Grandma's Birthday

Today is Grandma Tinkhams 85th Birthday! We all went out to the Care Center and spent some time with her and took her some presents.

Grandma have fun opening her presents......

She especially liked the gift bag from Sharayah....

Emily liked it tooo

Emily dressed up for the party. She wanted her hair nice and curly so she slept in curlers all night....
I think Grandma had a very nice Birthday....

Another day

Teri brought Mom back home today. They got home around lunch time. They picked me up and we went to Quinns corner and had lunch. Then we went out to see Grandma Tinkham. Teri had brought her a very nice Valentine Bouquet and balloons...Grandma really loved it!

Mom and Teri came over for supper...We had pork sirloin steak, chicken breast, baked potato, salad, chocolate cake and ice cream....it was delicious! Here are a few pics I took the last few days.....

Emily doing a puzzle.........

Here is the puzzle that Derek did.....Here is the one that I did......And here's a few pics of our animals........The first one is of Smokey....

Walter is barking at Mocha, he wants her to come back down and play.....However the only thing Mocha is interested in is playing with her new toy , The Grinch...haha This next picture is of John and his new puppy Walter...

I hope everyone has a great week!

Beautifully Warm Day..

Wow! What a nice day we had today! It reached 67* today....Even though it was a little sloppy from thawing out, we were able to do some stuff outside today...John work on a few cars, including changing the oil in Crystals car and checked the back shocks.... Emily had fun walking around the yard with Walter...Don't they make a cute pair? Derek and Emily were able to play outside with their friend from down the street, Kaylee(in the middle)

Ieshia got ready and went to a sleepover/birthday party for her friend Brianna...While I made supper, which was burritos and a delicious taco salad..

Derek and Emily played with Walter....

Walter is so cute! Don't you just want to hug him and squeeze him?? Later on it was back to the kennel for a nap......

New Puppy

Well, I thought I'd better catch up on this week and add a new post. Sharayah was sick with the flu for the first part of the week. She was sent home from work on Tuesday and was off on Wednesday and Thursday...so she had a few days of rest and felt much better when she went back to work....I (being the wonderful mother that I am) bought her a lovely plant from the garden gate and took it over to cheer her up...Check out Derek being a dork in the background! haha Most of the week was pretty uneventful...spending time with each other...the kids were doing puzzles again, here's Emilys masterpiece..

John and Derek worked on one together...

Smokey didn't want to be bothered and found himself a nice 'perch' away from everybody.

and of course I can't forget to put a few pictures on here of the newest member of the Keller family....His name is Walter and he is a 3 month old St. Bernard puppy!

Isn't he a cutie pie? Tootie absolutely loved him!

Debbie thought he was the sweetest thing....

Even though he was a little heavy...

Tootie is basically an outdoor dog..she comes in the house to her kennel at night and we were are gone and of couse sometimes when the weather is hideous...when she goes outside, which she loves to do, she needs someone to play with. Mocha doesn't like to stay out much unless I'm there....So now we have two kittens, one lab, and 2 St. Bernards! Can anyone say no more please!??!

Road Trip..

On Monday, February 2, John and I took Mom to Bloomington to meet Teri. We had a great lunch at the Olive Garden. I absolutely love eating there. After lunch, John and I drove home and Mom went with Teri to her house for a visit. On the way to Bloomington, Mom was reminiscing about the 50's era and all the neat things they did. She talked about how people dressed and things they did. She was talking about going on dates at the local Maid-Rite restaurant and ordering loose meat Maid-rites with pickles and mustard and then drinking an ice cold Pepsi with peanuts in it. The more she talked, the better it sounded. So last night for supper I made maid-rite sandwiches and french fries and I also thru in a little pasta salad. It was delicious! Thanks Mom for the great idea for supper!

You would not believe how much the kids loved them! Later on after the kids went to bed, John and I watched that new movie out called "Fireproof". It was pretty good, we both enjoyed it.

The nest day, Tuesday, Crystal and I went to Galesburg and treated ourselves to a Pedicure and a manicure. It was so relaxing!! Then we went to Hammers General Feed Store (It's a restaurant) and we had a wonderful lunch! After I picked the kids up from school I took Derek to get a haircut...

Derek really like Barber Joe. he's a nice guy....He's the only barber that Derek has ever been to. So far this week has went pretty well.

Having Fun....

Yesterday, we decided to get out of the house and head off to Galesburg and do some shopping. First, we went to the Asian Buffet! Yum-Yum...

Crystal had been talking about how hungry she had been for chinese and it sounded good to everyone else too. After we ate we decided to drop by the Goodwill to see if we could find any great bargains....we all had fun looking at the good and Unusual things....

Ieshia looks hilarious......What a great bargain those glassed were! haha After we left the goodwill we went to the mall , where Derek and Emily watched the train that is in the center court of the mall....

We had fun looking a bath and body works, we all came out smelling horrible after sampling everything we could reach! Then it was off to Fashion bug too look around. Crystal, Emily and Ieshia had fun modeling the sunglasses!

Even though Derek likes going with us...he is always anxious to go home and get back to the dirty "boy" things that he lovesLater on the kids enjoyed their huge suckers that Grandma Lonas bought them a few days before..

AFter a great supper of baked chicken, rice, and biscuits..the kids spent some time with John and watched Open Season 2.