Great Fun in the South!

We had great fun when we went to Myrtle Beach, SC for the Marathon/Half Marathon, even though they cancelled it.

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Hmmmm.... Nice shades there Cami. I think there is some old lady going around without her cateract eye protection. Don't you?
Cali: "OH MY GOSH Shiloh!!!! Did you see those goofey glasses on Cami? I am totally taking back what I said about the supermodel thing!"
Shiloh: "I think they look kind of cute.... In a wierd, Cami sort of way".

Cindy: "Travis, are you sure this is Myrtle Beach, South Carolina? Look at all this snow."
Travis: "Pretty darn sure. I was here eight years ago and it looked exactly the same"

Cali: SNOW!!!! YOU CALL THIS SNOW!!! I'LL SHOW YOU SNOW!!!!

The Runners from our group: "You mean they cancelled the race for this? You've got to be kidding me!!"

Gideon: "You guys go, I will just stay here with Ransom."

Jason: "Hey y'all, we are going to run anyway. This is my ballet warm up pose"

Travis: "Well, it's no "Tighty Whitey" dance, but it will do"

Grant: "Not sure what Molly is doing.... keep diggin' honey, you'll find it. And I am afraid to ask what Aunt Wendy is doing to Jason's backside. What ever it is he doesn't look too happy about it."

The Runners Support Team.
Cindy: "Not it!"

Travis: "Not it!"

Grant: "Crap! Now I have to follow these dorks all around town driving 5 mph so they can have water and food and won't get lost. Thanks you two!"

Molly: "Dorks!"

Lindsey, Amelia, Cali, Aunt Wendy, Molly, Jason and Heather: "Yippee!!! We are going to get our medals even though they cancelled the race!"

Heather: "Everyone who thinks Amelia smells funny raise your hands!!!!"

ON YOUR MARKS....... GET SET........

Jason: "Let's see, if I pace myself just right I should be running by the Dairy Queen in about 2 hours......"

Jason: "Did I say that out loud?"

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AFTER THE RACE

Chad: "Honest guys, it really is cake!"

Travis: "Yeah kid, it's okay to kiss the baby but what ever you do don't eat that wierd guy's cake!"

Gideon: "If I hide in here maybe the wierd cake guy won't find me."

Jason: I think it's the side effect of the cake.

Chad (in soft sing-song voice): You are getting very sleepy...... You feel your eyelids getting heavy....

Dru: What do you know Chad.......It works!!!

Jonas: Yeah.... well it didn't work on me!

Preston: When I eat that cake it makes me want to do my special dance!!!

Adam: Hey Gideon, that's a cool medal. Where did you get it?

Gideon: It's my mom's and all she had to do was run to get it. Heck.. I run all the time and she never gives me any medals. Maybe some day I can run a race and get one.

Mike: "...... so what it comes down to Jacob is we're thinking that the unpredictable odd ball gene skipped you and jumped right down to......."

Adrianna: "Ha, Ha, Ha!!! Look at me grandma!"

Cindy: " I'll get Dru and Peggy to pose with the grandbabies and then I'll act like I am going to take more pictures but really I'll be first in line for cake and ice cream!"

Lily: "I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream!"

Grandma Peggy: "I love babies more than Chocolate. Well, almost more than chocolate. Has anyone seen my chocolate marshmallow hearts?"

Our Runners with their medals and Trophies!

(Trophies courtesy of Jonas' Aluminum Instant Awards)

Wait.... how did these pictures of this beautiful nursery get in here?

Adam and Mary Alice now have a beautiful peaceful place to escape their crazy family.

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10 Reasons Why I Love Being Called Grandma!

I was gone on "vacation" for a very long time, but I want to assure you that I was extremely busy and I had very important things to do to occupy my time....

..... like playing with my Grandchldren!

Here are the 10 reasons why I love being called Grandma Cindy,
Emily Mae

Jonas Michael

Adrianna Christine

Preston Scott (who fell asleep very early that evening)

Lydia Ruth

Adam Jennings

Gideon Daniel

Lily Jewell

Ransom Reynolds

and Mary Alice

My Welcome Home!!

I was gone 25 days. I arrived back home in Mexico to a beautiful surprise! Flowers!!! Lots and Lots of Flowers!

These beautiful red Gladiolas were a Happy Valentines day gift along with 2 boxes of delicious Bon bons.

And this beautiful spring bouquet of carnations, colorful mums and assorted daisies was to say.... "Welcome home"!

And finally... on my nightstand was a red rose with red and white carnations that said... "I love you and I really missed you!" What a thoughtful, loving husband!
Ahhhh.........I really do love flowers!


I have tons of pictures from my vacation, but I also have a lot of work to catch up on. I will be posting the pictures of Myrtle Beach and the Carolinas in a day or two. In the meantime...
Have a great day!

Life in the Guffey House

A few notes about life at the Guffey house.... Emily and Preston try out the new tablecloth.
Preston was trying to be very patient as he waited on his surprises grandma brought from Mexico.
Shiloh's eye's popped right out of her head when she saw them.
(Not really, the busted blood vessels were the result of a difficult labor in the last hour or so.)
The remodel on the hallway and kids bedroom is going well and looks fantastic!

Jonas and Preston love their room now! We have 3 more sets of book shelves to paint in the hall and mom and dad's room and then we can start putting books and things away in those areas!

Maggie takes after Aunt Cami! Look at her suck on her fingers!

Hey Grandpa... Everyone loved their Kinder Eggs!

And their Mexican Souviners!

The Luchador's meet the Mexican Dolls!

Thank you Grandpa Darryl!!!!

"Hey Nacho... Can you help me with my egg?"

The Super Baby Luchador, Nacho Libre, complete with cape, to the rescue!

Adam taking time out to snuggle little sister Maggie.

Grandma multi-tasking. Holding little Maggie and doing my work on the computer.

My Blanket Statement!

My children know that when a new baby comes into the family Grandma Cindy likes to make them a receiving blanket of their very own. Cami helped me pick out the fabric for Mary Alice's blanket. It had to be very retro-1940's in looks to go with her given name (even her nickname, Maggie, reminds me of a Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart black and white movie.) We picked a pretty pink and green striped flannel and backed it with a floral pattern of pink roses with green and lavender accents. It is sooooo Maggie!
Ransom definately needed something more boy and ...hmmm.... FUN! We found some cute jungle animal fabric and Cami wanted the plain blue background.

When you enlarge both Ransom and Maggie's pictures you can see the edge stitching which is really pretty. I would like to take the credit, but I just pushed some buttons and guided the material. Cami's new sewing machine did the rest!

And Finally........ After 2 1/2 years I finally have Jesse and Kelly's quilt top pieced. I will work on getting it quilted when we get back to Idaho in the spring.

Below you can see the binding that I made especially to go with the checkered fabric.

TA-DA!

My goal is to have it finished by their 3rd anniversary in July.

For Grandpa And The Aunties!

For everyone.... more pictures of Maggie! Chillaxin in her new outfit.
Pappa Mike is in love...... again!!
The next pictures are for Aunt Cami. Maggie is modeling her new onesie Cami made for her.

Notice the strategically placed heart in the front...

It shows her where to put her hand when she wants to say the Pledge of Allegience.

The ruffles on her bum were made to match/coordinate with the new blanket Grandma made for her.

They also help to draw the eye away from any full diaper problems.

And finally ..... For Grandpa Darryl.

She's a Keeper!

We sure love Mary Alice!

Skye's Super Special Birthday Present!

Skye was a little distraught yesterday when her birthday came around and nobody posted about it on their blogs. (Even though we all called her and wished her Happy Birthday.. some of us very early in the morning!)

Poor thing. I relented and decided I would wish her Happy Birthday on my blog anyway.

And to make sure she has the happiest birthday ever I posted a picture of the present Shiloh and Jason arranged for her to have forever and ever! A new little niece! Happy Birthday Skye!
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Welcome to the world Mary Alice Guffey.
She will be affectionately called 'Maggie' by family and close friends (since you are thinking "Why Maggie? it is long for her initials MAG).
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Maggie was born at 11:44 a.m. weighed in at 7 lbs. 8 oz. and was 20 inches long.