Month: October 2013

  • Baby Elaine

    It has come to my attention, that I did not post any pictures of grand baby #7 on Xanga.  So….hopefully the parents of sweet little Elaine Marie won’t mind too much, and so I will post a few.  I’m sure she has changed a lot since we last saw her, almost two weeks ago…but here they are anyway!  In the hospital,  (with Daddy and Paca) and home at last.

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  • A weekend in October….

    • 100_8064This past weekend we celebrated Heather’s birthday with dinner and a yummy apple pie.  The kids carved pumpkins and we had friends, Bil, Jody and their daughter Rachel over in the evening.  Rachel is always a “hit” with the little boys, and this time was no exception, as she brought lighted sabers?, swords? flashlights? you name it….they loved them!  And for the next hour or so they ran around the house, went in and out of dark rooms squealing, shouting and roaring!  :)
    • Today I joined them and they went up to the Pumpkin Patch at our local Sutherland’s Farm with their home school group.  For two hours they ran through the farm….the corn maze, the pumpkin patch, the corn pit and got a ride on the “train” and a hayride.  So much fun….such tired little guys!  There is nothing quite like the Pumpkin Patch for good old fashioned fun!!!

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  • A little update

    100_7797 100_7808 100_7807 100_7826On October 8, 2013 we welcomed a new grand daughter into our family.  Elaine Marie Cartmell, born around 7 p.m. at 7lbs 4 oz and 19 3/4″ long is a cutie pie.  Her parents for the first time are Erin and Nathan, our daughter and son-in-law.  So, Doyle and I are visiting the little family and helping out with meals and hugs.

    In other news, before we came here we helped Pete and Heather with their new little one….Irene,: we helped with meals and Doyle helped Pete with their project….making bunkbeds in the boys room.  I had to take some pictures of the boys one day while I was over there….Jonathan playing restaurant with me and Edmund having “coffee” with me.   He loves his coffee but we don’t tell him that he gets 1 Tablespoon of coffee to about 3/4 cup of warm milk.  He loves to drink it out of his Dunkin Donut coffee cup!  Not bad for a little guy that isn’t two years old yet!  I’m not sure where Daniel was when we were having food and coffee, but no pictures of him today!  :(

    Another thing I’ve done while here in Fort Collins was to hike four miles (total) up to Horsetooth Resevoir, which is right behind where Erin and Nathan live.  What a gorgeous walk/hike it was on a glorious fall day, the view was spectacular and just what the doctor ordered!