The newest great nephew.....

The proud momma!!! Daddy was gone getting breakfast.

This is my niece, Kaila, with her brand new son Brody. He came to us on Easter Sunday. He was 8.5 pounds and 21 inches long. He will be spoiled rotten. He is my sister, Wanda's first grand baby! Kaila looks a lot like her momma.

My other sister, Terry, lives in Louisiana has 3 grand young 'ins. Julianna and Zachary by one daughter and Benjamin by her other daughter. I will have to get some pics of them and get them on here. Don't want to leave anyone out. She has been trying to get them to call me, GUS, short for Great Uncle Stevie......

Morning of Lee Laurie's test.......

As many of you already know, Lee Laurie had a heart cathe done last week. We are very happy and blessed that she has a strong heart. The Doc said if it was an 8 cylinder motor...she would be firing on all 8. This means that we go back to her regular doctor and try to tweak her meds....which the side effects are drowsiness and lowering of blood pressure....both of which might explain the fatigue??

Anyway, this is the morning of the test and I was able to take the day off to take her to the hospital and be with her the rest of the day. We are also blessed that I work with good Christian people who honestly believe that God is first, your family is second and your job is third.
I was also able to see by great nephew, Brody, that morning at the hospital. He was an Easter baby, 8.5 pounds, 21 inches long. Pictures will come.

I want to thank everyone that has came by or call to check on Lee Laurie, thank you all for all the prayers, a special....very special heart felt thanks to Ms Judy, Lee's mom. While Ms Judy was inside with Lee......(blogging......she wants her own blog now). She also did so much cleaning inside and fixed an awesome dinner......and I was able to cut grass and tidy up outside.......

I heard of people going to the extremes.......but this beats it all!! Go have a heart cathe, to get your yard cut, house cleaned, dinner fixed.....my dearest Lee Laurie, just asked us next time;-)!!

Jason at Papa John and Kahki's house.........

We went to visit my parents, PaPa John and Kahki. The little man in Papa's lap is Jason. He is Lee Laurie's grandson. He will be a whole one year old the end of May. He is such a sweet baby boy.

Yeah, Jason doesn't have a chance in not being spoiled.

Here he is with Kahki.....she spoils all the grand kids.....

It was a little chilly that night so we built....well, they had me make a fire in the "fire pit". It was so nice just sitting outside feeling the warmth of the fire and the coolness of the night air. We love to sit outside on their patio. It is cozy......has that warm and fuzzy feeling. It is private, quiet, listen to the wind chimes.....we have spent a many a hour out there.

Here he is with Ya Ya, she is so proud of him. We love to spend time with him and just spoil him pass rotten. He is scootin every where, pulling up on things trying to walk. He is such a good baby! And Jason, next time Pappy will not take all the pictures and get one of us, buddy!

Tyler Man!! This is my Tyler. He loved to help daddy. It didn't matter what, where,when...etc. He wanted to be with his, Daddy. He was about two-ish in this picture.....working in the garden with me.
I was trying to be Mr. Fix It....and while I was all caught up in......now how did this thing go....I was attacked by my helper. He was such a cute little boy!!

Here he is with his hoe to help me.

Then one morning I woke up.............and my Tyler Man is acting and looking more like a grown man. He turned 16 this past January and will get his driving license this month...scarey. I remember letting him sit in my lap and steer and later when he was about 8 letting him drive my truck when we were at the camp. He would let the seat up as close as it would getl....sit on the edge and stretch his neck to see over the steering wheel. He did good. That was even pulling a boat and trailer.

We do what I call "peddling jobs" from time to time. We skirt mobile homes on the weekends or in the afternoon once I get off work. Tyler is a very hard worker and catches on to most things quickly. He is thinking about firing me and starting his own little business skirting mobile homes this summer.

It would be good for him to start this. He would learn about cost of material, labor, tools, fuel expense......and overall....what we call at the bank..."the bottom line". He already has 4 yards he is cutting and trying to decide what he wants to do this summer when school is out. He also helps a lady on her farm when she needs him. He is not scared to work.

Taking a coke break.



He can do anything he puts his mind to. He helps one his friends work in his dad's auto mechanic shop from time to time.

This is the finished job. The skirting makes it look all better.

These days, Tyler and I don't spend as much time together as we would like. He is of course wanting to spend more and more time with his friends and most importantly his girlfriend, Crystal. She is a cutie. I work out of town and it seems like I always have something going on. We do get to hunt some and we will fish more this summer. We are suppose to go target shooting this weekend. We work hard and we play hard. I am very proud of him and love him so much.

Tyler, if you ever look at my blog, know that I love you very much, know that I am very proud of you, know that I will always be here for you, know that I don't know everything(HA), know that I try to lead and show you by example what a good man is suppose to be and do.

Outdoor Wednesday.

Happy Outdoor Wednesday!! I am posting different pictures of flowers from the yard. We will have a some kind of flowering plant in the seat of the old rocker.

These we call "old folk flowers" because you usually see them around every old house site.

I love these Japanese Magnolias.

We have several more plants a blooming. I will get some pictures to post. The weather has been so pretty today. I wanted to stay home............however, I am happy I do have a job to go to. I will have this afternoon to get outside and enjoy the weather.

After a long day of thrifting....

This is Lee Laurie's, B-N-L, Steven and sister, Melinda.
After a long day of Melinda and Lee Laurie's shopping and us poor ole men working all day, we decided it would be nice to eat dinner together. The kids get a chance to play and we get some down time to visit. So, I ran by day care and picked Garrett up after work and we went to Steven and Melinda's house. We were trying to decide......do we grill or do we eat out. Eat out....the next question was where? I am sure you all know the drill. Ha.

Steven said that La Carreta was a nice Mexican Rest and it sounded good to everybody. We met the women folk at La Carreta...I like saying that name...La Carreta.......We put the children at one table and we sat at another one. I don't think the older children, Whitney or Michael, were really excited about sitting with two rowdy 7 year olds. However, Whitney kept them in line.

Look at the pretty smile on Lee's face!!

Of course, we had to take pictures. These are some pics outside the restaurant. I am glad that I have had the chance to get to know Steven, Melinda and their children. They have 3 great children. I look forward to seeing and visiting with them. They have always made me feel welcome and part of the family. Lee and Melinda's mom, Judy, is so funny. She is a hoot!! One reason, I love spending time with them so much, is because I can tell that is does so much good for Lee to spend time with her family. They laugh and joke and laugh some more....we always end up eating too much and staying too late.......but hey that's alright!! I mean......we're family!!

My little town.....

This is a little ole house on Main St. I love the wisteria running along the front porch. You can sit on the front porch and watch all the traffic going by.

Just out of town is an old....real log cabin.....church. One of the ladies at work, remembers going to church in the log cabin. She said they built a new church a few years ago.

This is one of the buildings on Main St. Main St is lined with Bradford pear trees. They are so pretty.

This a picture of Main St at 10:30 a.m. Notice all the traffic...ha. We do have 2 stop lights. Main St consist of about 2 full block of stores and offices and even the court house/police department. You will hear the bells ringing to let everyone in town know that it is 12:00 o'clock noon....Lunch Time!!

This is where I spend most of my time. I work here. I love my job! Here, we know your name, your family, your kinfolk.....you are not just a number. We don't have to ask for your ID....blah, blah, blah...we know you and you know us. People knew me, before I knew them......word gets around when someone new is in town.

Meadville's population is now 521.....two ladies at the bank as recently given birth to God's Little Miracles. The county school.....the only county school is located here in Meadville. They take there sports serious here. They have won several state championships!!

Meadville is a close knit family town and they adopted me right away. If a child is acting up in a store or on the sidewalk....someone will correct them. It is a place where "little blue-haired women" bring in homemade sweets to us. I just love them. Ms Audrey brought in a strawberry shortcake last week.....it was lip-smacking good!!! Some people still leave their homes unlock, the churches unlock, keys in cars.......they are just good down to earth people. It's a place where the community comes together to help someone in need......I could go on and on about how great Meadville is. The attorney across the street from me....his dogs follow him to work. Another man, brings his dog to work with him and their are two huge white dogs that hang out at the Farm Bureau office.

I have brought Hailey and Garrett(not at the same time) to work with me. They enjoyed it very much and all the customers that came in made it a point to talk to them and help make them feel important...special.

Meadville is a jewell of place and until now.......one of the best kept secrets!!