Happy New Year 2007

Just want to tell you that I hope you all have a safe, happy, fun, prosperous and wonderful new year...... May all your dreams come true and if you make any new year resolutions, I hope that they come to pass for you... I love you all so very much and am so proud of all of you..
Love,
Mom
xoxoxoxoxoxo

Christmas Morning

My first look at all the presents!!
Leaving milk and cookies for Santa
Putting out magic dust for the reindeer
Cool new snowboard
Plenty of presents
Remote control snowmobile
Wrapping paper everywhere
My new V-smile

Christmas Morning

Power Rangers Training kit!!!
Playing with all his new cars
The stretchy ball/hat he had to have...
I think these will fit Mom!!
HIs cool new car with Hydrolics

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Ryan
Happy Birthday to you!!!!

Hope that you have a wonderful and fun birthday today.
Love,
Mom (Debbie)

A BIRTHDAY IS COMING!!!

Just an early birthday wish for you Ryan for tomorrow. I am sure I will talk to you tomorrow too, but just wanted to tell you that. Hope that you have a wonderful, fun filled day.
Glad that you all had a nice Christmas. Missed you all but was thinking of you all day long. Had a nice day, but just isn't the same without my wonderful family here... I love you all so much. Can't wait to see all the pictures.
Going to take it easy today and not do much today. Gloomy outside today. So what is the weather in the Cayman's and Traverse City?
Hope that you all have a wonderful day and a Great New Year!!!!
I love you,
Mom
xoxoxoxoxoxo

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

It's Christmas Eve...... Just want to wish you all a great Christmas Eve and a Merry Christmas.... Hope you all have lots of fun. Please remember that I am thinking of you all and wish I could be there with each of you (I am though).
I am so blessed to have you for my son, daughter, grandson, daughter-in-law and son in-law.
You all are so wonderful and so loved.
Merry Christmas,
Love,
Mom

THREE DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

Well, I think I have it right now. (not 12 days) ...Just want to wish you all a fun filled weekend leading up to the big day that Santa visits. Can't wait to see pictures of you all on both blogsites of opening presents, the excitement, etc. Wish I could be with you all on Christmas Day, but like I said before, I will be with you all in my heart....
Hopefully we will get some snow here so that Christian can try out his new snowboard. Maybe you could take him to the ski hill Teresa. When you and Frank were younger, the ski resorts let the kids play on the smaller sledding hills for free.
Wish I could send snow down to the Cayman's, but I don't think that will happen.... Sorry...
Well, you all have fun and I look forward to seeing all the pictures of my wonderful family whom I love so very much and am so proud of.... Have a great weekend...
Love,
Mom
xoxoxoxo

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Only 12 more days until Christmas... Hope that you are all ready. The party went well on Saturday. You were missed Frank and Christen, but everyone was thinking of you. Envious of you two being down there in that warm, sunny tropical island.
Grandma didn't make it. Wasn't feeling well. She is almost 80 (next year) so that is normal. She is still doing well though.
The weather here has been good. The past week it has been in the 40's and 50's, with no snow. No quite the weather the Cayman Islands have, but better than in the teens.
Want to thank you all for the nice presents Frank, Christen, Ryan, Teresa and Christian. Loved them all......You always pick out such neat presents.....Rick said I had to smoke the cigar first... ha!ha!
Christian was really cute opening his presents. I put everything in a big red bag and I got a picture of him practically inside it completely getting his presents out, with just his little behind sticking out. Like always, he looks at each present and checks it out before he opened the next one. Before he opened them, he said to Ryan and Teresa to open theirs first and then he would open his. How cute.... He picked me out a ring from his school store. Really cute.
Wish I were able to post pictures on here. Luckily we have Teresa to do that. I need to get the high speed internet. Amazing how quick the computers get outdated.
Went out to dinner last night with Rick's cousin and his girlfriend. She is from Germany. Quite the accent, but really nice. Went up to the Blind Fish for crab. Were quite small this time, not like when we went there Frank and Christen.
This Friday is Rick's company party. Should be fun. Just so much to do this week.
Well, you all have a great week. Relax and enjoy the Holiday season. Wish I could be with you all on Christmas Day, but know that even though we are apart, we will be together in our hearts. (Hmm, that rhymes.)
Love ya all,
Mom
xoxoxoxoxox

Christian and Nana

Next to our Christmas tree

Reindeer

Christian painting an ornament after visiting the reindeer
Inside the ice cave
Nana and Christian

Ryan and Christian visiting the real reindeerThe giant snowman we seen on the way


Hi Frank and Christen,
Today Ryan, Teresa, Christian and I went up to Sutton's Bay to see Santa's reindeer. Then we did a little bit of shopping there and visited the Fudge Shop. The weather was really nice today. Probably about 40 degrees out and sunny. Had a lot of fun.

Traverse City Northstars

Christian had a great time at the hockey game. He ran in to a lot of his friends from school so he played with them and they got to hang out with the mascot. Everytime the music came on they would play thier air guitars.

Snowstorm

Here is the snowstorm we got over the weekend, this is our back deck!!

Thanksgiving

Christian hanging out with his cousins at Thanksgiving and our Turkey!!!!

WINTER HAS ARRIVED

Hi,
Well it looks like winter has arrived here in Michigan. Went from 67 and sunny this week to cold, raining, ice and snow.... Tried to get Rick to put up the Christmas lights while it was warm out...... Oh, well.... It has been raining since we got up this morning and we are suppose to get alot of snow tonight here. Don't know what they are suppose to get up in Traverse City.
Not much going on here. Santa is just busy Christmas shopping!!!
Hunting season is over and this is the 2nd year that we haven't gotten a deer. Mark got 2 bucks. One on opening morning of bow season and the other on opening morning of gun season. We will miss the venison sticks....
Teresa e-mailed me this morning. She was the 3rd caller for a contest at the radio station to win 4 tickets to the the minor league hockey game at the civic center tomorrow night. Way to go Teresa!!!! Have fun getting your tree tomorrow too. Maybe you should buy a lotto ticket today since your having a lucky day.
Saw Bev and Dave the other day. He is getting around good since his minor heart attack and the motorcycle accident. Bev's nose has been bothering her so she went to a specialists and come to find out she had also fractured her nose in that accident. She is doing good though. They both are lucky. Could have been worse. Dave said he is going to drive his dune buggy in it next year. ha!ha!
Jaci and John went out to Arizona for Thanksgiving. Also went to Las Vegas. Last I had heard, she was breaking even. Said they were all having a great time. Talked to JJ and he said that he loves the warm weather.
I wish you all a wonderful day and weekend........
I love you all so very much,
Mom
xoxoxoxoxo