Saturday, March 29, 2008

Marching Through March!

As March comes to a close in the next couple of days, I thought I'd show a little of what went on during the month.



Terry, Dave and I had an excursion to the University of Phoenix stadium early in the month to wander through the Sportmen's Expo. We took in an elk hunting workshop and wandered through the various vendors, watched a little fishing demo and I made some friends while waiting at the concession area for them to go through the other half of the exhibits! Recommendation: If they don't come up with something more than they had this year, don't bother unless you can get in for free!


We celebrated Stuart's birthday early in the month while Heather and Karen were here. We made the trek up north and had a little bbq. Sorry about no pictures of the birthday boy - but isn't Jack cute!?!


On Teresa and Stuart's anniversary, Jack spent some time with us while Mom and Dad went out. Sorry about no picture of the couple celebrating - but isn't Jack cute?


Kailee and Caitlin came over and spent the day, so we colored eggs. Cailtin is so pretty - and yet she doesn't like to have her picture taken. I was lucky to get a few without her getting grumpy about it! Kailee is showing off her braces for all to see! Her smile was pretty before, can't imagine the braces will make it better!
















And then we had Grandmother's Easter Egg Hunt. Yes, it's true that as of now it's the last hunt at her house. It's an awful lot of work putting the event together. (If anyone wants to take the responsiblity of buying the stuff, stuffing the eggs, coloring the eggs, gathering up and setting up tables and chairs, hiding well over 100 eggs and then cleaning up and taking down the tables and chairs, it could probably be done again!) All I know is that at the age of 80, I think she's deserves to retire as the family Easter Bunny!

So, March is almost done and April is fast approaching. Another exciting month ahead for the Lambson family - stay tuned!

Sunday, March 23, 2008

A Word From Our Sponsors....


Seems lately there've been a few comments added that weren't people I knew and/or trusted, so I've enabled the word verification step to comment postings. Hopefully this takes care of the problem. In any event, if you see a comment and all it says is "click here" or something like that, don't! It's more than likely spam!

Sorry for the inconvenience, but if this works I'll hopefully be deleted from spam accounts after a bit and can go back to business as usual!

Monday, March 17, 2008

Like I Said...




...lately I've been focused on putting all my pictures in albums. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and very soon I'll be able to pull an album down and reminisce. That probably dates me - I'd rather have actual pictures to sit and look at rather than view them on the computer or put them on a dvd to put on the television. I feel more connected to the photos - and particularly to the people in the photos. The memories the photos bring forward are precious and I love the feeling I get when I thumb through the albums. Families are the greatest thing ever - we may get annoyed with our family members from time to time - but if we treat them as we would like to be treated, we usually get over our annoyances pretty quick. Who but family is so forgiving of our irritating faults? But I digress..

This next weekend is Easter. Our annual Grandmother Easter Dinner will be held and we'll create new memories. Since I know several very good photo buffs will be there, I'm sure with cameras in tow, I'm putting up a collage of Easter at Grandmother's from past years. Look at other family blogs next week - I'm sure they'll have fresh, new ones for all to enjoy!

Saturday, March 8, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!



On Sunday, this little guy will be 26. This picture was taken 20 years ago - not too long before he became "my" little guy. A lot has happened in the last 20 years for him - after getting him through school, he served a Spanish-speaking mission in the Portland, Oregon, area; he married his eternal sweetheart, Heather; he put himself (with a lot of assistance from Heather) through school (he finishes next month!); he secured a great job; and he is building a house. What a list of accomplishments for his young age!

Happy Birthday to a son who is handsome, thoughtful, loving, intelligent, spiritual, caring and wonderful! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRICK!!

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Focused

That's what I've been lately. Focused. To the point of being ridiculous. Seriously obsessive. With one exception. Yard work. Don't have time to elaborate. Planted Carolina Cherry tree, lemon tree, pansies, ranunculus, violas, cleaned up back yard. The object of my tunnel vision? Pictures, lots and lots of pictures - over 1,000. I've been categorizing, and putting into picture albums. Here's a sampling of what I've been working with - enjoy!












Look closely - that's not Jack!