Ohio and the OSU Barneys.....also known as home of the Yellow Fellow.

We are in Ohio visiting Blake and his family.  Although the reason for our trip is not so great, the time here has been really fun.  Blake has been diagnosed with auto-immune hepititis.  It is the third diagnoses he has had.  This is the best so far so we will take it!  He has been put on some medicine that will help stop his body fight itself as it is attacking his liver.  He is so much better the past few days, it has been great.  He is really yellow and will be until the liver stops getting attacked. It takes 23 days to get rid of all the bellirubin (sp) in his system.  I just wanted to post a picture of the yellow fellow....maybe you can see the yellow in his eyes and skin. 

                                                                                 

Here are some photos of the boys. They are such sweet, good boys.

 It has been great being here with them. We love them!!!!

Lots of folks in our little apartment.

We have lots of company this weekend.  Brittany, Meredith, Wes, Saria, Easton, Sadie, and Jim and Colby plus Russell and I are squished into our little apartment.  It is nice and cozy and wall to wall people.  We like it!!!!! Just wish we had Eric and his family, Royce and his family and Blake and his family here, then we would really be tight.  HA! Mer is staying at a hotel so they at least have a bed.  Thanks for coming everyone.

My Girls and Their Projects....

Brittany and Colby and Meredith have been busy this winter making all sorts of cool things, just wanted to share some of their projects. 
Brittany is taking a flower arranging class right now so twice a week we get these lovely new floral arrangements at our house.  They are really brightening up the place.  It has been fun to see what she will bring home after each of her classes. What a nice change from the winter doldrums!  Thanks for sharing Brit!!!

This awesome wooden  bowl is my Christmas present from Colby and Jim.  They made it themselves which is not surprising because they are always making really cool stuff. When I was young my Grandma Jones had a bowl similar to this on her front-room coffee table full of nuts and as soon as I saw this, it reminded me so much of that. I love this bowl.   If you like this bowl they would be happy to make one for you as they have decided to start selling them.
PS:they also made Russell an antler lamp which he has in his office at work that turned out pretty nice. (I personally do not care for antler furnishings, they pretty much make me want to hurl, so I don't get excited about such things, but Russell really liked it.)







 

And this is Meredith's sweet little project, Sadie.  We got to see her this last weekend and she is getting so big and cute. Well, she is still pretty small but adorable.  It was so fun to see Easton holding her and talking to her.  That is a sweet little memory. 

Keep up the good work daughters, you are creating some great stuff!  Love you, MOM

Cosmic Bowling

Saturday night at the bowling alley.  It was cosmic bowling so we wore all the white we could find so we would glow in the dark.  It was pretty fun because the bowling alley was all lit up in neon and even the bowling balls were glowing. 

It was fun spending the day in with Eric and Chandra and Ali and Myah.  We were able to take Jim and Colby along with us so they got to join in the fun.

Here we are all in the dark with the neon lights going........

and here we are with the flash on our camera, it took away all the fun glowing in the dark stuff but is a much better picture of us where you can actually see us. 

Over the river and through the woods.....

How did Russell and I get to be so old.  We are facing our first Christmas ever without any children at home.  It is really weird and makes me feel ancient.  Luckily we are headed to my mom's for Christmas so hopefully we will have a good visit there.  We will be celebrating our 32nd anniversary next week as well. Man or man, where does the time go?

New little arrivals........

Our new little grandchildren are here.  We are sure thankful they came safe and sound.  Please meet:

                      Ethan Russell Barney
                Son of Blake and Lindsey Barney

                               

                      Sadie Annebelle Smyth
              Daughter of Meredith and Wes Smyth

What fun to have these sweet little additions to our family.  We haven't been able to go see little Ethan yet but are looking forward to that. We have been able to visit Sadie and she is a little doll.  They are both lucky to come to families that are excited for them to be here. Good luck to you mommies as you get used to having a new addition in the family.  We love you all!

Colby's Wedding

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