Baby Shower

This last weekend, I had the priviledge of attending a baby shower. It was for my daughter-in-law, Becky. It was so much fun to be honoring a new mother with a group of beautiful women!

The shower was put on by Becky's good friend, Keisha. I was very remiss in not getting a photo of the two of them. I was having so much fun!

It was held at Becky's mom and dad's house.

First photo is of Miss Lilly wearing the hat that Keisha made. It is adorable!

Next up is the beautiful table that Keisha set for all of us. We had mini-quiches, asian spring rolls, cupcakes, individual pumpkin cheesecakes and spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Yummy.

Keisha made a tutu for Lilly's first birthday and a hair ribbon hanger for Lilly's bedroom. You can see glimpses of them in the table photo! Keisha is an amazing crafter.

The next photo is of Becky with the afghan that my mom made for Lilly. My mom makes the most amazing baby afghans. Lilly's big brother, Jackson, still naps with his!

Next up is a photo of Lilly's big brother, Jackson, in his cowboy outfit that we bought him. Can't have a 2 1/2 year old at a baby shower without presents!

He got a lot of presents which is always fun. Most of them related to Toy Story 3. Jackson is all about Woody from the Toy Story movies and cowboys right now! He was NOT into having his picture taken right now, so I have to sneek them!

There are no photos of me holding Lilly at the shower. I have been trying to recover from the flu and I am still feeling under the weather. I would hate to think that I could pass something on to such a little one. So I will wait until I feel a lot better, just in case.

I was indeed blessed to have had such a fantastic girls' day out! And I would like to thank Keisha and Becky's mom, Diana, for such a great time!

Have a great day!

Donnelly

Sheriff Woody!

Sheriff Woody came to visit us last night for trick-or-treating!

Sheriff Woody looks alot like my grandson Jackson...just saying!

Our daughter-in-law, Becky, wasn't feeling well last night, so we missed seeing our Miss Lilly as a ladybug.

I finally got the flu myself, so it is probably a good thing that Becky and Lilly didn't come to visit, I would hate to pass on what I have. Not fun! Hope Becky feels better soon!
Have a great day!

Donnelly

Happy Halloween!

Thanks to my friend, Diana (my daughter-in-law's mom), I have plenty of pumpkins for Halloween! Diana gave me these decorative pumpkins, at least 9 pie pumpkins and 4 HUGE carving pumpkins. I gave Hannah and her best friend, Amy, two of the carving pumpkins.

Tomorrow I will be carving our 2. I can't decide on a "fancy pattern downloaded off the internet" or the basic "stick a knife in and carve what amounts to a stick figure" image. Because I don't have young kids at home anymore, I am leaning towards the "stick the knife in mode".

Sometime this weekend, I will be cleaning out the pie pumpkins and baking the flesh to store for Thanksgiving pies and I will be roasting the pumpkin seeds.

I love roasted pumpkin seeds! My favorite is the original Martha Stewart one with sea salt and crushed rosemary. However, I have found a curried Indian recipe that looks awesome as well.

I love Halloween!

Donnelly

Incredible!

We, in Idaho, have been blessed with wonderful weather in the mid-60's to mid-70's.

Our first snow was on October 4th last year.

This year we are still picking ripe tomatoes from our gardens!

And we are still cutting roses from our rose bushes!

When I was cutting these roses on Sunday afternoon, each bloom was full of honey bees. They seemed to be fighting for the honor of the lady flower. Each bloom had 3 or more bees in each bloom.

I am bittersweet about the honeybees, this time of year they should be hibernating...loved watching them and listening to them. Sad to see they were still out and about at this time of year.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday! I am!

Have a great day!

Donnelly

Miss Lilly SheRie Webb

My second granddaughter Lilly was born on Tuesday, October 5th at 1:44 P.M.

She weighs 7 pounds, 14 ounces and is 21 inches long.

She is the daughter of my oldest son, Jake, and his wife, Becky.


Her big brother is Jackson.

Her grandpa is likes her alot.

I kind of like her alot, too!

October 5th was a great day for our family!

Have a great day!
Donnelly

My new kitty!

We have inherited a new kitty! He is an outside kitty. Don't know what his name was before...

I have named him Skye.

First thing Hannah wanted to know, did I name him Skye after Skye Masterson from "Guys and Dolls". Her very first and most vivid musical memory. Rick was Big Julie in "Guys and Dolls" when Hannah was 3 or 4 years old.

We, in the Webb household, think that Skye Masterson was Marlon Brando's best role!

I named him Skye because he is the color of clouds, all white, grays, and browns. He also has the most beautiful sky blue eyes.

He sits on the front porch in my glider rocker waiting for me to come home in the afternoons to sit with him in my lap. I won't ever get all my stuff out of boxes if the front porch rocker and this kitty keep calling me in the afternoons...

Seriously!

Have a great day!

Donnelly