It's Family Time

It's a family weekend!! My son, his wife and 17 month old daughter - our granddaughter :) 

They are visiting from Kansas City. It's been 5 months since I saw them, so I'm especially excited to have them around. It's wonderful to see them, hold my granddaughter, watch how much she can do now, how much she's grown. It's amazing in 5 months how much a child changes!!  She's walking, dancing, singing, talking, swimming, up and down the steps, playing all the toys, reading all the books. She loves the dogs, the yard, the pool. And of course her grandma and grandpa!!!! And everything is quick - short attention span, she does something for a few minutes, then off to something else. So much fun! So much action!! She wore me out!!

So, in the usual way at our house - there's lots of food, lots of laughter, good stories, catching up, and excellent family time. It's a short time, but a good time.

"...And in the end... The love you take is equal to the love you make." ---The Beatles

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Hummingbird Hawkmoth

This strange looking critter hangs out on our butterfly bushes. We've seen at least 3 of them out there. Plus we think some of what look like butterflies are really hummingbird moths. Very interesting and fun to watch. Totally harmless, they just love the nectar. '

"...And in the end... The love you take is equal to the love you make." ---The Beatles

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sarah mclachlan - i will remember you

This video makes me think of the journey my hubby and I took to get here. So much in love.

I will always remember you sweetie!

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz16ngdsG0&feature=youtube_gdata

Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any typos.

Lyrikah First Birthday ;)

Birthday - grandpa & granddaughter

Roland's quest for a kidney

I like to think of myself as a technologist. Professionally, I help companies find technology solutions to business problems. Now I get to use my skills for my husband.

As many of you may know, Roland has Polycystic Kidney Disease, http://www.pkdcure.org/ for more info.  We are in the process of creating a blog just for his, a facebook page to raise awareness and get out the word that he needs a kidney. So look for these 2 new sites, I'll publicize them on FB and my blog. I sure love him and want him to have a good quality of life, much better than he has now.


I like to support others in this effort as well, here's a few websites and folks that need a kidney. I pray that donations come forth for all.

Melissa Freiberg Larson has 2 sites for more info:
http://www.kidney4mel.com/ 
Melissa Freiberg Larson Kidney Transplant Motorcycle Run

Jeff has interest from FB users: 
Jeff Timpanaro needs a kidney transplant

"...And in the end... The love you take is equal to the love you make." ---The Beatles

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my garden update

  

The pictures of my garden were taken on July 4th. I'm so excited because everything is going pretty crazy.  I put on one dose of 3-3-3 Organic Fertilizer that I purchased from Marvin's Organic Gardens. 

At the time of putting it on 13 days ago, my plants were "ok" but I was concerned about their scrawniness. The stocks were small. But not any more!!  

 

Look at everything! It's taking off. I'm due to put another dose of fertilizer on tomorrow and I'm so excited to see how everything will grow and grow.  One thing that Wes told me was to remove the flowers and small tomatoes off of my tomato plant until the end of June. I was a little nervous about that. But, once again he was right!! I have a zillion tomatoes, my plants boomed and are strong. I am looking forward to pulling some ripes ones in the next few weeks!! 

    

And here's our first "crop". Green beans, chard, peppers, okra, lettuce, basil.  We had it for dinner last night with a nice pork chop.  Yum! 

"...And in the end... The love you take is equal to the love you make." ---The Beatles

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