Ferrera Projects

Dave has now completed another high chair. This one is for baby Ferrera. After finishing it, he was asked to make a bench for Erin to have in her living room. It is now ready to make its move to Texas along with the high chair. Stay tuned as he is beginning a project for me and will be posted in a couple weeks.

My New Best Friend

Meet McKenzie - We have become best buds this past week. I offered to babysit my friend Rosemary's dog for 10 days. I go 3 times a day to feed her, but what she gets sooooo excited about are the walks we take 4 times a day... I know she'll be glad to have Rosemary back home come Monday but she is also going to miss our walks!!

Walking Makenna

Allison, Jared, and Makenna came for a visit on Saturday. Dave and I babysat Makenna while Allison and Jared went out for an anniversary lunch celebration at the Cracker Barrel. Jared didn't have much to celebrate when his sandwich came. Guess he took one bite and it was gone. :( Allison was a good sport though and shared her meal. After a brief trip to Home Depot, they headed back to Carlisle in time to feed Makenna. It was such a beautiful day that we decided a walk was in order. So we took in the sights of south side Carlisle. For supper we treated them to Tasty Tacos - always something to look forward to. Happy 2nd wedding anniversary Willis' - wishing you many, many more!!

A Visit from Two of Our Favorite Girls

One of the nicest things about returning to Iowa from Texas was a visit from Allison and Makenna. Makenna is becoming a person all of her own now. She loves to grab her feet and the toes go right into her mouth. Allison showed us a new game Makenna loves to play - bouncing on the bed. We went for a walk, but Grandpa had to make sure Makenna didn't have the sun or wind in her face. Once he figured it out - she cuddled right in and dozed off. Thanks for coming down for the day girls. The Tasty Tacos were also an added treat!!!

Texas Trip

What a fine time we had visiting Erin, Jason, and the granddogs!! We took my mom and sister, Connie, with us and were treated like royalty... Some things we did during our visit:

- sought out a flea market (bought old vehicles for Jacob's nursery)
- went to Rockwall and bought Dave new tennies (good deal -$110 shoes for $30)
- treated Erin to a trip to Sam's Club in Mesquite
- Judy and Jim came over so Jim could have a rematch of Scrabble with Connie and my mom
- always nice seeing David and Annie Ferrera
- visited the JFK museum in Dallas and ate at a fabulous restaurant, "Landry's" (Dave and my mom had fried oysters and Connie had Chilean bass)
- shopped at the outlet mall in Allen (got several outfits for the grandchildren)
- took Jene and Luke on walks and of course threw the ball around in the back yard for Luke to retrieve and Jene to tag along

It's always hard to leave and come back to Iowa, but we'll be back in May to welcome Jacob into the family.