Introducing Sarah Paige Allen

We welcomed our newest Grand-daughter, Sarah Paige Allen into the family on Wednesday, April 27th at 10:30 a.m.  She weighed 9 pounds & 4 ounces.  She arrived 1 hour before I had to leave to go to the airport for a trip to Pennsylvania.  She was delivered by Cesarean section.  Although very sore, Leslie did great.  She had a problem with her blood sugar, and was in the hospital for nearly 3 weeks after birth.  Paiges' pancreas started to work before she was born, (and before it was supposed to) due to Leslie not being put on insulin during her pregnancy for her diabetes.    She got to come home from the hospital and at one month, is doing great.  Her low blood sugars seem to be okay. 

She is so precious little girl and so sweet.   Here is some pictures just after her birth.

Proud Dad

Proud Nana

Sweet Baby Girl

Our little Angel Girl, a precious blessing

The first time Leslie got to hold Paige.

Proud Papa

Our Kitchen Renovation

We kicked off our preparations for getting the house ready to sell.  The first was the kitchen, Vernon put in our back splash quite a while ago, and then the task of choosing a paint color was unending.  One day I went to Home Depot and just picked a color, came home and painted part of the wall between the cabinets & counter top.  I decided I needed a lighter color, so went back and bought another gallon a couple shades lighter.  Came home & painted next to the first test.  I went with the first one, (darker).  Not to worry, I will be using the other gallon of the lighter one in another room.  We bought a cabinet restoration kit, cabinet hardware, etc.  Vernon put in all new switches & electrical outlets, and covers, we put in a new ceiling fan, which goes with the new light we put in a while back.  I sealed the back splash and the slate came to life, it looks so awesome.  I need to find some sealer for our granite sink, as it is dull.  Still have a way to go on this first room restoration.  At this rate, we will probably be able to get the house up for sale, just before we have to go to a rest home.  LOL   The appliances are stainless & black, I will accent in red & black as well.  Haven't found anything I really like yet for accents.  It is time to get rid of all of my pre-Texas decor, which is now over 25 years old - Yikes, I am a creature of habit.

 

 

Tell me what you think about the colors! 

 

 

Weekend with David

We had David for the weekend. We got him on Friday night. He was such a sweetheart all weekend. Mason was at his other Nana & Papa's house for spring break. We had a good time being with him. Every morning, he would wake up with a cheerful "Good Morning". He is such a sweet loving little boy, I don't ever want him to change.

Reading the last edition of
"Cycle World" before bed, just
like Papa.  TOO FUNNY!!!!



Helping Papa brush Brooke



Eating Nana's chocolate cake



Sugary sweet



2 Sugar dolls

Both David and Mason were glad to see each other after not being together for a week.

Super Moon

Check out the Super Moon, was bigger & brighter.  I love my camera, gets all the details.

Brooke Cycle

This is Brookes favorite part of the dishes.  She is the pre-scrub cycle part of the dishwasher.  Most of the time she does a better job than the dishwasher :( which is really getting on my nerves.  Yesterday I had to run the same load twice to get it cleaned, which was on the heavy wash cycle.  I think it is only like 4 years old.  Says alot about Maytag right.

Friends Valentines Celebration

Thanks to our guys, my friends Ginger, Debbie & I had a special Valentines Day celebration.  They sent us out for manicures & pedicures after Church, and then they prepared a special dinner for us at Chuck & Debbies house.  We started out with appretizers, bacon wrapped stuffed dates, and toasted baggettes with pesto.  It was so awesome, then they prepared grilled steak, chicken & salmon, with grilled vegetables, bread.  Don made a banana cream pie, and Debbie had made chocolate pudding.  Everything was so wonderful.  The guys also made homemade valentines as their testaments of love to us.  They were all so creative.  They are the best, thank you Vernon, Don & Chuck for making such a special day for us.  You do know this is going to have to be an annual thing right? 

 Debbie soaking her tootsies

 

 

 

Ginger getting her nails done by Amy

Ginger & Debbie relaxing

The table before we ate.

The guys in the kitchen

Our candy lips.

Showing off our mani/pedi's.

Vernons testament of love for me.  The ship is our

Cruise ship on our Carribbean Cruise in 2004.

It was the best Valentines celebration yet, we shared it with friends.

So Sorry This Is So Late

I can't believe it has almost been a year since my last post, I am so sorry. I need to get back to blogging, I really miss it. It has been a busy year, with lots going on in our Family, some really great news, some not so great, but thats life.

I will try to be better in 2011 at blogging. Facebook has taken up alot of my time, but not everybody has a Facebook account, and Facebook doesn't allow me to be creative either.

Stay tuned for coming attractions in the Elledge Family. See you soon!

Grand Kids

Here are some pictures of the boys from our Christmas celebration. Joy & Mason put together a Lego airplane, he was so proud of it. The boys are getting so big, and are such beautiful blessings to us. Enjoy!

Happy 2010

Wishing our wonderful family and friends the most blessed year in 2010. Wishing everyone peace, great health, much prosperity, and much love this year. I am greatful for the life that our God has blessed me with, there are many new things on the horizon this year and I am sure that this is going to be our best year yet.

I am anxious to see what our God has in store for our family this year, an upcoming wedding, our beautiful Grandsons, continued great health and a loving family. Thank you God for all my beautiful blessings.

Happy New Year everybody. May your blessings be abundant in 2010.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas!

I finally got my wish for a white Christmas in Texas! It started snowing this afternoon, and although it is a trace, it is still snow.

Santa's House

We took Mason & David to see Santa's part time home in Rowlett this evening, although we didn't get to see the jolly old elf, the boys were excited, and Mason was estatic to be standing in front of Santa Claus' house. We had such a good time looking at lights that evening.

You can tell by that wide eyed wonder in a Masons eyes David didn't have a clue, he just liked the lights.

We went to the square in downtown Garland and walked around and took some pictures of them in front of the tree.

Beautiful Day

We had a beautiful day today visiting with our family on Thanksgiving. We went to Vernon's Dads house and enjoyed all the flavors of Thanksgiving. As usual it was sensational, and everyone ate way too much. It was so great to be with everybody sharing the blessing of family. Then went to Jenny & Tabs new house, and ate even more and played one of the Partini games at the kitchen table. We got to see our little doodlebugs, Mason and David.

Having a day off of work, eating awesome food until your about to pop, and being with a loving family, PRICELESS.

I hope all of you had a beautiful day as well.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Wishing everybody a beautiful day today filled full with Lifes essential gifts: Our FATHER, Faith, Family, Friends, Fellowship, Food & Fun. May each and everyone have a safe beautiful day. Know that each of you have blessed my life immeasurably and I am so grateful that you are in my life.

Before the sun sets today, open your heart and tell the most important people in your life that they are YOUR blessing from God our Father.

Love to all of you.

P.S. Be safe if you venture out for Black Friday sales, we are leaving at 3:30 a.m., and for the fist time Vernon is going too. He's in for a BIG shock and surprise. He does not like shopping at all, this will be an experience for him.

More Posts to Come

My camera has lots of pictures and lots of stories. Bear with me, and I will try to get them posted as soon as I can. I have back dated them in the order they have occurred. Check posts from October on, as they are new.

See ya later.

Service With a Smile

Four new tires, checked the oil, windshield washed, and a fill up. Don't you miss those full service gas stations?

This was one of Dale Jr.'s Pit Stops, do you think these guys have on the job STRESS? This picture was from the Dickies 500 on Sunday, November 8th, at the Texas Motor Speedway.

This picture is from Saturday, November 7th at the O'Reilly 300, driver Tony Raines, # 34.

What Does 200 MPH Look Like???

If you have ever wondered what 200 miles an hour looks like, here it is. Turn up your speakers for the full effect.

From the Dickies 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway on November 8, 2009.

Miss Bee

Yes, Brooke has a Halloween costume, no wait Two! She was a Bee and a Pumpkin for Halloween. I will have to add the pumpkin at a later date.


She was so cute.

Anaconda on My Front Porch

I cannot believe that I am blogging about a S N A K E. I came home from grocery shopping and unloaded groceries from the car, and passed by it twice, and on the third pass, I saw it, and about dropped all of the groceries. GROSS! I called Vernon who was not home at the time and told him there was a snake on the front porch. I took this picure blindly by reaching around the corner with my right hand and holding the door open with my left hand. The second time I tried to spy on him, he got startled and jumped, and I FREAKED. When Vernon got home, I showed him through the glass door where it was and told him to get rid of it - Kill it. He said it is "just a grass snake", and I said "IT'S A SNAKE", need I say more. He went to grab it, and it took off through a small hole beside the front door, great. It's not enough that I have to watch for snakes at work, but not I have to watch out for them at home. Of course I haven't seem it again, thank God, but not so sure that I won't come into the foyer some day, and be a "All Grown Up Snake" laying there. Then we will have to sell the house, of course, given I live through it.

Back Yard Campout

Back on October 4th we were registered to attend the Great Garland Camp Out, which was a overnight camp out in Audubon Park here in Garland. We are so excited as Mason was going to go with us, but due to low enrollment, it was cancelled at the last minute. Try explaining that to a 6 year old, so we did the next best thing, we had a camp out in the back yard. Vernon and Mason pitched the tent in the back yard, we borrowed an air mattress from some dear friends, and had plenty of blankets in the tent just off the back porch. We built a fire in the fire pit, roasted hot dogs on the "campfire" and roasted marshmallows to make smores. Mason loves smores, and had the best time that weekend.

It got down into the upper 50's that night, and got quite cold after the fire went out. Mason put his fleece on sometime during the night, and was very cold when we got up - (as soon as the birds woke up), when I asked him why he didn't wake me up when he got cold. his response was "I just wanted to stay in the tent Nana."

He had the best time, and so did we. We will most assuredly be making that a tradition.

God Is Soooo Good

Dad had a heart catherization today at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, and they were going to assess the situation with the stent that was put in his heart 11 years ago. They were possibly going to repair or replace the stent.

He came through the surgery with flying colors and is doing well, and is on his way home.

God you are so amazing, thank you so much, thank you for blessing me with such a wonderful earthly Father, and for guiding the surgeons hands through this surgery. My Heavenly Father is awesome. Thank you, thank you, thank you.