Tuesday, August 9, 2011

A New Chapter

  
                   My Family....
           I have not said much about my family
                      on here before....
 
          My 3 sons.....
                    (hate this pic of me, but love it of the boys )
           
             And they are married to 3 lovely girls 


                    The one in the middle of this pic
                      is our oldest, Michael.
           Michael is such an interesting guy....
            He is an engineer for his real job....
             BUT has so many, many hobbies
                   & they are all extreme

              Yes, look closely, that is him kayaking,    
                  over a large waterfall... Yikes!!
                                        

Kiteboarding in Mexico

He does extreme skiing & snowboarding
He buys & sells tractors &
boats for a hobby.
He & his wife have lived in Mexico for a year,
they went to Africa a few yrs. ago, for a month,
just to kayak the world's biggest river. They have hiked all over.



He does hunting & fishing in a big way.

                                                                              
                    He seriously never sits still

                                   
             Picture above... Michael & Carrie in London.
     Middle of the night, in a London airport, on the way to Hungary... a few hours to kill.... don't waste them in an airport... go see something... : )
                                     
                                   
( I had to take a pic for him in front of Jerry Garcia's home in San Fransisco :)

Michael was burned pretty bad last week
He was riding & tinkering with a seadoo & it exploded
flames 10 -12 ft. in the air...
He will be OK..... but burns on his arms & face
look pretty nasty right now

(on again... after the accident...How many times do I have to say,
 "Michael, be careful" ?? :  )


 
Anyways.... why I tell you a little about Michael??

He will be the father of our 1st Grandchild.. : )
Yes.....
 Michael & Carrie told us a few weeks ago


                    And we could not be more thrilled.... : )
                                         
                                     
    
                                              
                                             

Friday, July 22, 2011

A Birthday Purse

   
                                     Maggie's Birthday

                               
                   Niece Maggie is turning 18
                   Party was planned for 5:30
                   I had already gotten a gift                       
                   But I had a free afternoon
                         SO I thought...
                     She needs a purse    :) 
                   1:30... I go thru my stash
                              
      She liked the one I had made myself last year     

          
                                           So I got to work

                        Pockets on the inside
                         
                    Full pocket across the back             
                                      
                    Pulled apart on old belt
                    
                              To use for rings & embellishments

                      
                                     Walked out the door at 5:00

                                    
                               She loved it!! 
                                      
                                   
                                   
                           
                                (no pic of her with purse.. : )