Oh Sista Where Art Thou?

Yeah Yeah I'm here ;o) We are swamped in Lions' Follies rehearsals...and our camera broke...k I'll be back soon...I promise...the baby (15 mos old now) whistles. It's the funniest thing. I've been told I whistle a lot...maybe he gets it from me? It's the suck in kind of whistle, but he definitely does it while he is "working"

Little Man

I just love this picture. I'm allowed.

16" of snow and counting....

Pictures from my front porch looking West and East

Who are you? Harry Potter?

We have this cupboard which does not have a divider in the bottom...Anthony LOVES to get his "b", a musical/light toy and play...only hitch is, he laughs and laughs when he closes the door...so you know he is "hiding". What a hoot.

A little boy turns 1

From bottom to top:

Mama helping Anthony open his walker toy

Mama and Great-great Grams debating how he's gonna eat his cake

The left hand of the matriarch (great great Grams) feeding Anthony.

Anthony after he did it himself.

Mama, Son & Auntie after he'd been cleaned up.

Five (5) Generations! How blessed are we?!?

I have always hated having my picture taken...but I look at these pictures and know I am amazingly blessed....this was taken Thanksgiving 2007 at my house...we hosted 16...

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a TEENAGER ~ YIKES!!!

So, Lulu turned 13 on Thursday 20 December. We had planned a trip to the Portland Art Museum (they have a Van Gogh!) & I had even hired a docent for the experience. Then we were going to look around at Finnegan's Toys...but alas...weather prevailed so we did downtown HR again. We finished off at Starbuck's and the girls were so fun to be around! They wrote pretend fortunes and we laughed a lot reading them out loud!

All in perspective...

So I was having a very rough day this particular Saturday...went to my friend Lorie's...I was in jammies, no makeup no hair done...she came out & said can you come in and do hair? I said WHAT?!? I'm crabby & not good company...she said it's for Danicka...Josephine's sister...now Josephine is not Josephine, she is Lindsey (& yes, there is a story there!)...Lindsey & her sister lost their mom to breast cancer two years ago come January...their dad Terry (above w/ Anthony) was at a loss on hair for Homecoming...so I did two heads of hair that afternoon & Terry held the baby...ringlets...oh the girls were pretty...sure changed my attitude!

Anthony is seriously left handed.

Seriously. Decidedly. A South Paw.

A Kiss or a Bite?

My friend Lorie had this yappy dog toy in a give away bin..I am not sure if L'il Bit thought he should kiss it or bite it ;o) Funny.

Soccer Anyone?

Veteran's Day. Hood River. Katie's last game.

What sayeth the Doc?

The doctor had my MRI/xRay results...bone fractures and arthritis in my hip, bulging disks in my back...we'll try to get the hip pain under control by steroid shots first...here's to hoping!

Update on Megg/Reilly/Meggers whatever you call me ;o)

I guess at this point, I should come clean and let those of you looking at my blog know I am back in medical mystery land. In late Aug/early Sept I was told my "auto immune disease" had decided to attack my throat, and that once it took hold, it was doubtful it would let go. OOOFFF! that is the sound of air escaping as I was punched in the gut. So...I decided to get another opinion. I have found a great doctor in Hood River (hey being the windsurfing capital has it's benefits! All kinds of professionals want to live here now!). She said I'd been a medical guinea pig for too long and got me to a specialist...at any rate...Lupus & MS are back in the running for what may be wrong....this week alone I've had another MRI (on my back this time...) & xRays of a hip that is so painful most days I can barely walk...so, as I take this journey, whatever the journey is, please pray I will do so with grace....that I will know when to say when & when to fight through....love you all muchly....
Megg/Reilly/Meggers but rarely if ever Meggie :o)

Seventh Grader @ Cascade Locks School

On the seventh day of seventh grade....DesiRae Noelle "Lulu" Roush....did I mention she is taking an AP class? (Advanced Reasoning....) I could not be more proud of the beautiful (inside & out!) young woman she is!

Sweet Picutres...

Seems Like Anthony always has a hat on these days, and who can blame him....brrrr. it's cold...this lead to his newest nick name from his Meemaw..."Tony Hats"

Tommy & Andy pushing L'il Bit in the Graham Cracker Express (a laundry basket w/ wheels...but you know Tom he's all about trains...)

Anthony preparing for the camera flash...

Scenic Hood River Valley Pics

Eric took these while he was out scouting...in the top picture you can see...er...a deer or maybe it's an elk, what do I know?!?!

Miss Lulu of the Volleyball....

Why they wear spanky shorts and then long socks is beyond me....

Opa and L'il Bit

I love these pictures. L'il BIt has a hold of Eric's beard in the top one. Right now, Eric is the most favored...pretty cool.

A beautiful Day at Crown Point....

Seriously. Does it get any better than this? Also, isn't it cool how the word "seriously" is so versatile? (That was a shout out to all you Grey's Anatomy fans)

Labor-free Day ;o)

Yeah yeah so I'm a little tardy posting....he's on Opa's lap (Eric chose his name, we'll see if Anthony agrees...it's German I think...)