Welcome Home, Anthony

Anthony made it home, Friday, September 15th!
This picture says it all!

Emily's 2nd shower

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My friend, Melody Olels hosted Emily's shower here in Shelton. It was held on August 26th...We had so much fun! Thanks Melody and JoyMarie!

New Toys!

How pathetic is this...I'm excited about doing laundry in my new washer and dryer!! Oh well, the excitement will fade quickly. I have no doubt! This picture shows just how ugly our laundry room is..It needs work! The only thing I don't like about the washer and dryer is that I have to bend way over to load and unload..you can buy pedestals for the machines, but they're like $175 each. I wonder if Reg can build something? Hmmm....We've been working hard at getting Emily's room ready for her little one. And in our new washer, we have been washing baby things getting them all ready for her. We aren't washing the dresses, and real girl stuff until we see the baby..make good and sure she really is a girl! :)

More Shower Pictures

Here are some more pics..Eliza, you need to show me how to link to something..

This is Auntie-in-law Elyse...thanks for coming
Elyse!!

Great Aunts Debbie and Melony

Great-great Aunt Jean and Great Grandma
Anne..

Pretty pink clothes..Tee Hee!!

Jo won the "baby" game..she caught
everyone who said the word
"baby."

Emily's Baby Shower..Aug. 12, 2006

Emily's sisters, Kathryn and Eliza threw Emily a baby shower at Kathryn's house in Bellevue...At both Kathryn and Eliza's bridal showers we took a picture of them on the diving board holding their "bouquets." Here is Emily with her bow...The photographer though had a mental meltdown and forgot to put the diving board in the picture...(Eliza..help..did you get a better one??!!)


Auntie Kathryn..Auntie Kat?? Auntie Roo??
Or Auntie Boo?? Thanks for hosting a great party!


The cake..Eliza asked me to make a cake..I
think she was lobbying for a spice cake..She
wins!!!

Emily got the classic book, "Goodnight Moon"
from Jo!

Party guests!! Jo, Debbie, Kathryn, my Mom
and Meredith..

Great Aunt Debbie and Aunt Kathryn

Auntie Eliza..Auntie Liza Jane, Liza Beans
Auntie Lili...Thank you for hosting
a wonderful party!!

July 4th

We spent July 4th at the Cooper's annual shindig!! We had a blast!!! Here is Glenn and Cindy enjoying the sunshine..

Elisabeth on the rope swing...


Mandy and a roman candle and not real happy about it!

Reg and Glenn and a roman candle..Much happier..

Brian, Kelley, Becky, Elisabeth and Mandy roasting doughboys!

Sunset..one of many pictures of a beautiful sunset..

An attempt at catching fireworks on the camera! Happy Birthday America!!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day. We went to the Museum of Flight today....It's been an annual tradition for many years with a break last year for Emily's graduation. We had a great time...After visiting various parts of the museum, we had our tailgate party....


Reg and his dad, Don


Reg, David and Emily


A VERY big airplane


Reg, Eliza and Kathryn


We couldn't resist this one for Anthony!! Happy Father's Day to the new father!!

Memorial Weekend

Hooray..Reg started the process of putting in our new patio..This picture shows the BBQ area..We are going to use cobble-like stones that have a reddish tint to them and will match the character of the house

This picture is the start of sod removal..Reg is taking on this project...the patio will be made of cobble-like stones with a reddish tint to them to match the character of the house and all its brick.

I wish I could say I was helping in this endeavor so far, but I was having too much fun getting caught up on my quilt...5 more squares to go...all the extras are done! WHEEE!!! Next I have to finish May's square, then I might work on getting last year's quilt done..


All in all it was a good weekend!

Happy Birthday Bruce Reed!!

We went to Poulsbo Saturday to celebrate Bruce's birthday...59 and holding! Also there was Roger Fritz, who we haven't seen in a long time! Andrew made a brief appearance as he was working and Teresa was there for a little bit. Here's Teresa..close to being 19! WOW..She plays piano and is very good..She played for us! She's talking to Emily on the phone! Those girls spent a lot of time together in their early years.
David and Andrew..with Reg thrown in..Andrew is an excavator and had been working..so he was a bit on the dirty side! :)
HI CATHY!!!
Bruce and Reg..friends for life! Bruce's alzheimer's is progressing, but he still knows who we are, thankfully..I guess the way to describe him now is delightfully forgetful. We love you Bruce!

Here she is....................

Here is our baby girl..our 99.99% baby girl...the one picture that shows the baby, you'll notice a small dark spot..that's the heart!! The next picture is of the baby's feet..Emily said the technician was enamored with the feet.

Emily's home this weekend. Reg and I went down to Kelso and heard the Wind Ensemble play at Kelso High School. Then we went to Azteca and now have Emily home for the weekend. She's in the homestretch with school...and..she really looks pregnant! WOW!! We're going to take some belly pics..I'll post later...

Good news, bad news

Today Emily had her ultrasound..that was good...I was supposed to go, but Alaska Airlines seemed to have difficutly getting any plane to Spokane..that's the bad news...It was very frustrating...But thanks to Lois Penick, Liza's mom-in-law, Emily made it to her appointment with her friend Liz...THANK YOU LOIS!!

Oh, by the way...IT'S A GIRL!!!

YEA!!!

Yea, I get to go to Spokane Monday...a real whirlwind trip!

thumpa, thumpa, thumpa

Today Ems went to the doctor..the heart rate was 120..she's going to have an ultrasound on Monday..Pray for me..I'm going to try and be there.

Reg and his mistress

Here's Reg and his "naked" mistress, Juliet...she's getting her oil changed by Reg and Vince, with a little help from someone at Sanderson Field that Vince met...Pretty cool..Reg then spent most of the afternoon hanging out at the airport visiting with other aviation nuts. Trains, planes and automobiles..I think the automobile runs a distant third from the other two modes of transportation for Reg.

Ems is 1 week away from being halfway thru her pregnancy..wow..it is going fast. She's going to the doctor in Cheney tomorrow and we'll post the heartbeat for that...so far we have 166 and 140..June 21 is the next ultrasound which will hopefully tell Emily the sex of the baby. She wants to know..

I think winter is finally gone..yea! I've spent time in the yard and once I get going, I enjoy it..it's just the getting started that's hard..Procrastination...what a disease!

I have a question out there for anyone who reads this??? When did the word, disrespect, become a verb...ie.."don't disrespect me," etc.....Didn't it used to be "don't be disrespectful to me?" Anyway, that's my little rant! I think it became a verb as a result of gangstger lingo...or am I just stupid...I don't think so.

Later....

Ok, so it's later..I looked at dictionary.com and it did show disprected, disrespecting, (I think) as a verb..hmmm...

ch, ch, changes

In Loving Memory

They say change is good...hmmm...the jury's out on that one..especially when it's ones job that changes. We went "live" with the new system at work. It looks like a good system except for the fact it does away with my position. It will take time though..there's a lot of clean up to do on the old one...I'll work slowly! :)

Emily remembered on the 11th that it would have been Ziggy's 13th birthday..Man, I miss my dog! When I told David, he cried. Ziggy's death has hit him the hardest.

Easter was unusual this year...I'll leave it that for now..not everyone in the family is current with family news. And, I forgot to take a picture of Emily..she looked so cute in her maternity clothes and her short hair!

Since Ziggy's death in September, there has been one hit after another..I am so thankful for my walk with the Lord and for the people He has put in my life. He never promised smooth sailing, but he promised a way through. Just keep my eye on the prize!

Now if the Mariners could win consistantly!

Weekend at the Hearn's

Reg's "mistress," Juliet...














Reg had hoped to fly on Saturday, but, alas, the weather was not conducive to fun flying. So, we did some shopping and came back home..this picture is from my new camera...I'm trying it out before I make a final decision (yea, QVC and their 30 day return policy..) I spent the rest of the afternoon working on my quilt..I got a lot finished..Sunday we headed up to Kingston and went to Bayside for church. It was good to see people, even though we don't know a lot of the people there now..they're doing a major building project and Scott & Leilani gave us a tour..it sure has changed in the 10 years we've been gone. We ended up coming home and had lunch here and time to relax until our evening service..

Emily is coming home Friday for Easter..It's just for the weekend, but it is helping her make it thru til the end of the year. She'll also be home Mother's Day weekend. The wind ensemble is doing a tour and ending in Portland, so we will go get her for the weekend. It's hard to believe she will be at 18 weeks this upcoming week...she's still wearing her regular clothes! I'm impressed!!!

The Mariners finally got some runs..granted the first one today was the pitcher walking the run, buy, hey, a run is a run! Right Levi??????????? And did you see Bloomquist hit one????? Not bad for a local boy...:)

Toodles

Emily went back to school today..it was easier as she is in a better place...Thank you Lord!!! It was good having her home, but it was good for her to go back. I know she will appreciate having her first year done...She and I went to the mall and then visited my folks afterwards..I made a quick $50 off my dad..tee hee...thanks Dad!!! Next time say, uh, $5! tee hee!!!

Great service tonight. Elisabeth led and I did nothing but partake in worship..I enjoy playing, and want to lead more, but it sure is nice to just sit back and worship without worrying if I'm playing ok, etc...

Tomorrow is quilt square night. I haven't gotten my square done and it's due Tuesday. My arm hurts from bowling Saturday, so I'm hoping it's better tomorrow..right now the idea of a rotary cutter and a sore arm doesn't sound so good!

Lord's blessings on any who read my blog..He is awesome!

Today was doctor day for Emily..first we went to see the midwife. Ems needed to get established here in Shelton. She has 2 more visits in Cheney, then back here in June for an ultrasound. Hopefully we'll be able to tell if it's a boy or girl!! Grandma Lori went with us too, and took us out to breakfast..Then it was off to the dentist, WalMart and Fred Meyer.. Now we're about to head into Olympia to look for some maternity clothes and go to a movie..I'm glad I have the day off...I'M EXHAUSTED!!!

We videotaped listening to the heartbeat. That was cool..It was 140 this time...At 8 weeks, the heartbeat was 166..so, if we're going by heartbeat we have a boy or a girl...:)

Baseball officially starts on Monday...Yea! I hope the M's can win some games this year.

Here is our little peanut as of Feb.1, 2006....Now Emily is 14-16 weeks along, depending on how you count it... (see the little white spot in the lower right side..in the kidney shaped black shape..) how clinical is that?


5 1/2 months to go!! Next appointment is this Wednesday in Shelton..Grandma Lori is going with us too!!

Fun times today with the family...My folks, Reg's folks and all the kids and sons in law..Just missing Anthony!!! Well, and Ziggy too as we were rolling around a tennis ball..tomorrow we are playing in Olympia in the morning and then at night in Shelton...it will be a long day..

Now, if I can just post pictures here...