Terry, Paula & pets

Lucy the alien snow dog

Grimmy (aka Grimmers) RIP



Gigi the puppy :-)

Terry & Paula braving the Beastie at Kings Island

Family

Terry's daughter's family

Paula's sister's family

Paula's brother & wife

Bryce (Susie's oldest)

Brittany & Russell (David's oldest daughter) - getting married July 2011

Jaron (Susie's middle) & girlfriend Chelsea

Darin (David's middle) with sister Brittany

Ashlee (David's youngest) prom 2011

Annsley (Susie's youngest) prom 2009

Landscaping at Marion

Hot Chocolate

We went to the restaurant Hot Chocolate on Valentine's Day in Chicago. It's in a cool neighborhood called Bucktown. It took two hours to get there through the horrible Chicago traffic. Terry wasn't sure that it was worth it. But we had some wonderful hot chocolate drinks. Terry's was a "Mexican" hot chocolate -- 2/3 dark chocolate, 1/3 milk and fresh cinnamon. Mine was a medium -- milk chocolate with a touch of dark chocolate and a hint of caramel. They serve the drinks with square marshmallows. Terry gobbled his up & I let mine melt in my drink. It was very good!!! Then we had some brioche donuts & chocolate dipping sauce & carmel popcorn. Wish I could have taken pictures of what we ate - but I didn't want to look too much like a tourist!!!

My sister & I went here last spring break. She heard about it through Rachael Ray's show (she loves that show). I'm sure she will want to visit this place when she comes back up here in April. I sent her a text telling her where we were & she texted back "scream!!!"

For God so loVed the world

      That He gAve

            His onLy

            BegottEn

                  SoN

                      That whoever

        Believes In Him

              Shall Not perish,

        But have Eternal life. (John 3:16)

Lucy Goose

This is the last time - NO MORE TEQUILA FOR YOU - you just can't hold your "licker"!!! (just kidding)

Lucy waiting for Daddy to come home :-) All you have to say is "Daddy's home" and she goes nuts.

Lucy begging for a treat - so cute!

I'll do a tribute to Grimmy next when I can find all of the cute pictures of him. We miss him very much!!!

This old house - rennovations

This is what the living room looks like with all of the tools & junk. It will look better soon!!!!

Terry checking his work - he's a perfectionist.

One of the bedrooms with new windows, trim, paint & doors - looking good.

We wallpapered the hallway & tore out the carpet - love the wood floors :-)

The hallway bathroom - completely redone - new bathtub, toilet, lights, wallpaper, paint, flooring - nice!

Fog - result of ice finally melting

The snow & ice is completely gone the next day with the near 60 degree temps!

Merry Christmas everyone!

More ice pictures

The ice had started to melt today but then froze again. We stayed up north for Christmas because the weather has been so horrible. When it was sunny the other day, it was so pretty to see the icy trees lit up by the sun!

A Christmas Carol

Tylanna's daughter was the "Ghost of Christmas Past" - she had so many lines & did a great job. This was her first time on the stage & she didn't even look nervous. And was so poised on stage. So proud of her!!!

Ice Storm 2008

I finally got a snow day!!! We had a really bad ice storm this past week. Thankfully the lights just blinked on & off a few times that day. It was really nice to stay home from work. I worked on Christmas cards while Terry looked for jobs. He's got a few leads so hopefully something will turn up soon :-)