Gramy's baby boy looks so awesome! am not in the LEAST bit biased!! but ya gotta admit he does have an awesome budda belly!!!

Gramy's blue bear snowbunny.. tho he doesnt look too impressed with that COLD stuff! LOL!

Check out the Canadian Geese in the foreground... this is the lighthouse in Kenosha.
they have been getting OOODLES of snow (another 20in says my kid)brrr. but very pretty ==better than here. its in the 80's again =- its already threatening summer :(

Grampa W and young W aren't they adorable?!!!

This year's holiday rant:

Can You BELIEVE how STUPID some people are???? It's the same kind of Ridiculous nonsense that happened (& still is) with Harry Potter! the new Movie The Golden Compass is getting the most irritatingly Stupid reviews by fundimentalist fanatics calling themselves "good Christian" etc. Most of whom have a: never READ the books & b: didnt bother to actually "WATCH" the movie! absolute TWITS!!
The movie is FICTION!!! FANTASY!! sheeeesh! these people need to get a life! And STOP trying to dictate to the rest of the world their NARROW MINDED little box version of the world.

I for myself NEVER take the word of an extremest of ANY Kind- its my RIGHT to make up my own mind and I AM REALLY TIRED of people who do NOT know what they are talking about trying to dictate what i should or should not do or believe!

As for the movie = I love fantasy and Sci Fi and even if i didnt i would go see this JUST BECAUSE idiots out there are telling me i shouldnt. defeats their purpose dont ya know!

China Trip july 2007

Auntie S and Master W - my "baby' and my dd#1's baby!
getting lots of visiting in while we can. - the kids have an offer of jobs/housing in Wisconsin!!! I want to run screaming around them saying NO!! but frankly have nothing better to offer. T hasnt been able to find steady work and L is on maternity leave - if they stay in CA she would HAVE to go back to work. T's uncle is offering her work with the family company that she can do from home or take babykins to work with her. so much better.

sigh.... am just going to have to hold on and not dissolve till after they leave after xmas. i am truly starting to hate december...... :(

another new venture/experiment

Baby William Has Arrived!!!!
Isnt he beautiful!!??!!!
7lbs 12oz and 18/5 inches long his Momma is Doing fine! she did really well with a very long labor we are very proud of her his daddy is already doing the proud papa walk , LOL!!

Tr & I have just begun a new venture- we plan on selling LOTS of different items but we are going to Start with her jewelry and both of our Photographs. should be fun especially as we get established -- our new Store is called "Spring Creek General Store" and it will feature Our "Roosevelt Road" line of Unique jewelry.
please enjoy our first offering at
www.springcreek.etsy.com

I always feel so honored that the dancers let us share their time/beauty/joy - i love to take pictures of faces they show such intensity.

dont you just LOVE the falcon? he was magnificint! this last weekend we attended a small pow wow - i love going to them - the drums get into your very blood as you watch the dancing

just some activities recently - a friends baby shower

then some pics at the HB Civil war event- first our neighbor Lois of the "FRESH" biscuits! then dd#1 while setting up tents- she is due in nov= then dd#2 taking a break later
one of the reasons we love re-enacting is the family oriented atmosphere. the little ones have such fun

fun stuff
http://www.sockamaniac.com/

dh & dd at the great wall in their band shirts
a glimpse of the near 2000 performers on the great wall- it was truly amazing. i only wish i could have gone with them

about the band shirts: amazing stuff this new fabric that is being used for sports clothes. the band spotted for 2 for each band member and chaparone- they are amazing - a quick rinse in a sink and hang dry! considering that Shanghai was about 90% humidity that was really imperative- everyone seems to have found them really comfortable.

personally i think we should make them apart of our regular uniform set up= in future trips it might be a good idea to have the kids only take these shirts! (its just a thought)

oh wow - its been awhile since i last posted!! (couldnt remember password for awhile & been BUSY!!!
dd#2 & dh made the trip to china and OHG!! what a trip - it was fabulous!! and the pix they brought back!! there is supposed to be a website set up for all the members of the band/flags and all the adults to add to. (we have 500 just on our own) admittedly MANY of them have other band kids in them so we will post them to the band's site for their parents- of the ones for we will keep for ourselves we still have at least 300+ (this is NOT counting the blurry/back of heads type pix LOL!) 1st pic is band in parade- 2nd pic is dd#2 in Tienamen Square.


The 3rd pic is a welcome at one of the hotels- they stayed in and performed in Shanghai (at the children's museum) then visited Suzhou and the silk factory where many had A LOT of fun shopping!! then flew to Beijing- in Beijing they went to Tienamen Square and the forbidden city and performed in the 'parade' (their parade set up is a bit different than ours but our kids Wowed them!!!) then a sit-down performance that apparently knocked the socks off the audience - this one was definately on the china national tv. Apparently our band was voted #1 of all the Olympic Music Festival's entries (Go PSHS Spirit of the Sands Band!!!)


when the went to the great wall for their performance there, it turned out the were not going to perform at the base of the 'wall" the performed ON the Great Wall!!! all 14 groups (about 2000 performers) they were stretched between 4 Towers! absolutely awesome-- as the #1 band, ours was directly in front of the dignitaries!! afterwards they had lunch on the roof of a nearby restaurant that had an incredible view of the wall. then they got to go SHOPPING again!!!
DD says she had SUCH fun with the bargaining and would just about want to LIVE in Silk Alley!!! LOL!!! (she did bring back some DELIGHTFUL goodies.