Annabelle

I have good looking grandkids.. Annabelle played dress up.. and then took this picture of David. She did very well I think.

Tea Party

Tea parties are fun for grammas and grandkids.. We ladies like our china cups and teapot. The boys like the Star Wars mugs for their tea. I made at least 4 pots of tea.

Christmas 2010

The Ugly Ornament Contest..

Looks like a submarine, eh?

It's Vulhop's winner this year..

yeah, it's an ugly for sure.

Zombeck's entry..it won cutest..

Not sure it's really 'cute', but

it's another winner..

This one is my entry .. I don't know..

I think it's pretty ugly..


Actually, this one looks more ugly to me
than ANY of the entries.. a Zombeck
offering..

And mine.. I bought this at Kohl's (?)
for 50 cents.. It was marked $8.. I
took it to the cashier and said "I'll give
you 50 cents for this ugly thing, no more..
take it or leave it".. they took it.


Joyce brought Apples to Apples..
It was the hit of the evening..

These are Amy's pictures from Christmas Day

at their house..

Annabelle

David

Paul, Annabelle, Joyce

Yoda.. Yoda?

P3

Maybe the Grinch? I see some resemblance..

Pictures and stuff from our long weekend

These pictures are all out of order,
but Saturday we had a party for
Daniel, Paul, and Amy- birthdays, of course-
why, we even had 40 balloons!

Yep.. that's me

Esther and Amanda

Elijah in his Thomas PJs

My new computer room- Isaac liked Chicken Hunter

Ooops! back at the party on Saturday.. Eli

Annabelle would like a taste of that cookie and those cakes

Amy's cake

Each evening we continued the celebration at our house.

This was Joyce and Gayle at the Wii

Asher and Aunt Amanda

Asher, Uncle John, and Esther

Annabelle said her kitty on her shirt got chocolate all over it

Essie, Isaac, Eli

Wow.. I can't believe I have let housework interfere with my computer time.. :) hehehe
It seems like forever since I last posted here, but we have been super crazy busy putting our home together the way we want it, and then having family over as often as possible.
Bills got paid today, laundry (at home) finished, and breakfast and lunch are over and the clean up done. WOOHOO!!!
Time to play a while..

Happy Birthday, John !

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO

JOHN

AND

MANY MORE!

Happy Birthday, JJ !

TO

JJ

ALWAYS A

PRINCESS

Amanda Blair Zombeck

Happy Birthday Amanda

A SUPER BIG

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO

OUR BABY

AMANDA BLAIR ZOMBECK

BIRTHDAY PICS

Just a couple more birthday pictures .. these ones were taken by the Z's..

4th of July eve

It's Independence Day eve.. there are some who want to change it to Dependence day.. not me, I love liberty and freedom. I'm thankful that our forefathers trusted the Lord and formed this nation over 200 years ago. God blessed us for many years.. but many have turned their backs on Him and denied him.. we will suffer for these unbelievers - come to think of it- we already are.

It's been a lazy Friday.. the weekend is upon us and I am thankful for that. I finally got the last of the peat moss needed for the big tractor tire. It took 4 bales and then I topped it off with a huge bag of potting soil. I'll be ready to plant my flowers tomorrow. Hopefully it will have settled a bit by then.

It has rained nearly all day and is about 70* outside. Tonite should drop to a cool 54*.. that's okay, the weekend promises to be sunny. So what are YOUR plans for the 4th? Wendell and I want to just stay home and maybe have a hot dog or two.. just a quiet day. I want to plant flowers too.. but nothing else on the agenda.

A BIG
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO OUR OLDEST GRANDCHILD
JOYCE..
SHE'S OFFICIALLY
12
TODAY!!!!

Birthday picnic

Sisters.. Annabelle and Joyce

Paul3 watching and waiting for cake..

Me..Daddy..me...daddy
Paul2 and Annabelle

Sharon on the left, Amy's sister;
Then Annabelle, Joyce,Marilyn, and David

The Z's got Joyce a beautiful dress for her birthday

Papa bought her a delicate and beautiful necklace

AND.. we got her a Webkinz Clydesdale

Da Boyz.. Keith and John

It was really special to have a cousin come today to the picnic..
Here's Daniel and his cousin Jeffrey

David asked for a Webkinz skunk..

and a chipmunk too

After we ate, the kids had a Frisbee game to play..

Of course, some assembly required first..

Joyce's cake

I decided to have an egg hunt later this afternoon.. just
something a little different.. So I filled 15 plastic colored eggs for each child
with a piece of gum or candy and a few coins.. and then herded kids inside
so we could hide them outside. It really was quite fun!

Everyone got into the act..

Paul3 had black eggs.. and a toad he found while he was
searching for his eggs.

We did have set borders for where the eggs would be hidden.
Try a black egg hidden under the wiper blade of my car.. ugh

Annabelle had yellow and gold and pink eggs

5 birds.. they are growing up fast..
Daniel,David,Paul3,Joyce, and Annabelle