Olivia has been going on and on about Santa bringing her that Barbie Jeep and we told her that she better just get ready to wait because Santa wsn't even going to come until it snowed...well, now she wants to stay up and wait on Santa tonight! I didn't know it was going to snow in October!

By the way, everyone loved the Pumkin Cheesecakes! Thanks for the recipe!

Beautiful Janet! I bet the kids are ready to make snowballs and sleigh ride!!

I DID IT! I actually made the pumkin pies. I am as shocked as you are.

When I woke up this morning at 7:50- I was amazed at what I saw. It was snowing, and it was beautiful!

I think I got a touch of the photography gift that is so widely spread in our family! Enough to have fun with it anyway!

aawwww i miss those 2 so much! the pics of kaiden in his barn are adorable!

and i remember dr. benham...he was so cute! although i never could understand what he was saying...he was about my height, lol.

ya'll know it's supposed to snow this weekend?

love the pictures janet!

Just another fall day! We had so much fun in the rain!

THanks~I think (hope) I can do it!~

Pumpkin Layer Cheesecake

2-8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs

*Mix all ingredients until smooth.
Leave 1 cup of batter to side.

1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
dash of ground cloves
dash of nutmeg

*Mix into the 1 cup of batter from first mixture

*Pour remaining plain batter into 6 inch graham cracker crust. Top with pumpkin batter. Bake @ 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Cool. Refrigerate for 3 hours or over night

Monica~ Still send it to my e-mail because I need to print it. I am making those for a friend's wedding on Saturday...I know...the pressure is on! Have you been to the doctor yet this month? Let us know!

Turkey Dinner would be fine at Mommy's. We will just need to know who is coming so we can plan a menu. I'll send out an email b/c all the family doesn't follow the blog.

Monica, I have a better idea. Just post your recipe on the blog, I want it too. I think you gave it to me last year, but I can't find it of course!
Speaking of pumpkin, are we doing Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving day this year?

Monica~Can you send me the recipe for your Pumpkin cheesecake please? Just send it to my hotmail if you don't mind!

Hey everyone,
Daddy came home today! His heart seemed to be doing alright this morning. Rate was controlled and rhythm was good! And boy was he glad to come home.
I have never seen anything so funny in my life as those two today. If it wasn't tied down, bolted to the wall or alarmed when you picked it up, it came home with them. They were even eating their lunch and there was a chicken strip left, Mommy was looking for a baggie to put it in. They brought the salt packs, and pepper. Even the little baggies the salt and pepper come in. Boy Rita you will have your job cut out for you next time you go up.
I just talked to Daddy and the guy who dug his gen seng, brought it back this evening. I think he has been more worried about his seng than he was his heart.
Night all,

Mommy decided to stay here with me tonight instead of her house. We fixed popcorn and made some hot tea. David and Susan came over and we practiced music. She enjoyed that. I brought Montana over too since no one was there. She wasn't all that excited to see the old home place until she spotted about 10 buzzards in the bottom. There was a dead deer there and she went running down in the bottom and set the buzzards to flight. Marley acted like she wished she would've stayed home at mommys. We will probably head over to the hospital around 8 just incase anyone wants to talk to mommy just call my cellphone
night!

Janet, Daddy said they took him for a chest x-ray today, I guess he figures he's good to talk since his lungs checked out okay!

I have to tell this one before i go to bed. Daddys cardiologist is from Iran. A little short humped over man. He is only 15 years younger than Daddy. Always on the go and busy. So today when he came in the room Daddy of course had to get his picture, Dr Benham informed me this was his 2ND picture for the day. DAddy told him if he didn't slow down a little bit he was going to end up in the hospital like him.
After he left Daddy said "he sure does go go go alot" I told him that he has 5 wives "back home" in Iran. He has been in this country many years and he works and sends money back to support his "families" Daddy just about flipped! He said no wonder he has to go so much! He said Mom has filled my bill for almost 70 years, she is all I ever needed.
I told him I didn't think he actually got to see his families very often. Daddy asked Mommy how she would like to be part of that bunch. I told her it might not be too bad, if there was a good cook in the bunch, she could just lay around and let someone cook for her!

Went to see grandpa this evening. I was afraid his lungs were going to give out if he didn't take breath from talking. Guess he had a lot to say:) LOL He said that everyone was real nice and that the fod was good. Then, he told me ALL ABOUT the nice man who stole his "sang"- don't laugh if that isn't spelled right! Had a nice visit. I told him that grandma was sleeping better than ever since he wasn't hogging the bad. He thought that was funny. Apparently, she keeps his feet warm...how sweet!

I am here at the hospital with daddy and he is going to have to have another test to see if he has a clot in his heart. The medicine he is on isn't doing the trick. He will have to have more iv meds to convert him to normal sinus rhythm. That means probably another 3 days at least in here. Jacob is staying with mommy tonight and then we are coming over after he goes to school. He says he feels more like himself than he has in a long time. Talking and taking pictures. Mommy is enjoying eating out. We ate at our church dinner today and brought daddy some of it. We had pork roast. Mashed potatoes. Gravy green beans. Rolls. Dressing. All kinds of desserts. She ate like a pig but swore she could eat only a bite. Our pastors wife made a dessert of coconut orange slices and pecans. Daddy loved it. By the way if any of you find toasted marshmallows with the coconut, buy all you can get. Daddy loves them but apparently they told Bobbie it was a seasonal item. So stay on the lookout. That would be a wonderful Christmas present!!
For those that know daddy is talking to a guy on my cell phone that was digging his gin sang. Didn't know it was his. Anyway if u don't have very many minutes on your cell phone, don't ever let him use it. Lol
if he ever had one he would have to have unlimited for sure!!
After he has the TEE I will blog and let everyone know how he is. He will have to be sedated but it is conscious sedation. Your out of it and won't remember but easily aroused!

Have to share this with all of you! Kaiden got a new big bed (twin) and slept in it just fine last night. There is room under his new bed to park his tractors in "the barn". So he does really good at putting his toys away. During nap time today, I thoght he had just gone on to sleep and when I went to check on him, he was asleep in the "barn". I thought it was so cute! It might be a hard habit to break though! Note that he is sleeping with his tractors:)