Emily and Vonda's cabin

 

 


This is Vonda with a couple of girls from her cabin at camp.
Vonda was saved the week she went to camp. When we came home we went to Mommy's and I told her to go into the kitchen and tell her. Of course Grandma was so excited she "got happy". Vonda said grandma got so excited she jumped so high her feet came off the floor!

those are adorable!

those are adorable!

Olivia got a dress up trunk for her birthday. Here she is in action!

Olivia's Cake- Didn't Addy do a good job?

NOT FUNNY!!! :)

OK, This is my grandchild we're naming here. They(?) have to live with this name for life you know! Cletis and Madea are OUT for obvious reasons! I don't know tho' Madea and call her Maddy, I could live with that! Surely there is a movie in the works "Madea gets SAVED! PRAISE THE LORD!"
"Having what you say"-that is scripture, I like that Monica! It works, doesn't it! Girls, maybe we should pray a set of triplets into the family!!!

OK- it's settled...M&M with peanut! LOL That is hilarious. No! REALLY! You can have Cletus! I am afraid that if Olivia ever does get the chance to contribute her opinion, that's what it will be...not that it is going to be ANYTIME soon!

A couple that counsels at camp with us has a little boy named Miciah and I think that is such a cool name.

Our worship leader's name at church is Michel. Juanita's daughter Tammi has a year-old granddaughter named Mauve. I believe they told me that it is an old Irish name. I believe their last name, Sweeney, is Irish.

Mark, Monica and Madea! Now there ya go!! Peanut!!!! Only Mark!!

Emily, it sounds like you had an eventful week!! I'm glad everyone had a good time and came home safe and sound. I like Marleigh for a girl and as I told Ruth, be careful what you say Rita because all I said was that I wished mom would have twins and aren't Corey and Adam wonderful :) Carrie and I were looking at baby name this evening on the internet and here's a few that were interesting: Macarena, Maimun, Maminnic, Marmaduke, Maximilian, Mclovin, Meliffany, Midnight, Mint(y), Moon, Moon-unit, Moss, Murgatroyd and for all you Treadway ladies...Madea!! Speaking of her, if you haven't seen the new "Madea goes to jail" it is fu-nny. I think it would be neat to stick with a name that starts with "M". For a boy we came across Micah and Mccai. I do like those. Mark said we should call it Peanut and then we would be M&M and Peanut. That's about all we accomplished today on that note. I don't want to take Cletus Oswald because I know Matthew and Janet totally want that name for their next one :P. Mom picked some green beans today and I helped her snap them, it was quite relaxing. Who woulda thunk?

Somewhere in Cowen a guy tried to kill his wife one night and he got a way (at first). They told us about twenty minutes later that they caught him. But they were thinking that they might have to do a manhunt and that they'd have to come into camp. And 2 girls had lice in one of the cabins, so they had to wash and dry the whole cabins stuff. Those girls slept in a different cabin after that (the one where all of the leaders stay). And I'm sure Vonda would have some really good stories! She really enjoyed the yuck, the cook parade and the monster crawdad that they found!

Monica~ I love that name. Is that for a boy or girl...or either! What if there's two...or three?? LOL And I'm dying to hear the Rest of the Story on the lice and attempted murder. Emily, it is hard to come back to the real world after being at camp. I'm glad Jacob and Vonda had a good time. I would love to hear Vonda's version of camp...in her own words. LOL

Do explain! I bet Lorie is dying to send Vonda back there...

Emily, explain: Attempted murderer??? What about the lice?

HA!! Cletus Oswald it will NOT be, we'll probably just go with Boss Hogg or Bossie Hogg lol. We've not really discussed any names yet but I do like Marleigh and no it's not after the dog. We'll have to wait and see :)

Olivia & Matthew think you should name the baby after her babydoll...Cletus Oswald...yes, that really is her babies name, thanks to Matthew. I think that Vonda & Vesta have a Cletus baby, too. LOL

Yeah, Monica. What new name might we be adding to the family????

Hey everybody! Camp really has a way of making the counselors go home and feel lazy...I don't feel like doing any of this massive amount of cleaning there is to do after camp! But alas, it needs done.

Camp was FANTASTIC. It was such a great week despite the bears, attempted murderer and lice. The kids were so good. They all listened much better than any camp I've ever done...it was kind of weird! Jacob and Vonda had a really good time too. Vonda was 3 or 4 years younger than everybody in my cabin but they all kind of looked out for her like a little sister. 17 kids were saved in all, 3 were from my cabin. It was such a great week....it's hard to come back to real life after being at Cowen. =(

No MONICA, I will never forget your name, dear!!!!!!!! What new name might we be adding to our family anyway? Something no one else has maybe?

I'm pretty sure mom won't forget my name, hopefully. She hasn't yet with the 6 kids she has at the house, that's including Corey, Adam and Carrie lol.

Anybody home? Miss you all.

Very Funny!

Janet Who??

AND...mom missed her beloved daughter so much that we had to have a doctor date today. Monica, once that baby comes, your mom won't even remember your name if she is anything like mine:) I wonder if Ruth is the same way with Amy? I guess you can't blame them:)

No Monica, I didn't go home with Ruth. It's just, after being gone all week cleaning at Mommy's, I had everything to do here. We worked out the garden 2 days. I spreaded (sp) the fertilizer like Daddy told me to so I hope I didn't burn up everything!! We'll see. Then I was so inspired by how good Mommy's house looked, I went to work on my own. I caught up on things that I only do once a year.
Court sure is a pretty dog. If Tanner needs to train, I have a big Raccoon coming to my garden. He could tree him in the Cherry tree and then shoot him out and give Court a taste of his reward. Funny how they are all the same color!
Monica~I hope you don't have much morning sickness! That was the worse part for me. You know, Blain even had morning sickness with Addy! He would go to work sick and it wouldn't let up until up in the day. Be sure and tell Mark that you want to share the experience with him!!
Then, since I hadn't seen the kids for a week, I had to have them come for a sleepover. Olivia didn't want to go home! They are soooo spoiled rotten. I don't know WHO did that!!!

Well believe it or not, Racer is getting a girlfriend! Except they have separate bedrooms!!! Tanner and Danny split Racers pen so that Court gets half and he gets half. Racer loves having her down there and I think Court prefers him to the picky girls. They are going to build her a dog house befitting a queen!! Marley and Montana actually get a long well with her. She seems to like the cats but they don't like her. Of course her size could have something to do with it!

How precious Trish, he is beautiful. Yal are going to have to expand your yard just to have room to walk outside and enjoy time with all these animals haha! What do Marley and Montana think of Court? Looks like they're getting along. Well did Rita go to Ohio with Ruth after the cleaning, haven't heard anything from her in a while. I had my first go 'round with morning sickness this week. Sunday and Monday mornings were the worst. I never actually vomited but I was very nauseas. It took a few hours before it left me. Addy that was a wonderful "sea urchin" cake you made, Mark loved it lol, is it the cake of this month? :)

 

Marley is the one with the collar and Court is the one on the leash

Meet Court!

 

Lorie its about time you got on here. Now post some of those pictures of your beautiful kids! Emily texted me at 1130 last night and said the kids were doing great! They had a bear in the camp last night, not sure if they saw it or just heard it in the trash. I think that is a common thing at Cowen though. They warn kids NOT to bring anything sweet in the cabins because of that! It is such a beautiful place, it is like it is hand picked by God! So many lives have been given to Christ at this place. All three of my kids were saved at Cowen...Lorie, Vonda has already been baptized, right? I couldn't remember, I know I remember seeing pictures of Shala, and then I thought Meme and Vonda were too. Jacob was baptized this past February. I know that he is too young to fully grasp the whole idea of being a christian, but I know that one day he will and it is such a great place to set a good foundation. The kids always come back rejuvenated. I think I need to go to the Adult Camp. They actually have a mens camp, womens camp, Extreme Camp-where they actually do some extreme outdoor stuff, like white water rafting and all sorts of things.
During your alls busy week, say a prayer for all the little campers this week, especially ours...and of course their counselors!! They are all around Jacobs age!

Oh yeah, we have a new member of the family. Her name is COURT...she is an AKC registered Bloodhound. The guy Tanner got her from actually has 4. They are gorgeous. She is only 4 months old and bigger than Marley and Montana. Her ears are soooooo long. They are used for search and rescue, apparently they have the best nose of anydog. There was a little boy who is autistic who wandered away a few months ago. No one could find him and it had been quite a while. He lived in Rupert, anyway, the police dogs couldn't find him even. So they called Marty cause they knew he had these dogs. His dog Ellie found him. Then there was a teenager in Clintonville who was suicidal and he ran off. Again they called Marty, his dog found this one too. I told Tanner it sure seemed like a waste to hunt coons with her when he could be hunting people and doing such an awesome service. Marty says they call him at all hours now, he does it as volunteer work through the Fire Dept.

Addy wait til you see her. I know you will fall in love. As soon as Tanner takes a picture I will post.
Hope you all have a great day,

Monica those pictures are beautiful. Just think, those could be the first pictures in the baby book, cause technically, your baby is there.

I was at Mommys yesterday evening and asked her what she thought of that and of course you would've thought it was her first grandkid. Oh I just love it.

I asked them if they were glad their company was gone and they both said no, they really enjoyed having Carol and Lee. Mommy also said that Goldie is coming for a visit in a couple weeks.

I got the briefest text from Emily last night that said Vonda and Jacob were having a blast at church camp and I haven't heard anything today so I guess thats good news. Emily said she wouldn't call unless someone was homesick!

I really miss my Lucy...I didn't realize that I was as attached to her as she was to me. I am actually looking at getting another. I can't find any around here though, so I am looking at a couple that has some for sale in AppleCreek Ohio. according to the directions it is about 30 minutes this side of Canton. They have a litter ready to go on Friday. So I may get up early and go check them out. Steve I know at one time you said you had a friend looking for one, if still interested, give me a call.

Mark and I went to the park yesterday with some friends from church and had some pictures taken. It was a beautiful evenening. Mark was feeling his oats lol!!

Monica~When were those pics taken? I think you are glowing!!

Hi Everyone

Hi Everyone,
I finally made it here. Janet you looked great. The girls had so much fun visiting the family and so did I. Monica congratulations on your pregnancy. I miss Vonda really bad but as long as she is having fun I will manage. Ruth just sent me the recipe for the awesome fried oatmeal. It was hard to go back to work Monday. Ruth all my fish made it home okay. Tell dad the girls were so excited to put them in there.

Trish,
Is that really a question? Of course it's chocolate!

Addy the cake looks like a sea creature you might have studied in college! But it is beautiful and the only thing that really counts is "is it chocolate?" LOL

Good job Addy

I decorated a cake! Just for a little practice, but it's a cute little cake...

All of the pictures are good, of the surprize for Ruth and Dan, and the ones of the wedding Janet you and your little ones look beautiful.sure wish I could have seen them in person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janet those dresses look really nice. The colors look much better than when you just describe them. I have to ask, what kind of shoes are the guys in black wearing? I think the kids look really good with Susan in that picture.
I took Jacob and Vonda to camp yesterday and they were super excited. Jacob has been before, but this was Vonda's first time. I think it was kind of like a culture shock at first, but she adapted really fast!

Camp Cowen

 
 
 
 

Now that wasn't so bad was it Janet? I think you look beautiful and Matthew looks like a gentleman. Little Miss Olivia is hammin' it up for the photographer haha.

Fine...if you insist! Lorie, are you seeing this?

I want to see that picture too Janet, don't be scared!!!

Don't count on it!

Janet the kids are so cute! Olivia is a doll baby and Kaiden looks like a little man. But what I was hoping to see is a picture of you in YOUR dress!