HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAUGHTER!!!

Can't believe 34 years ago I gave birth to this cute girl.

In those days, there weren't any fancy ultra sounds

or ways to know the sex of the baby,

but my doctor said he was 95% correct

in calculating if it was a girl or boy.

So a few weeks before the delivery,

he said he was sure it was a boy.

I was ready for my 2nd boy with everything in blue -

nursery, clothes and all!

Then I heard him say,

well, what do you know, I'm wrong this time!

I couldn't believe it when he said

it was a girl!!!

So she wore a lot of blue until the gifts started coming in

ALL IN PINK!!!!

Here's some fun pictures of Julie

that definitely shows her personality

Typical Julie Pose

Trip to Moab

Definitely Loves to Eat


Joe & Julie at Thanksgiving Dinner

Getting Bryn to Eat

Birthday Celebration at Bonzai

Knows How to Make Joe Laugh

Loves Her Nephew

Serious Moment for a Change

Fun Time at Lagoon Frightmares

Relaxin' with Chelsey

Always Has Fun Parties for her Kids

Cute Family

Always Supportive of her Kid's Activities

I'm so grateful to have a daughter who's so

loving, caring, funny,

and extremely full of it.

She has always been a little social butterfly.

Even as a little girl, she would wander off to

talk to strangers at parades, restaurants, etc.

We had to talk to her a lot about stranger danger!

She's still so friendly and outgoing and everyone is

drawn to her. She has so many friends, it's hard for her

to find time for all of them. But somehow she is able

to balance everything with all her family,

church, school, and sports activities.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!!!

AND THANKS FOR BEING SUCH A

GREAT DAUGHTER AND

GIVING US SO MUCH JOY!!!

Fall is in the Air

Love the FALL COLORS

especially with a MOOSE

in the middle of it!

Our favorite Fall pastime is

watching our grandsons play

football. This is ETHAN'S

first year and it's been

fun watching him develop

his football skills.

Therese, Ethan, and Chad

Ethan's getting pretty tall

for a 10 year old!

Ethan's in the middle - #98

Definitely one of the tallest

Now he just needs to get

a little tougher!

Cute little Bryn is trying to buy a treat

at the concession stand but

nobody can see her -

poor little thing.

Finally her mom helped her get noticed!

After Chan's game -

they're undefeated

in fact, no other team has

even scored on them!

~More wildlife and fall colors~

~Reflection of sunset on the lake~

~Rainbow from our front yard~

Even though we know winter is coming,

we need to appreciate

every season and what it has to offer.

Life would be pretty boring if we had warm, sunny weather

all year round -

OR WOULD IT?!!?

HOME SHOW

Yea!!!We survived 10 days of the Home Show.

When I saw the other homes,

I was worried because

ours was the smallest and least

expensive of all of them.

However, many people commented

that ours seemed so cozy and liveable.

So that made me feel better.

About 800 people went through.

It especially made us feel good

that our builder got a lot

of business from it.

Ours was the 2nd Home

out of 8 homes.

I was pretty tickled but

surprised that I

won the decorating award.

Instead of plaques, they

give out blue ribbons.

Got the garage done just in time.

One day Bryn went in the loft.

We said what are you doing and

she said oh, nothing.

So we said don't mess

anything up because

alot of people are coming

to see the cabin.

After it was over, we

walked upstairs to turn

off lights and this is what

we saw. She lined up the chairs

to look like a choo choo train I guess.

Many, many people came

through and saw it like this.

They probably wondered how in the world

I won the decorating award!

NEW DECORATING STYLE!

At least during the day our builder took over

so we got to leave and we ate out a lot -

especially since I couldn't cook

and mess up the kitchen. BooHoo!

In front of the La Sabre Cafe.

The trip wouldn't be complete

without the 4 wheeling!

I thought they were watching cartoons

but I went into my room and saw

them sound asleep!

The weather was perfect for a fun day

of boating. Ron and I finally had good

enough water to waterski.

The kids had so much fun tubing.

Bryn was a dare devil and kept

putting her thumb up to go faster.

They love playing on the beach!

Fun trip but so glad the home show is over!!!

NOW WE CAN HAVE OUR CABIN BACK!