Quiet weekend

The girls and I had a quiet weekend as Mom was scrapping away in da U.P.

Rachel's home!

And we were so happy to see her!


(Does she look happy to see us)?

Today was Family Tree day

I worked on updating some of the Ross family tree information, so I could share the descendant report that Brother's Keeper can create. Also squeezed in some pictures that I've had for several years but haven't associated with people...

Check it out...

Snow Day + Rachel leaves town!

We had a clear driveway yesterday. Beckie was even drawing on it with her sidewalk chalk. Then, BAM! We didn't see this one coming. It started about 6pm last night, and by morning we had 12" to 18" across the area.

Before:






After the drive was plowed:


My poor mailbox! We won't talk about which plow destroyed it, though!


Then after noon we shipped our little girl off to New York and Washington DC for a class trip. WOW!

Dawn's home

Showing off the thoughtful gifts she received during her 4 night stay at the hospital:

David's gone back to school

His break was 'interesting' I'm sure, since Dawn spent much of it in the hospital.

Surprise!

Dawn calls me and needs a ride to the E.R...

David's home, but

Not very happy about the water damage to his room:

Craft room addition + Festival practice

We got a preview of Rachel's approaching band competition. Of course that was a real trick with her just getting braces 2 days ago! How unfair!



Ordered this from Tiger Direct Sunday night, arrived today!

Averatec All-In-One Intel Desktop PC

Dawn does have to share!

So far, so Great!

Valentine's day with my sweetie

We went to Stafford's Bay View for their awesome buffet!

Back again!

There was 13 days of 'fun in the sun!'. It wasn't all bad. I did get to work with Adam for a few of the days I was there, though he got a break and a chance to go home while I 'took his place' for a few days. Things are quite a bit better there, but there is always room for improvement!

Off to work again - Jacksonville, FL

Gotta go see if I can make 'my kids' behave better. I'm told my software isn't navigating well enough.

Happy Birthday Kasey!

We enjoyed Applebee's with Kasey, though Adam was out of town working. And I get to join him tomorrow in Jacksonville. Yippee!

"Adam's Kasey" & "Beckie's Kasey":


Don't forget Beckie!


Let's just say we had plenty of conversation to go around!

Happy Birthday Rachel!

I missed my little girl's 14th birthday. How many years have I missed her birthday now?

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it's off to work I go

This time I get to spend 8 days in Chicago at the McCormick center setting up and demonstrating some of the products available collectively from the Jervis B. Webb and Daifuku International Companies.

WOW!

Tom came for a holiday visit and dinner today. We exchanged a couple gifts.

I could not believe I was the recipient of all 5 seasons of Babylon 5 on DVD! Incredible!

I think I might be able find another person or two who would like to watch them with me!

I must say that these HAVE to be much better than the media I compiled them on myself over the course of 5 years (and occupy about half the space!):

Merry Christmas!

Annual Hump-up day

Managed to make the traditional double batch of HumpUp cookies in time for sharing at Christmas

What a blustery day!

The snow was melting over the weekend, then froze Monday.
Made for a pretty 'cool' ice sculpture!

Most schools in northern Michigan were closed today, but us poor working slobs still had to find their way out of the house to bring home the bacon!

Welcome to the work force Adam!

Well, Adam has joined the Jervis B. Webb team as a field technician! He spent the last week in a SmartCart class, reading AGV manuals and now is ready to brave the real world and is traveling to Jacksonville Florida today for further OJT.

The long hours should keep him out of trouble!