Happy Anniversary Mandy

Guess where Mandy got married so many years ago. Yep, Wilmington, NC on the battleship. I'll bet she has wished a few times that she had pushed him overboard!

Anyway.....Happy Anniversary Mandy! We will be thinking about you!

Roller house update

Here is a daily update:

Sto: didn't pass his drivers permit test today. :( Hopefully Kathy will take him back soon to retest.

Eli: Still a dork. He's doing fine.

Seth: Stays in trouble

Meghan: Same as Seth. But still going to the potty.

Isaac: Good. You'll have to read his blog to see what Kathy has to say about him.

Okay, it's time to eat so bye bye

Meghan and her new best friend.

Isaac is mad I have my phone out.

Meghan with makeup on.  Thanks Kathy.  

Sick

Yes, Utah has all the germs this week or month. Well Kelli said on her facebook page that she has a stomach bug too. So I guess it's only targets the pretty one's. I am sick the kids are well and my sweet mother in law Debbie is down helping with the kids and dog. Please when you say your prayers tonight, pray for Kathy that she can get some sleep, and that Kelli gets better so she can spend more time with her man, and me so I can take care of my own kids. Don't forget about the rest of the family in your prayers. Get comfy tonight it sounds like it could be a long prayer.


Thanks

Christy

hello

Hello family. I am alive and well. We didn't make it to Utah this week because they have germs there. I'm in Vegas with the Rollers all week. Kathy was nice enough to let us stay with her. The boys are having a blast. Last night I took Chris and Mikey to Vons and to Gamestop. Those boys are such a handful. Today, Kathy had company so we left and went to visit a friend. This afternoon and tonight I'm on Eli duty. I'm not sure what we are doing but I'm sure they'll send me out to take them somewhere. I'll try to get pics of everyone while I'm here this week.

Have a great week everyone.

Happy St Patrick's Day

Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone.......Even if you are not Irish. McKeel ancestors are Scot-Irish, but I haven't been able to single out if it's more Scotch or more Irish.

Hope all the grandkids are wearing GREEN today. If I had some green fabric, I'd go make Jack a scarf. Oh yeah, Jack and I are fighting again. I went towards him last night with a towel in my hand. I was going to put a clean towel in Sherrill's chair and take up the blanket he sits on. Well, Jack thought it was bath time, and was determined he was not going to move. Jack won, and Sherrill had to put the towel down, then put Jack on the towel. I should have just knocked him out of the chair.
Jack 1
Judy 0
Oh well, that's life.

Have a great day everyone!

thanks to all

thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes!

Happy BIrthday Kelli at OneTrueMedia.com

Happy 18th Birthday Grandbaby girl!

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Lost Photo's?

I have started working on my next project, and came across some photos. These were pictures emailed to me from Wendy. I think they came from Cindy's camera. They were taken during the Christmas holidays, 2008. Here is what you see:
1.) Olivia smiling it up like the ham she is!
2.) Kelli, Tristen , and Chris. I don't have a clue where they were.
3.) Nate and Eli playing in the FIRE......in DECEMBER.....with NO SHIRTS....with Eli's ASTHMA......and where is GRANDPA?
4.) Olivia and Cameron on the Gator. It doesn't get ridden to much these days.

These along with 100's of other pictures are all saved in my email account, just waiting for Mandy or someone to send them to Snapfish for me. Another project for another day. They are just adorable?

Daylight saving time

I don't know about you, but I have sprung about as much as I want to. Move forward, go back. Why don't they just split it down the middle, and move the clock 1/2 hour and just let it stay there. Do you realize how many clocks were turned last night and today? I have reset three, and still have more to go. Thank goodness computers adjust themselves.

I guess that hour of sleep I lost last night has put me in a grumpy mood. I think I'll just go back to bed until time changes again......oh yeah, that's right, they keep changing that date too! Would someone just wake me up?

Happy 8th Birthday Nate

Hey Hey Hey
Nate is eight
Isn't that
Just Great, Great, Great?

This is Nate's picture from last year at Regionals. I don't have one for this year...hint, hint!

This makes three 8 year old grandsons......just wait til June. Eli will make it four!

Happy Birhday again Nate!

the blegen and bonner weekend

well all is well on this side of the country. nate has regional wrestling tomorrow and if he places within the top 4 then he gets to go to state. so go nate! hopefully he will make it because it is his birthday and it would be such a disappointment. but anyways im not sure what i personally have planned for my birthday. hope all is well in everyone elses households.

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Sorry when I uploaded the images they would not stay upright. Sorry All is well just making dresses, fetching kids and cleaning house. That's all Folks..

I created

Happy Birthday Jack

Well, for all of you that forgot.......TODAY was Jack's birthday! NO ONE called to wish him a happy day. Chris.....this means YOU! He is YOUR dog. Jack Roller, that is still his name! Poor Jack had to spend the afternoon alone while I was at church.
Sherrill didn't even buy him a cake this year. He did get 3 slices of bacon this morning instead of two.

No other news to report for today. Christy did say she sold 5 dresses on her Etsy site, but I'll let her tell you about that. Still no news about Nate and wrestling. Kelli left the message that he goes to regionals. Meghan should start to school soon according to Facebook. OOops, I just read she DID start preschool. I guess I'll have to call Tristen to see what she has been up to.

Have a good day!

What did you create today?

About 2 years ago I went to the fabric shop to purchase some material for a quilt. I had decided to make it for my sister, but had to use purple, because that's MY favorite color. I came home, cut out the blocks and sewed them together on my old Singer. I didn't care if the blocks didn't match up, and I knew Debbie wouldn't mind either. So here I sit, two years and one month later finally quilting this quilt. I had to go back to the fabric store today to buy additional fabric for the binding, and guess what, I had bought the quilt thread just ONE year ago, so I guess I am improving. I sure hope it doesn't take me two years to quilt this thing!

Dear sister of mine, one day you will be getting my 'specially made, thrown together practice quilt that I made just for YOU. No matter if it gets there in the middle of the summer, or the cold winter, I know you will love it anyway. One thing though, please don't let the deers, squirrels, dogs, rabbits, etc use it for their bed. Save it for the Grandkids!

And.....notice the quilting frame? Kat bought it for me a year or so ago. It kept falling apart, but Sherrill finally fixed it for me. It works like a charm! Thanks Kat, and thanks Sherrill.

Happy Birthday A.T.

Today is A T Grady's birthday. This is his WWII picture. So, who is he you might say. For Wendy and Cindy he is the man married to Aunt Helen. You will remember going to his house to spend the night before you went to Bush Gardens. For Kat, Mandy, Christy and James you will remember him as the man driving Aunt Helen around in the Cadillac or Lincoln Town Car. They still live in Virginia in the Richmond area. He turns 86 today.

Now, for those of you that are interested in family history, AT was born and raised in the Grantham community. His GRANDMOTHER was just a child when 2 black men came in and raped her mother, then killed her mother and father. The 3 kids witnessed the crimes. Her 5 year old sister told the police that "Uncle Noah" did it. Uncle Noah was one of the black men working for the family. Right after it happened a group of black men were called in to review the case, to see if there was just cause to arrest the two black men. They agreed that there was, so the black men were arrested and tried. The trial was held, and it made national newspapers. It was even written about in the New York Times. I have a copy of that. Abby's mom and I scanned all the pages of the newspaper reports, and Abby's mom typed them up a few years ago. It is referred to as the James Worley trial. That was her (the grandmother's) father's name.

The black men were convicted and hung. I think that these were perhaps the last people that were hung in this county. Just a little bit of history for you. Now AT will probably never see this, I just wanted to let you know a little about the family.