Family Pictures

Here are more family pictures of my family.  My young family is growing older by the day and of course much too fast.

Ray had a birthday on March 25 and he turned 67 years old.  

Happy Birthday Ray Powell!!! 

Below are more family pictures.  The next picture is of Zac's little family.  Zac, Jack and Jennifer

Below are pictures of Suzanne & Ray's family

Paul Powell, Matthew Powell, Tina Powell Dixon, Ray Powell, Jason Powell.                  

 

Brian, Sharon & Suzanne Blessed Me.

 It's been a while since I have been here, but I haven't forgotten my blog at all.  I sometimes think of all the wonderful memories I have posted on here through the years.  I've had a very blessed life filled with loving family, happy times and some sorrowful times as well.  When we love deeply, we feel great pain when those we love leave us whether it's in death, or just plain leave us.  I'm happy to say, that if I loved you, I will always love you.......that never changes for me.

Lately, all this week I have been dreaming of family.  They are such wonderful dreams that I hate waking up.  I miss my family so much.  I never wanted to live next door to them until now.  I can't get close enough to them lately.  

My family are like beautiful flowers, all of them.  

These pretty pink Primroses appeared this Spring near my building.  I used to have a bunch of them, but one Spring they didn't come up so I thought they were all played out.  Every year or so one or two might pop up and bloom in some odd place in the yard, but for some reason they popped up all together in a bunch this year and I was so glad to see them again.

I found the next two pictures of my granddaughter Megan, Lyv and Myles on Instagram online and I copied them out onto my computer & phone.  This is how I get most of my pictures, LOL, and I don't think the kids mind at all.

They all look so so pretty in pink, even handsome Myles.  Megan is a great mom and I'm so proud of her just as I am so proud of all of my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

I am truly blessed, and I'm about to be blessed again with another great-grandson.  His name is Odie and is expected sometime in the next couple of weeks or so.  Odie's parents are Brandon Hatcher and Krystal Nicholas, and we can't wait to meet him.  Below is a picture of Odie's Dad, Brandon, when he was just a young boy.  Brandon and Jimmy were very close, and that's why I chose this picture.

I didn't have time to find my favorite picture of Brandon and Krystal, but when I do I'll try to remember to post it here.

One of these days after the birth of Odie, we'll have to get all of the great-grandchildren together and take a picture of all of them together.

It's funny, but I have five grandchildren:  (four grandson's and one granddaughter) Doug, Matt, Zac, Brandon, and Megan.

After Odie is born, I will have five great-grandchildren: (four boys and one girl) Myles, Carson, Jack, Odie and Lyv.

Like I said before, I love my family and I feel so blessed to have each and every one of them.

Update:  Sorry Ody that I spelled your name wrong here before you were born on June 6, 2023.  I promise not to do it again.  Don't feel bad because before Myles was born I also spelled his name wrong.  I spelled it Miles, not Myles.

 

Family pictures

It's Saturday morning and a lovely morning at that.  Rick and I had our morning coffee out on the porch swing and front porch, with Jybow (Jimmy's Cat).  Jybow knows to leave the porch until we have about finished our coffee, and to wait until Rick gives her the ok to return.  Rick doesn't like cat hair flying around his coffee.

At the moment Rick is frying bacon for our breakfast.  He likes to cook breakfast on the weekends and supper every night if he is not working.  He just prefers to do the cooking himself and that's fine with me.  I cook what I want to cook on the days that he is working and not home.  

I was going to share a video of Rick but it's too big my blog says to share, so I can't share it.  Well, that's that I guess.

On to something else.  I have some more family pictures to share, so I'll do that instead.

This is Carson fishing at the cabin at Shady Oaks

This is Megan & Zac with Lyv & Myles in the back

This is Myles camping with Mamaw Sharon

This is Myles on a lake

Breakfast is now over and Rick is off riding his moped/scooter.  He wanted to ride a little before it gets too hot today, but mainly he is not going to ride much.  He'll just ride over to his brother and they'll either stay there or both head on over to McDonald's to hang out for a couple of hours.  I really don't see the point of going to McDonald's and sitting there for hours at a time, but that's what they like to do.  As for me I'd rather be doing something more worthwhile, but that's just me.

So this is my Saturday for now.  It's almost 10:30 a.m. and I'm alone again, but sometimes being alone is not so bad.  I can write in my blog or do anything I want to do without anyone criticizing me.  Silence is golden sometimes. 

My Family

I love spending time with my girls whenever I'm able to, and I plan on spending more time with them from now on.  I'm with Rick and Rick doesn't seem to like doing the things that I like doing, so I've decided that I guess I will just have to go ahead and not put off what I've been putting off for a very long time.  Rick can do his own things, the things he likes doing, and I will do the things that make me happy.  After all, I am older and I'm retired and Rick is still working.  I can't wait for him to retire, just as Jimmy couldn't wait for me to retire, and I'm glad that Jimmy insisted on me quitting my job so that I could spend the rest of his days by his side.

Here are some pictures of my girls and their families:

 

Great-grandson's search for knowledge

My great-grandson Carson amazes me sometimes with the knowledge he possesses at such a young age, but I guess he's not as young as I think he is.  He's going to be in First Grade in a year or two.



He text me the other day asking me if I knew what our state bird was.  I did and gave him the answer.  He already knew it was the Cardinal, he just wanted to share that information with me.  He also called me and we talked for a little while and he told me how I could find out anything I wanted to know by either Googling or asking Siri.  Carson prefers to ask Siri questions and she told him that the state rock was agate and that the state animal was the gray squirrel, the state tree is the tulip popular, and I could go on and on.  We exchanged several text messages and several phone calls while we both busily asked Siri questions.  I did find out that we have no state cat or dog, or even a breed of cow.  Carson wanted to know what the state cow was and Siri told us that we don't have a state cow.

I love it when I hear from my grandchildren, whether it be great-grandchildren or just grandchildren just to talk or to share information as Carson was doing.   Nothing gives me more pleasure than these kinds of exchanges.  They may be little, but they mean a lot to me.

I also want to thank my niece Allison for opening my eyes and  inviting me to Eliana's gymnastics competition and also to Natasha's event at E.K.U.  I realized then how much I have been missing my family, and I hope to get invited more to such events.  I can't promise that I can always be there but I will do my best to attend.

My children and my husband Jimmy were always my world, and when I lost Jimmy I got lost myself and it has been a difficult road finding my way back to where I am supposed to be.  But with the help of Suzanne and Allison, I'm on the right track.  Thank you all!

I love riding or being a passenger......doesn't matter to me!

 I want to get my bike fixed

                            So that I can ride with crazy people 
                                            like this guy 

                                      To see these people 

                               And these other things too.  
                     (There's a baby bunny in the bottom picture)

Easter at Sharon's House 2016

Enjoying An Afternoon Out

Jerry, We Love You

I can't believe what a beautiful day this has been.  Every day the air gets warmer and softer and today was a perfect day to ride.  The weatherman has been threatening us with rain every day, but it's not happening. I don't even see any clouds in the sky.

We're all still praying for my step-brother Jerry who is not doing well.  He's still in a coma-like condition after a relapse from his initial stroke.  Jerry was doing so well in rehab, even beginning to stand up and take steps with some help from his big brother, and then he had a turn for the worse.  Jerry spoiled us with his great progress and now we want him to do it again.  We want to hear his laughter and read his facebook jokes and messages....and I want to hear his voice when he calls me just to talk.

Things are not looking well for Jerry today, with one problem after another arising.  He needs our prayers, the family needs prayers. God, if you are listening, please take care of Jerry.  Be by his side to soothe any anxieties that he might be having if he is aware of things, show yourself to him and keep him comfortable and unafraid during his time of crisis.  Watch over the family and help them cope with all the bad news that they are receiving.  Help the doctors to find a way to heal Jerry and to bring him back to his family.  In Jesus' name I pray and ask for your help.  Amen

Merry Christmas to All....

....and to all a Good Night!!!!!

Although we had a wonderful Christmas celebrating with family, we did miss those family members that couldn't be here.  We had lots of goodies and lots and lots of food to eat.  Thanks to Sharon who baked us a tender and very good country ham, Sandie for her macaroni salad and broccoli cornbread and Linda for her delicious cherry dessert.  Linda transported her dessert for over 100 miles on ice, because it was made with whipped cream, yum yum.   I did a lot of cooking and baking myself, but my potato soup was a disaster and we threw it out just as soon as everyone went home....never, EVER substitute whipped butter for stick butter!  The end result is disastrous and NOT GOOD AT ALL. 

Also, Jimmy wants to thank Shane for fixing his bikini girl and making sure that she was properly clad for our 60 degree weather today.  Jimmy's indoor/outdoor thermometers are now working fine....Thank You Shane.

Today we got to really do some visiting and story telling.  Ron told of my many kitchen disasters and why I'm not normally allowed in the kitchen.  Linda, Ray, Ron and Jimmy talked horses and the rest of us talked about our babies and how smart, good and cute they are.  Little Kyra ran around here with a paper which she had divided into two columns, a good list and a bad list.  As she was making her rounds she stopped to inform me that I was on the good list and that's quite an honor because I saw a few names on the bad list, lol.  Three year old Noah knows sign language and this week he surprised Laura when she asked him if he knew how to spell CAT and he signed it back at her, then she asked him if he could spell STOP and he did.  They went on with other words and Noah would spell them back to her by using sign language so she turned on her cell phone and began videoing.  No one knew that he could spell that well.  We heard lots of Noah stories, too numerous to mention here, but I hope that Peanut and Laura are writing them all down because some are so funny that they would make a great book.  Little Miss Lilly walked around here like a little princess with her baby doll talking to everyone and just being her little cute self.  We only saw flashes of Dylan as he ran in and out of the house.  We had a nice clear sunny 60 degree day today.

We had two new babies here for Christmas this year, Myles and Carson.  Myles is about 4 months old and Carson is 5 weeks old, and both are good and very sweet babies.  

I could go on with all the stories that were exchanged and shared today but it's getting late and well after midnight so I must say, Good Night.  I think we all had a very good time, and we even got an added bonus of talking to Jerry and David in Nevada today.  Hope everyone had a Very Merry Christmas!