Island News

Christmas is approaching quickly !

Although Kevin and Shan are unable to be home for Christmas day Kevin is making a quick trip home for a visit from the 17th till the 23rd so we’ll at least get to have him with us for  a few day prior to Christmas which is the next best thing.  Would be perfect if Shan was able to come too.

Karla went for her 3D Ultra sound on the 5th and found out we’re getting another granddaughter.

She even gave us a little smile.

2009 in the Millman household.

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2009 started of with much sadness with the loss of

Wendell’s mom in January.As we moved into February

we got mothers apartment cleared out and tried to move forward.

In March to celebrate Karla’s Birthday, Karla, myself, Brooke and Earl

booked tickets and went to visit Kevin and Shan for a week.

We had a wonderful time and Brooke attended her first Maple Leafs hockey

game wearing her authentic Jersey her Uncle Kevin and Auntie Shan had given

her on the day she was born (Christmas Day 2007).

In April I returned to work for 7 weeks which brought us into May.

After finishing work in May Wendell and I jumped in the car

and drove up to visit Kevin and Shan, again we had a

wonderful time and took in a Blue Jays game which was an early

birthday present for Wendell.

Once back home we got into a schedule of babysitting Miss Brooke.

She kept us on our toes all summer and made the summer pass by

quickly with lots of love and laughs.

In July Karla and Earl made their announcement.

They found out they were expecting baby #2.

Our next granddaughter will arrive early April 2010.

In September we packed up yet again to hit the road,

this time with Vivian and Shelton.

We headed to Richmond Virginia where we took

in a whole weekend of NASCAR,

2 night races, Pit passes the whole nine yards!

On the way home we spent a day in the White Mountains

in New Hampshire. What a wonderful vacation it was!!

We arrived home and immediately got back into

enjoying our time with Brooke on a daily basis.

The last week of October I was recalled back to work.

Wendell on the other hand had by this time been off work

for almost a month due to back issues which he is still dealing

with, and with no idea when he will be free enough of pain

to return to work, he is currently undergoing physio therapy

and medications to help deal with the pain

at least enough to be comfortable.

We are now into December and counting down to

our 30th anniversary and awaiting Kevin’s arrival home

for a visit. As Shan is unable to come home this trip

Kevin won’t be here for Christmas day but he will be

here until the 23rd which is the next best thing !

Also Brooke will be turning 2 on Christmas day

so we will have her birthday party

while her Uncle Kevin is at home.

And that about wraps up our 2009 .

We are looking forward to 2010 as we have

two very exciting occasions coming.

1)the birth of our 2nd granddaughter

and  2) Kevin and Shan’s Wedding in Sept.

We wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

Christmas just just a meer 26 days away.  We have had a lot of rainy weather no snow as yet. And I just can’t seem to get into the Christmas spirit of things.

I think it is a combination of many things,there are so many things that will be “different” this year,

The last Grammy on the Millman side will not be here to celebrate with,  Kevin and Shan won’t be home for the holidays this year, I’m not hosting the annual Christmas get together.

Wendell is off work has been for the last 2 months due to extream back pain. And this year just seems to be so much tighter for money.

However Brooke will be turning 2 this Christmas and she will really enjoy it, she is talking about Ho Ho and that she wants him to bring her books. So Christmas morning should be very exciting in that household, and we will be there for that.

Karla was put off work this past week for stress\medical reasons , her job is so demanding and the hours so excruitiating she just couldn’t do it with this pregnancy and getting up with Brooke in the mornings. after less than a week she is already looking better, more rested.  She goes next Saturday to find out if she’s having another girl or a boy this time.  (I am so sure its a boy).

Yesterday I picked up the stuff I had on lay away for Christmas and brought it home, I also got the decorations up and a little tree, I decided I didn’t want the big tree this year, but was convinced I should have something so I put a small 4 ft tree up.

I’ve been back to work for 5 weeks now, and that is going ok, as always every year there seems to be more and more changes to get used to.  If I were to win the lottery I would not go back

a few weeks ago Brooke Loralee and I went to friendship park for the afternoon, we had a wonderful day and Brooke had a blast running around. She is growing up so fast !

Will try to get on here and post more often.

Hope all is well in your corner of the world thanks for stopping by.

Been a while since we posted anything here, guess its time for an update

Lets see what have we been up to since last post,, well we went away for a couple weeks, went to Richmond Virginia to a Nascar race actually took in 2 a Friday night race and a Saturday night race, both great races ! Had an awsome time, we spent a day in the white mountains in New Hamshire on the way home. Just had an all round wonderful time.

After getting home we had to do a little more spending,, my washer had quite on me just before we left on our trip so first thing when we got back we had to go shopping and ended up getting a new set, (front load) I love it.. they are great!

Then it was off to get a snowblower for Wendell he needs it his poor ole back just can’t take the shovelling anymore. and while we were at it we figured it was time for a new mattress as well so we bought one of those ones at wal mart that comes in a box, actually pretty decent mattress.

So I better hope I soon get called back to work so I can start paying for all this stuff and our trip ! owie.

Before you know it ,, Christmas is going to be upon us. we’re going really small this year. other than Brooke everyone else is going to be a small item and some of us are not even going to do a gift exchange we’re going to adopt a family and put our money to that instead.

Landlord was in last night we’re going to start getting a few things done around here, painting for one, I’m going to pick out my paint colors later today, and sometime this month he will have a guy come in to do the work we want done, front entry way has to be done (closet and cubboards taken out, ceiling fixed ect) and then we’re bringing the washer and dryer out of the basement.

He’s going to put in a new door. and a few other odds n ends that need to be done.

I did a few centerpieces for my sister (in law) the other day to decorate for her MIL’s birthday party,, here is a shot or two of those.

And of course a few pic’s of our little cutie pie.

Out for a run

Playing with  her friend Gracie

Having a tea party

Helping mommy wash the car and getting sprayed. haha

Getting a drink

swatting the flys for grammy

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods, Thanks for stopping by folks,