Elvis and flowers

I made little "E"
an Elvis costume for
Halloween.
(Remember little E is
almost as tall as big E)
Natalie modeled for me.
Notice the lip curl.
Ethan gave me
the beautiful flowers
and Halloween cookie
Thanks!!!!

Holy Cow Batman, it is snowing!

We got our first snow of the season today.

Can't wait for enough snow for the kids to

go sledding!

New Jersey Forest Fire Service

Cousin Karren's husband, Joe,
gave me this tee shirt.
Joe was a Forest Fire Fighter
for years.
Now he is a
consultant teaching
forest fire fighting.
Eric looks good in it!

Ward Halloween Party

Saturday was our Ward's Halloween Party.
Kade and Addie came over
to paint pumpkins
for the occasion

Addie and Kade in their
costumes, all ready to go.

Kade and Addie's pumpkins

Cute Addie with
her Unicorn pumpkin

Some of the other pumpkins

Zion National Park

This past weekend we drove down to
Hurricane, UT to visit
with Paul's cousin, Karren and her husband Joe.
Friday, we went to Zion National Park
which is about 1/2 hour from Karren's house.

This is Weeping Rock.
The water just comes out of the rock.
It is amazing!

There are lots of sand stone rock formations

Red Hat Halloween/Birthday Party

Today was our

Red Hat Birthday/Halloween party

Annette serving apple cider
Chloe and Doris

Kay and Andie

Claudia and Eleanor

Diane and Sharon

Rosemary and Wendy

Vicky and Sally

We had a great time, our Red Hatters are a

hoot!!

A good time was had by all.

Pictures from my trip back East

AnnMarie, holding Derek, Erika, holding Gio, Suzanne holding Connor
Alec standing

My handsome son, Brian,
Sorry Rachel I cut you out.

My big brother Joe, and his wife Kathy

Gil Dyke working on the
"Dam" house

Refurbished fireplace at the "Dam" house

Looking out at the dam from the
porch of the house

Linda Joss-Dyke and
Sally in a
bobsled in down
town Lake Placid

Beautiful fall colors
in the Adirondacks

Family of kids who either have graduated or
are currently in Kay's
horse therapy program.
These kids all have FAS.

Kids showing off their riding.

Korene, Pat O'Neill's granddaughter.

Pat and Korene

Chris and Amy Troendle with
their pumpkin creations.

The Troendle's very FAT cat.
I know she has feelings, but she does
have a few rolls and thunder thighs going on.

Later in the week

Pictures to follow

Sunday was a fun day with church

then a visit to Robin and Miti AhPing's.

It is so nice to go back to my "home" ward.

Dinner for Daddy's 85th birthday was great.

Monday I drove up to Jay, NY

to see Linda Joss-Dyke.

The leaves are beautiful,

all yellow, red and orange.

Linda and Gil's "dam" house,

(located next to a dam), is

coming along.

We went out for dinner Monday nite,

Linda and Gil made a yummy pork roast dinner

last nite.

It snowed and rained on Tuesday.

Wednesday I drove home,

made it in record time;

6 hours 15 minutes.

And I did not get a speeding ticket.

Dinner with at Joe and Kathy's.

Delicious!!!

Thank you Kathy,

the company was wonderful also,

Joe, Kathy, Mom and Dad,

and

Jim and Beverly.

Back in New Jersey

I flew into PHL on Thursday afternoon.

I forgot the yucky traffic in Pa and NJ;

Utah traffic is a piece of cake.

Brian and Rachel came over to

Grandmom and Grandpop's for dinner.

I was good and didn't ask if Rachel

had a "bun in the oven".

So we were talking and having dinner,

when Brian says to me,

"Mom, we have been here 1/2 an hour and you

have not asked.."

I immediately said,

"Boy or girl?"

Brian,

"Rachel has the pictures"

So we all look at the tiny

"lima bean" baby pictures,

and ohh and ahhh.

They Brian says,

"Do you see anything different

about the pictures? Look close"

He had to point out Baby A and Baby B.

We went nuts!!!!! So yes, folks,

we are expecting TWINS on or about

April 23, 2010!!!

Thank you Brian and Rachel!!!

Friday

I went to Collingswood to have lunch with

friends from CHS.

I had an excellent

Italian hoagie.

Yum!

My sister Chris,

was walking by the restaurant and

banged on the window.

So I left my girlfriends after lunch and went

with Chris.

Then back to CHS to visit with

my former teaching partner, Jackie.

I also got to see Lou T, Kim Roos,

Ron Ross, and Rosie Amber.

Jackie and I went

to Rita's and had

water ice.

I was in heaven!

From there back to Mom and Dad's

and then on to Lynn's house for

a rousing game of

chicken foot dominoes.

While there we had

pizza and cheese steaks.

Did I say I was in Heaven????

Now think, PIG IN MUD!!!.

hoagie, water ice, great pizza, and cheese steak

all in one day!!!

Oh, I forgot, Mom

had Turkey Hill chocolate

peanutbutter ice

for dessert on Thursday.

And I tied for first place

in dominoes and won

$4.50.

Saturday

Mom and I went to the Beauty Parlor;

then on to Boscov's.

We drove up to Ambler, PA to

see Uncle Clyde, (age 95),

his daughter, Barbara, and cousin Kathy.

After a pleasant visit,

Mom, Dad and I

drove to Souderton, PA for a

Crouthamel Reunion.

We sat with cousin Lonnie, her husband Joe,

cousins Robin, Nancy and Jane; and my mom's

cousin Kathleen.

I even won a $25 gift card

to WaWa for coming the farthest distance.

So a good time was had by all!

Sunday will be church and

Dad's 85th birthday party.

keep you posted!

Caleb with his Piano music bag

Caleb had to wait a few days for our

birthday present to arrive.

Paul took it over to him today.

Now he has a real piano bag

to carry his music in.

We think he is just

the cutest!!!

Happy 7th Birthday, Caleb!!!

Caleb was 7 years old on October 4.
He is getting to be such a big guy,
and handsome!!!!
Happy Birthday, Caleb!!!

Becca did a great job on his cake,

it is a globe of the world.

Caleb ate the United States!