet!

I just got news today from our family friend Jamie, that his pet, Moose, 

has gone to Rainbow Bridge to wait for him. 

HE WILL BE MISSED!!!!

Puppy Day

Gromit has a bone in his back pocket on the back of his shorts. I think he would pass up the bone just to get the shorts off! For now, a drink of water from his favorite watering hole will do.

Gabby too is ready to come out of these restricting clothes and be a dog again! She headed straight for her favorite spot, the top step of the pool, got all four of her freshly manicured feet soaking wet and as comforatble as house shoes. 

Now that I enter this, I realize that all four puppies have come from the groomer hungry, thirsty, happy to be home and bewildered that they have *clothes* on, how did that happen? Cissy too is having a long drink from her favorite water bowl.

 (yep. plenty of water in their indoor bowl, this is what they like best)

Last AND least (in size only) is little Bonnie who just needs a nap. 

We took all of the clothes off after I chased them around for pictures, 

and all 4 took a HUGE much needed snooze~

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER~

His name is Charles, but I know and love him as *Windy*.

Here he is with his wife, my favorite sister-in-law, Judy, and their son Christopher.

How about a picture of one of his past Birthday Parties? 

My best guess is that he was about 10 at this party

 that featured hotdogs cooked over an open fire with a wire coat hanger, 

Coca Cola in the bottle, a tent to play in and if you didn't have a real BB gun, a stick would work!

Windy is in the center back, coke turned up for guzzeling! 

Once the coke bottle was empty, we played a game looking at the bottom to see who had the coke bottle manufactured the furtherest away, although we had a Coca Cola bottleing plant right here in Thomasville.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BROTHER

 AND WE WISH YOU MANY MORE!!

HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY

RANES AND HEATHER 1999

Ranes and Heather 2009

The Youngest of the Fabulous Five!

HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY

Ranes and Heather

~Valentine Story~

In 1943, Charles and Thelma Blow established what would be a 60 year marriage,
complete with 2 children, 3 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren!
Once, as recalled by Thelma, they were on a camping trip, Charles found a heart shaped leaf and placed it on the windshield for Thelma to see when she got in the camper.

Just this week, this Valentine's week, Thelma stepped out her front door in the wee hours (to get the paper) and saw one solitary heart shaped glimmering leaf at the tip end of a tree right at the front door, a gift from Charles who now lives with his Heavenly Father.

 Since the first morning, the heart is still there in plain view, but even more beautiful in the dark.

What a SPECIAL VALENTINE GIFT!!!

Paris Fun!

Addison and Carter enjoying a cool *Merry Go Round*

Carter is out of the crib and in his own bed! COOL CARS!
He looks REALLY comfortable!

~FIVE FAT FRIENDS~

So the Excellent news is that John and I are two of the Five Fat Friends! 

(I was top looser on the team, Papa John was second, third was Keith Porter, RN, of Archbold's OutPatient Surgery, fourth, Melissa Porter, Wound care and Hyperbaric Medicine Physician Assistant, and Devon George, daughter of our business manager)

Here is the YMCA link if you can't read the newsclipping~

http://www.ymca-thomasville.org/uploads/documents/weekone_3.pdf

The SCARY news is that we come to Utah the week before the final weigh in, and no less, observe the International Dutch Oven Cook-Off! 

So the question is~~~can we stay true to our team?

Stay Tuned for next weeks results!

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACE~

Yes, this is her favorite shot! 

So Be It!

HAPPY 34th

Army Guys

The Cats In The Hats~Or Something Like That

Look at Braydon, how CUTE!! (Grandma's can say that and its OK)

I am not sure what the event was, but maybe I can get them to tell me soon.

And Tyson is just adorable!! (again, Grandma's can say that and get away with it)

Is he thinking of Green Eggs and Ham~~~

 Or the first I ever saw (when their Daddy was a little lad)

~One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish~

~The Sooners Lost~

Sorry Papa John, the Gators beat the Sooners! It was a GREAT game though, a nail biter, and a chance for those who have never seen him, meet Tebow in action. What a great young man, a good athlete and best of all a team player and motivator!
We had a great time representing the Sooners in Gator Country~

Birthday in St Augustine

The highlight was a sail on a 72 foot schooner, John has sailed his entire life, this was my first (and yes, I DID try to get out of it, thought it would be great if John's best friend, Alan, who came up with wife Sandy from Orlando to surprise John, would join John for the sail!!  He made ME go!!  (I loved it, now that it is a done deal, was not scary at all)

Some of the amazing architecture that is carried out the city wide!

Our Bed and Breakfast, 44 Spanish Street, located in the middle of the Historic District!

Alan, Sandy and John at Ponce De Leon's Fountain of Youth.  YES, we did drink a little cup of that water, maybe we should have had more??  A LOT more???

This is also the historical site of the first landing in 1513~ thus cannons, ships, cauldrons etc.

I really want to take the grandchildren to visit this historical marvel.  All Florida 4th graders are taken there for a field trip as that is the year they study Florida History! 

(Wish Georgia had done that)

Ever see a hand tame peacock?

Last but not least, John's form of Birthday Cake!!