Welcome Lacee.........................

This is our Lacee Jordan. She is Marc's girlfriend and a very welcome addition to our family!
Smart, pretty, and outgoing personality. Can't wait for you all to meet her! I have known her since moving to Oregon. She is my hair stylist!!! I loved her from the first time I met her.

Dungenous Crabs.......................

Was not their lucky day!

It doesn't get fresher than these. Caught the same day.

They are some work tho......check out the pictures below!

Crab Meat........

CRAB...............................

Look at the size of this bad boy!

Its the start of crab season here. They are especially HUGE. Lacee has a friend who owns her own fleet of boats. This girl brought the crabs ALIVE to Marc's shop.

They took the crab over to a place that cooks them for you for five bucks.













Marc was the hardest worker, although Lacee and I cracked plenty.
I drew a blister from using these huge shears.

New Storefront..........

Marc moved his shop to the main street of the village. It gets more walk-in traffic and its larger. Look in the lower right hand corner, and that is my Carmel Knoll Foods corner. Its my new product that I am selling at the Farmer's Market.

This picture is taken from the "office" part of the store. Its the loft.











This is the retail area. He obtained all of the fixtures for free. Saved him tons of cash.











More samples..............














Actual working space. Embroidery machine fits perfectly under the steps. The vinyl cutter has a perfect location.


Good luck XTREME EMBROIDERY!

White House..............

See the small trees behind the train village? There was a tree from each state that was decorated by a local artist from the state. I had a great picture of Oregon's, but that is gone. :(
I wasn't too thrilled with the ornaments. I have been searching the web, but I can't find a picture yet. I am still looking tho......................

We were here........................

These were pictures that I DID take with my camera. This one was during the day tho. Its the people's house, but it is far far away. When we were there, Bob found a great parking space and we walked to where these pictures were taken.

You just get this rush of how proud you are to be an American. Well, at least Kurt and I did.

Time is Flying.................

I possibly might have passed my Granddaughter by in the street. She has changed so much. She is beautiful, smart and sassy. Carter is amazing, I hear. Top of his classes, playing every sport, and excelling at everything. Now, I just wish they would CALL ME sometime. I know you are thinking, "well Grammy, you could call us". BUT I don't know your schedules, and you two are so busy! So lets Skype sometime! Or just a plain old fashioned phone call.............

Santa Came Early............

We had a great time watching the kids opening up their presents. Paige kept saying "I can't wait".......She is so darn cute. Jaiden hasn't changed one bit, and Jared it too big. Prestyn is adorable, and looks like he should be in Corey's family.




























Prestyn's garbage truck chanted "To the Dump...To the Dump.....To the dump dump dump."

Presents are much easier when kids are young.

Playtime with our Grandkids.........

This is a great playground toy. Even the dog goes down the slide~

Thats Jaiden swinging so high.

More Arizona Photos.......

Scene from Bob Evans Restaurant.....

I love to see fresh snow falling from the gray skies. I was the ONLY one who was happy to see the snow.

The sightseeing happened the first two days, and the snow happened on the third. We couldn't have asked for better timing.

I might add, the temperature never rose above 30 degrees......

Can u say brrrrrrrrrrr?



These photos were shot from my phone. My camera was lost/stolen from our backpack. I am getting a photo disk from Jenna's mother.

Stay tuned~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~