A Picture for the Last Post

Okay, so this isn't Meridth. But it is her kid. And I think our kids are both pretty awesome. And ADORABLE!

And here is the birthday girl! Hope your day is WONDERFUL!

It's YOUR Day!

Happy, happy birthday to Meridth, today! For some unexplained reason, I am short on Meridth pictures so someone else with more photos should post pictures. Also, Monday mornings are hectic at school, so I need to get out the door, but I'm hoping things are calm and joyful at the Gimbel household in Clarksville, Tennessee.

I heard there's birthday cake for later, and hope there's donuts to get a real "Birthday Bird" start to the festivities.

Ed and I are counting down the days to see Meridth, Edward, Uschi and Felix over the Memorial Day weekend, where we can celebrate all over again.

Office humor

This commercial made me laugh, because I say all those things probably 10 times on Mondays...

Happy Mother's Day!

I'm going to see if I can tie all posts back to the Bulls...

See below for heart felt thank you from NBA MVP Derrick Rose to his mother. Happy mother's day to all you mothers and potential mothers. We appreciate all you do!

Spring at the Indiana Homestead

Each of these trees on this side of the house are named for our five children. The two white-flowered ones are Karl's and Edward Russell's. The two pink-flowered ones are Betsey's and Margie's. You can just barely see Ryan's flowering apple tree at the northern-most end. They are arranged from oldest to youngest.

This is the area in front of the pool addition. That tallest red tree in the foreground is Margie and Brandon's wedding tree. We plant one for each kid as they marry.

Here's the front of the house. There are so many happy memories of when you all lived at home. We sure do miss 'the pitter-patter of little feet' (big feet, too).

How I wish I could have the grandkids here to share the flowers with, play in the grass, and enjoy happy times.


So I thought you might all be up for some pictures of the house as spring begins to blossom in all her most colorful finery. Sure hope you will join us one of these spring seasons!