Birthdays

Emmy turned 8 at the end of October.

Cheese cake...ymmm!

Will turned 4 in November.

Cash and presents.

Glow dog or some such thing.

Chocolate cake with chocolate icing was what he ordered.

Misc. pictures of Sunday fun.

Emmy won't let go of Malorie.

Grandkids Weekend

A biker gang came to go with us to our ward party and then spend the night.

For Emmy's birthday she got to go get her fingernails and toenails done.

Sunday Pics

Steve's mom and dad came up to see Malorie and the rest of the gang.

All the great-grandkids

4 generations.

More pictures

These two can't get enough of holding Malorie.

Matt's favorite: the giant stork.

Malorie and Grandma & Grandpa

Her she is.

Malorie Jane

We're behind the door, looking through the glass.

I think she was putting lipstick on, that's what took so long.

They took her into the nursery to observe her for a few hours (the little stinker didn't want to breathe/cry at first) and all we saw was Matt's feet through the  closed blinds.

Matt had them open the blinds.

She was not happy with being left.

The new dad .

Matt's Birthday

 Matt's turning the the big 31. We had his birthday dinner Sunday, complete with carrot cake.

The grandkids also filled in a hole for me.

Ozark House Painting and Fun

So what is the best way to paint a house? We have a side-split, so the east half needs an extension ladder to paint under the eaves and trim. But that's a lot of balancing and moving of ladders. The answer is to borrow an old bucket truck. This rust heap isn't insured or licensed, but the bucket works. The friend doesn't live far and its all back roads. The plus, it actually ran, plus-plus we no longer have mosquitoes. Negative, I've lost lung function. It has worked out fantastice. It also brought great joy to the grandkids. Nothing is funner (http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/is-funnest-a-word.aspx) then riding in a bucket. Now that's Ozark White-Trash Living.