Trying on Clothes

Kayla plays dress-up at Grandma's and Grampa's

Landon takes Morgan for a ride.

"Be sure to be home before nap time."

Cookie Time

Morgan and Grandma making cookies.

"I am messy. And if you come closer, you will be messy too."

Checking to see if anyone is looking so she can "taste" another one.

FINGER FOOD

Landon is really into it! The mashed potatoes, that is.

WEATHER, February 16, 2011

From sunny to thunder/hail/rain/snow/wind and back to sunny in minutes. It happened in Boise, Idaho. It all lasted about 15-20 minutes. We got probably over an inch of the white hail-type stuff.

Life Lessons from a Softball Game!!

Everyone who knows me knows that I am not a sports fan in any way, shape or form. But when I heard this story I wanted to share it. It seems to me that the competition in most sporting events is so intense that it is detrimental. There may sometimes be physical benefits, but I question any spiritual benefit. This story is the exception. This story shows how love can rise above the desire to win.

Sara Tucholsky got a lift from Central Washington's Liz Wallace, left, and Mallory Holtman

For the first time in her life, Western Oregon University's Sara Tucholsky not only hit a home run in a game against Central Washington University, but she hit it over the fence. She had passed first base and was on her way to second base when she collapsed. Something had happened to her knee and she couldn't walk, let alone run. No one on her team could help her around the bases because if they touched her, she would be called out. That is when her opponents from Central Washington picked her up and carried her around the bases and across the home plate. "My whole team was crying. It touched a lot of people," says Tucholsky.

Copy and paste to watch a video of this story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaXVk5GBx-s

Stop Smooching!

A "No Kissing" sign, at Warrington Bank Quay station in Warrington, Cheshire, England.

The goal is to stop departing passengers from pulling up in their cars at a crowded drop-off point and pausing to kiss each other farewell.

Virgin Rail says that if passengers want to share an embrace before they part company, they should pay to park their cars nearby where they can kiss all they want.

...I wonder why the Academy I attended did not think of this. But it probably would not have worked any better than the faculty lurking around campus with stun guns and pepper spray.

Mom and Dad--Before I Knew Them

I found this picture of Mom and Dad (Kenneth and Evelyn) while I was looking through some "old stuff". Unfortunately there was no date on it. I am quite sure it was a picture they had taken at or right after their wedding.

My sister, Laura, found the marriage license -- dated 10/31/1935 (hummmm.... isn't that Halloween?) But the church document confirms they got married November 11, 1935 in Toledo, Ohio. Laura says they spent the night and a brief honeymoon in Angola, Indiana.

The witnesses at their wedding were Harried and Eberhardt, Mom's sister and her husband.

It is interesting to note that Mom's parents did not want them to get married. In fact, during the wedding her mother sat in the back of the church holding a newspaper up, hiding behind it, like she was reading. Later however, Dad became their "favorite" and they loved him and depended on him to help them in many ways.

Mom and Dad were married for almost 34 years, until Mom died in July, 1970.

I like the picture. Not as many pictures were taken then. It was expensive and not as convenient as it is today with digital cameras. I wish I had more pictures from back then.