An Even Dozen....Melanie Cheyenne

Congrats to Erik and Kalisha! Welcome to the family, Melanie Cheyenne Storedahl, 8 lbs. 1 oz. 21" long.

She arrived a tad bit to early for Grandma to make it for her grand entrance. Missing the big event by 15 minutes!

She is perfect! What a joy to have another Granddaughter in the family.

Kalisha once again did an amazing job. She is one tough momma.

Thanks Erik and Kalisha we are so excited and very proud of both of you and your whole family.

Ahhh Fall......

Gage, Brooklyn, Austin, Fiona, Marcus, and Sydney

Marcus Gary

There is nothing better than the crisp fall air. This is my very favorite time of year. This is the time of year that I love living in the Pacific Northwest. The orange, yellow, red leaves turning colors. They are magnificent.

Marcus Gary plays in his last football season of the year. For his first year of football, Marcus practiced hard and loved playing with his friends. He has been working hard on his school work and making Grandma very proud. Every week he has practiced hard on his spelling words and earned a perfect score last week! Every week he has improved and last week he earned an ice cream treat with Grandma which Gage and Austin were very excited about too!

Austin and Gage are adjusting to kindergarten wonderfully. Just yesterday, Steph said how she was so surprised that they are being so good and doing such a great job.

Fall brings pumpkin patch time for the kids. Steph and I took six of the grand kids yesterday to the pumpkin patch. WOW! It was a car full and a lot of fun. The kids really enjoyed the animals and trying to decide which pumpkin was going to be theirs. After some deliberation over size and color, they each found a pumpkin to take home.

Crisp air, football and pumpkins, yep I love me some Fall!

Syd singing to her babies

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Happy Birthday Syd

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Power Of Prayer.....

I am just sitting here tonight counting my blessings. I am truly blessed with a wonderful husband and kids.

All of my kids are very different. If someone were to tell me before I had kids that I would have five kids and they were all this different, I would have laughed at them and asked, " how is that possible, no way!"

Tonight I pray for my daughter, Michelle, to have strength to get through the difficult time she faces ahead.

If praying works, please join me in prayer.

Beautiful Wedding...Beautiful Bride....New Son.....

The last of five! I have been singing this song for months, but secretly I have been thinking, wow all my babies have married and moved on. I decided it was better to dance than cry, so I smile and dance!

I have been waiting to write about Peep's wedding until I have got a few pics to share, but not sure when I am going to get them so I will add what I have.

After months of planning, which was really fun and not to much stress ( Peep was watching every weather report for the big day and would always choose the best report to tell everyone, so glad she had the power of positive thinking!), the day turned out amazing. Peep was a beautiful bride and Gary a very handsome groom.

We are so thankful for the wonderful turnout of family and friends to celebrate. It fills my heart knowing we have such great family and friends.

We were very blessed with amazing weather for the wedding. James and I decided over a few cocktails at the reception, that Dad was watching over us for Peeps big day. Dad would have been so proud of his Peep. They had a very special bond. We are so happy that he got to meet Young Gar and gave his love and approval to Peep.

Welcome to the family Young Gar. You are an amazing man and we know you will take the best of care of our little girl with your never ending patience. And just remember, NO RETURNS! :)