This year we had some out-of-town visitors for Thanksgiving. My Aunt Paula and Uncle Butch came in from Houston, and my brother's wife, Bonnie and their two kids, Joseph and Laura, were all here also. My brother had to work today and should be here tonight. It was a wonderful dinner as usual. My parents made the turkey and cornbread dressing and the rest of us made the rest of the stuff!! We will all be getting together again tomorrow at our house for a winter cookout.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thanksgiving
This year we had some out-of-town visitors for Thanksgiving. My Aunt Paula and Uncle Butch came in from Houston, and my brother's wife, Bonnie and their two kids, Joseph and Laura, were all here also. My brother had to work today and should be here tonight. It was a wonderful dinner as usual. My parents made the turkey and cornbread dressing and the rest of us made the rest of the stuff!! We will all be getting together again tomorrow at our house for a winter cookout.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Joel-In-The-Box
Credits: Paper - Summer Blooms Kit by Kelly Miller; Frame by Katie Pertiet; Fiber by A-liya; Tag by Lenas Scrap Design; Comic Sans MS Font
I'm not sure what it was with boxes and laundry baskets but all of our kids really loved playing in them. Here is Joel playing in a box we used to keep in the living room for toys. He spent hours playing in it. What a look of pure joy on his face!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Cool Kids
Credits: Torn Memories Kit by Lauren Bavin; Sam's Handwriting Font
This is another picture I scanned at Lee's mother's house last summer. I love the 'cool' sunglasses that Lee, his brother Mark, and his sister Judy are wearing. Notice that the lady in the car also has her sunglasses on. I think she is Lee's Grandmother...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Jeremy and James
Jeremy and our neighbor James, became good friends almost immediately when the Dunns moved into the neighborhood. They were pretty much inseparable. Jeannie, Mark, James, Jessica, and Jackie lived just down the street for several years until they moved to the Austin area. James is now in the Marines, I believe!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
3 Brothers
Credits: Paper, Letter Blocks- Creative Victorian; Frame - Sweet Surrender kit by Sherry Ferguson; Labels - Amy W. Designs; Alpha - Lisa Whitney; Bradley Hand ITC Font
This is a picture that Lee's brother Kevin sent me last year. I had forgotten all about it until I found it on my flash drive the other day. The only one of the brothers who really has much hair left these days is Mark - and he still has a lot!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Another Roll of old film!
Credits: Paper, Journal Block, Buttons, Word Art - RPenn at Shabby Princess; Tag - Atomic Cupcake; Frames - ToyBox Designs; Heart Flourish - Heather Watson; Marcell Script, Attic, and Arial Fonts
I had been looking for an old bag that had some old camera lenses in it for awhile. Saturday, while looking for something else, there it was - hanging on the wall hooks with all my other camera stuff! Go figure! Anyway, inside the bag were two rolls of film. One of them was blank, but the other had these photos plus some of Jeremy as a baby! Cool Stuff!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Hungry Horse Montana
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Halloweens
So I scrapped the ones I found.
Credits: Paper, Tag - Atomic Cupcake; Curled Frame - Toy Box Designs;Aged Frame - Broken Jar Creations;Halloween Font
Credits: Paper, Tag, Chain, Brads - Atomic Cupcake;Pumpkin, 'Boo' - Scrapbook Flair; Billiebarred, Arial Fonts
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
More Scanning!
Here is a sample:
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
An Accomplishment
Credits: Background paper - unknown; Journal block - Karel at CraftyScraps; Tag, Quote - Scrapbook Flair, Deckled Frame - Design by Leen;Frames - Lindsay Jane Designs
Credits: Background paper - unknown; Journal block - Karel at CraftyScraps; Tag - Scrapbook Flair, Frames - Lindsay Jane Designs,
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Halloween Party
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Yet Another Old Pic
Monday, October 13, 2008
Another Old Pic
Credits: Papers, Tag,Journal box, ornaments- Adelina’s Designs; Corners - SchmooAngel; Tape,Eyelets - Atomic Cupcake
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Old Pics
Mat - DigiDiva Designs; Cardboard Tag - Bannerwoman Designs
And, like I said about this picture of "Christ of the Ozarks", I remember going to visit it when I was a kid and I think I remember music playing from some loud speakers. I also remember getting a handmade doll in Eureka springs - I think it was called an apple-head doll. I thought she was pretty ugly at the time - but I guess when your head is made from an apple you don't have much chance to be beautiful! I'm not sure if she was really made from an apple but I think I do still have her and now I am going to have to see if I can find her!
I did a search for this statue and found it - here are a couple of links - it's kind of a strange place...
http://www.greatpassionplay.com/christoftheozarks.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_the_Ozarks
Friday, October 10, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Aunt Anne
Aunt Anne was just 12 years older than me. When I was very young and we went to visit my grandparents in
Later, when Aunt Anne got divorced, she and my cousins, Jennifer and Jerry, moved here in town. She was then a single mother. I would often get to spend the night with them and it was always fun because Aunt Anne was just plain fun to be with. She always made me feel special because I was older. My cousin, Jennifer, used to ask "why does Dana get to do that and I don't?" Aunt Anne would simply reply "Because she's bigger, that's why." I loved it! We used to go to the drive-in quite often, go shopping or just hang out at her apartment. I once won tickets to a midnight showing of the movie “Car Wash” when it first came out. Aunt Anne, of course, was the one I chose to go with me!! (of course I guess I really went with her since she was the one who had to drive!!)
When I graduated from high school, Aunt Anne got me my first job at Levi's. It was so interesting to get to meet the people I had heard her talk about for so long. She was such a blast.
Joel shares Aunt Anne’s birthday because, since I had already had 2 c-sections already, it was just a given that he would also be a c-section baby. My doctor gave me 3 different dates to choose from, one of which was June 21, Aunt Anne’s birthday. Of course I chose that date for Joel to be born even though it was the latest of the 3 dates. Aunt Anne called Joel “my man”.
Several years ago, when my grandmother was very ill, Aunt Anne moved back here from the
Now I need to talk about Jennifer. She was a pretty rebellious pre-teen and teenager but has become a wonderful woman. She took Aunt Anne into her home so that she would be comfortable and surrounded by family. She is also taking Andy in and is treating him like her own son and driving him quite a way to his old high school every day. I am impressed with the compassion and caring and strength she has shown.
Then there is my other cousin, Stephanie. She is the daughter of my mother's other sister, Kay, who passed away late last summer. She is a nurse and travelled to
Both Jennifer and Stephanie are quite a few years younger than me so I have always thought of them as kids - but they have proven that they are wonderful, caring women throughout all of this.
Then, last but certainly not least, there is my mother. She went to stay with my Aunt Anne for several months about 2 years ago when she had her first bout with cancer. She was basically Aunt Anne's caregiver for a couple of months until she could get along on her own. Now, along with Jennifer and Stephanie, she did it again. She is an incredibly strong woman herself and I love her very much. She is the person everybody asks to speak at funerals because, for one thing, she can actually do it without breaking down and crying, and the other, most important thing, she is a very good speaker and can come up with great things to say about anybody. The first time I remember her doing so was at my Uncle Mike’s funeral. He was killed in a car wreck a few months before Lee and I got married. I couldn’t believe she could actually get up there and speak like she did but she did and it was beautiful.
Anyway, I feel blessed and proud to have such a great family because, in the end, it is family that are the most important people in your life.
I only hope that if I was put in the same situation as Jennifer, Stephanie, and my mother, that I would be half as great as they are!! Here are some pictures of Aunt Anne:
Sunday, September 28, 2008
3 Birthdays
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Fun at the Border Patrol Check
On the way, we had to stop at the border patrol check as usual, but things didn't go quite as they normally do...Jeremy was driving. I was in the front passenger seat. Josh was directly behind Jeremy and Lee was behind me. Joel and Jenna were in the back seat.
Jeremy was prepared for the usual 'Are you all American citizens' and he was ready to say 'yes'. But this is how it actually went:
1st Officer - Where are you going today?
Jeremy - uhhhhh (then to me) where are we going? (not the type of hesitation you should have at a border patrol checkpoint!)
me to Jeremy - Lubbock!
Jeremy to officer - Lubbock.
Officer - OK - where are you coming from?
Jeremy - El Paso
Officer - Where do you live?
Jeremy - El Paso
Officer - Which side of town?
Jeremy - West side
Officer - Which street?
Jeremy - (tells him our street)
(by this time they have noticed other people in the back of the van - Josh, Lee, Joel and Jenna)
2nd Officer - is this door locked? Can you open it?
(while Josh is unlocking the door 2nd officer asks - And what are you going to be doing in Hobbs?
Me - It's Lubbock and we're going to a funeral
2nd Officer - Is everybody back here American Citizens?
They all say 'yes' as he actually gets a good look at Josh (who has recently grown a full beard and did I mention that Lee has told him he should stay away from airports? Lee says he looks like he would be named Mukkhi Farshad)
2nd Officer (to Josh) - And where were YOU born sir?
Josh - Here
2nd Officer - Here? (we are actually in the middle of nowhere)
Josh - Providence....Providence Hospital (with no trace of a foreign accent)
I guess by this time they realize we're not drug-runners or terrorists and they let us go.
As we are driving away, nobody has realized why they targeted Josh like that except Lee - who mentions something about the beard - prompting Josh to exclaim - That does it - I'm shaving it off!! And we all were almost rolling on the floor with laughter for quite awhile down the road! Funny in retrospect but kind of scary not to mention annoying at the time. I wanted to just strangle Jeremy for not knowing where we were going in the first place.
I will try to post a picture of Josh in his beard so you can see what Lee meant!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Hiking with Pa Pa
Here are some pics from our hike. Josh actually took the first one.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Fantasy Football
Monday, September 15, 2008
The Birds
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Cherry Stand
Friday, September 12, 2008
More Treasures
This is my mother, my father's father and my father's sister playing a game of dominos in 1961!
It is awesome to have found it.
My aunt's two daughters (Jennifer and Michele) are the "80's hair" girls from a few posts ago.
I probably should explain that I have 2 cousins named Jennifer - one from my mom's side and one from my dad's side. They are actually Jennifer Leigh and Jennifer Lee. When the second Jennifer was born, my aunt Anne had no idea that Aunt Paula's Jennifer's middle name sounded just like Lee.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Scanning Slides!!!
The best thing about getting them into a digital format is that I can put them all on DVD's and share them with the rest of my family - which I will be doing soon!!!