Announcing our new Grandson....
William John Brodt Hilkey
Born May 11 2009

summer is leaving us you can feel it in the air. I love fall the smells of leaves burning and crisp mornings. The way that God prepares the plants and animals to get ready for winter. Don't get me wrong I love summer but the heat sometimes can be so hard on my fibro. In the fall I know that there soon winter will be here and there will be times I long for the green and colors of summer. I try to soak in all the colors I can enjoying the last hurah. After all this summer will never happen again. yes there will be other summers but this will be the only 2009 summer. My kids are getting older and exploring the world around them. I know I will look back on the rush of this summer and long for it when I am older. So I try to embrace the days and cherish them even if there are hastles or hurdles to overcome. That is life and that is what makes it so exciting is the not know of what tomarrow will bring. So cherish the days even the bad ones you will look back on the problems later on and see how small and insignificant they were in the big picture of your lifes journey.

I got it done finally... I am so proud of this one. It is out of one of my favorite yarns Malabrigo and in one of my favorite colors a mint... It will be great for those cool days.....

our new pond it is not done yet but we have the water in and it is running. I have yet to get the plants in the ground have way to many around it but it is a great way to get them all watered. We were going to have fish but the frogs decided to lay their eggs in it so it is now a frog nursey......

my newest shawl MS12 that I have made. This is the first one that has come out so well. I am knitting on the anniversary shawl right now.

well we got plastered with snow here and it lasted for a good 2 weeks which is unheard of here on the island.. The snow was so heavy on the roof that it came off in huge hunks that made a horriable noise.... enjoy the pictures.

Our paddie just loves to get a hold of the coke bottles and unscrew the caps and fall asleep with the bottle in her mouth.. now that is a dedicated coke drinker.. think she needs to go to a 12 step program....>?????

our trip to oregon was alot of fun we went to crater lake and it was breath taking.. We got to spend alot of time with eds parents that was so speical.

TIME FOR A NAP.... OUR CASSIE AT 6 MOS OLD

here are some new pictures of the baby Cassie alas the FLEA hehehehe also here are pictures of our new daughter. yes we adopted our granddaughter... This is her at soccer.. she is having a blast this year...

This showed up in our sky. The news even mentioned it but they did not have a answers as to what made the rainbow in the sky like this. It lasted for 30 mins....

okay mommy we like her.. hehehehe

this is cassie at 6.5 weeks old...

cassie is here. 6 1/2 weeks old and full of herself. She has fit right into our pug family.

COMPUTER WENT DOWN

okay crying does not do any good my computer crashed.. had most of the stuff backed up but do not have the time to reinstall everything right now and find all the software..what a pain... really think we need to unhook ourselves... heheehe right... okay well it sounds good till really think of how much you depend on these things.. thankfully I was prompted by a little voice to get a backup drive so most of the stuff is put away... but the latest pictures are lost...

meg

HERE ARE THE NEW PICTURES OF OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE FAMILY SHE IS NOT HERE YET. SHE IS 1 1/2 WEEKS OLD. WOW... CAN HARDLY WAIT..NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS CASSIE BUT ONE OF THESE BABIES IS OUR BABY....

On of the pug puppies is our new Cassie... I think it will be the one DARKER in front but it it so early to tell. I love both of them and have not even gotten to touch them yet.. The breeder is loving them for me right now.. The other puppy is a bull dog puppy cute cute.....

Hubby spoiled me and we traded in the car and got a new car.... He could not get into the car because of his back so it was sort of a necessity but he went overboard and got me this beauty. THe kids love it....

Is it spring.. right........ Old man winter does not want to let go. We go from 60 degrees one day to snow the next.. but that is washington for you. Here is a picture of our granddaughters snow dog she is very talented ....

My shoulder surgery went very well I can move again not totally but better....

Our new puppy will be born any day now we can hardly wait...

more later....