More Lyrah pictures

Here's more pictures of the weekend Jeanne was home. I'm really slow getting stuff posted lately :(
Hard to believe that Thursday (Thanksgiving day) she will be 2 months old already!
These are more pictures taken the weekend she was 6 weeks old, Nov 6-9

Getting some Grammie lovin'





Jeanne stayed over on Monday because Jana was coming to town, and Jana hadn't had a chance to see Lyrah yet, so here's her first time seeing her.

Jana & Jeanne, our two oldest girls.


Kaela enjoyed carting Lyrah around. I was reminded that I was 8 years old just like Kaela is, when my little brother was born and I loved carrying him around. He seemed to like it too. Mom always said that I was just the right height & it was a good view for a baby, from my shoulder!





Jeanne & her "little bit"

Papa Leon giving her a last cuddle before she goes back home.

She's still pretty little, but has grown enough that the shoulder straps had to be moved down on her car seat!

Bye little bit, see you next time!

Lyrah- 6 weeks

Nov 6--Weekend at Grammie & Papa's house



Uncle Ryan & Lyrah


More to come

47 of 52 weeks-Morgen's birthday

His present. He's been bmx riding for a couple years now, and has really been wanting a good bike. Since he's been working with his dad since the end of summer, he wanted to take his earnings and buy one and had been haunting the local bike store, looking over all the options. Earlier in the day Leon went and paid for it and took a happy birthday sign down and put it on the one he was wishing for. He wanted his cousins/friend to come over to spend the afternoon with him and go to the bmx track to ride so on the way out to the track with his old bike they detoured by the store and went to "show" the boys the bike options.
A new bike owner deserves a good helmet too, the one he's been wearing was not a heavy duty one, so now he's all fixed up to do some winning first thing next season!




I gave him the option..."Do you want mom to decorate the cake, or do you want to"? Answer...."If it's bmx, then I want to". That's a good solution, then they can't complain about mom's ideas!




Happy Birthday Morgen!! My last boy just turned a teenager!

Incredible!!

Someone else posted this. I found it totally awesome. It's long, but worth the watch. WOW!

(Video posted at bottom of the page)

Random Chaos

• Day 44 count down from 50
• I've lost 3 # (Maybe my scale is broke?)
• Yesterday I made a 4x batch of chocolate chip cookies to put in the freezer, and only ate no more than 1/4 tsp. cookie dough. WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!! (yes, both)
• I made a 4x batch of my favorite granola to last me thru Dec also. (Yes, sorry Dalayna it's chock full of nuts. UMMMM!)
• Girls are coming this afternoon to help me finish up wedding announcements. Thank goodness for friends/sisters!!
• Glitch in the bridesmaid clothes. Not a good thing.
• Keeping my suitcase packed & ready for North Dakota
• Leon & Son went off out of town for another 2 days of work.
• Relyssa went to school again after being sick most of last week. Hopefully not any more missed days. They have a fit & send home letters after 3 absents, but don't want them there if they've had a fever in the last 24 hrs. Hmmm. She missed 3 1/2 days last week alone.
• Don't let husband go to the grocery store for me without his cell phone again. Frozen whole chicken is NOT a substitute for a bag of frozen boneless chicken breasts.
• Yes, 1 bag of whole wheat flour is different from 10 # of white flour.
• There is a difference between "Shredded, and Sliced."
• It's time to get to work.
  

46 of 52 weeks challenge-Generations

Once again this week I have a bunch of pictures I need to post. We had a very busy weekend! (and how can it be time for another weekend already?!!)
Jeanne and baby Lyrah made a surprise visit home last Thursday night and stayed thru Monday night this week. During that time I got lots of baby snuggles, even a "few" pictures, Morgen's 13th birthday party with a family supper on Sat. eve, Several generation pictures, A quick visit from our 2nd daughter Jana, along with 3 other co-workers (here for lunch on Monday).
I really have too many pictures for one post, so will refrain and try to post them a few at a time in the next several days.



Me, Jeanne with Lyrah, My mom- G'ma Cilla




Jeanne, Her great grandpa Art (My dad's dad), My step-mom Jane & Lyrah
(My dad passed away 9 years ago.)



A bit of a funny picture of baby here, but we're just glad to have some of them together!

Jeanne, Leon, His mom, G'ma J, & Lyrah

"Just" another Monday

Wow, have I said that before? (shhh!)
Mondays are nearly always good. This one ranked right up there with one of the best. Wonderful weather too, and that can make about any day good!
Jeanne & baby stayed over today since Jana was coming to town, and would be here to have lunch with us this noon. Not only did we have Jana & Bernita, but also Darla & Barbara!

Friday night we went out to Applebees for supper and I tried their "Orange chicken bowl" for the first time, and LOVED it! I have a (bad?) habit of trying new recipes when I have company, so I goggled a recipe for it to make for lunch today since I liked it so well!
I thought it turned out awesome & am going to put it with my favorites. All my kids liked it, yay!
(well, I think all the company liked it too!)

Relyssa was gone all weekend, but was sick, still sick today so was home from school, and will have to stay home tomorrow since she still had a slight fever this evening yet. She wanted chicken noodle soup tonight, so I made some from scratch. It turned out really good, but I put a bit too much cayenne in it....should cure any of the rest of the bug, that's for sure!

I was going to take Jeanne to North Platte tonight to meet Lynisha & she would take Jeanne back to Sidney, but we changed our plans since my mom wanted to go visit the girls in Sidney anyway. I was happy to stay home and it made it possible for me to have a couple good hours with oldest son.
Mom and Jeanne stopped to visit my grandpa and my step mom on their way, so they got some more generation pictures. Tomorrow I'm going to post those pictures and ones of this last weekend.
Tonight my sink is shiny, the kids are all in bed, I've enjoyed some play time on the computer, Leon & Morgen left this evening to go out of town for a couple days on a job, and I hear a book & bubble bath calling before bed yet!