Halloween Party

Alex dancing with his Teacher.

They did a soul train line, I couldn't believe he's up and dancing. I was truly shocked.

This is the little chocolate mouse I made for the party.

WAZA

The school is finally offering a sports program, they've started soccer. Alex wanted to join so now he's part of waza, they've only had 2 sessions and Alex seems to enjoy it. Above is a picture of career day when the waza men came to school and introduced it to all the kids.

The Truck

John took Friday off work he came and got the truck, his intentions were to stock up on wood for me and Alex. It didn't work out that way. He loaded the truck with wood and was on his was to Detroit when the fuel pump finally broke down and quit working. I told him what the truck was doing; why do men wait til the last minute before they do anything. Now I'm without a vehicle, it's a good thing I walk to work everyday.

Now when he gets the fuel pump fixed, He'll need to fix the water pump because thats been leaking for a long time. It's a good thing it broke down when he was driving it instead of me, now maybe he'll fix it all.

Weekend

Lisa went back to John's house with me on Saturday. We had plans to walk at the metro park this week but it didn't happen. Alex took his friend from school up with us but when we got there I found out John's dad was in the hospital. I stayed at the house while John went to visit. Lisa and I did alot of organzing we did get alot done. We did drive to the park no one was there to get a pass from and it was cold and we wasn't sure about the trails so we drove around the park and found these deers on the side of the road. I think I should start carrying my good camera.

Re: John's Dad he has a blockage on the inside of his upper leg, they're going to put in a stint to see if that helps, if not they'll do a bypass. His big toe is black and he'll probably loose it.

The Hike

Lisa and I went to John's house today and we decided to go to the state park and walk the trail. There are 3 trails one is 2 miles one is 5 miles and the other is 17 miles. Of course we did the 2mile trail. I swear it felt twice the length. We sure had a good cardiac workout. These are just some of the pictures I took along the trail. You can't tell very well but it was a lot of up and down hill, sure felt like more up than down.

It started raining 1/2 way through but due to the trees we didn't get wet.

I had to stop and turn around and get Lisa walking. Lisa did good she made it, she said 6months ago she wouldn't made it. She's laughing through her pain.

Update:

Mom seems to be doing better they gave her a couple breathing treatments, they did a ct scan and echo. I think she has a monitor on for her heart. She's being her silly self, We all know mom has floaters in her eye and we tell her all the time what they are. Now that she's in the hospital where she had her thyoid surgery and they gave her strong pain med. She seen bugs and now she says the bugs are coming back she didn't get pain medication this time.

Lois

I don't know much right now until Dad gets home. Mom got sick the other day it came on really fast, the Dr. said it is Bronchitis and gave her some medicine. Mom had a Dr's appt today with the Thyroid Dr. He was concerned and had dad take her to the emergency room or family Dr. Family Dr. was gone for the day. The hospital is keeping her overnite to keep an eye on her heart and her breathing.

A Day at John's House

Alex and I went to John's house on Saturday. There was a deer on the other side of they yard. I took a few pictures with my pocket camera, not the best quality but not to bad.

I guess when I finally have to move up there, I'll probably have nothing better to do than to sit around and do nothing but take pictures of animals walking through the yard. I sure do look forward to that day :(

This is misty our 12 yr old lab. Misty is old and can hardly walk but she sure does like to swim. I was afraid we'd have to jump in and save her but she did good.


This is just a picture of Alex sitting on part of the new couch we got.

A New Project

I started a new project, I'm doing my son's room in sports logo's of course it's only gonna be Detroit. I cut this stuff out a couple weeks ago and started painting them. This is the before picture then when I'm done I'll show how they turned out. When Chelsea seen the big D she wanted one and she wanted Detroit spelled out, so I did the same for Alex.

First Day Back

Well today was the first day back to work, summer is over:( I worked with the Teachers in getting their rooms ready to receive children. I work 3 days and get Thur, Fri and Monday off:) Then the children start back to school the day after Labor day.

Thought you would enjoy this picture.

Dad had his knee replacement surgery on Tuesday. He came home today Friday morning, he's doing pretty good. His leg is swelled but he was sent home with a machine to be kept on his leg for swelling. He had his first therapy session today, and he's getting back to his old grouchy self. I couldn't resist getting a picture of his leg, it's one of those things that I do, so enjoy the picture.

Chelsea's Pictures from Florida

Here are just a few pictures Chelsea took on her trip to Florida.

She had the camera sitting on the ground and waited for the wave to come in so she could take the picture.

These are just Chelsea being Chelsea.

Perky

Here are some pictures from Perky's funeral. The funeral home set on the Mississippi River, I had to go across the road and get some picture.
This pictures looks straight across the river.

This view is looking towards Davenport.

This view looks towards Bettendorf. This is the bridge that took us to Rock Island where the Arsenal was. Perky was buried in a Military Arsenal, I've never been to one so I snapped this picture looking out of my truck window. We had an escort into the Arsenal and we had to be escorted out.

Sunday after visitation almost everyone went out to eat at the Golden Corral. The man on the left is Justin, Linda's son. The other to is mom and dad in case you couldn't tell.

Lisa rode to Iowa with me Diane didn't attend. Lisa and I shouldn't travel together we are so opposite. Lisa is hot all the time and wants it cold, I'm cold most of the time and don't like it as cold, good thing I took an extra blanket I froze at night in the hotel room.

This is Francis her son Jason and his wife Natalie

They're so glad to get their picture taken.

This is Linda her boyfriend Shawn and his mother and her husband.

Don't let this picture fool you Jackie did eat, all of his empty plates covered the table next to them.

After the funeral on Monday we went to the Eagles club for a luncheon. The 2 men in the back are Justin (Linda's son) and Jim, Justin's dad.

Christopher and Jenny.

Jason and Natalie

This is Angie, Gary's 2nd wife and Amanda, Gary's daughter.

Ole' Yeller

Mom had surgery to remove cateract from her eye, Tueseay she went back to the Dr. and he

put medicine in her eyes. We were on the front porch being silly, mom started laughing so hard that her eyes were watering and it was yellow. I thought it was funny :)

A Good Day

Alex and I went shopping today for John, it's his birthday. After that I went to get my hair trimmed but the stylist wouldn't be until 1 p.m. so we had 2 hrs to waste. We went to walmarts then I took him to Arbys for lunch, then we went to the bible book store and looked around, then it was time to go back to the beauty shop. After the beauty shop we went an played putt putt, Alex won the first 9 holes I won the 2nd 9 holes. After putt putt he went on the go carts. Before heading home we stopped at DQ and then a bakery by the house we got John a huge cup cake shaped like a mouse. While at this bakery I couldn't resist getting me a slice of my favorite cake (tres leche) mmmmm...

P.S. I would like to wish Jack Hounshell a Happy Birthday... Today is his birthday also.

He's Home

Alex made it home today from camp. He had a great time, but he looked a little tired and it sounded as if he was losing his voice. Actually a big part of the kids looked tired and sounded as if they were losing their voice.

Today Alex left for Church camp, he wont be back until friday. Chelsea is leaving about 4:00 in the morning, she's going to Florida again this time with John's family. I think if she was able she would live there and never come back. Chelsea will be gone until the 15th. All I have to do now is decide how to spend my free time.

Iowa Visit

Mom and Dad went to visit Perky, they spent a few there. Linda said that she's getting into the last stages. Linda's having a hard time with her because she's being stubborn. Perky says that Linda is mean to her but Perky wont let Linda help her, she wont do what Linda tells her to do. Linda's friend can come over and tell Perky what to do and Perky will do it with no problem. Perky wears a life line around her neck, while mom and dad were there Linda was having a hard time getting her off the toilet and Perky wasn't helping so she pushes her life line. Here comes the fire department and they lift her off the pot and put her back into her chair, Linda gets nervous and upset when she does that. I think that help is getting ready to start and Linda wont be doing it alone.

Linda and Sean.