2.12--Stewart's Visit

The Patrick House
Owned by JC.

Juniata College owns this house and rents it out to different families, clubs, church groups, etc... Doug and Heidi brought their youth group up for a winter weekend. They arrived early so they could check out the house and figure where everyone was going to sleep and set everything up. While they were taking care o' everything in the house, my job was to watch Caden (and take pictures as well). Here they are.

The Patrick House.

Cool Blue Dog Poop!!

Silly Silly Caden...
(He always crosses his feet and
removes socks and shoes off his right foot.)

He loves PICKLES...

...just like Auntie Jill!!
(...you know there's always pickles at my house!!)

I love this li'l guy so much, and it was ever so great to see my family! I miss them and wish they lived closer! When they come to visit, I try to take every opportunity to spend time with them. Caden and his love for pickles is my special bond with him. He even knows the sign for pickle! Hope to see them soon.

THE END!!!

2.12--Babysitting..

Babysitting...Jonathan Price (JP)

Well, back when I was little (haha...yes, I'm still little, good one) I did A LOT o' babysitting. Babysitting was my job. One o' my FAVORITE li'l guys to babysit was Jonathan Price (JP). The main reason I loved babysitting him was I could take him to different places and he was very "sportzy"...we went to lots o' games and played lots o' baseball...football...soccer...basketball...any sport really!! I've watched him since he was a newborn...now he's 11!! WOW, I'm getting old!!

Here are some pictures back when he was 3 and I was 16!! Don't you just want to eat this li'l guy all up?

On the way to Detwiller to play ball!!

His giggle is the cutest EVER!!

I loved making him giggle...

Playing hardcore makes a boy thirsty...

...8 Years Later...

Jesse and Jonathan played some 1v1...

They got pretty into it.

These boys were hard core playing...

Pretty nice form don't you think?

Oh...it's ON!!

LOVE Jonathan's face in this one...he's having fun!

Jonathan looks so tiny next to Jesse...
(and Jesse really isn't that tall!)

Awesome form, right?

SWISH!!! Looks cool, right?


Jesse showing off some o' the moves...


Jonathan takes the shot!!


Me being old and sitting on the side.


Yup...being board...


I believe this shot went in...


...a behind the back move...


Must be too tired to get the rebound.


I think this looks cool...


Some dribbling skills...

It was nice for Billy Jo (Jonathan's mother) to call me up on the spur o' the moment to watch li'l Jonathan! I took him up to Juniata College and we played some hoops. When I first got there Jonathan "wasn't feeling so good"...so I wasn't sure if we'd be able to get to do something so active. Well, the college basketball went great! We played for 2 hours and then we went home and watched ESPN basketball...then he zonked!! (Think I tuckered him out!) Wow...miss babysitting the li'l guy...who's growing up and not so li'l anymore!! (:

THE END!!

2.5--Chinese Spring Festival

Happy New Year, CHINA!

It's been great to have some culture to our same ol', same ol' American lives. After having Chinese children we have learned some very interesting things...like there is no Christmas in China...there is also no New Years! Actually, I take that back, the new year is based on the moon, not January 1st!! So February 5th was when we were able to celebrate the Chinese New Year with our daughters!! My camera died, so I didn't get many pictures.

Program...li'l blurry.

All o' us bringing in the Chinese New Year!

Wishing A Happy New Year in Chinese!

A group o' boys did a dance, it was probably my favorite.

Backstreet Boys?

Because there is no Christmas, no presents; however, there are a lot o' Chinese traditions. One o' the Chinese traditions is that parents and grandparents will fill a red envelope with lots o' money! So at each o' our tables there was a red envelope with a paper with a number written on it. Whoever got #1 got to go first to eat...
Ah...yes...we were #17 out o' 20!!

Our tickets...YEAH!!

I just thought this looked cool...

Some fancy music while we ate...

My plate...lots o' food to try!!

Ace's plate...

A beautiful piano piece...

She did a great job.

This boy sang a popular Chinese song.

I thought he did a great job!
...but I didn't know the words, or the tune!

At the end o' his song, a few girls ran up to him and put garland around his neck to congratulate him for doing such a great job singing.

What a wonderful job!

And then my camera died, and I wasn't able to get anymore pictures. Boo...I didn't even get a picture o' us with my daughters...it's so sad! Maybe next Chinese New Year, yeah? We had a great time, it was fun trying all the different foods, and the performances were fantastical!

THE END!!!