Friday, September 18

Jen September 18, 2009

James loves walking all over the place now.

Colleen September 18, 2009

Colleen getting her caricature done at the "Harvest Moon' party. (Sent in by Marla)

Marla September 18, 2009

Colleen and I went to the "Harvest Moon" party tonight. It is a part of the St. Peter's Barn Sale. It was dinner, drinks, music, silent and live auctions, raffles and antiques shopping.

Miranda September 18, 2009

Yummy...ribs for dinner! Sorry mom...

Margie September 18, 2009

Another child care kid - but it was just too funny. He had his shorts on backwards and he was wearing "clap" shoes - tap dance shoes that he found in the dress up clothes. Earlier he also had on a tiara with pink fuzzy fluff on it.

Dylan September 18, 2009

What I did with the past month and a half.

Maureen September 18, 2009

The aftermath from the excitement in town, today. This is the traffic light that the escaped bank robber crashed into while trying to get away from one of our WCPD cars. Way to go, WeGo!

Thursday, September 17

Jen September 17, 2009

Today I got my hair colored and cut for the baby shower and for the babies arrival. I just wanted to be ready I could stand the way it looked.

Maureen September 17, 2009

T-Shirt coincidence!

Jim September 17, 2009

Watching The Simpsons Movie with his dog

Marla September 17, 2009

Someone's been stealing our acorns.

Margie September 17, 2009

Nikki was contacted by Columbia College and asked to participate in their advertising campaign. Yesterday she had photos taken at the college. She could be showing up in course catalogs, brochures, and on billboards. She was able to state whether she wanted the billboards to be local or elsewhere. She did not want to drive past her huge picture on the way to work, so opted to have them elsewhere. So, keep your eyes open for Nikki's smiling face!

Miranda September 17, 2009

Brendan won his football game today! Go Titans!

Wednesday, September 16

Marla September 16, 2009

Vaughn looking all spiffy after returning from court. If you don't know...he is interning with a lawyer in Geneva. He would like to maybe be a lawyer (when he grows up). When the lawyer is in court and there is nothing in the office for Vaughn to do, he gets to go to the courthouse and observe. Today they had two cases, one ended with a continuance and the other client ended up with their charges being reduced.

Maureen September 16, 2009

Listening to WONC

Jen September 16, 2009

Today I went to the doctor and she said that I need to stay on bed rest and they will try to stop me from having the baby for another 4 weeks then they wont stop anything and let me have the baby. I just have really low blood pressure so she is worried about that. I may need to be put on strict bed rest. Now I have to see the doc every week. Plus James got an adorable hair cut!! Like father like son.

Margie September 16, 2009

Tonight Madi and I finished making these embossed velvet purses that we started about 2 months ago.

Miranda September 16, 2009

We went to a "starting solids" class today...Gianni tried avocado, sweet potatoes and pears! It was fun although he wasn't a big fan of the sweet potatoes!

Tuesday, September 15

Jim September 15, 2009

Annie, looking like a teenager, headphones on, having a snack, sitting on the couch watching some Disney show...

Jen September 15, 2009

Today James is now walking!!! I just have a video of it. no pictures.

Marla September 15, 2009

I bought a new tire rim for Cole last night. His was bent and a lot of the spokes were broken. So, today I figured out how to move the inner tube and tire to the new one all by myself. It was easy and I saved myself $10 (that's how much the bike store wanted to charge).

Maureen September 15, 2009

I cut the heads off of all of the sunflowers, today & put them inside plastic bags marked with the kind of flower it was (tall large yellow, small multi tall magenta, etc). I left the bags loose so that air could, hopefully, circulate & dry them out. Then, I hung them in the garage, to make it more challenging for the mice & squirrels to get at them. By late fall or early spring, I hope to pack up all of the seeds so that the kids can share them with cousins & classmates who can grow gardens full of sunflowers next year, harvest the seeds themselves & share them with their own friends.

Margie September 15, 2009

First it was the rhubarb from my neighbor. Then it was, and still is zucchini - TONS of zucchini. And now it is apples, bags and bags of apples. Gotta love the guy, but where in the world does he think I have the time for all of this?

Miranda September 15, 2009

I took our cat to the vet today. I just LOVE Dr. Juriga. I highly recommend Valley Animal Hospital!

Donna September 15, 2009

Beware! This is a scam! It was an extra charge on the last page of my recent phone bill. I never heard of this company, nor subscribed to any such thing! Don't even have a fax machine! Why AT&T bills for these frauds, I don't know. After much frustration, and several phone calls, I think I cancelled whatever it is, and am getting a credit. (I hope). Boy, did their telephone person (Jorge) get an earful from me!

Monday, September 14

Jen September 14, 2009


Today I got my package from psst and got my free sample from general mills. It was very yummy I almost ate the whole bag. Also I love this picture with James touching my belly the baby was also kicking at the time.

Maureen September 14, 2009

These are growing on our dwarf pear trees. At first, we thought they were weird apple-pears (since the pear trees are right next to some apple trees). Last year, though, we spent some time researching them & discovered that they are quinces. Many dwarf trees are grafted on quince root stock for some reason I can't remember. We must have planted too deep or too shallow, causing the quince to sprout it's own tree. Last year, we made some quince jelly with them. I'm not sure what we'll try this year, yet.

Marla September 14, 2009


A flower that Eric gave me last week.

Miranda September 14, 2009

I'm dealing with a cold and have been living on Tylenol...uuugghh!

Saturday, September 12

Jen September 12, 2009

Got to go home today and now i'm on bed rest till I see my doctor on Wed. They gave me a kick count sheet to keep track of the baby.

Marla September 12, 2009

Olson family reunion in Wisconsin today. This is Eric with his cousins (well the ones that were there).

Maureen September 12, 2009

Happy Birthday, Dear Annie...

Miranda September 12, 2009

Yum..I got tons of tomatoes from my neighbor today. I'm going to try making my own roasted garlic tomato sauce!

Friday, September 11

Jen September 11, 2009


Today is Joe's Birthday!! We dropped James off at my mom's while we went to see a movie and ate dinner. I started not to feel well but I didn't want to ruin Joe's bday so I just let it go. but then my contractions were stronger and I got dizzy I called the doctor and he told me that if I have more than 4 contractions in an hour to go to the hospital. I went and my blood pressure was low and the baby's heart beat was dropping and they couldn't find the heart beat. The baby's cord was wrapped around her neck and my contractions were 2 mins apart so they gave me a shot to stop my contractions and started me on an IV and put my on oxygen to help the baby. Tons of nurses and doctors rushed in they almost did a c- section but then we were doing better but now I have to sleep in the hospital to monitor me and the baby.

Marla September 11, 2009

Guess what doctor I went to today.

Betty September 11, 2009

Nice cows by the RV park...

Maureen September 11, 2009

Big pup, little pup

Margie September 11, 2009

I try not to post pictures of my child care kids, but I made an exception for this one. I love how I caught the rubber frog in midair as he dropped it.

Miranda September 11, 2009

Gianni