The Last Blog

I've really enjoyed this attempt at keeping a blog going.....however, I am getting increasingly busier and busier and something has got to give. So I have decided to take a break from blogging. I may start one back this winter when things slow down and we are moved into our new home. God bless you all and enjoy this beautiful fall season!

WEEKEND WRAP UP

PLAYING POTS AND PANS!
MAKING A FUNNY FACE!
Maggie's team after the Wood Memorial tourney.
Noah sitting in a box eating his lunch.

We have spent the last two Saturdays at Volleyball tourneys. Maggie's team is doing really good, and we are enjoying watching the games. Noah and I spent the week playing, the last photo is of him eating lunch in his box. He also likes for me to get in the box and read stories to him. We sure know how to have fun! We have been spending a lot of time stopping by the new house to check the progress. They have the roof up and dormers on, shingles should go on in the morning. I have been spending any extra time trying to pick out flooring, cabinets and paint colors.

We talked to Kathy a few times since the hurricane hit. They were finally able to get a generator, and are so happy to be getting things a little back to normal. After the storm came through here last week, it gave me a new appreciation to what they have to experience. Can you imagine having winds more than double what we had, and the electricity still being off! Don't think that would be too easy to handle.

Maggie and I went to Bloomington shopping today.... so many neat fall decorations out! We made our first batch of peanut butter balls this weekend, and purchased a couple of mums for the porch. FALL IS GREAT!

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS: ADDISON, ERIN, AND PAP JOHNSON!

HOPE THAT YOU MAKE TIME TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THE FALL WEATHER!

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY ROSS!

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY ROSS!

Our electricity just came back on after being off since Sunday afternoon. Wow! I can't imagine how the Houston people are getting through this... hope your power is back on soon Kathy! I will post more once I get things caught up around here. House is going good... all the brick on porch and around the bottom of house is on. Should be framing in the morning. Have a great week!

Happy Birthday Jonathon!

Aunt Susan, Jonathon, and Brittney
Brittney and Jonathon

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONATHON ON SEPTEMBER 8TH!

THOUGHTS FOR THURSDAY......

John and Cathy
John, Andrea, Gretchen, and Nate
Nate, Clark, and John

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN HEWITT!

Today is John Hewitt's birthday! John is the first-born grandson of the Johnson clan of cousins. I remember how excited that my mom and dad were to get a hold of a baby boy! After five daughters, and two adorable little granddaughters they were ready to see what it was like to spoil a little boy too. We have so many fun memories of Andrea, John, and Dana when they were little. It sure has been a joy to watch them grow into responsible adults. John and his wife Cathy live near Kathy and Clark in Houston. Happy Birthday John, we love you, miss you and hope to see you at Christmas!

We have a prayer request for the Denise (Hawkins) Delaney family. Denise's son Patrick was in a motorcycle accident last night in Loogootee. Denise's daughter Megan is a senior and is a good friend of Maggie's. If you have a prayer chain please include this family.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Last night was our "Dave Ramsey" class. It was very inspirational! I wish that we would have gone through these classes twenty years ago. We are looking forward to putting these good ideas to practice.

Tonight Maggie has a volleyball game against 10th ranked Springs Valley. It will be fun to watch Allison Ragsdale (she has an awesome jump serve). We always enjoy seeing her and visiting with Sami and Darrin. It should be a really good game. The volleyball photo is of Maggie and Megan Delaney (Megan is Denise Hawkin's daughter).

Two photos of my favorite little boy looking so sweet. Then, the last two photos are of the basement walls. They are suppose to take the forms off today.

It is so nice to have fall "in the air". Our apple trees are loaded, and I am fighting off the urge to swing by the store and pick up carmel dip. Hope that everyone is having a great week!

Photo of the house site! Yesterday Noah and I went to pick out the front door and the brick, then we stopped by the Washington Park on the way home. He is sooooo much fun! His little smile just melts my heart ..... being a grandma is great.

Our Dave Ramsey classes start next Monday night, and it is a good thing because I can see how making these house selections could get me in a lot of trouble. It would be so easy to get caught up in it and go over my budget. There are so many new, neat ideas out there.

We are blessed to be celebrating lots of birthdays this month.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE JEFF!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANA!

Happy Birthday Katie!

HAPPY "14TH" BIRTHDAY KATIE!

WEEKEND WRAP UP

What a nice weekend! Friday night was Maggie's first home volleyball game. Thanks to Aunt Connie, Dana, Cassie, Brooklyn, Aunt Susan, Katie, Jordan, Erin, Noah, Robby, Mom, and Dad for joining us to watch! Maggie felt like she had quite the fan club.

Tony was off the entire 3 day weekend. Jordan, Erin and Noah were able to come spend the day Saturday. We cooked out, relaxed, and played rock band most of the day. I didn't play rock band, but Tony did! Maggie had Shaelin over on Saturday night. Sunday we went to church in Montgomery, then to Mom and Dad's for lunch. It was great to see Andrea and Nathan at Mom's! Then, we spent the afternoon celebrating Rob's birthday with the Sanders family. The photo's are from the afternoon, Noah enjoyed getting to play with cousins Alex and Ross. It was nice to have the afternoon to visit.

Maggie's friend Mindi is recovering from surgery and has been out of school for a week. Sunday evening Mom and Dad rode over with us to drop Maggie off to visit with Mindi. We took them to see our lot and help us decide the final positioning of the house and Tony's detached garage. After that, we took them to try the pizza at Fat Boys. Good! Good! Pizza! Yesterday, Tony and I met Marv to drive the stakes for the house and building. This morning they will start digging our basement!

Today, Erin starts back to classes, and I will have Noah. Rob doesn't have to go back until tomorrow, so he will get to enjoy Noah too! Maggie has a home game against Union Dugger tonight. This short 4 day week should fly by... then this weekend Maggie has a home tourney all day Saturday. The Elnora Tractor Show, and the Turkey Trot both are also this coming up weekend.

Hope that everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend!