It has been a long time

Well, We have been told that we are not updating our blog enough. It has been a busy 5 weeks. Nikki and Andrew came and seen us. We had a great time - We had a BBQ and lots of stuff to talk about. We had never met Andrew before and truly enjoyed his company. It is amazing how much Nikki has grown up since the last time we seen her. She is very happy she it shows. Hopefully we can spend more time with them since we only live an hour away from each other.

There is so much going on around here that it is hard to find the time to write. For those of you that do not know Michelle, Tyler, and Bailey moved into their own apartment in January. They love living on their own. Michelle still works lots of hours but she gets off around noon, Tyler is now working so that will help them out a lot. And course Bailey is perfect. She talks very well and everyday she is learning new things.

Megan and Joe are still living with us but ---- they have just been approved for a home loan - so let the fun begin. Their days are filled with working and looking online at houses.

Our Joe is still in Portland going to school. He is doing good but - having a hard time finding a job. He is working part-time for Homestead which is a in home heath care program. He seems to like it but with todays work there are not a lot of males in the program - most family members are saving money and taking care of their own family members. His girlfriend Lora is great. She is working at Red Lobster. And they have a great apartment in Salem.

Matt is great. He LOVES his job. He just got the biggest account for his company so right now he is the star at work.

As for me working lots - but was able, last week, to take a week off and I took Bailey to Portland. She was perfect on the planes. We went to Uncle Joes in Salem, then down to Medford to visit everyone. I had not seen Amanda's baby and had not seen the twins for a long time. It was great to visit them. Mom and Dad made a dinner and everyone came to visit. Frank and Cathy even made it over. The house was full and I enjoyed visiting with everyone. It was too bad that Matt could not come. Then we headed back to Portland to see my family - again everyone came to visit. It was great to see everyone and all the little ones are getting so big. Bailey also was able to visit with Tylers family. Needless to say there was not enough time. So if we did not see you we will be back in July.

I have attached a picture of Bailey and Payton (bailey's sister) I took them to go and get there pictures together. As you can see Bailey misses her sister. I will post more pictures later.

Love to everyone