It's a...BABY!

Ben and Jen are expecting a baby. We don't have the particulars yet...but I am sooooo excited!!! I am going to be a grandma! I have 5 wonderful grandchildren that I inherited when I married my hubby but this will be the first of either one of my sons' children.

Won't they make a beautiful baby? He's 6'4" and she's approx. 5'3". They make such a cute couple and I couldn't be happier for them!

Stay tuned...I'm sure I will be back real soon with more news.

Bluebird Eggs

This is a picture of the bluebird eggs on May 5, 2009. Mom has been very diligent about sitting on her eggs. I enjoy watching them daily! And, of course, dad bluebird is so pretty! I hope they both are delighting in their free time because soon they won't have much of it!

Finished :-)

Believe it or not, I finished the dining table chairs. Well, 2 of the backs have not been stapled on yet, but they are sewn together and ready to be attached. Here is the finished product and if I wasn't such a perfectionist, I would have finished them long ago! Mom and Dad were pleased with how they turned out but they would like most anything that I did for them!

Columbus, GA

The night built with much anticipation. Our father was to be recognized for 50+ years in the ministry, along with my uncle. The night went by without a hitch! Dad and my uncle were both honored for their 100+ years combined. Unfortunately, my mom and my aunt, who have stood by their sides quietly for all these years were not recognized. I must say that my father's ministry would not have been what it was had it not been for her and I am sure the same is true for my uncle. After all the nervousness, it was over in less than 5 minutes.

I am disappointed and saddened that the district council representative asked my father and my uncle to sum up in 1 word what they had learned through the years. How do you describe in 1 word all those years of service? What word do you choose? My uncle said perseverance. My dad must not have understood (or ignored???) what was said because he went over the limit with his words!

Also, a young man that my father has mentored over the years was ordained into the ministry. He is pastoring the first church that my dad started over 50 years ago. Several young men were ordained and we were proud to be there.


I have a tendency to get a little carried away or maybe just too prepared???. However, I brought 2 cameras and my video camera. My youngest son had my point and shoot camera, hubby was armed with my Nikon D60 (fairly new) and I had the video camera. You would think we would have gotten one good picture. But, sad to say, we didn't. The ones my son took were too far away and blurry,

the ones my hubby took, well...he expected to see the images in the little screen on back of camera (not there), so he just aimed in their direction and snapped a couple of shots

and I was filming away with the camcorder and when the presentation was finished, I pressed the button to stop taping and turned the camera ON!!! So the night was something we will have to carry in our internal hard drives because those are the only decent pictures I got!

I am proud of you, Dad and Uncle Shelvie, too! I love you both!

Mom's Dress (before alterations)

If you are not my sister, you will probably not want to read this...

Here is mom's dress. I am going to shorten it about 1.5 inches and take it up in the shoulders of the shell about 2 inches so it will be more comfortable on her, and see what I can do with the jacket. What do you think of it? Do you like the color on her? And I think it will go okay with the lighter shoes you got her. I think she will look so pretty when I get it altered! Isn't she beautiful!