Help!!....and If You Like Books.....

I dropped my digital camera at the wedding and it will not flash now. And it takes fuzzy pictures...sometimes. So, I am in the market for a new camera. Well, as soon as I come up with the money to pay for it.

Just wondering if any of you out there in blogland have a camera recommendation? Please let me know if you have a favorite digital camera you love.

Mine was a Kodak EasyShare Z730. I really liked it, except that you had to wait so long between pictures. It took a long time to ready up for the next picture, if you know what I mean.

ALSO, if you enjoy reading all kinds of books you might be interested in Rebekah & Tobi's book blog http://dragonflybookclub.blogspot.com/ .

A New Daughter, The Cake, The Kiss, and Good-bye...

We are so thankful for all the help we had and it all seemed to go well. It was a lovely wedding. We didn't get many pictures and most of the ones we did get were fuzzy. However, Aimee was able to get a few good videos.

Lisa....welcome to the family

As usual, Kim Bailey did a wonderful job on the cake. It was beautiful. It was carrot cake and it was delicious!


The Kiss.....

And the good-bye...

The good-bye continued....

Well....It's Official................

You can guess....I'm sure you won't need help, but if you do you can go to Jordan's blog http://justforyousamwise.blogspot.com/ .

Tobi, you would like this house.....

This is above the entryway to the kitchen. We wondered if it was supposed to look like somekind of gate to a castle moat??

(The next two pics) This a one of my favorite windows in the house. It is a very tiny window with a large frame. It's in the bathroom and there are actually two of them on each wall by the sink. So in the morning this is what you can look at when you are washing your face or putting on your makeup....very nice. I love it. To get a good picture of what you can see outside I had to take this in the dark...the window is much prettier in person. They kind of look like framed pictures on the wall.

These are the stairs up to Jock's bedroom in a very small and dark upper loft.

The livingroom with cable tv that has a million channels. There is a huge stone fireplace on the wall to the right.

The wonderful huge tub in our bathroom. There are three bathrooms in this house.

The door to our bedroom and some creature wanting out!

The bed under the stairs to Jock's bedroom.

The wardrobe in our bedroom.

Another window in our bathroom. I looked out it this morning at 4:00 am and the tide was all the way up to the bushes below the house.

The window in the beachwatch/vegout/Caleb's bedroom room.

One of the windows in our bedroom the looks out into the beachwatch/vegout/Caleb's bedroom room.

Looking out the diningroom window.

A veiw from the balcony.

And, of course, THE best veiw out the beachwatch/vegout/Caleb's bedroom room. Nice, huh?

Just Because...

.....I like this picture.

Jo called and she sounded very happy. When I have more time I will post some pictures.

It's Over...She's Gone.....

It's all over and it was lovely. We all enjoyed it so much and we had such great help and support from our church. Everything went so smooth and we had a lot of fun.

I have to admit that today was very hard. Aimee and I were in town to take Jock to testing. When Jock found out that Jo was at a hotel in town he wanted to go visit her. I had to explain that you can't just go visit someone on their honeymoon. He totally could not understand that. "What do you mean? She's my sister, of course we can go visit her." It was kind of funny even though he was so serious. Then it hit me that Jo is not going to be in town anymore. No more meeting her at the library at lunchtime. That was the beginning of many little meltdowns of the day.....for both Gene and I. But that is okay, I am glad we can miss her.

We didn't get many pictures of our own, but as soon as we get some good ones I will post more.

Another Engagement....

Caleb and Lisa were engaged on Christmas Eve.

Caleb had been hoping to ask her by Christmas. However, we weren't sure that was going to happen....by the time Christmas Eve arrived Caleb hadn't even asked her father yet and the ring was still on its way....At first, FedEx said it would arrive the day before Christmas Eve then they changed that to Christmas Eve day.

Because of all this Gene had started a 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem for them and it became very appropriate as it came closer to Christmas....here it is:

Twas the night before Christmas and all those in the house
Were glaring at Caleb the procrastinating louse.

Lisa set by her chimney with looks of despair
Hopeful that Caleb would somehow get there.

If she waited much longer they would all be in bed
And if soon there was no ring Caleb would wish he were dead.

Momma in her kerchief and I in my cap
Finally turned in for a long winters nap.

When out in the drive there arose a little clatter
Caleb sprang from his chair to look into the matter.

Away to the window he flew in a flash
Looking for Fed Ex and reaching for his cash

The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow
Gave the luster of midday to the diamond in stow.

When what to my sleepy eyes should appear
But a sigh of relief and a streak from a tear

From the little old driver he grabbed the box quick
He hoped with all hope the box would do the trick

More rapid than eagles to the Flynn house he came
He hoped he would get there before it was the end of his game.

Oh Cupid, Oh Cupid do your power of fixin
Shoot your arrow straight and stop for no mixin.

O Dash away “K” Dash away and don’t fall
Rush up to the porch and give it your all.

So up to the Flynn house Caleb he flew
With a small Fed Ex box and a sweet word or two.

Now the end to the story as now I am through
Is Lisa Stardust Flynn finally gets to say “I DO”

(Oh, and no, Caleb is not wearing an earring...it lights from the tree.)

A Gift from Grandma Jo

My mom gave us this cute Thomas Kinkade Christmas Tree with moving trains. It plays many different Christmas songs. I didn't count them all but there are quite a few. The trains go around the tree and it has village scenes on each level with a lot of detail. It is hard to really show it well in these photos. I also tried to get a video for my mom, but not sure how well that will turn out here. There is a removable santa that can go on the top if you like or be removed to show a star with a light in it. Wish I could have gotten more details in the pictures, but this is the best I could do.