Veteran's Day Picture of my Father

My father, Francis Jean Marshall, and friend

Navy Medic, WWII 

Tarawa

Mia's 6th Birthday Party

Mia's second birthday cake. My cake with whipped cream icing melted!

Lala Loopsie cake. Probably tasted good but everything just sunk

 into the whipped cream even though Jaime had it in a cooler.

Whipped cream - low in sugar, but bad idea.

Aaron and Jaime

Jaime and Irma

Mark at the grill

Daniel, Evan and Amanda

Karin, Alan, Joyce and Robert

Conner and Tyler

Vannon and Tyler

Elliot

Mia blew out the candles and opened presents

surrounded by family and friends.

Mia and Sean (Dad)

Mia was able to READ her birthday cards

(with a little help)

Mia requested a surprise birthday party this year. So Aaron and Jaime told her grandma was taking her to the doctor's. Aaron said she had six-itis and had to have six shots. I think that was mean. I told her there would be no shots and we would do something fun afterwards. We went to the park and were almost to the shelter when Mia said, "This isn't the way to the doctor's!" Then she said, "This is the park!" And that is when her mom and several other people jumped out from behind a tree and yelled, "SURPRISE!" Cory, Stephanie and Jill are missing from these pictures because they weren't able to come but lots of other people showed up and had a good time.

 Here is Jaime with her friends, Sarah and Jennifer on her 6th birthday

Here is Jaime's Care Bear birthday cake with 6 candles

Mia - 6 Years Old

 

Mia is 6 years old. I took cupcakes to school yesterday and she wore this crown. Can it be 3 years since I took these pictures of Jill's 6th birthday?

 Mia, Briel and Jill in 2009

Halloween 2012

 

Aaron and Mia

Amanda and Jaime

 Jonah, Courtney (Jill's mom) and Mia at Sylvia's house

 

Sylvia trick or treat

 Mia, Stephanie and Jill the cat

 

The man and the mullet wig

 Front porch Halloween night

 

Stephanie and Jill

 

Jill and scarecrow

Halloween Pictures from the Past

 

Pumpkin and Jill (2004)

Cory and Jill 2005

Neighbors and Cory (bottom right) 1973

Cory's friend, Cory and me (1973)

 Jill and her cousin, MacKenzie (2005)

Jonah (2005)

Some Halloween pictures from the past.

Mia

The school did something different this year. You had to pay for the portraits on the day they were taken. Even though Jaime went through a flurry to get everyone ready that day, none of us thought ahead enough to remember to send the money (if we had it). Something else was different, too. No proofs were sent home. Neither were they available online. When I finally got around to wondering where the pictures were, it was too late. I found that I could still buy them, but only sight unseen. I made a fuss, but it made no difference. Finally, I ordered a small package of Mia's pictures. They came yesterday. I was almost afraid to open the package. There she is along with Harriet (on the left) and beautiful. I don't know if we will get Jonah's pictures or if Cory and Steph got Jill's. But we had to get these first school pictures of Mia.

Fall Comes to Florida

 

Fall in Florida means 80 degrees instead of 90's and less humidity. Waiting for 70 degrees. It means getting out the Halloween and Fall decorations.

 

 Is this a weird seasonal rash???

 

Fall means school activities. Here is Jill and some of her friends in chorus getting ready to perform at Barnes and Noble.

 

Fall means celebrating Fall birthdays. We celebrated Alan's birthday at Senior Tequilla.

I made his favorite apple walnut cake.

 

 

 Everyone had a good time.

 

Unfortunately, fall also meant roof leaks. We finally cut a hole in the ceiling to see what was going on. If you look closely at the picture below, you can see many nails sticking through the wood roof.

 We had roof problems but also car trouble and a broken air conditioner. Arrggggg!