Christmas 2009

We have had a blessed Christmas day with Ed, Deb, and the girls. Gil called his Dad and Helen to check on them. He also talked with both his sisters in Ft. Scott. They had snow there. When he talked to his son Dan in Iowa he found out they had snow as well. Gil's daughter Pat called from Kansas and they were having a nice Christmas at her mom's house with snow as well. Emma, Gil's 5 year old great grand daughter got new boots for Christmas and was begging to go out and play in the snow.....but it was very cold there and grandma would not let her go out.

News from Tate publishing this week let us in on a new advertising on TV. Our book will have a trailer made and the 30-second ad will air on four major newtworks which will give us some good publicity all over the nation. It will air on Fox News, Lifetime, History Channel and American Movie Classics. I should see some activity on the website soon afterwards.

I am publishing a new picture of DJ, our 4 mo. old granddaughter. She sure is filling out and growing! I am eager to hear how much she weighs at her check up next week.

December 2009

Merry Christmas to all my blog followers! Gil and I are taking Ed, Deb and the girls to Hot Springs tonight to the Garven Gardens to see the millions of Christmas lights. We will have a nice dinner in Hot Springs beforehand and return after the sightseeing tour of the lights. I will get some pictures to post here.

Visiting in Kansas with Niemeirs

Gil and I traveled to Ft. Scott, Kansas, last week to see his Dad and step-mother, Glen and Helen. We stayed with Gil's sister, Carol and her husband, Dan. Carol had a brand new grandson, Noah, born Nov. 30th. We spent time each day with Dad and Helen, then visited Gil's sisters and brother in the evenings after work. We had only 2 days to stay, but had a very good visit. We wanted to visit early in the month because sometimes if we wait until Christmas, the weather is very cold and sometimes icy. We had lovely weather for traveling there and home. Suzanne went with us as she always enjoys visiting the Niemeirs in Kansas. I am attaching a couple of pictures taken there.