Greetings to all,
In case you have not heard, a Christmas celebration will be held at Rick and Ellen's house on Sunday, December 23. I'm planning on dinner at 3 and gift opening after that. Please let us know if you will be attending and we can give you directions over e-mail and not the blog.
Have a great day and look forward to spending Christmas together.
Ellen and Rick
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
new pice to the brandon family
Well, Our dog Katie had 7 puppies Monday. Just in case you do not know Katie and Alex (the dad) are Brittany's. They are all doing well. I hope you all enjoy the picture of them. I think that there are 5 males and 2 females. They all weight about 14 oz.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Rick and I arrived home with Jeremiah and Angela behind us. We were able to unload the trailer in record time and had some dinner before they headed on to their home.
Scott called and he arrived back at school around 4:30.
In reflection, I just want to let Jim and Kaye know what a fantastic job they did with the arrangements this weekend. I know I heard that several people were impressed with how smooth it went. Job well done to both of you. I know we all had a part in it, but I do feel Jim and Kaye deserve special recognition.
We have placed the cross from the casket on our fireplace tonight in front of the flag that was on Grandpa's casket. It is very fitting there. We have not done much else other than move all of the furniture in tonight.
Missy, the toast you gave was excellent. If you don't mind sharing, I'd like to have a copy of it. At dinner tonight, we were talking and the one thing that would have topped our luncheon off would have been "root beer floats" to make us all feel better.
Bobby and Scott - pallbearers once again and a special part that was to do for your last deed to Grandma.
Missy, Angela and Tommy did a wonderful job with the readings and finally, Dana and Sami, your part with taking the gifts up.
Everyone had a job and we all did well. Kaye, Shawn, Terry and I did our part with the tears.
Looking forward to hearing from Fred's to know they arrived safely home and expecially from Tommy on his acceptance to college.
We look forward to our next time to be together.
Love,
Ellen and Rick
Scott called and he arrived back at school around 4:30.
In reflection, I just want to let Jim and Kaye know what a fantastic job they did with the arrangements this weekend. I know I heard that several people were impressed with how smooth it went. Job well done to both of you. I know we all had a part in it, but I do feel Jim and Kaye deserve special recognition.
We have placed the cross from the casket on our fireplace tonight in front of the flag that was on Grandpa's casket. It is very fitting there. We have not done much else other than move all of the furniture in tonight.
Missy, the toast you gave was excellent. If you don't mind sharing, I'd like to have a copy of it. At dinner tonight, we were talking and the one thing that would have topped our luncheon off would have been "root beer floats" to make us all feel better.
Bobby and Scott - pallbearers once again and a special part that was to do for your last deed to Grandma.
Missy, Angela and Tommy did a wonderful job with the readings and finally, Dana and Sami, your part with taking the gifts up.
Everyone had a job and we all did well. Kaye, Shawn, Terry and I did our part with the tears.
Looking forward to hearing from Fred's to know they arrived safely home and expecially from Tommy on his acceptance to college.
We look forward to our next time to be together.
Love,
Ellen and Rick
Monday, November 12, 2007
Well it has been awhile since I last got on -- hope everything is going great with everyone. EIU is going, and will be on Thanksgiving break next week, the plan for the week is to head to the Orlando area with two friends, Jamie and Aaron, and spend three days at the Disney Parks and two days at the Universal Studios parks.
Classes are going pretty good, I just completed my practicum experience for this semester, I was a sixth grade math teacher for four weeks at Sullivan Middle School and even had a chance to attend the middle school dance, which was a great time! Now the rest of the semester is filled with unit plans, book talks, and projects!!
I am still working on the horse farm, I just started training a three year-old American Warmblood, and the farm is going to put us in our first show at the beginning of January, then I'll be showing her intro-training level dressage this spring, wish us luck! Here is a photo of the two of us from this past Saturday, her name is "Fillagree."
Hope all is going great with everyone else!
Scott
Classes are going pretty good, I just completed my practicum experience for this semester, I was a sixth grade math teacher for four weeks at Sullivan Middle School and even had a chance to attend the middle school dance, which was a great time! Now the rest of the semester is filled with unit plans, book talks, and projects!!
I am still working on the horse farm, I just started training a three year-old American Warmblood, and the farm is going to put us in our first show at the beginning of January, then I'll be showing her intro-training level dressage this spring, wish us luck! Here is a photo of the two of us from this past Saturday, her name is "Fillagree."
Hope all is going great with everyone else!
Scott
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Finally Here!
Hey Everyone!
We, as in I, finally got on to here. Don't know if the parental units did this yet, but I'll make them sooner or later.
Missy, good pictures of Grandma and the bunch. They turned out better than I expected!
Sorry for thinking so early, but is Uncle Jim going to have Thanksgiving?
Hope to see ya'll soon.
-Dana
We, as in I, finally got on to here. Don't know if the parental units did this yet, but I'll make them sooner or later.
Missy, good pictures of Grandma and the bunch. They turned out better than I expected!
Sorry for thinking so early, but is Uncle Jim going to have Thanksgiving?
Hope to see ya'll soon.
-Dana
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Happy Fall
Hi all,
We have enjoyed weather in the mid 80's the past few days. We got to try out our new A/C. It works beautifully. Looks like we'll be able to try our new furnace before the week is over.
The basement is coming along. Dave has the week off. He and our old roommate, Peter are beginning to build the bar today, and the new tile should be down by Monday. I have the next 5 days off. I have been assigned to stain our new doors and trim. Dave and I planned 3 months ago to take this time off to hang out and relax, go on bike rides, etc. But the basement project will consume most of our free time. We are having a holiday get-together with friends on December 1st, so that is our goal. I'm fully confident we'll make it.
Grandma Grace is being transfered to a hospice hospital today. My uncle John took a tour of the place and said it's very nice. It's a brand new building, which is a plus. Grandma sleeps most of the time and is pleasantly confused. Her pain is well controlled with meds. She also has a catheter like Grandma Dorothy because she is too weak to get out of bed. Mom is going up tonight to help settle her in at the new place. Bobby and I are going up on Thursday. Please keep her in your prayers.
Tommy's senior pictures turned out fantastic! What a handsome young man. Aunt Shawn, will you sent me a copy? And Sami's new school pic too please? I display them on my fireplace mantle. Sounds like Sami is kicking butt at fencing. Congrats on winning 1st place! :)
Ang, are we still on for November 3rd? Let me know what time you'll be coming. I'm looking forward to our fun day of shopping.
Enjoy the week.
Love,
Missy
We have enjoyed weather in the mid 80's the past few days. We got to try out our new A/C. It works beautifully. Looks like we'll be able to try our new furnace before the week is over.
The basement is coming along. Dave has the week off. He and our old roommate, Peter are beginning to build the bar today, and the new tile should be down by Monday. I have the next 5 days off. I have been assigned to stain our new doors and trim. Dave and I planned 3 months ago to take this time off to hang out and relax, go on bike rides, etc. But the basement project will consume most of our free time. We are having a holiday get-together with friends on December 1st, so that is our goal. I'm fully confident we'll make it.
Grandma Grace is being transfered to a hospice hospital today. My uncle John took a tour of the place and said it's very nice. It's a brand new building, which is a plus. Grandma sleeps most of the time and is pleasantly confused. Her pain is well controlled with meds. She also has a catheter like Grandma Dorothy because she is too weak to get out of bed. Mom is going up tonight to help settle her in at the new place. Bobby and I are going up on Thursday. Please keep her in your prayers.
Tommy's senior pictures turned out fantastic! What a handsome young man. Aunt Shawn, will you sent me a copy? And Sami's new school pic too please? I display them on my fireplace mantle. Sounds like Sami is kicking butt at fencing. Congrats on winning 1st place! :)
Ang, are we still on for November 3rd? Let me know what time you'll be coming. I'm looking forward to our fun day of shopping.
Enjoy the week.
Love,
Missy
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