SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT. We will try and do better...

A lot has happened in the last year for the Poe family. My problem with blogging is that I wait so long between posts because I have so little spare time, that when I go to post, I have a hard time remembering how to do it. Lately, I have taken an increased amount of razzing from the family so I thought I would try again. They convinced me that I only need to start from now and not try and go back to recount the last year. I will say, however that a few noteworthy events have occurred in the last year totally worth mentioning. First, we have added to our family by 2 grandsons; Garrett, born last July to Becky & Marcus, and Sam & Melissa's newest addition, Nigel, born this April. They are both such a delight and that makes 6 amazing grandsons now for the Poe's.

The next wonderful event was the baptism of our sweet son-in-law, Marcus Fleming, Becky's husband. It was a very special day for us to share with their family in North Carolina last January. Just a few weeks after that marvelous event, Marcus left for Afghanistan for what has turned out to be a 16-month deployment. We love him, miss him and pray for his safety and well being every day.

And finally, we are in the process of building our home at the lake after wading through the permit process for many years. It is framed, plumbing is in and the electrical is being worked on right now. I have picked out cabinets, tile, window trim, and hardwood, plumbing fixtures and just about anything else you can think of. Our garage is packed full of great stuff waiting to be installed in the new house. Don't worry, I will be sure and attach some great pictures of all these great things in our life as well as some not mentioned. And, I will also try and do better about keeping up to date a bit better.

Home sweet home for the moment - this is our cute and cozy guesthouse we built a couple of years ago... can you see all of our belongings awaiting their new home? Check out David's sweet ride - the 1990 Honda civic... that bad boy gets 40 mpg, not bad on the pocket book

The new house! Expected completion date - Holidays 2009

Baby Nigel, Sam & Lissy's second son born April 23rd 2009, a wee one of 6lbs 8oz and 19 inches long. I had a wonderful visit with them shortly after the birth.

Garrett, Becky & Marcus' second son, born July 8th, 2009 - he was an itty bitty one, I can't believe he is almost 1! What a cutie.

Marcus' baptism in January of 2009, it was such a wonderful event to share with their sweet family. We miss Marcus SO much!


THE FOURTH OF JULY 2009 -

We had an incredible 4th this year - Perfect weather, perfect company (except missing Becky and her boys tons), and exceptional food, always a formula for success! We enjoyed playing in the water and even snuck in some decent ski runs amidst the onslaught of boaters on the lake, s'mores and campfires at night completed the joyous event. It is incredible to live in such a wonderful country and enjoy the freedoms we do. We are so grateful to all those who have and are currently serving in our military and sacrifice so much to do so. Next year we are excited to celebrate with a new house and new deck... we can taste the BBQ already!

Our all-star football player, this was about "take 100" - the QB (aka Dad) was advised to stick to volleyball

Floating - Mom's favorite past time and quite possibly what all the Poe women do very best at the lake

The Eld Inlet Ward annual 4th of July breakfast - a delicious way to start off the day

Kaleb and Owen enjoying the campfire - these boys are too cute and have a great time playing together

The ladies enjoying the late night campfire and conversation

A special note - my daughter Melissa helped me with this entry... a note from her - "Mom canNOT be to blame for her lack of blogging, for some reason on their computer it is VERY hard and EXTREMELY uncooperative. Perhaps until their electronics are upgraded we may have to wait for more posts, lol. So, we should probably lay off the razzing, because if it were this challenging for me to blog, I wouldn't update mine either!"