Eagles...........

 
 
 
No I'm not talking about my Philadelphia Eagles I'm talking about real Eagles. Last week my sister Diane and some of the kids went down to Zeldenright's Church (sp.) and checked out the huge Eagle nest that the pair of Eagles has built. Momma Eagle I believe has layed her eggs. Some people who were parked beside us said that the one Eagle was sitting in the nest and would at times poke her head up so you could see her. We didn't see that. We have to go with better binoculars next time. For anyone looking for a nice little adventure for your family head on out to the nest. It's a nice drive.

We got a puppy!

Yes, we have an addition to our family. Her name is Gracie. She is part Corgi and part not sure. Edwin and I picked her up yesterday and brought her home to the unknowing kids. We kept it a surprise for them. Bella is already in love with her and Rico is tolerating her which is a step in the right direction for him. Bri is away overnight so she will be surprised when she comes home and Noah hasn't seen her yet he came home late and is still sleeping. Gracie did well last night sleeping in her crate and she's been sleeping in it today with the gate open for her to go in and out when she chooses. She's really cute and hopefully the 3rd will be the charm. We had two other dogs over the years and they didn't work out the best for us.

pictures.

rescued........

It wasn't easy but as you can see we rescued mom! My sisters and I plus Ian had a great time in Sarasota Fl. It was so good being with mom. We went to Jungle Gardens as you can see from the picture. We saw a lion show, did some sight seeing, watched a sunset, looked for shells on the beach, ate icecream at Big Olaf's, went to a Whole Foods grocery store, did some clothes shopping,played "Aggressive Skip-Bo", and ate out. The plane ride there and back were both good. TranAir came through for us good flights cheap. We spent time with our friend Lizzie too. She's down the whole month like mom is and is coming home with her. It's good to be home again but it was hard leaving mom there. And it was hard for mom to see us go. Tears were flowing as we said our goodbyes. But I'm so thankful we had this opportunity and I'm so thankful for my wonderful husband who so kindly let me go without a single complaint. I have to give props to Janie's husband and Diane's husband as well they all made it easy for us to go. So we had our week in the sun and now it's back to freezing temps. Well it won't last long and we will soon be hearing the birdies sing and see our slice of earth turn green again. I still love the different seasons.

 

Florida here I come.........

 
 
My sisters and I and Ian are heading to Florida to rescue mom. As you can see she needs us. No, actually the pic of mom was from two years ago when my sisters and I went for a surprise visit to my parents while they were vacationing in Flordia. So now once again Janie, Diane and Ian are going to visit once again but sadly it's only mom we will be with this time. Daddy was so good at showing us around and finding things for us to do. We will be missing his presence with us for sure. We are leaving Tues. for a week. This is the house we stay in. It's a very nice place and Mom and Dad have stayed there for many years. I'm glad my mom has decided to keep going a little R & R is good for her she works hard. Bye for now.

NASCAR

Tonight was our annual NASCAR dinner. We have a group consisting of the Mellingers, Kinderwaters, Dale and Carol Landis, Colly and Daryl Landis,the Bueche's the Smith's and Edwin and I who for the last 9 or 10 years have had a competition between couples to see who can pick the NASCAR drivers that will accumulate the most points.
The winner gets a nice dinner out paid with the rest of the gang. Jerry and Dawn once again were the winners. I think it's the third time for them. My mom graciously allowed us to use one of her 15 passenger vans so we could all go together to the Appalacian Brewing Co. near Harrisburg. We all said how good it was so we recommend it. It was fun to be together again and I think we all had a great time.