Amber Lee Haynie

Happy 4th Birthday, Amber! I hope that you have a great day and get to do everything you want to do. That would include, of course, teasing Julie and getting away with it. Poor Julie. Maybe you can just tickle her a bit. :)

#17

Joshua Kelsey Brown was born October 21, 2008, 6:10 pm in Grapevine, Texas. He is 21-1/2" and weighed in at 8.12 pounds. All is well with the Brown family. Joshua looks a lot like big sister Abigail. Abby thinks he should be called Batman. Welcome to mortality, Joshua!

Number 18 on the way

Happy Birthday, Laura!!

I believe that Laura is having THE ultrasound on Thursday. Is it a boy or girl this time?
I say BOY One more boy and we will have 9 girls and 9 boys.

Maintenance

Home ownership is a project-in-the-works (never-ending maintenance). I am hoping to start a habit of putting a certain amount of money into the maintenance or improvement of our house every month. For awhile it will not be very much, and will all be for maintenance. There is a leak under the kitchen sink that has been a problem for a long time. I have fixed it over and over again, which means it has never actually been fixed. Now the board under the leak has rotted and has to be replaced. I bought a board to fix it, but got frustrated because I couldn't get it under the pipes. That has been awhile, I wonder where the board is; I sort of remember giving it away. Maybe I should go look for it...................

Am I coming or going?

I have been told that I travel a lot, so I started counting the trips that I have made this year. It amazed me how much I have been gone since January. I am the one person in the family that prefers to stay at home, yet I have traveled more than anyone else. I am getting way too familiar with airports and the various airlines. I got home at 3am Tuesday and will be leaving Saturday morning(weather permitting--Hurricane Ike is supposed to have a severe effect on DFW weather Saturday afternoon) for one week. I am hoping to stay home for awhile after that (until March).
Dad has gone to Denver for a month to be with Grandma. She seems to be doing better than what we thought possible. I have always thought that she was one of the strongest people I have ever met. It is evident that she is still stronger than we estimated possible. She reminds me of my Grandmother, who lived to be one day short of 93. Go, Grandma, go!
I will be glad when Dad gets home. We all miss him.

Dust bunnies

I got this from Marlene Marshall: My house is dusty--you may sign your name in the dust, but don't date it!

Musings

This is a photograph of a garden in Vancouver. It is one of 7 or 8. Lanni Graf sent them to me.
If I can do this, I should be able to figure out how to do some others.

William, I have tried to leave comments on your blog, but alas, there is a notice that it won't accept my comments. Take your kids to do something fun before you all go back to school. They haven't been swimming, hiking, played soccer, gone to a real park all summer. That would be fun for all of you. Free lunch in the park does not qualify as a family event unless all of you go! It just barely qualifies as a lunch, depending on what they get that day. Sometimes it is just chocolate milk in the park.

Ben has a blog now! Check it out. Grassclippings in the shoes.

Michael is going to be baptized on September 6; Ammon will be blessed on the 7th in Utah.