We Will Miss Our Minnie!!

 

Minnie was a rescued Boston Terrior that belonged to Steve and Kristina. She had the most loving personality and loved to climb into the chair whenever Steve sat down. She had many health problems and passed away Friday, November 12, 2010. Her last years were full of love and we will miss her terribly. She often wore her blue sweater that was knit especially for Minnie to keep her warm. She wore her sweater for two seasons and seemed to love it. Goodbye dear Minnie! We will miss you!

Iron Man and Dorothy Halloween Fun

 
 
 
 Evan and Rylie accompanied by friends Savannah and Madalyn (and their Dad) gathered quite a bit of loot this Halloween.

Evan Visits a B17 Bomber

 
 
 
 
This big plane made it's way to Morgantown airport and Evan and Brad spent some time touring inside. Evan loved spending the day with his Daddy.

Grandkids at Idlewild! 2010

The pictures tell the story!

Steve wins this year's WVUH Employee Picnic Door Prize!!

Wow! A nice TV, parking pass, and an Elvis collection!! Congratulations Steve for winning this year's hospital employee picnic door prize.

Kids Day in Morgantown!

 
 
 Really hot but so many things to do and have fun. From the jumping house to the arts and crafts with plenty of free cold water for everyone everyone of all ages had fun on the downtown streets of Morgantown, WV. The kids loved their "green" hair and met up with a lot of their friends. The only thing they didn't get to was the water flowing from the fire truck. They opted for the wading pools instead. See my facebook page for more pics of this event!

My WVU Birthday Earrings

 
 Designed and handmade by my daughter in law Kristina. Each bead of hand placed. She's does beautiful work.

Steve gets an award!

 
 
Given to him by the residents at WVU Emergency School of Medicine in appreciation for all he does to help in research. Steve is the Director of Clinical Research at WVU and is published many times over with numerous research articles. His wife Kristina is a third year medical student and appreciates him for being a great husband.

Pittsburgh Half Marathon for Brad and Stacy

Soaked from the rain but completed their first Half Marathon in Pittsburgh, PA. Great job guys! Kids spent the weekend with Mamaw and Papaw. Fun was had by all.

Easter 2010 Annual Egg Hunt

Easter's Annual Egg Hunt at Mamaw's and Papaw's was loads of fun as usual. This year the eggs contained animals, money and of course candy. The final prize was an Easter Basket with lots of toys. Kristina and Steve kindly hid all 54 eggs and made sure the kids found them all. Easter Lily's and Chocolate was given the the "older" kids (Stacy, Brad, Kristina and Steve), and fun was had by all! We are so blessed to have our family and blessed to have such a beautiful day to celebrate the rising of our Lord!

Happy Birthday to Bill!

We are gathered in Parkersburg at the Olive Garden celebrating Bill's Birthday. He was excited because Rylie had just won the State Meet and very surprised to get a hat placed on his head and having Happy Birthday to Rylie's Papaw sung to him.

2010 Winter Storm

Beautiful snow here in WV Mountains.

Evan's a big boy!!!!!

His first day at Daycare in real underwear and not a single accident! Yayyy!!!!!!!!!Mommy taking him to Mcdonald's to celebrate!

Christmas 09

 
Wonderful trip to view the lights at Westover and visit with Santa. A great Christmas with lots of family time and fun. We are so blessed and thankful! Happy Birthday Jesus!!! The reason for the season!!!!!!

First Big Snow

 
 
 
 The looks on their faces are precious. Such fun to be a kid in the season's first big snow!

Stacy's Black Eye

 

This beautiful shiner was caused by our sweet 2 year old grandson. Evan sat up suddenly while Stacy was bent over him and he basically head butted her striking her cheek. The shiner is still developing and should be even more colorful tomorrow. Evan told his Mommy "I sorry" and he liked her new make up. Evan by the way is just fine and uninjured :)

Big Pirate Little Pirate

 

Halloween 2009 Trick or Treat. The most adorable pirates in the world!

October trip to Lancaster and Lititz, PA

 
 
 
 
Bill and I took a few days to get away to Lancaster and Lititz, PA. The Amish Country is so restful and the quaint little town of Lititz was so cute. We visited Wilbur's Chococate Factory where I do believe the best chocolate in America is made. I guess Obama visited this factory on his campaign tour. We walked the streets of Lititz where time appears to just stand still. The old church is Moravian and quite beautiful. The colors of the trees were bursting in reds and oranges. What a great time to take a breather from the rat race. We also took in a show at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater. It was really good. We really needed these three days.