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Angie has her baby

Denny wasn't too far off from the weight. I'd say closer than the doctor's prediction on the weight. Of course, I was right. Angie and Mike have a 10 lb 1 oz baby girl! So cute. Grandma Sue Bronson is really excited. Now she has two grandchildren, Brady and Izzy. The baby's name is Izabell Sue. All the luck and love to the Gallagher family.

Dallas Turns Three!

Dallas is three years old now. Time for a two wheel bike with training wheels. Wow, I was still riding a three wheel when I was ten...well, maybe not that old! We didn't have knee pads or helmets back then. Probably should have. That's probably why there are so many goofy people in the world now...falling with no helmets! Anyway, she had a good birthday. Besides the bike, she got a Tinkertoy Set and a few other things. Dallas, Jamie, Sue, Denny and I went to Chuck E Cheese for her birthday and we celebrated with pizza. Dallas had Sue running all over the place. I think Sue was having a great time. When we got home, Dallas got a call from Kayla wishing her a happy birthday, she blew out her candles on the first try, and opened her presents. She had a lot of fun. Sue made a butterfly out of the tinkertoys. I wondered why she was so quiet! Real concentration. So now Dallas started her 4th year! I can't wait to see what new things and what new conversations she's going to have with us. So smart.

Here's a picture of Sue's butterfly.

Boy, was Denny wrong that time!

Denny told me that Angie's baby weighed 11 1/2 pounds! Sue, (grandma) read it and commented! The baby is around 8 lbs, 11 oz. Isn't that just like a man to get it backwards?

Linda and Sue

We visited with Linda and Sue, who are daughters of Bob and Betty Bronson one day at the Bronson trailer. Jennifer, Linda's daughter and her children were there. Linda is like her dad, she never changes. Still skinny, lucky girl.

Annette, Roger, Dylan and Kayla

Annette and Roger are our dear friends that we hang out with. I should say that we're at their trailer most of the time. Annette and Roger make all the meals. Roger at the grill, Annette in her kitchen. Kayla spent the whole week playing with Dallas. She said that she wanted to keep her. Kayla is really good with children. Dylan hangs around with Denny when he isn't with his friends. He helps Denny at the flea markets, which, by the way, was a waste of time for Denny this year. The economy is so bad in Michigan that no one spends money. Annette left for three days while we were at Sandy Pines. She went on the 60 mile cancer walk in memory of her sister Tammy. She came home with blisters on her feet but she made it. We're really proud of her. They have two dogs, Duka and Copper. Cute little dogs!
We had lots of laughs with the family.

Our visit with Bob and Betty

Bob and Betty Bronson were our neighbors on Charlesgate Ave for 37 years. Her kids were like our kids and vise versa. We were really close. Neighbors aren't like that anymore! Then one weekend, we went to Sandy Pines with Bob and Betty and ended up buying a trailer the same weekend! So we called ourselves 'neighbor, neighbors'. Bob and Betty are the nicest people to have as neighbors and friends. Randy used to call Betty "Betty Tippytoes". I don't really remember why. He'd sing "Hey Betty Bronson, Tippy Toes, Tippy Toes". Bob has never changed in looks! We can't believe it. He still has all of his hair and it didn't turn gray! We went camping with the Bronson family one time at a lake. Betty babysat for me, I babysat for her,then her kids babysat for me and I babysat for the granddaughter! So funny. Betty had lukemia at least twenty years ago but she beat it! I knew she would.
We went to their house to visit them last week. It's always so enjoyable to talk to them.

Dallas and Brady

Sue and Angie came over to our trailer with Brady while we were at Sandy Pines. Angie is pregnant with her second baby. I think it's going to be a girl. I even did the 'ring test' and it circled around for a girl. The doctor told her today that the baby is 11 1/2 lbs so I'm wondering if maybe there are two girls. That would be something! Brady is a little doll. We went to the waterpark and he played with Dallas. He's two years old. Dallas took some pictures and, wouldn't you know it, she took a picture of Angie's big belly! Of course, she didn't do it on purpose.
The pictures are of Angie, Dallas and little Brady.

Tom and Terri Bernott

I was able to visit with Tom and Terri while at Sandy Pines. I'm sure some of you remember the story of what happened to Terri. It's been four years now and she's done remarkably well since that fateful day that she went in for minor surgery and, because of hospital error, ended up in a coma for three weeks and has the biggest change in her life that anyone could ever fanthom. I saw her on a good day. She ran to me and threw her arms around me and said "I missed you". Those were the only words she said to me that day. We sat at our trailer for awhile. Pam, Terri's daytime caretaker was with Tom and Terri. After Pam's shift, Tom does all the care for Terri. He also takes care of her on weekends. He's a saint. It has to be so hard to take care of her. He told me that there are days when she doesn't even know who he is. She smiled when Tom told her to smile for me. And she threw him a kiss. It seems that she understands what we said to her and wants to communicate but Tom said that we'd never know if she did or didn't. Tom was told that she would always be bedridden but she walks without a cane or walker and doesn't use a wheelchair. We went back to their new trailer and visited for a few minutes. Then Tom took us on a boat ride. He said that she enjoys sitting on the deck overlooking the lake and loves to ride in the boat. It was a nice ride. Terri got upset once when Tom went a little faster. I think it was because she was cold. I got cold when he speeded up.
I'm putting some pictures that we took that day. I saw Tom, Terri and Pam a couple of days later riding on their golf cart. I went to say hi to them. Terri never responded to me that time like she didn't recognize me. She laid her head on Pam's shoulder as Tom drove away.

Third Day in MI

Well, it's not cold here anymore. Now it's so humid. We're having a good time. Dallas likes it here. Sue, Angie and Brady came over yesterday. We'll see them again today. Hopefully, all of the Bronson family. We'll go into town to see our dear friends, Betty and Bob, since she isn't able to get out here. Dallas took pictures and she snapped a picture of Angie's belly. We laughed at that. It's a pretty cool picture. Angie is due to have her little 'girl' this month. I did the 'ring test' over her belly with my gold ring and it showed 'girl'. I used to do the ring test all the time and was always right. Anyone else ever do that? Ihat the ring spins, it's a girl, back and forth, it's a boy. We'll see if I still have the touch! Today we're going to the water park here. Sandy Pines has changed a little. The play area is really nice here. Pictures will be added when I get back to TX.

We'rrreeeee Here!

We made it to MI. Dallas kept saying 'Here we go!" over and over when the plane was getting ready to take off. When it took off, she fell asleep. Today is Saturday and it's been pouring rain since last night. Man o' man!
Dallas loves Kayla. She's so good with Dally! She actually got her to pee in the toilet once. We went to the pool today and they had a lot of fun. I'll give more updates later!

August 4 and 5

Randy had the filter removed that was implanted by his lung after he had the accident. He had to have it to prevent a bloodclot from reaching his lung. The bloodclots are gone and, now, so is the filter.

Jordan was here today but can't sit down. He had a cyst removed by his tailbone. Not to worry. He's fine.

Tomorrow we go to Michigan. It's finally warming up there, so they say! It's only 102° here today. Hot, hot hot. But, it doesn't bother me at all.

I have to take Willow over to LB's house tonight. They're going to watch him while we're gone. I hope he gets along with her three cats. He's pretty good with other cats so I'm not worried.