Pics of my girls

Johanna and Elin.....I think this is right after Johanna had Elin in a head lock.

......and here's our little one.   We are anxiously waiting to meet her.  21 weeks so Jackie is over 1/2 way.
 

Happy Birthday Grandma Pepper

Today would have been Josephine's 102nd Birthday.   Josephine is Stan's mom.  She was born February 22, 1912 in Kansas City Kansas.   Her parents were Stanislaw John Klimek and Eva Michalski Klimek.  Both immigrated from Poland.  Stanislaw in March 1, 1909 and Eva, along with their 3 year old daughter on April 18, 1911.    Josephine died May 1, 2003

Here she is as a beautiful young lady.  

Here's how we remember Grandma Pepper, with her sister, we lovingly called Grandma Butch.

Kansas Weather

One thing I love about Kansas, if you don't like the weather, just wait a day.   It will change.

This is a picture last week,  took us 2 1/2 hours to get the driveway and front porch cleared off.   12" of snow.  

On Tuesday of this week, 67 degrees and sunshine.

Today, good old Kansas thunderstorms.   Great sleeping weather.

Happy Valentines Mindy

Mindy has embraced being a sports mom, and I think she's loving it.   I made these cute flip flops to complete her "Mom" baseball attire.

What Does the Fox Say

Gage's favorite video.

OK,  shirt isn't my best work, actually I cut it off but this was more for a joke so, deal with it ;)

It does have a catchy tune. 

What does the fox say!

Another Sad Loss

Well they say it goes in threes.   I'm sorry to tell everyone that Shirley Abernathy lost her battle with cancer.    Shirley was my brother in law John's mom.  She passed away last night around 5pm.   She was diagnosed with lung cancer about 6 months ago.

Our prayers are with John & Mary and their families.

Baby it's cold outside!

So far,  7 1/2 " and it's 5pm.   Suppose to snow all nigh long.  oh yippee (said with sarcasm)
*****Update**** at 8pm,  11 inches!   YIKES!!!!!!

It's official

Announcement from Jackie and Brandon!

Boy, oh boy it's official!

We're having another little girl! Early July, 2014!  

Couldn't be more excited with a little bit more sugar and spice and everything nice. 

Major Reorganization Mode

I have been working hard getting my fabric and crafts organized.   Well it's easy when your machine is going into the shop for the 4th time.  ugh.....I'm so frustrated.   I'm thinking this time I'm going to a different service center.

Anyway, look how organized I am. 

(ok mom, no comments about how long this will last)

All my fabric is sorted, boys, girls, flannel, specialty fabric

......and not one comment about how much fabric I have.  

All of it tucked neatly away in file cabinets. 

Have felt and fleece on the shelf.  Too thick for the drawers. 

All my embroidery blanks which inclue shirts, towels, etc all sorted by size.  

Ok Mikey, you win.

I was telling Mikey about how cold it is down here and we got snow.   

In fact here's a picture of our front yard.

.....and Mikey's front yard.   Yes, that's his mail box.

Ok Mikey, you win!

He was telling me the other day that he was on his roof, shoveling off the snow.    Now I see why.

Thomas Austin Wathen

Another death in the family.   My cousin, on my dad's side died this week.   Tom Wathen.   Here's his obituary.

Thomas Austin Wathen

Sad News

We received a phone call yesterday telling us of the death of Stan's nephew.   Very sad news.  PJ, as we called him was such a loving and likable guy.   Since Stan's sister Donna's death we hadn't seen him much.  Seems he had not been taking care of himself very well.  He lost his leg due to diabetes and had gained so much weight he was over 400 lbs.    PJ was 47 years young.   Rest in Peace PJ

PJs Obituary

I'm sad to say when we were talking to Bob, PJs step dad we found out that David, PJs brother is not doing well at all.  He is currently at the Mayo clinic.   David suffers from Aids and now has cancer.   According to Bob he is a small frame of a man now and he's losing the battle.