Christmas 2009

Christmas day was fun filled. Mom and Wayne were here this year so it was nice to be able to spend the day with them. We opened presents in the morning and then we went to the oglesbys for a wonderful day spent with family. I wish the Shomos, Wooleys and Scotts could have joined us.
A special thanks to Karen for having us all over on Christmas and for making the day so enjoyable.




















Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone had a wonderful time like we did. Here are some pictures from Christmas eve. We all went to Kelly and Matt's church (matt played joseph in the church play), then we came back to our house for dinner.

Virginia Trip and Thanksgiving

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting Ken, Cheryl and Cullen. I had a great time. It has been very busy since I got back so it took me awhile to get some pictures posted.



Cullen loves to sit and listen to his music. He's only two but he knows how to work the cd player.


I got to visit Cullen's preschool class. Class was canceled because of the storm and flooding but we let him play for awhile. He likes school.





Cheryl, Cullen and I went to mall to get Cullen's hair cut. He didn't enjoy it too much.




While we were at the mall Cullen had a chance to "drive" the fire truck. He loved it.


There was a bad storm with rain and high winds that knocked the power out for a couple of days. It gave us more time to sit and talk and I was able to spend a lot of time with Cullen.



A peaceful ending to a wonderful trip. Thanks Ken and Cheryl for everything.
(this picture was taken out of the airplane window)


Thanksgiving this year was spent at the Phelans and we had a wonderful time and ate some delicious turkey. Thank you Noreen for a very tasty dinner. We had a great time.








"The boys" - doing what boys do best...wrestling



Any leftovers for me???

GUESS WHERE WE WENT????

Norm and I had a fun filled day with the neighbors on Saturday. Look at the pictures and guess where we were.










We went to Notre Dame for the Notre Dame vs MSU football game. Sue and John, our neighbors, got free tickets to the game and they invited us to join them. The weather was perfect (sunny and 72 degrees), and it was an exciting game. We were in row 17 on the goal line. MSU lost in the last minute of play. The score was 33-30.

TWO OUT THREE AIN'T BAD

On Sunday, Norm, Matt and I went to First Baptist Church in Williamston for their church service/picnic/car show. One of the guys Norm works with goes to the church and he invited us.The weather was beautiful and there were games, good food, fun and a car show. Norm's car won two out of the three trophies!!!! He won for "guest speakers choice" AND "peoples choice" award. WOW!!!
We can now add two large trophies to the collection.

Receiving trophy from pastor/guest speaker from New York.

CONGRATULATIONS NORM!!!!

KELLY AND MATT'S MISSOURI RECEPTION/LUAU

Last weekend Norm and I, and Kelly and Matt went to Missouri for a wedding reception/luau. The Wegescheides decided to have a reception for them in Missouri since most of their family couldn't come to Michigan for the wedding. (our son Matt was in NC with Laurens family so he didn't go). It was a lot of fun! Thank you to the Wegescheides for throwing such a fun party!!!


Norm and I- hot and sweaty!!

A fun time swimming and playing sand volleyball.


Working hard in the kitchen.

Lots of good food!!!


While we were in Missouri we celebrated Kelly's 23 birthday. Happy birthday Kelly!!

Kelly's birthday cake. She had to share her birthday with her new mother-in-law and another family friend of the Wegescheides.

Norm and I gave Kelly a quilt for her birthday made with her gymnastic t-shirts and leotards. A girl that I work with made it for her.