Applebee's

Last weekend while David and I were driving the grandkids home - after our weekly Sunday night time together - we passed Applebee's.

Now, this is not one of our favorite places, but you would have thought we passed DisneyWorld! Taylor, in his AWE voice, let out a sigh and said, "someday I am going to Applebee's." What? Or should I say Why? I asked him why he wanted to go to Applebee's and he said something about his teacher telling him about it.

I asked "What would you like to get at Applebee's?" Expecting his answer to be a variety of yummy foods, he simply answered with "Oh, I don't know - I don't even know what they have."

Amazing - just the thought of going there was enough for him! I think I'll make it a date to take him there for his birthday... it might be his favorite present! Applebee's - expect us for Taylor's birthday!

Sunday Afternoon's at MaMa's & PaPa's

The grandkids love to swim in our pool at the apartment. As soon as they get to our place on Sunday afternoon we head to the pool!


PaPa loves to take advantage of the noodles...

The good thing about the pool at the apartment is that it's open all the time! And no breaks!

What makes an Apartment a Home? Flowers!

To get this look you have to do this work...

Sunday morning after breakfast we took a quick trip to Lowe's to hunt for just the right plant for our huge pot on the front porch. It had to have some color so we hunted up and down the aisle's until we found just the right thing!

David scooped out all the dirt from the pot to plant the yellow Hybiscus.

We added rock to the top of the plant to hopefully keep the cats out of the dirt! It really made it look nice as well.
Ahh... now that's a nice look to our front porch!

Spending the Day with Ashton

Ashton spent all day Friday with me. We played some games and started taking pictures. She loves to mess with the camera - and she took some pretty good shots. First me (MaMa) and Ditto, then I took a photo of her and Ditto.





She had a lot of fun getting some up close and personal shots of Ditto. And he cooperated most of the time!
I had already made arrangements to meet some of my friends, Colleen & Lisa for lunch and again, Ashton was behind the camera taking the shots!



We ended the afternoon with taking Gigi to the doctor. While we were there, Ashton kept admiring Gigi's purse and Gigi was convinced that she had one in the closet for Ashton! So, once we got her back home it was a dash to the closet to find just the right purse for Ashton. You can see that she was thrilled with her find and posed with Gigi - showing off their purses!

Last Day at CBC...

My last day working at Community Bible Church was very hard. I had been there since January 2007 and thoroughly loved it. But, when God puts things in your life, you need to listen and move on, if that's the call. For me - it was. When I look back on the events prior to this job change, I see God's hand in it from start to finish. I'm going to miss all my friends and co-workers, but I am looking forward to my new start and the opportunity to do new things.

The department took me to Macaroni Grill for my going away lunch. Cindy & Diane are volunteers at CBC and we couldn't have done our jobs withouth their help! I am going to really miss them.

Cindy and Martha are laughing at me because I am taking pictures like crazy! Hello... I want to remember everything about this day - and everyone in it!

Donna worked with me in the Women's area and Judy was just across the hall - weJudy & I both had a LOVE for chocolate... see's smiling because I left those M&M's on her desk... eat them for me...

I ordered the best dessert! It was a Triple Berry something or other. Lemon cake, fresh strawberries and blackberry, raspberry and strawberry filling. Everyone got a taste - but I ate most of it.

Just remember - I'm not leaving CBC! I'm just going down the street to collect a paycheck! I love you guys!

For all you dog lovers out there...

Okay - I have been duely chastised by my daughter (1/2 owner of the imfamous Blogalicious Designs... EVERYDAY is a blog day! Okay... I get it... so now back to my story... Ditto, precious three legged Ditto...

Off we go to work everyday and leave the poor dog all alone in this HUGE (ha) apartment to fend for himself and to ward off all the miscellaneous "people" outside his window. Every morning we put all his "toys" in a basket, all neat and orderly. Well, something happens as soon as we close the door and head off to work, because when we come home in the evening we find him surrounded by his "toys". What a mess - but what else does he have to do all day? Take the toys out and play!

Our favorite thing is to put them in the basket and watch him take each thing out, one at a time. We put them back and he drags them out... he's quite a dog and we love him!