I Love to Travel

so when I spotted this clever map, I decided to see how many states I have yet to visit.


visited 40 states (80%)
Create your own visited map of The United States

and of course, some of of these I want to visit again... and again... and again... and again...

As for the rest of the world...


visited 12 states (5.33%)
Create your own visited map of The World

there's a lot of the world yet to explore!

It has come to my attention that my grandson does not appear on my blog. I will remedy that right now.

INTRODUCING...

Michael Joseph Hammert, Jr
born July 24, 2009

today at Grandma and Grandpa's house

and on Wednesday playing with Kayla

He's fun to have around and loves go outside on a walk with Grandpa.

Out for a Walk

A little late with the updating; nothing much new about that. Last Wednesday K was 4 months old. The time has surely flown by. It was a lovely day here so we took a walk to the mail drop to mail a Mother's Day card to Aunt Susan. First time sitting up in an umbrolla.

One of my favorite photos...

Snow, Snow, and More Snow

The blizzard of 2010 has come and gone. It left a lot behind for us to remember it by though.



Winter Wonderland...


Lots of work...

The dark strip in front of the house is Chris' car.

We are shoveled out in front of our house. Major roads have at least one lane open. Secondary roads still need to be plowed. The Federal Government, schools, and many places of business are closed. We have ice dams and water dripping into the house.

Judging from the old pictures I have, I may have been in a snowstorm of this magnitude as a child. In those days, we definitely had accumulations of this much (25-30 inches) or greater before melting. The biggest snowstorm I remember is when we lived in Chicago in January 1979. That was less than 20 inches of snow. Wayne was in Texas for work and I was home with a three-month-old and and seven-year-old. That's the winter Chris learned to shovel snow!

I'm Crafty

At least I am if I can get this link to work...



Not that anyone really reads my blog, especially since it has been months since I have posted here. But I wanted to share this in case anyone wanders by. Thanks to my friend, Colleen, for alerting me to it. And now I must get to doing some crafty work - a few cards to make and a baby sweater to knit are on the agenda for today.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Wednesday I helped M make a Halloween costume for her baby's "first" Halloween...


I'm sure the kindergartners loved it!

Have a safe and fun Halloween!

Seasonal Color

Today W and I decided to take a short ride to enjoy the color and get out in the fresh air.


For all the time we've lived here, we have never been to Patapsco Valley State Park so that was our destination. Today was the day for quiet walks, river rapids, awesome colors, to marvel in the wonders of nature and the God who created it.

...the river and its rapids - we hiked down to the rapids...

...awesome color...