Wednesday, November 26, 2008


Happy Thanksgiving to all.


I have been listening to Christmas Carols now for 2 weeks.

One of our radio stations decided to play them very early.

I love it, the kids are even getting in the spirit.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008




Michelle left this evening.


She is spending some time with her aunt and grandma before the big move.


She flys out of PDX Friday at 3:30am.
This was written by a Canadian woman, but oh how it also applies to theU.S., U.K. and Australia

THIS ONE PACKS A FIRM PUNCH

Here is a woman who should run for Prime Minister!Written by a housewife in New Brunswick, to her local newspaper.This is one ticked off lady...

'Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it notstarted by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001and have continually threatened to do so since?

Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered that day,in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from the nation's capitol and ina field in Pennsylvania ?

Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible,burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?

And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban were claiming to betortured by a justice system of the nation they come from and are fightingagainst in a brutal insurgency.

I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repentsfor incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.

I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East startcaring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of which is a crime punishableby beheading in Afghanistan .

I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hackingoff Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashedthroat.I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in Afghanistan comeout and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion byhiding in mosques and behind women and children.

I'll care when the mindless zealots who blows themselves up in searchof nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicidebombs.

I'll care when the Canadian media stops pretending that their freedomof speech on stories is more important than the lives of the soldiers onthe ground or their families waiting at home to hear about them when something happens.

In the meantime, when I hear a story about a CANADIAN soldier roughingup an Insurgent terrorist to obtain information, know this:

I don't care.

When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told notto move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank:

I don't care.

When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat,and 'fed special' food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complainingthat his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe inyour heart of hearts:

I don't care.

And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran'and other times 'Quran.' Well, Jimmy Crack Corn you guessed it,

I don't care!!

One last thought for the day:
Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
1. Jesus Christ
2. The Canadian Soldier.
3. The British Soldier.
4. The US Soldier, and
5. The Australian Soldier

One died for your soul, the other 4 for your freedom.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Gabby had a choir concert Wednesday evening.
They sang Christmas Carols.




Grace and I went to dad's for a visit. We got to have dinner with Jim,Oma, and the boys.




Monday, November 17, 2008

Michelle's 15th Birthday
Tinkerbell Cake
Michelle and Wayne have a great friendship and he takes her out for her
birthday every year. This year we all decided to go and she choose
Lucky's Buffet for dinner. Very good dinner I might add.
Wayne wearing the balloon hat

Olivia at her finest.Grace
***Michelle informed Dave and I yesterday that she is moving to TN to be with her bio-mom.
They will be here Thanksgiving weekend to get her. She thinks life there will be so much better and wants to get to know her bio-mom. Please pray for all of us as we transition.

We got to have another party for Gabby with our friend Ed.She just loved the cake.





Sunday, November 09, 2008

As part of Gabby's bday gift we took the girls to see this movie.
Very funny.

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

HAPPY "13" BIRTHDAY
GABBY

Grace bought Gabby a poster and a notebook.
Michelle got her a Hannah Montana (H.M.) nightlight and bubbles.
Dave and I found the cutest (very large) H.M. clock, some clothes,
and of course a Brat colorbook.

Saturday we are taking the girls to see Madagascar 2 as part of the Bday.
Fun, Fun!






Monday, November 03, 2008

Here are some cool facts ~~Enjoy
'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand, and 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet.
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE 2 moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Sunday, November 02, 2008

HARVEST CARNIVAL 2008

Gabby and I went outside and ate our corndogs and Dave found us.
Girls on the firetruck




Carsten

Reese
Gabby


Grace


Listening to stories


Grace waiting in line


One of the games

The popcorn crew


WHAT TIME IS IT?