Things are looking better here at home and around the city too. Clean up and repairs have begun and the city is healing.
Although we weren’t directly affected by the flood, we were affected by the incredible amount of rain we received in just a few short days. The rain either washed away or […]

The Flood of 2008

The first picture is how our City Hall looked prior to the flood. The second (looking North) is pre-flood May Island, housing the Linn County Jail and Courthouse, Memorial Coliseum and City Hall. Visible in the picture (looking North) are the 3rd, 2nd and 1st Avenue bridges and I-380 with […]

Click here to see what your town looked like in the past. Lots of postcards from all over the country! Here’s two from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
   

Meet Chipper, my sister’s dog. She’s a Boxer and she’s 3 years old. I know everyone think’s their dog is the smartest, but this one really is–and she’s not even mine, so you know it has to be true. This is her room and you can see she is color-coordinated with it….Love […]

We’ve had more rain/sleet/snow this winter than any that I can remember in a long time. Two days ago we were hit with 13″–on top of the 20″ we already had!

The Midwest got hit by a major ice storm a week ago. The entire city looked like this. Many trees and power lines were down throughout the area. We were the lucky ones. We only lost a small branch from one tree in the back yard.
That was followed by sleet and […]

We made it! Today is our 25th anniversary!! Of course, this isn’t our final goal. We plan to go much further, God willing.

Denny, thank you for the most wonderful years of my life. I owe all of my happiness and successes to you. I love you so much.

Jessica is the daughter of my best friend of 27 years. Jess is like family to us and we couldn’t be more proud of her. Her grades were spectacular and although she could have had her choice of schools she chose to attend the University of Iowa in the fall to be closer […]

Actually, they’re more like anniversarys but we celebrate their birthdays on the days they came to us. We got Nicky (on the left) from the Humane Society when she was 18 months old. Teddy was rescued off the street. We think he was about a year old then. Nicky […]

This is my sister, Dee. She is the family baker, making fancy cakes and pies from scratch. She made this walnut spice cake for my granddaughter’s 3rd birthday. The cake is sitting on her precious depression glass cake plate. She’s quite the gardener, too. Those decorative flowers on top […]

Journey (or Patty, as I like to call her) was due on April 4 but decided not to arrive until April 10. She came to visit me with her mommy, Jennifer, and her grandmother, my sister, Dee today. She’s a sweet little baby and I can’t wait until she’s old enough to spend […]