Sierra is Seven

We had a family party on Sierra's birthday.

Check out all those missing teeth!

Can you tell that I'm holding Baby Brooklynn on my lap?

New Granddaughter!

Jamie called me at about 10:30 pm January 25th. Contractions had started about 10:00 and they were headed to the hospital! Awesome! I had gone to bed with a wet head which meant major bed head so I fixed my hair faster than ever before and Dave and I headed for the hospital. Dave drove 5 mph UNDER the speed limit on Interstate which drove me nuts, but I held my tongue. It probably was a good thing that I wasn't driving because I would been picked up for speeding.

We found Jamie, Ryan and Sierra in  a temporary room. Jamie was having heavy contractions so we took Sierra out of the room to wait in the waiting are with Dave and I.  We were on the 6th floor and the waiting room had a beautiful view of the city. Sierra played with my phone and camera and I read a story to her.

Dave trying to nap....with Sierra taking his picture.

Sierra took this video of the city from the waiting room window.

Ryan kept us updated by cell phone.

• 12:55 am. (Jan 26) Jamie was dilated to 5cm. 
• 1:14 am They moved Jamie into room 607
• 1:33 am Ryan told us that Jamie was dilated to 7cm and they were about to give her the epidural.
• 1:39 am Ryan asked me to call my mom and update her, which I did. I was supposed to tell Mom that "Jamie was going quick."
• 1:45 am Sierra finally gave in and went to sleep.

• 2:16 am Ryan said  that Jamie finally got the epidural....which we found out later that only took hold on her right side, not her left. 
• 2:58 am Jamie was dilated to 8-9 cm. I asked Ryan if I could see her briefly.  He said yes.
• 3:00 am I went in to see Jamie. The doctor was seated at her feet.  He told me that he had broken her water and that things would move fast now.  In the room were two nurses for Jamie and one for the baby.
• 4:27 am Ryan sent us this picture saying that Brooklyn had arrived!

This first picture that we saw of Brooklyn......Precious!

Finally at 5:30 AM we were able to go in and see the new baby. Here is a video of Sierra seeing her new sister for the first time: (Sierra was still a little hazy because we had just woken her up)

Here are some more pictures of Brooklyn:

The nurses are weighing Brooklyn and taking her foot prints.

Meet Brooklyn, our new Granddaughter!

Snow, snow and more snow!

In January we received shove-able snow in something like 17 days in a row.

This is Davenport School. You can't even see the windows!

A sea of Snow!

Snow!

This is a snowbank that is much higher than my school bus!

This picture kind of says it all.  (It was taken from my school bus.)  

The Shack

Mom and I had lunch at the shack on north Broadway. This is a restaurant that has been closed for a couple months and now has reopened.  We really liked the place and the price/quality of the food. and the location.We also like the location.... not far from where Mom lives.  I think that we will come here often!

Snow in our Yard

 Record snow this winter.  Check out our yard:

Front yard

Back Yard

Book Club

Our book club met in the Fargo Billiard"s coffee shop.

We discussed the book "Something Borrowed."

My friends: Polly, Gayle, Verna, Bernita, Debbie and Georgia

Birthdays

We celebrate co-worker's birthdays.

Connie's Birthday

Jodi's Birthday

 Today was Lexie's birthday.

January Snow at Mom's House

January was a snowy month. Here are some pictures that I took around my Mom's house in Fargo, ND.

Mom's House

Back Door

Looking south down the block.

Looking north down the street.

Check out the height of the snow banks.

That's a lot of snow to shovel!

Bird Feeders

Bus Drivers' (late) Christmas Party

We, school bus drivers and our spouses,

 got together for a belated Christmas party at the Wild Rice Bar.

 A couple of the drivers couldn't make it because of the snow. 

Check out the snow on the other side of the patio doors. 

We pooled our funds and bought our fearless leader, Vic, a jacket.

The back of the jacket says Kindred Vikings and has a backward (oops) bus on it. 

(The door is on the wrong side allowing the kids to exit into traffic.)

Bridal Show = BTW, MY 300th POST!

Jenny and I went to the KVLY Bridal Show at the Civic Center. First we checked out all the display booths.....two floors of them. At 3:00 we watched the style show. We had fun. I enjoyed spending the afternoon with Jenny. We used to hang out together so much but that has changed. So today was a good day. I totally enjoyed it.

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Family Game Night

We are having fun getting together for supper at our house on Wednesday evenings. We  call it "Game Night" but we've actually only played games one night. It just feels so good having the kids together. (I'm obviously afflicted with "Empty Nest" Syndrome.)
These pics were taken on January 12th. Ryan was also there.  He just missed the Kodak moments.

 

My V Card

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Cousin's Night Out

We got together for our monthly "Cousin Night Out" but most of the cousins were missing! 

Dula, Mom, Carrie, John, Me and Mari

(In case you are wondering about the plastic sheet....

the restaurant was remodeling the room behind us.)

A Snowed-In Weekend

2011 started out with a two day blizzard and then another two days 

with closed roads and highways while everyone tried to dig out.  

Here is a picture of the invisible street and avenue in front of our house: 

We got a good foot of snow.  Here is a picture of our backyard. You can see how deep the snow is by looking at the walls of  the pathway that the snowblower carved.

And here is the guy behind the snowblower:

It's 2011!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Have you made any New Year Resolutions?
Here are mine:

1. No Sugar! (My downfall which leads to many many un-needed calories! I've done it before... I can do it again! (My pep talk to myself)
2. Do a nightly walk around the house before crawling into bed.  Make sure that everything is in place and the dishes are done. I also like to set out my clothes for the next day so that I don't wake Dave when I get dressed.
3. And here's the stretch: Keep my blog and websites up-to-date!

I also want to continue past resolutions that I've kept:

1. Do 50 crunches every weekday morning
2. Drink a detoxifying drink every morning of lemon juice in hot water.
3. Most important of all.... Keep God First. I start out each weekday morning by reading in the Bible.