A few weeks ago we went to the Rodenbaugh’s for a cookout on Dipper’s fancy new grill (a Father’s Day present).
He was mighty proud of his grill but his daughter, Shayna, was even more proud of her brand spankin’ new sandbox. She and Emma played and played… and then played some more. The light was just right and I took gobs of pictures – are you surprised?
I put up two new sets of pictures tonight, the last of those from our trip to Atlanta in June.
In the first set there are some cute shots of Emma swinging with Grandpa and Uncle Paul in this gallery, but the real fun starts in the shots of her second second birthday party.
Our little family of three will be expanding soon.
You know what I’m getting at, right? Yep, I thought so.
Emma will soon be a big sister come January/February. (There’s a little bit of disagreement on the due date… Estimates range between Jan 26 and Feb 6.)
We are excited and so is she!
Marla’s grandmother, Helen Schubert, passed away on the morning of July 04, 2004. The funeral was held today, Sunday, July 11, at the Beth Abraham Cemetery in E. Brunswick, NJ.
Is a first doughnut a momentus occassion, like a first step or first word?
I’m not entirely sure, but the pictures are sure as cute as can be! Grandpa Northcutt had the great idea for a chocolate-covered doughnut on a lazy, uh, Tuesday morning and Emma certainly wasn’t going to disagree! She attacked the doughnut with gusto and downed it with a frosty glass of chocolate milk.
At the end of May, while still back in Georgia, we took a trip down to the family farm. Papa O.N. grew up here along with all of his brothers and sisters. Great Aunt Ruth and her husband, Forest Peeples, still live (and work) on the farm.
My grandfather, O.N. Williams, passed away early on the morning of May 28, 2004. We held the funeral on Memorial Day, Sunday, May 30.
The cemetery was covered with American flags for Memorial Day, which was a fitting backdrop for eight aging World War II veterans who honored Papa with a 21-gun salute and Taps. It left me wondering, “Who will honor them when their time comes?”
