Halloween Cuties!

Eli the Clone Trooper/Storm Trooper?

Isaac the Clown

   I took the pictures of the Roller kids on face time. Kathy's phone called my computer, then I took my camera and took a picture of the screen. Cool huh?

Lauren AFTER trick-or treating.

Izzy the Clown

Carter the Werewolf

   The McKeel kids started undressing on their way home from trick- or treating. This is what they looked like by the time I saw them!

   Sherrill said we had about a hundred trick or treaters. I know there were at least 75. We gave out about 600 candy bars and tootsie rolls, plus a handful of two dollar bills to the kids we knew. Sherrill and Jack had a very Happy Halloween.

Baby Isaac

I stole this from Kathy's Facebook page. :)

McEwan's Trick or Treat

We had lot's of fun, who else went out.

Evans Triplets Halloween

Brock, Londyn, and Cannon.
Cute Gabba Gabba kids.

Guess what?

Guess what were getting?? You guessed it a milk COW! Now opening the floor for good cow names.

Sleeping Mats

Look at these cute little sleeping/playing mats. They are actually made from home made pillow cases, sewn together, with pillows inserted. If they were made with Velcro or zippered ends, then you could take the pillows out to wash the outer cover. One of these (just 1 pillow) would make a good bed for Jack. He would just need a matching blanket. He loves to cover up.

Happy Birthday Seth

Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday dear Seth
Happy Birthday to YOU!

Dad and his Pecans

   As you know the storm is headed Grandaddy Joe's way. He already has lots of wind and rain. He went out twice today to get up what pecans have fallen to keep them away from the squirrels.
  He thought he had the squirrels under control, that was until some of his stray cats were captured and impounded. Now the squirrels have returned with a vengeance.
  Mom said he was out there this afternoon in his raincoat and boots picking up more of his pecans that had been blown from the trees. Man VS Squirrel. It seems like the squirrel always wins!

My Little "Sto Baby"

What! This can't be MY Little "Sto Baby".  What happened to my baby boy?

Oops, there he is. My sweet little baby!

Making a List..........

   Rudolph and I are working together on out "Little Project". We are working on the Christmas list.
OK Grandkids, I want ALL my Christmas shopping finished by Cyber Monday. In case you don't know what that is, it is the Monday AFTER Thanksgiving.  So, while you are home on weekends, start looking and deciding what you want for a present. If you don't tell me, your MOM will choose for you, (And you know what kinds of things SHE picks out)! So, you might want to go ahead and pick out something good!
   The same rules apply......something in the $50.00 range. Look for items on Amazon.com. Target will be OK too, because I get FREE shipping with them.  The gift will arrive in your MOM's name, so you won't be able to open it!
  So now, let's get cracking! Rudolph and I want to get our shopping over and done with, so we can concentrate on other things!   Merry early Christmas.

Happy Birthday Meghan

Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday Dear Mag-Pie
Happy Birthday to YOU!

Treat from the Fair

   Lauren and Carter came by with a treat from the fair a couple of weeks ago. The photo stayed buried in my camera until today. This bag of kettle corn was over 3 foot tall. It took me at least 3 days to eat it all. It stayed fresh thanks to the marvelous invention "Ziploc bags". Kettle corn is something I don't get often. Anyone that knows me knows that I LOVE my popcorn!
  Thanks for my popcorn!

Potty time

So this is Jacob trying to go potty. He wanted to watch TV, but as you know we don't have one in the bathroom. (Kathy does) So we moved his potty chair to the living room. Maybe sitting and relaxing will help him go potty. *Cross your fingers* FYI- It did not work. We will keep trying.

Pictures

heres some pictures of nate and me. hahah

Watch out Cindy.......

Your dad has lost down to about 186 or so. The last time you saw him he was a little over 200.

He's still determined to take you on! You better get ready. 

Bed runner

Have you ever heard of a bed runner? I hadn't until today. A little runner with pockets that holds all the little things you might need while in bed. I need one of these to run under my pillow with pockets on the side where I can put my glasses, remote, kleenex, vaseline for my lips, and maybe even a few Hershey kisses.
   What an interesting way to brighten up a kids room, with a little extra space for all of the "Important"
things.

Halloween Balls......

Pumpkin Balls,
Halloween balls,
Beach balls, I'm not sure what you call them, but I made a few anyway.
   Last year I saw these fabric balls. The ones I made are fiber filled. The ones I saw online however had a button hole in the end and you put a balloon in, and blow it up. I thought that would be ideal. It would make the balloon last a lot longer.
  I didn't put the round patches at each end. Too much trouble. They are fine just like they are. I think I will make the large size next. I might even put a stem on the top!

Blegens

Hey, sorry I haven't wrote in forever. I have been really busy. Well Nate is done with football, and is starting basketball soon. He is doing good with school. All A's. That's about all he has been doing. I have been busy with School, Play practice and I hang out with friends a lot. I was grounded well still am so I didn't have computer and when I did I didn't ever think to write anything. Well mom and dad have been busy with work and workout and trying to get us under control. Ha. Well that's about it. Oh and if you were wondering, the play I am in is The wizard of oz and I play Miss Gulch.
 Love and Miss you all, Tristen.

Address Please!

I'm working on Halloween cards and I need addresses for Kelli and Blake, and Seth and Meghan.
If anyone has these addresses, please let me know.

And by the way, I haven't heard from Tristen or Nate recently. I know, you are busy with school and all the extracurricular activities. But, please stop by and tell us "Hi".

Party

Look at what we did today. Luke had alot of fun and thanks to everyone who wished him a Happy Birthday.

The Pound Brothers

George and Curtis Pound

George Pound

Curtis Pound

  The men you see in the pictures above are Uncle George and Uncle Curtis. They were Grandma Naomi's and Aunt Jane's brothers. Both served in WWII. George came back, got married and moved to Georgia. Curtis never returned. He was last seen on the shores of Normandy, France during D Day.

One of his friends saw him sitting on the beach waiting for a ship to take him to a hospital in England. He had been injured, and was never seen after that. Little Grandma never knew what happened. Grandma Naomi spent years trying to find out what happened to him, as did Aunt Louise. The Army just had him as missing in action. All of this changed yesterday.

   During my shift at the Family History Center I had a few minutes to do some research. I started reading some old ships diaries during the WWII Era. This is the quote I found from the ship the Malone.

"July 5 Removed identification from floating body at sea; Curtis Pound, 6964730, USA"

  This is all it said. I immediately recognized some of the numbers in the serial number. Aunt Jane had given it to me years ago, and it was written in my address book. I came home, checked the numbers, and they were a match. I FOUND HIM! I continued on to research the ship The Malone that had found him. I eventually found a website Tin Cup Sailors, and found a man that served on the ship during that time. I found his phone number in Florida and called him. He was just as excited to talk to me as I was to him. He was able to answer a lot of my questions, and was proud to tell me of his grand adventures.

I spoke with his wife, and asked if I could call back later if I had more questions. She was thrilled, because her husband liked to tell his stories to anyone that would listen.

  Although this puts and end to the hunt, the questions remain, how did he end up in the English Channel? Did he make it on that ship, but then passed away? Did the tide wash him out to sea during high tide? I'll have to talk with some Navy personnel to see if most of the bodies were buried at sea, but if he were buried there, they would have removed his tags.  

  Any opinions?

Happy Birthday Luke

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday dear Luke
Happy Birthday to YOU.

New Camera

So here is a new picture of the kids with the new camera. What do you think?

Halloween

So I saw this online, maybe I can dress the goat's up with lots of cotton balls and have them follow Catherine around.

More road Kill

   Made another quick trip to Raleigh today. Just like Christy yesterday, I came across some strange sights.  The first thing was the sign at Grantham grill. Today's lunch special was Spaghetti, Catfish, and Frog legs. Yes, frog legs! I wonder if they are USDA inspected.
   Then on down the road there was more road kill. In a 30 mile stretch there were 5 dead deer. There usually aren't that many. On the way home I came down 70 bypassing Smithfield and Selma. I didn't want those deer coming after me!

Sheep

This is what I saw on my way to Catherine's school. There were hundreds of sheep on the road, taking up the whole road. It took about 10 mins to weed my way through all those sheep without hitting them. At least Jake and Cat had fun watching the sheep and the cowboy's were fun for ME to look at.

The Beast

This was our dinner. The Beast, is a 30' pizza. The slices are so big you can only it 1/2 of it. Can you say Oink Oink at the McEwan's house. :)