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Playing Catch-up on 2010…

rrchugg — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:45:28 +0000

I can’t believe June is here and I only have one blog post for AmericanWoman. Where has the time gone? It certainly has not been a boring year thus far; but comparatively speaking, maybe a just an average year for us. We’ve been busily engaged in the normal day-to-day stuff like work, school, work, eating, work, sleeping, and work. (See the trend here…) But we’ve had some fun and special times too.

We had a wonderful visit from Jen and Ethan in March – see pics below. Jeff and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary with a fun trip to Vegas in April. Alex finished his first semester back to college with an impressive 3.4 GPA. Emily was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society and again won several academic awards.

Our grandsons have been growing, growing, growing!! Jen and Mike stay busy in the Big Apple and Jeffrey and Chemenn safely avoided the floods in TN this spring. So all-in-all, things have been pretty normal. If you consider anything about this family “normal”.

We’ve only had one scorpion in the house so far, at least only one that we saw… which leads us to think that perhaps, Ollie Moe and Tink are helping us out in that area. (Got to remember to get the bug guy to come and spray.) But in reality Ollie is just a big baby cat afraid of everything and Tink is a crazy cat that just likes to play with his prey. (He is especially amused with moths!)

Pics below highlight the past few months (in no particular order – plus I borrowed some cute pics off of Jeffrey & Chemenn’s site too!)… from putt-putt golf to Iron Man; from Vegas to a galaxy far, far away; and from sleeping boys to academic awards… Enjoy kids!

Note – To see more fabulous pictures go to Jeffrey & Chemenn’s site and to Chemenn’s Photography site.

Sleeping Beauty and Other Variations

rrchugg — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:40:28 +0000

Pics of Emily Ballerina in her latest peformance with the Ballet and Performing Arts dance studio…Emily was in the Sleeping Beauty waltz in Act I and lead the little ballerinas in Animal Kingdon in Act II. The performance was held at the Scottish Rite Temple in El Paso. A very old, beautiful auditorium with 2 spinx’s statues on pillars guarding the front entrance.

Indian girl Emily in Act II

Act II scenery

Act II - Other Variations - Animal Kingdom w/Pocahantas

Emily with "Little Flower"

Final touches on the ballerina bun

The make-up spread - Thanks to Jen!

The lipstick had to be just the perfect shade of Red!

Dad with Act I costume

The Sphinx

Heading home!Emily gets roses from her Dad!

Roses

rrchugg — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:01:28 +0000

Roses add color, fragrance, & a smile to all who see them. I especially enjoy growing them in my backyard to share with neighbors and family.

The above rose is called Aperitif. It’s a fragrant tea rose with beautiful pale yellow blooms. This is my daughter, Emily’s favorite rose. We grew this one in our backyard a couple of years ago.

I usually buy Jackson and Perkins roses and have had good luck with their new generation roses, which are hardier than normal, which makes them ideal to grow in our unpredictable Kentucky weather. Check out their link: www.jacksonandperkins.com

They’ve been around for over 135 years so they know tons about rose varieties and how to help you grow the best blooming and troube-free plants.They have their own exclusive roses, including the Rose of the Year® , April in Paris, shown below) and Floribunda of the Year®.