Favorite Christmas 2007 Pictures

This Christmas has really been special. Having out two lovely granddaughters and family with us made it the best ever! Thanks to all of you! We love you.

Holiday Fun

We had a very nice time with our family yesterday. The food was good and it was good to see everyone together. We are very pleased to have Mark, Rebecca and Sophia home during the holidays. We are having Christmas dinner with Steven, Janie and Madeline!!

Christmas is Coming!

We are looking forward to Christmas this year as our family will be together including little Sophia! Yesterday, we put up our Christmas tree with the help of Madeline. We had fun! We also watched he Cats play IU,,, its going to be a long season :((

Sophia is growing!

It was amazing to see the change in Sophia during this visit. We hadnt seen her in over a month and it was a pleasure to see how attentive she is and to see her smile. Although our visit was cut short we really enjoyed spending time with our family. We look forward to getting everyone together at Christmas.

Dave and Billy Clyde

I recently had a chance to have lunch with our new Kentucky Wildcat coach, Billie Clyde Gillespie. I was very impressed with his down to earth style and friendliness. Although UK lost a game to a small school last week I believe he will bring back great times for UK basketball once he has had a chance to recruit the type players he needs. He is a really nice guy!

Good help in the Yard !

Madeline was a very good helper in the yard today. We sure have enjoyed having her spend the weekend! We are also happy that our daughters are getting to spend the weekend together. Wish Sophia was here with us!

We Love Our Girls!

Janet and I are extremely fortunate to have two daughters who we are extremely proud of. They have blessed us with two beautiful granddaughters! We love our girls very much and Thank God for them.

Happy Birthday Madeline!

Today is Madelines 6th birthday. She enjoyed each of her gifts as the pictures show. She decorated a cupcake for grandpa and we had cake and milk to celebrate. We are very blessed with two of the cutest and sweetest granddaughters!

Welcome Sophia!!

Our family was blessed this week with a beautiful granddaughter, Sophia. Janet and I will never forget the opportunity that we had to be with her shortly after she was born. We were very proud of Rebecca and Mark! We thank God for Sophia.

Weekend at the Cabin

We sure enjoyed having our granddaughter visit us for a weekend at the cabin. She was busy creating a nice pot of wildflowers and helping her grandfather with a gravel project. The weather was very nice and a hint of fall was in the air. We are looking forward to our second granddaughter very soon and can't wait to have her visit us at the cabin as well.

Sophia will be here soon!

Janet and I really enjoyed our visit with Mark and Rebecca this weekend. We went on a tour of the hospital and were very impressed with the facilities and professionalism of the staff. This gave us comfort that Rebecca will be very well cared for. Sophia is very well prepared for with a very nice nursery stocked with everything one could think of. One thing is for sure, Sophia will have lots to wear:) We are looking forward to our return visit in early October when God will bless our family with another granddaughter! Thanks to Mark and Rebecca for a very nice weekend. We love you!

Madeline's First Fish

Madeline caught her first (and second) fish this weekend at the cabin. Janet and I sure enjoyed spending time with her and it was fun to watch her reactions when a fish got on her line. We went back down this morning and she caught another one the first time she threw her line into the water. I thing this girl has natural fishing talents!

Weekend Pictures

Pictures that I took at the lake and of our backyard. We had a nice weekend at the cabin visiting with the Grandmas and just hanging out.

Family Fun and A Nice Shower for Sophia at the Cabin

It was great to have our family join us at our cabin at the lake this weekend. Family joined us for a very nice shower for little Sophia. We especially enjoyed having both of Rebecca and janie's Grandmothers with us. We were pleased to have many of Janet's brothers,sisters, nieces and nephews. My sister Violet, her husband Gary, daughter LeAnn and granddaughter McKenzie also joined us. I am hoping that Janie or Rebecca got some pictures of her. A very nice family weekend that we will remember for a long time.

Madeline's Baptism

Janie gave me permission to post my pictures of Madeline's special day. She was such a little lady during this ceremony and everything went very well. We enjoyed a nice family get together later with very good food. Good job Janie and Steven! We were very proud of Madeline today!

Huber Farms

Janie,Madeline and I had a very nice day at Huber Farms in Indiana. We had a very nice lunch, picked blackberries (Rebecca we have some for you when you come home later in the month) and visited their petting zoo. Madeline really enjoyed it all and Janie and I each had a very relaxing vacation day.

Proud To Be An American - Happy 4th Of July!

God Bless our our soldiers past and present who have served their country. Thanks to my uncle Wiley Asher and Jim Brock who fought in World War II; to my High School friends Tommy Lawson and Phil Fee who fought and died in Vietnam and to Mark who is currently serving his country!!

Proud To Be An American

Thank God for those who serve!

Fun with Madeline at the Cabin!

We really enjoyed having Madeline with us at the cabin this weekend. She got a chance to spend time with both of her Great Grandmothers. Unfortunately we didnt get any pictures of Mamaw Baker and her on Friday night however I was too busy with my new car, whoopee. She enjoyed herself and so did we!!

Dinner With Madeline

Yesterday evening Madeline and I went out for a "night on the town". We went to Long John Silvers, which was her choice. During our meal she decided, without any prompting from me, that she would explain the word "infinity" to me. I was amazed at her explanation and knowledge of what the word meant. She was such a good little lady that we went to Walmart and purchased a toy that she said she has wanted for a long time, a small "little pony" game of some sort. We went to Baskin Robins for desert and had fun getting ice cream. I really enjoyed my time with her!

We are off to the cabin this weekend and Madeline is going down with us. I am picking up my "new" car.

Madeline and Captain Mark

A great afternoon with the family!!

We had a very nice afternoon in the Bernheim forest near Bardstown, KY. Later Mark, Rebecca and I went visit the Jim Beam Distillery (no samples!) which is nearby. Later we had another great dinner! This was a super weekend!

Its Great to have our family together!!

Backyard fun with our family, topped of with some great food! It cant get any better!

Our back yard on a Sunday Afternoon

A few pictures of our back yard and of janet's garden. Its dry and unless it rains soon this may be the end of green grass for a while.

Fish Pond

Chicago

We really enjoyed our week in Chicago. As you can see by the pictures Janet shopped then shopped some more.... We had lots of great food (too much) met some very nice people and really enjoyed the sights. Janet and I took a tour with the group one day and Janet enjoyed a "taste of Chicago" tour the next day. The city is very clean and a great place to visit. Millenium Park is really nice.

Office Visit!!

Janet, Janie and Madeline had a nice day at the zoo and came by my office later to visit. Madeline is quite the "office worker" isn't she.

Puzzling Fun

Madeline spent most of the weekend with us and since it was rainy and cold outside we did a puzzle. We enjoyed having our granddaughter with us!

Easter 2007

Madeline, Steven and Janie came by the house all dressed up and we wanted to get their pictures on our Blog. Happy Easter!!