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yummy! more snow cone please!

posing with granny and the cows at the fair
at the petting zoo. she wasn't afraid of anything. she wanted to give them all kisses
even the llama is smiling for this one

this little guy was too sweet.
this is the baby quilt i am working on. i call it a peek a boo quilt, but i think i just made that up. if you look at the center square on the bottom, you can tell how you can flip open the flaps to reveal a surprise. i'm pretty darn impressed with myself on this one. it's up on the design wall still, but i'm working on getting it all sewn together.
marley's response to: what does the elephant say?
she did not want her pizza cut up. she's a big girl and she will feed herself thank you very much.
ben made me homemade mac n cheese last night to help me feel better.
marley sporting her (dad's) combat boots.



well, it has been a week. and what a week. i can't claim good or bad. last sunday ben's grandpa elmer passed away. he had been in the hospital for a couple of days and seemed to be doing very well, but during the last procedure he just didn't wake up. elmer was an amazing man who we will miss very much. he never met a stranger. marley and i were both blessed to have met him and to have loved him. mary ann and elmer were married for 60 years. they had their share of hard times, but anyone who met them loved them and knew they loved each other. ben and i would be very lucky indeed to have a long and loving marriage like theirs. please keep elmer's family and loved ones in your thoughts. on a lighter note, i got to go to the endodontist this week. that's always fun. it was the second half of a root canal that i was having redone b/c the dentist in ohio was a con artist and not a dentist. he drilled on my for an hour and 45 minutes. half way thru the anesthesia wore off. it was the stuff nightmares are made of. but he quickly solved that problem. and i should be all done with that tooth. i went and got the permanent filling on thursday morning. my friend kelly (jude's mom) and i have started working out and walking together, so that's been nice. it helps to keep me motivated. and of course this week was the washington county fair. marley had a blast. and now i am sick. sick sick sick. i spent last night alternating between soaking the sheets with sweat and huddled under blankets freezing. the cold meds seem to be working now, and i think i am on the upswing, but man have i felt like dog poop. louie sized dog poop. we also have FINALLY gotten started on the workshop/crap holding place. it's looking more and more like ben's man cave. we had five bags of trash. FIVE. just think, we moved that crap across the country. and then a couple more times just for kicks. oh well. better late than never. and of course today is marley's unbirthday. she is 19 months old today. such a big girl!