Olivia's Birthday Party

We had a little party for the Birthday Girl. Wish you two, Kayla and Luke, could have been here to celebrate with us.

Puppies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCnAjel02lM&feature=related

Girls, this is real cute. You'll enjoy it.

Christmas Card from Papa

http://ecard.ashland.edu/index.php?ecardYear=2004adm

Kids, I think you will really enjoy this link. Very interactive.

HELP - Dog in the House!

This cute little Sheltie belongs to our friends who moved from Canada. Very smart dog and trained well also. Say "foot" and she extends her left paw to shake: say "paw" and the right one shakes your hand. And many other tricks. Very sweet dog. Of course, we had to put the cats away - that wouldn't have been good if they were out!

Pictures

Jordan, Olivia, Kayla and Luke, have your Mommy and Daddy send me the picture of your choice and I'll put it on opening page of my blog. We can change it every few months if you want. J and O, I got a big load of firewood today. I wish your Daddy was here to help me split it. I'll get it done, though, put away in the Playhouse, and then we'll have roaring fires while you're here.

Love all of you - Papa

The Grandkids New Playhouse

I had this built just for the 4 of you. While it's not in use by the 4 of you, I thought I'd use it to keep firewood dry and out of the snow. Thanks to Luke, Kayla, Olivia, and Jordan for letting me borrow it this winter. Notice how much snow is on the roof - about 8 inches and it's still snowing as I write this. Jordan and Olivia, you'd better hurry and get out here or we'll be completly buried in snow and you won't be able to find our house. That reminds me: maybe Santa won't be able to find our house either and know that a couple of sweet girls (well, OK, 3 sweet girls) are coming right after Christmas.
As for KK +K+L, not too late to charter a flight and get on out here (Maybe bailout $$$s?). We'll all miss you if you can't pull that off.

With love, Papa and Melissa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U

Kids, you wanted cats and kittens, well, I'll give you BIG CATS!

Here are the cat photos. This is Ribbie being her usual prone self. She's big as a house!
Here is a photo of Janie. From her expression, do you think she likes having her picture taken?

Only You (Two Wonderful Children in Each Family)

This song was one I remember from my teen days. The pictures of the pairs of animals are real sweet and I think you'll really like them.

New Snow!!

Hello Kids: The snow is just starting and we expect 5 - 6 days straight with several feet in the canyons and about 2 feet in our yard. J and O, we can't wait until you get here. L and K, maybe next Christmas. J and O, we have some wonderful things planned when you're with us. I'll show pictures of the cats next time.

Love to all, Papa and Melissa

Welcome to Papa's blog!

Welcome to Papa's blog! I've created this blog especially for you, Jordan, Olivia, Kayla and Luke, so I can let you know what's going on with me and share photos and videos that I think you'll enjoy.

It's been cold and snowy here! Here is what our front yard looked like a couple of days ago:

Jordan and Olivia: Melissa and I are excited to see you in just a few weeks. We hope it continues to snow so we can play in the snow with you when you get here.

To get you in the mood for Christmas, I came across this cool video from The Tonight Show that I thought you might like. It's a juggler who plays the piano with juggling balls!

I'm going to sign off now. I'll post another update on my blog in a couple of days.