365 Days of Charlotte: Charlotte and her brothers

365 Days of Charlotte: Charlotte and her brothers

Nice videos. I love them and you love them...it will be even more amazing in a few months. :) She is beautiful!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO MY DAUGHTERS. I LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING IN MY LIFE AND TAKING SUCH AMAZING CARE OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN.

Some of you haven't had any children yet, but I know that God has plans for you in His infinite and perfect timing.

You are all a gift from God, and I praise Him for all that He has allowed you to become.

Love,

Mom, Mary

Here is another photo of Sophie.

Looking rather sweet.

Just a note to say that Sophie is gone.

She was run over by our car today while we were driving up our driveway.

She died very, very quickly. She will be missed by Hank, Mary and Christina.

She followed Hank around EVERYWHERE he went...and
I know he misses her already.

Thanks for giving us many crazy times Sophie. We loved you very much.

Hank, Christina and I were on our way home from Farwell, rounding the corner on Meridian Road when Hank was going too fast and rambed into the snow bank. We were stuck, but that is all. No problem, except how to get out of all the snow.

Within 20 seconds there was a big black car, two twenty-something year old guys that got out of their nice car. They both tried to help Hank push on the car to get us out while I was hitting the gas, (we were in the little car), to no avail. They were covered with snow and said they will be right back, they were going to go home to get a tow strap, (just around the corner). Hank was about to say, "hey, could you just give me a lift to my house down the road", but, he figured they really wanted to help out I guess. Anyway, they never came back for us. Hank finally walked to our house and like a knight in shining armor he came back with the manly Nissan Xterra and we were out of that snow in 30 seconds flat.

My whole problem is I am saddened by my hope in the two guys who lied to us. Christina, Hank and I all thought for sure they were coming back.

Moral of the story is, even though they didn't come back to help, I will still try to help someone out who is stuck somewhere. I will also be careful in case its a bad guy or girl, but, there are still many nice people out in this world.

Have a great weekend!

It's Sunday morning and its very peaceful in our home. Cold weather is coming soon and I'm not sure I'm ready for it. Hank is though, all you have to do is see our 'little house in the prairy' shed of hard work. The wood is well thought out and full of love from Hank and even Daniel and Stephen and Kim.

I just thought I would add a picture of 3 of the men in my life, the ones that got dirty and wet hauling wood for Hank and I. The picture of 7 children to the left is only added because Hank and I are very blessed to have these precious children in our lives. They are each very amazing gifts from God, and we love them, love them love them. Its WONDERFUL being a grandparent!

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE TODAY!

:)

Here is a picture Stephen took of the cabin around the same time he took the video. Hank and Stephen said it went up so fast. It has a tin roof too that we paid extra for and it was raining like crazy when we took a walk last night up to the cabin. Inside the cabin it sounded so pretty, not too loud and yet it had a nice jingle about it. The guys said that the men who put up the cabin didn't smile much, but two guys laughed a bit at a joke or two. Mostly they were just pretty stoic.

Since Stephen and Dad didn't need to help with the cabin much, they cleaned all our gutters and the whole roof off of debris on our tall house. That means they were climbing all over the steep incline. I'm glad I didn't know about it. :)

It's 5 in the morning. I can't sleep and it's Saturday. What a huge bummer. Anyway, the computer's internet space is allowing me to publish this. I hope you get enough of a glimpse as to the look of this cabin. We are all pretty happy about it.

Unfortunately I'm unable to load the video Stephen made of the cabin. I hope to find then upload some pictures of the new cabin. It's wonderful. Daniel, Hank and I went up to the top of the hill at around 6:00 tonight to check it out. It has lots and lots of potential. We need all brave people around to come sleep up there sometime. Ok

Are you ready Spencer and Lucas? How about Eli, Henry and Alden? Girls, Maisy and Cassey, you can sleep with Grammy up there. (and Papa of course)

We just received a call from Joyce Evans that Bob Darnell past away less than an hour ago. He was sitting in a nice chair in his home with a smile and just took he last breath. I'd say that would be a nice way to go, he is now with our Lord and in no more pain.

Father and daughter.

BTW, Hank cut down a large limb from a tree in our front yard. He bought a "chain saw in a can" yesterday while with Rick and Cindy. Well...he went out early this morning a slung a rope/string combo attached to a heavy wrench up high in the sky and it landed on his branch or limb he was interested in killing. He then attached his new 'saw in a can' to the string/rope thing and began moving his arms back and forth, back and forth. When he was almost done, he broke the string/rope thing. He only had a inch or two more to go, I was asked to pick him up a better rope thing. As he went outside to check out the size of rope, he came back in and told me that the limb fell on its own because the wind brought it down.

Mother and daughter.

We have no camera that works, except this computer one and my camera phone. I thought I'd try adding a few pictures. :)

Here is a picture of two people some of you may know. They came over a couple weeks ago for dinner and they had a picture with the photo booth.

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Hank squeezed between two buildings. :)

Cape Cod with Hank, Mary, Jason, Kara and Henry. Look at how beautiful the day was!

Here are some pictures of our trip to Boston. We had a wonderful time with Jason, Kara and Henry. Henry took a few hours to warm up to us, and by the time we left, he began to trust us a bit, and let us hold him. By the time we see him again we will have to start all over again. We love him so much, and want to watch his actions and his sweet-heart. He is a love.

Here is a picture of Jason and Henry, with a pinch of Kara behind Jason, looking out at the ocean, (Atlantic), while visiting Cape Code in Massachusetts.

Well, it's been months and months since I've taken the time to update this blog. I love looking at all the blogs I've been most fortunate to view throughout the year. It keeps us updated on our childrens lives in different parts of the United States. It allows us to see the lives of our childrens friends, who live everywhere too. I truly enjoy being able to do this. Kind of like reality T.V. shows.

It's June 3rd, 2008, so we have a whole summer ahead of us. I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I will. I could be just hanging at the house, or going to work, and I'll enjoy it, for the warm air, flowers and green all around, makes my heart happy.

Attached you will see a picture of something I've decided to spend 20 minutes to download. :)

Ok, I lied, it only took 8 minutes!! Hank wants me to ask you if any one knows what this green and white pattern is from.

Cassandra with her four babies. It was last night, and we were all watching "Snow Dogs". Man, we ROCK!!