Monday, February 28, 2011

Day 59, Monday, February 28, 2011

Meika loves working with Mrs. Lou Ann,
her homebound teacher!




Mahree in Ballet 2 technique class


Merica's begining ballet class

Lisa Barry & Kendrick James
at Hearts in Step

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Day 58, Sunday, February 27, 2011

Church at home today!
We watched the 2nd half
of What's the Bible All About?
Learned about Judges and Ruth.
Had a picture to color of Ruth!

Our living room looks as if 12 of us
are in it!!



Kaitie helped me take Meika's braids out,
so I could re-do her hair!  Never a pleasant
experience for Meika, so we tried to move
it along a bit faster!  Thanks, Kaitie!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Day 57, Saturday, February 26, 2011

Various Saturday pictures!

Day 56, Friday, February 25, 2011

Mahree & Rhonda Johnson
during and after getting her hair braided.

Day 55, Thursday, Febrary 24, 2011

Got the word from Sam's teacher--
he goes to Kindergarten in the fall
instead of Young 5's!
That's great news!

Day 54, Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Those silly squirrels love to try for the bird feed!
Mahree feeds them peanuts on the picnic table, but they must have run out!
Meika loves to "walk" the dogs! 
She is doing SO well!  What an answer to prayer!
Mrs. Lou Ann is Meika's homebound teacher.
Meika really enjoys the one on one!

Day 53, Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Snow, snow, snow!
It is SO beautiful, but
not so fun on the roads!

Day 52, Monday, February 21, 2011

We've had a robin hanging
out in our berry tree!
Snow again!!
Rosie and Ozzie

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Day 51, Sunday, February 20, 2011


Today is Cody's 18th birthday.
We got his Michigan ID on Friday!
He loved all the hoopla!


We went from lots of green grass and minimal snow--
to tons of snow!  I just had to put the progression
of pics from Mahree blowing bubbles to the snow just
beginning--to more snow-4" in 3 hours so far!


Day 50, Saturday, February 19, 2011


We celebrated Shonda's birthday today,
as Meika was in the hospital on her birthday!

Where has all our snow gone!

Day 49, Friday, February 18, 2011


Kara, Shonda, Timothy
visited for the weekend!


Timothy and Sammy
Bro's in orange!

Kara and Shonda relax!

Day 48, Thursday, February 17, 2011


This photo shows a common activity around here--
someone, in this case, Kaitie, putting puzzles together
with Meika--who is really into 100 pc puzzles!!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Day 47, Wednesday, February 16, 2011


Bonnie's birthday today!!!

Day 46, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Kaitie diligently working on her schoolwork,
with the beautiful tulips from my dear Sissy
gracing the island!

Inside the piggy bank are
quarters--one a day--to purchase
a book from this blog at the end of this year!!

Day 45, Monday, February 14, 2011

Bonnie is our designated balloon giver!
Each of us had our picture taken in the
Valentine heart she gave us!
We celebrate Valentine's Day as
a family--giving one another Valentine gifts/cards!


Day 44, Sunday, February 13, 2011

Troy came to church,
and then home for dinner with us.
He just got back from Disney World,
and brought Rosie a shirt to match his!

Day 43, Saturday, February 12, 2011

Cascade Creative Kids 4H meeting
We had a mini Valentine's party,
made tissue flowers, Valentine cards,
and played Valentine Bingo!
Stephanie, Mahree, Megan                     Iva and her tissue blossom!

Kaitie and Henrietta



Our Club is studying Egypt
this year--Henrietta made
a salt dough relief map--it's
sitting on a map of Egypt!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Day 42, Friday, February 11, 2011

Meika relaxing with Tink Addy--
and picking on her thumb--usual behavior!!
Meika enjoys playing with Tuffy!

Day 41, Thursday, February 10, 2011


What a special surprise today!
During our Bible reading time, Fed Ex delivered
this beautiful bouquet of tulips and a cute little
box of chocolates--inside was a poem
from my dear Sissy, Pepper!
What an amazing surprise!

Day 40, Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Merica played Chuzzles while waiting for her bus!
Meika is doing so well--loves those puzzles!!

Day 39, Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Kaitie posed by her gifts and cupcakes!!
Take a deep breath, Kaitie--your brothers are ready to help with the candles!!
Kaitie is 19 today!!

Day 38, Monday, February 7, 2011

Steve, the physical therapist, came to visit Meika today.
He'll be back on Friday.  He said he thinks Meika
will do very well, and said that Cheryl & I are doing everything right!!

Day 37, Sunday, February 6, 2011



Meika came home today on Shonda's birthday!
One of my first pictures of the snow since the blizzard
Mahree thought Sadie needed to protect her eyes from snowblindness!!