More Penny Rug Items

Here are a couple of more penny rug items that I've just listed in my Ebay store.

We missed the major winter storms the past few days but we did get some snow and some nasty freezing rain. It's still really cold though and our poor plants are so confused by the strange weather.


My baby turned 18 a couple of days ago - where does the time go????
She had a quiet party here at home (the night we had freezing rain) so only 6 of her friends were able to make it, but I think they had a good time.
I made homemade pizza and snacks and her favorite -- ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.

Miss Pearl helped decorate the house for the party.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Dad and Great Grand-baby Hailie (Miss Pearl)

Today is my Dad’s 78th birthday! He’s the most amazing, strongest, kindest man I know. Which goes well with my Mother who is exactly the same. You couldn’t meet 2 nicer people if you tried!  I’m so very proud and lucky to be their daughter. Their family has always come first– they both  like to see everyone happy and like to take care of everyone. I am truly blessed to have them as parents!

Dad started working at the age of 15 in 1948, and he and my Mom STILL work 7 days a week in the small country store they own. He has a garage and works on cars whenever a customer needs it. He has had return customers for years – some that travel very far just so he can work on their cars because they trust him and know he’ll do a great job.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Summer Fun

Wow! It's been a busy busy summer for us. Last year our summer "sucked" for lack of a better word, but this year it's gorgeous and it seems we're cramming in everything we missed out on last summer into this one!
Here are a few photos of what we've been up to lately.

Hailie opening more birthday presents.

She just loves her new doll from Great Grandma Stella

Hailie and Great Grandma Stella

Shelby teaching Hailie different colors. She's so smart already and for the most part can pick out the color you ask for. 

Hailie helping Shelby and I clear out the yard. We'v started clearing out the back part of our acre lot in hopes of having a few goats and chickens on the other side of the garage. We made about 10 trips to the back yard fire pit in the drizzling rain and Hailie just loved it! 

Shelby's been doing a lot of this....

by a lot of these. 

We've had so many wonderful nights by the fire and the bugs aren't too bad this year...even in this heat!

Hope you're getting out there and enjoying your summer too! It will be gone before we know it.

Birthday Party Photos

Here are just a few photos of Hailie enjoying her first birthday.

She had so much fun with the balloons and wasn’t at all scared when some of them popped!

Eating her birthday cupcake and enjoying every bite!

She enjoyed opening all her presents and was having a blast at her “photo shoot”. Flashes were flyin!

Hailie Pearl's 1st Birthday!

Grandbaby's 1 year old! 

Words can't begin to describe the joy and love you bring into our lives every second of every day. 

Happy Birthday my Lil' Rural Pearl!

A few party photos

Shelby and her friends by the bonfire on her birthday. She’s the second from the left.

Blowing out the candles in my parents store.

Me and Shelby in her Santa/Elf/Leprechaun disguise.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Hard to believe but my baby is 16 today! Where did the years go? It’s all a blur – like a dream sequence of one photo in my memory blending into another and another.

One day she was tucked safely in my arms…

 
Me and Shelby at 1 week old

and the next she’s preparing for her driver’s license and making plans for her future. She wants to be a Crime Scene Investigator and I know that she will be the best one there is!

Shelby and her niece Hailie

Her smile and laugh are contagious and her kind and generous heart brings joy to those of us who have the privilege of knowing her.

  
Shelby at Christmas – 2 yrs old

She is a true gift from God and I thank Him for her daily.
Shelby on large Muskoka chair in South River Ontario

She’s the best road trip partner there is! Who else would think to name all their fingers using road signs and states to kill the boredom? She had us in stitches all the way to South Carolina and back!

Shelby at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina

She’s always willing to help if anyone needs a hand and she’s the person to go to when you need some real muscle power.

She’s always calm and cool in a crisis and has a way of calming others around her and she has a natural ability to comfort people.

She’s having a Sweet 16 party tonight and I’m sure it will be a lot of fun and the weather is nice so we’re going to have a bonfire in the back yard too! I’ll try to take a lot of pictures and post some tomorrow.

I love you Shelby and I’m so proud to call you my Daughter. Happy Birthday!

♫♪♫~Happy Birthday to You~♫♪♫

Love you Santana. Hope you have a wonderful Birthday!