My favorite quote

"I just wanted to tell you that your kids are the ONLY reason I will have kids when I'm older..."
Helen. 7/24/09

Words to live by

If it is to be, it is up to me.

Frozen Nuggets

Devon cut over 12" off of her hair. It now falls to her shoulders. She came over to the house after having her hair cut. After about 15 minutes of sheer puzzlement Jack finally piped up with "Who are you?" She said "I'm your Aunt Devon." You could see that he still didn't believe her. She finally had to pull her hair back from her face like she was putting it into a pony tail. He looked her up and down said "Oh" and made a raspberry at her.

I have debated this, but finally decided it is simply too funy... There is a little Thomas song that goes like so "Thomas, you're my number one! Working hard and having fun. Thomas you're the leader! Thomas you're the leader!" Wy substitutes many other things for the word Thomas in that song. Some days it is Mommy or Daddy or Libby (one of the cats.) My favorite days are when he alters the lyrics altogether and sings "Mommy, you're my sweetie peep! Mommy, you're my sweetie peep!" Well...Mom was helping Wy get changed one morning and he started to sing "Penis you're my number one! Workin' hard and havin' fun!"

Poor John has been working long long days and a few extremely late nights (even one over nighter) in order to get his show up. The boys hadn't seen him for a few days and one morning he was heading out with all of us and Wy got so excited. He yelled "Daddy, did you have a good nap?" He seemed to think that John had been asleep for a whole week...

Wy crawled into bed with us one morning this week. I cuddled him up and said "You are so handsome." He put his hands behind his head and (with his passer in his mouth) said "Yeah. I am."

We had chicken nuggets one night last week. John was taking a turn cooking dinner and was on the verge of putting the nuggets in the oven when Devlyn cdame through the kitchen. She started flipping out. John finally manged to calm her down so she could explain her problem. She didn't want her nuggets cooked. Devlyn insisted on frozen chicken nuggets. She freaked out until he promised her he wouldn't cook them. She ate them frozen. Who eats frozen nuggets?

Abby and Connie stepped in it deep yesterday morning. Let's back up a titch. Dad and Devon picked up a rental car last week to go to Alabama for Jude's baptism. They wound up getting a cheaper price to rent the car for a week. That meant they would return the car Thursday evening. In the mean time - Devon took the girls to school a few mornings this week. Thursday was one of them. After Dev got out to the car, she realized she didn't have her glasses. She pulled the car into the driveway and parked behind me so she could run inside really quickly. I was in my car getting ready to pull out, but said it was no big deal to wait. As I sat in my car, I suddenly saw the windshield wipers on the rental car going back and forth. I turned around and couldn't tell much through my rear window. I got out of my car and saw two dark humps quickly dart into the back seat of the car. I went over to the rental car and opened the driver's door. I asked the girls what they were doing. Connie said "Abby turned the key." I'm not going to lie - I lost my biscuit. I don't even know what I said, but I pointed out that if she had knocked the car into gear they could have rolled backwards into our neighbors house. Or she could have rolled the car backwards into a NEIGHBOR. Or they could have been hit by a passing car. Mom suggested the girls come up with their own punishments. They liked the punishment of no computer for a week. Mom didn't agree. She settled on a 30 minute earlier bedtime for a week as well as no participation in this week's family night.

Jess is currently sicker than a dog. She has been staying a few days at my Aunt Johanna's house so she doesn't expose all the kids in her host family. Jess got in to see a Dr. today and was told she doesn't have pneumonia or swine flu. She just has a very bad cold.

There is a long haired cat in the neighborhood who adopted us a few weeks ago. I never see this cat anywhere except on the back porch screaming at me to feed her. Dad says he sees her running from other houses to ours when we come home. Anyway, she is a very pretty cat and with 5 kids in the house we have not been able to simply ignore the cat so we are now feeding her in the mornings. For a few minutes we called her Ginger due to her coloring. Jack somehow managed to morph Ginger to Danger. And a few days later she suddenly became Murphy. Devon did all kinds of checking around the neighborhood, shelters etc and we could not track down this kitty's home. She finally took Murphy to a friend of hers who lives on a farm. Devon said Murphy was hanging out on top of hay bales by the time she and Devlyn left for home that afternoon. One of the daily chores for the littler kids is to take turns feeding the cats. They are all sad that Murphy doesn't live with us anymore.

Mom bought a blue beta fish for Jack. (Though we treat it as the family fish.) Jack has named it Buster. I am amazed that the fish didn't wind up with a name like Thomas or Gordon - because those are blue trains...

Jack fixed the screen door this week. Devlyn and Wy were playing at the door and pulled or knocked out a little pin that holds the tension arm thing together. Before I had the opportunity to go over and fix it, Jack walked up, assessed the situation, picked up the bolt, put the arm together and dropped the bolt in place. Then he looked at me and said - "Devlyn and Wyatt broke it. I fixed it for you, Mommy." I took it apart again so I could take a little video of him fixing the door - unfortunately - I can't get it loaded here...ARGH. It's real cute...

Lastly, John and I took Jack to see Into The Woods at the Rep this week. Jack was mesmerized. He wouldn't sit through all of act I. He wouldn't even look away from the stage. He sneezed a globule of goo onto his hand at one point and without missing a beat simply held his hand out to John to clean it off. He didn't look away from the stage - just held his hand out to Daddy. At the end of Act I, Jack thought it was over and we were going home. He was so excited about taking a break and watching more. Then the show got dark and grim. He curled up in John's lap, but didn't make a peep about being scared. When it was over he said "I fink it was good. I liked the cow." (There is a large fake cow in the show.) All I could think was "All the hard work that went into this back breaker of a show and Jack likes the cow..."

That's it for me peeps. Love and blessings to you all. More next week!
The gang at Owenland Park.

Come on, baby! Let's do the Twist!

Well - it has been hectic as usual around here. Let's see - Beth's daughter Helen was diagnosed with Swine flu. Beth was taking care of Helen so we rearranged things so that Devon would watch the kids till everyone was feeling up to par. Both Beth and Helen had the swine flue before everything was said and done. The ladies are back to normal health and the kids are back to spending their days with Aunt Beth.

Jack is still desperate to go to my work. He cries himself to sleep at night because he wants me to take him to my work. (I haven't been able to take Jack with me because I have been in rehearsals.) I have promised him that once the show is open I will take him on Saturdays - and of course after the show we will go upstairs to play with the Thomas table. I'm not sure how this is going to go over though - I think the show is going to be too scary for him. He refuses to believe me. AND the toy store got rid of the Thomas turn table.

Wy is into hair. He is constantly asking if he can pet my hair. He asks me to pet his hair. Some nights he can't even fall asleep unless I am touching his hair.

Connie joined Daisy Troop 3010 this week. At their next meeting, the girls are supposed to talk about ways to help save the planet. Connie was stumped over how she could help the planet until we reminded her that we recycle. That got her very excited.

Abby has a walking program that she is supposed to participate in for school. It counts as 2% of her grade each semester so we are heading out for a 1/2 mile walk after dinner each night. I am worried about being out so late once the weather begins to change. Maybe we can move it up a titch and do the walk before dinner? We'll see how it all shakes out.

Jess is very busy in Omaha. She says she enjoys her classes and is surprised by the fact that English is her favorite class. They were supposed to begin reading Romeo and Juliet the other week. I gave her the helpful hint of reading it out loud to herself. I can read and read Shakespeare until I am blue in the face, but if I don't read it out loud I have NO idea what in the world he is saying. I told her you look and sound like a crazy person - so be sure to hide in a closet! She had a very bumpy start her first week, but I think things are smoothing out.

She had a terrifying incident this past Sunday; she and Maggie (one of the daughters of the family she lives with) went to the park. A car pulled up and out jumped a handful of adult men who grabbed a teenage boy and began beating him with guns. The girls ran across the park to join another woman and her kids. Jess dialed 911 but hung up because she didn't want the men to see her talking on the phone. She and Maggie ran home. Someone called the cops. From what we have been told, the cops caught the fellas who beat up the boy, but we don't know how the boy is doing. Please say a few prayers for him, the children who witnessed this violence and though part of me doesn't want to - we should also offer up a prayer for the men who hurt that boy.

Speaking of violence; I took a self defense class the other weekend and am determined that the women I love participate in the next class. I feel much more confident about avoiding or getting out of a threatening situation. And I have already made some changes - I make sure I have my keys in my hands before I exit a store. I no longer put my keys on the hood of the car as I buckle the kids in just so I can keep them handy. If it is just me going to my car - I only unlock the driver's side door instead of all of them. So ladies - when the instructor lets me know of the next class - I'm going to strongly urge you all to go with me, because nothing is more important than each of us coming home safely at night.

Finally - we have begun to implement a big chore chart with assignments for everyone large and small. We have also added a weekly family night to the mayhem. I thought you would enjoy a few snapshots from our night of fun. We introduced Twister to our Family night festivities. Don't let Grandma fool you - she is the silly old lady who brought the game home from the store. Well, it looks like Abby is have a great time.

Somehow I got dragged into this foolishness. The kids thought this was hysterical. John refused all attempts at being dragged into the mayhem. My father simply ignored everything and pretended he was alone in the room. Gammy gave in and you can see where that got her...

Well friends - you tell me: is the party over or is it just getting started when you dogpile your grandma?

For a few more shots of the Twister insanity - visit our shutterfly account - the link is on my sidebar...

OK - hopefully it won't be so long before I catch up with you again. Much love and many blessings. Love.
Amy and the gang.

Old Chicago!

Last weekend John, the boys and I took the train to Chicago to visit Nana & Papa (their grandparents on John's side). The boys thought the train was amazing. Jack sat down, looked at me and said "Mommy, it's sooo beautiful."

The boys had a great time getting to know their Chicago grandparents. Nana and Papa live just behind Lake Shore drive so we had beautiful views of the lake. And the boys loved theh fact that we were within walking distance of a great park! Wy was climbing all over everything and insisted on doing it without help from anyone. That child is fearless.

We took a trip to the Sears Tower - The Willis Tower now. Did you know they now have 3 retractable glass rooms? In good weather these rooms stick out from the side of the building on the 103rd floor. Glass ceiling, glass walls, glass floor...You heard me, glass floor. And the boys just walked right out onto that glass floor. Jack sat down to tie his shoes and point out the cars 103 floors below his feet. Wy stood there banging his train Whiff on the glass wall. After the tower we headed out for a late lunch with Papa.

He took us to the zoo the next day. I'm telling you - go visit the Lincold Park Zoo the next time you are in Chicago. 1 - it's free. 2 - it's amazing. We a had a wonderful time. Jack was in love with any fish we passed. He also refused to look at any of the bears except the polar bear. He was so beautiful I nearly cried. I just couldn't believe how amazing that bear was. I truly could have sat there all day and watched him swim around. After I finally tore myself away from the polar bear, we went to a sea lion exhibit and then the boys pleaded for a ride on the kids zoo train. Pretty cute.

We went to a housewarming party that night and the boys were delighted by the 4 little kittens parading around the house. And then the big event - Nana and Papa took us out to A Day With Thomas. And the Chicago Day was much better than the one on KC. The boys got their Thomas tattoos. I got a Rosie tattoo and I was going to make John get one too, but when it was his turn Wyatt decided to make a break for it. Then it was off to play with the ever popular Thomas turntables. Then it was the melt downs over leaving the turn tables. I had to remind the boys there were trains and trolleys everywhere. We could look at real trains, see Thomas and go back to the turn tables. Then we came across the pull cars for kids - the boys LOVED the pull car. Jack asked me to take special pictures of EVERYTHING for his room. (We are moving towards a Thomas room.) Of course there were lots of tears when it was time to leave - but it was a big day and mommy was prepared, so I offered up pizza to anyone who could stay calm. Bingo!

Our train home left late in the afternoon so we had time for a lovely stroll in the morning. We walked past the marina, which the boys loved. Then we spent a great morning playing in the lake. Jack had fun, but Wy was on cloud 9. He had so much fun at the beach. He just loved running back and forth through the water. He thought it was the best thing ever.

You can visit out shutterfly account for the pictorials. Look over in the sidebars for Linky Dinks and click on Shutterfly. Then go to the Chicago album.

I'm going to head out. I'm fading super fast. I know this is a bit choppy - but I wanted to get something out to you all about last week. Love and blessings and you'll hear from me in a few days.

Who's your dolt?

Jess headed off for Mercy last week. She was very nervous but to her surprise, she had a wonderful first day! She had a great time bowling with her Mercy 'big sister', the other freshmen and their 'big sisters'. And, there was a journalist there - Jess and her sisters made into the Omaha paper! Follow this link to read the article! The actual first few days of school were quite rocky, but I think things are settling down. I try to text, facebook or talk to Jess every day, however I haven't heard back from her very much. She told me she is very busy with classes and has taken on volleyball to boot. Keep your fingers crossed and send some prayers or good energy out there for her.

Jack has been obsessed with going to K-mart. He keeps telling me which trains are available at K-mart and that I will get them for him. Jack has been obsessed with my being on "a-cation." He is sad that I was on vacation and refused to go to Crown Center so he could play with the train table at the toy store. Even though we visited the train table at the US Toy, he wasn't satisfied - he insisted on the train table at my work. I stood my ground - I was not going to work in any way shape or form even for my sweet sweet Jack.

Jack was telling John "Mommy liked it when I was a baby." I said "I like you now too, pal. You are a lot of fun to talk to and hang out with." Jack said "Fank you, mommy. Fank you, but I was talking to Daddy."
Dad, John and my brother-in-law Mark put up a swing set in the back yard a few weekends ago. The kids have to have an adult with them to go out and play. Jack is constantly asking to go outside. He tells me "I have a dolt to go with me, mommy." I ask him who his "dolt" is and he says "Um, I have one, I do, I do." We dolts are still trying to figure out which one of us he actually means is his dolt...

Wy - hugs himself and says "I happy." Then he likes to go around the room and ask each person if they are happy. If you answer that you are not happy, this makes him very sad and he will tell you that you are happy until you tell him that yes you are happy. At this point he beams with happiness that he brought up your spirts and tells you "I happy!"

If Wy is in trouble or he is unhappy, he curls up in the fetal postion with his forehead on the floor and cries "Nooooo." If he gets put in time out, he sits there and yells "NO!" A few times I have lightly swatted him on the bottom for something and he wipes his bottom hard and then throws it away shouting "NO!" as if he is erasing the fact that I swatted him.

Abby & Connie have completed their first week of school. Even though Jess is off in Omaha, it is still quite crazy around here with all the scheduling, cleaning etc. At our most recent family meeting we decided to divvy up some of the adult responsibilities. One of us is in charge of scheduling, someone else chores, another person cooking etc. Hopefully this will help us to share and ease burdens at the same time. And I hope it will allow us to get the kids a bit more out doors a bit more. We do have a bit of scholastic incentive for that though; Abby has a walking program that she is supposed to participate in for school. Every mile she walks earns her a check mark. Then I think so many check marks earn her something at school.

Devlyn stayed the night with Devon at her apartment twice last week. With Devon so close, we are talking about each of the girls taking turns staying a night or the whole weekend with Devon. The girls are excited about possibly getting some one on one special time with their mama.

OK - that does it for today. I'll be in touch again next week. Love and blessings,
Amy & the Gang.

No shirt, no shoes, no service.

Wy spends a lot of time with his tongue out. He likes to talk with his tongue stuck all the way out to his chin. "I lum baba" is "I love daddy" and so forth. He talks and talks like this, then lets out this contagious squeal of laughter and says "I funny!"

Devlyn and Wy had a great time one afternoon just hanging out in the laundry basket. Jack pulled them around and around the living and dining room - he refused to be in the picture.

On to a delicate issue: Jack started spending a lot of time with his hand in his crotch again this weekend. I then spent a lot of time reminding him not to do that. He was digging around so much that by early Monday evening I took him to the bathroom for a look. That poor guy had a large inflammation on the side of his penis. I finally got a hold of one of his nurses who told me to give him Benedryl and bring him in Tuesday morning. We followed instructions but when we woke up Tuesday morning, Jack's penis was freakishly inflamed. I mean it was so inflamed that I flipped out. I was not waiting for our 9:30 appointment. I got us dressed and out the door. The Doctor told me Jack's problem is called Summer Penile Syndrome. "What is Summer Penile Syndrome?" you might ask. Quite simply people, it is a bug bite on the penis. The Dr. said they see it all the time. He told me to keep giving Jack Benedryl and the 'issue' would resolve itself within 48 hours. Over the next few days we gave Jack the Benedryl and kept checking on him. Devon saw Jack messing with his business and told Jack "Leave your junk alone, buddy." He told her "It is NOT my junk. It is my body." So I took the boys to lunch at Taco Bell one afternoon late this week. As we were eating I asked Jack very quietly if his penis was still bothering him. He said "No." Then I looked at Wyatt for some reason or other. When I looked back at Jack he was standing on the bench with his shirt up around his neck, his drawers down around his ankles: he was checking out his "body". I don't know if anyone was paying any attention to us or not, but I sure felt like all eyes were on us. I was mortified - Jack thought it was all very funny.

Tuesday didn't get any better - Mom & Connie were in a car wreck. Some fella hit them in the rear driver's side door. Fortunately Connie was on the passenger side. Mom says Connie had just asked if she could undo her seat belt because it was too tight. Mom told her no and 2 minutes later they were in the wreck. Everyone is fine, but Mom's door is crunched and we aren't sure about the car yet - it isn't safe to drive - we do know that. Then the girls decided to hold the World Wrestling Federation Cup Finals in bed. Abby wound up kicking Devlyn in the face. Devlyn bit her tongue hard enough to make it bleed. Then she FREAKED out because she was bleeding. I finally got the girls to chill out and went to sit with the boys. Jack was asking for something and I kept telling him no. He finally looked at me and said "If you say no one more time, you will lose your biscuit." (I frequently say something like "If you (fill in the blank) one more time, I will lose my biscuit.")

Wy runs around singing "Mary, Mary, wike a dream! Farmer had a dog E-I-E-I-O!" It took me about 2 weeks to figure out what he is trying to sing. The first part is Row, Row, Row your boat - merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream. And of course Old MacDonald. Then he throws in a few seriously off key "Happy Birfday to you Gordon!(Poppy, or whoever he thinks of at the moment.)"

The boys are obsessed with my being on "acation" right now. Jack is desperate for me to go to work so he can play with the Thomas turntable. I staunchly refuse to go anywhere near Crown Center as I am not going anywhere near work. Instead we have been going to US Toy once or twice a week to play with their Thomas set up. Wy gets a bit possesive of the trains on the table and sometimes tells the other kids "Not you! Not you!" as he tries to wrestle a train away. We are working on sharing - but he is 2.

Jess heads to Omaha Monday evening so we had a going away party for her today. It was a fairly small affair for a Blessington/Abels gathering but we all had a great time. Look at the amazing cake Mel made for the party!

Jess spent the majority of the week with her friend Caroline. They have jetted back and forth between our houses, the movies, McDonald's and who knows where else. Of course the girls stayed up each night until they passed out from exhaustion. Here are the girls one early morning as the rest of us were getting ready for the day.

OK - I'm exhausted and am going to bed. Much love to you all and we'll touch base again after we get back from visiting John's Dad & Marilyn in Chicago next weekend!

Blessings,
Owenland Park.

Doctor, Doctor!

You will just have to deal without the pictures for a bit - I don't have the converter thingy to get them off the camera and into the computer...

We have been chock-a-block full of Dr. appointments this week. John had a follow up on Monday for his migraines. Jack INSISTED on going with him. Jack was such a good boy that Daddy took him down the street to the US Toy. They played with the Thomas turn table and picked out a new train for Jack.

Later in the day, Jack went back to the same health care complex when he INSISTED on accompanying Jess and I to HER migraine appointment. The Dr. gave her a prescription that we have tried to fill, but the insurance won't cover it without prior authorization. SO, we are waiting for the Dr. to talk to the insurance people. I understand why they aren't jumping right on the wagon to pay for her meds. The 30 pill RX could potentially be a 15 day supply (if she has a migraine every day for 15 days and needs both pills each time) and runs $900.00!!! I am sure there is a reason WHY he picked this med and not another migraine med - but I'm not sure what it is. Now, I have to call both the Dr. and the pharmacy every day to see if anyone is making any progress on anything or if he will prescribe an alternative med that will help her and not bankrupt the insurance company.

Wednesday I went in to have my stitches removed. Absolutely crazy, but I didn't feel anything. If I hadn't been watching, I wouldn't have believed she pulled them out. The Dr. and I are both very pleased with the look and placement of the incision and how it is healing. I wear tape for another week and then use Cocoa butter or Vitamin E oil for up to two months to help the scar.

Thursday I took Connie in to be evaluated for ADHD. After answering a ton of questions and visiting with the Dr., Connie was rated well within the ADHD range. He gave her a prescription. After a bit of debate in the family about whether or not to ask for a different med, we decided to have this RX filled. What do you know - the insurance won't cover it without prior authorization. SO, we are waiting for the Dr. to talk to the insurance people...AGAIN. This means I get to call the Dr. and the pharmacy every day about 2 kids. Just what everyone wants, more things to do each day!!! WA-WHO!!!

On to more normal things:

Jess is spending as much time with her friend Caroline as possible. Dad took Jess to get her state id this week. She will need id to do anything with her checking account etc. when she moves to Omaha. She was so excited about getting her id until she understood that it is just an id and not a driver's permit. Wow - did that burst her bubble! How crazy is it that an ID costs about $22.00 and the driver's permit is only $10.00.

Abby is having a little friend over to stay the night on Friday. This is her first overnighter since the girls came to stay with us in January. I'm very excited for her. I will pick the girls up from day care this afternoon and then I think we will stop by the Blocbuster to pick out a few 'tweener' movies for them to enjoy tonight. I'm thinking they might like some popcorn and sleeping on the sofas downstairs. Gracious, I feel like I'm having a sleep over with a girlfriend and not Abby!

While I'm on vacation the next few weeks, Beth and Devlyn are going to have a "Beth & Devlyn Day" each week. This will be something special for Devlyn and will allow me to do something each with with just the boys. We started this past Wednesday. Devlyn hung out with Beth and her granddaughter Stephanie. The girls had a fun time shopping, eating out and hot tubbing! I gave the boys the choice of going to the park or going to play with the Thomas turn table at the US Toy. Guess which one they picked? Fun times for the boys as there was no one else there to share the turn table with!

As you all know, the kids love U:BUG:ME. They are still asking to listen to the CD and don't understand that I can't take them to see the show again because we closed this past weekend. One of the songs is by the big mean Horsefly, Packo. He sings "My name's Packo, I'm the baddest fly around. If you see me coming your way, you better get your thorax out of town. I am trouble, anyone can see. Even though I'm just a horsefly, I'll sting ya like a bee. Cause I'm bad news!" Jack has taken to saying "Mommy, if you say no to me one more time, I will sting you like a bee." I say "No." and he makes a raspberry noise at me, which is the sting of the bee. I told John about this and he thought it was pretty mean of Jack to say that. I'm still debating it. Jack doesn't say it with any meanness. I'm waiting for Jack to say it to John before we decide anything about it.

Wyatt has taken to saying "Poppy, my favorite!" I guess the rest of us are just left out in the cold. He and Devlyn had fun times the other day just hanging out in the laundry basket. He has taken to telling me (frequently I might add) "Mommy, I'm strong. Mommy, I'm cute!"

We say Grace each night before dinner and I have taken to having Wy start us off; "Wy, what do we say?" and he delivers a mangled but somewhat understandable "Bless us oh, Lord" then the rest of us join in. He spends the rest of Grace with his tongue out like Gene Simmons. John and I are thinking of going out as Kiss for Halloween one year - since Wy has the tongue for it...

Now that we are due for an update in a day and a half - I'm going to wrap this one up and get it posted.
Much love and many blessings,
The gang at Owenland Park.

WELCOME!

For those of you who don’t know the story yet, my sister Devon gave birth on July 22 to her first son, Jude Allen. (Jude shares a birthday with John and my Daddy.) Devon had Jude in Sioux City, Iowa because she had decided to put him up for adoption and Sioux City is the home base for the agency she selected. Devon was able to pick the family and spend some time with them before Jude was born. Marshall and Lili are from Alabama and are committed to having Jude be a part of our lives as he grows.

Devon has been having a very difficult time over the past two years; you all know her four girls are living with us for the time being. She has not been able to get her life in focus. She seems to be getting on track now, but did not think it was fair to the baby to bring him into what she can provide for him. She made this decision on her own – she didn’t tell any of us until after the baby was here and the adoption had been initiated. Right now, she is staying with us, but she has an apartment to move into in a week or so and is looking for a job. Please wish her well, and add her and Jude to your prayers.

We were fortunate enough to meet Marshall, Lili and Jude last weekend after Devon broke the news to us. They are Catholic and will be having Jude baptised as soon as they can set a date and get all the plans taken care of. Mom is making Jude's Baptismal gown and I have started working up a rosary for him.

And so, we welcome Marshall, Lili & Jude to our family!

If you want to see pictures of our meeting - go over to Linky-Dinks and click on the Shutterfly link. Then select the "Jude" album.

Blessings!
Owenland Park.