Jason and Rachel........

I can't begin to tell you what a pleasure it was working with Jason and Rachel.... even in the snow!

Sandra, please check out the rest of the pictures- www.photographybydelisa.com/florence/index.html

love you both- Annette

and here are some more Christmas pictures!

take two---

Jen. how do the flowers hit you! A little bold I know..... I called the other picture a Christmas pastry and you said we looked pasty, that's just a no go pasty pastry picture.


so it's the votes, -keep working on another idea or this one stays!

just some happenings at the Bahler house.....

we had an early, early Christmas since Jen and Luke were here!

Hence the Holiday picture- I am not sure it's "the one" yet, it looks a little like a Christmas pastry! I am still editing.Andria and Kait sing us a Christmas song~

Clint and Alesa, -Alesa, thanks for jumping in with both feet in our intense, crazy family.

O.K. I will find one with your eyes wide open next time, you're still cute, Bryan.

the Gutwein clan~ It was so so good to bond with Luca again. We are looking forward to March, Jen Thanks for the memories!

Inrtroducing Brant . Karen

Welcome to the family Karen

Love you both!

Tagged - I'm it

1.I get through a problem or project by telling myself I can have a "comfort" drink after it's done. I make a chai latte and sip it to my heart's content. ... and then, nibble on dark chocolate.

2.I love looking into Noah and Adrian, Jude and Luca's eyes. It's like I am reading their little thoughts, which I am sure I am not. They always repay my attention with the cutest in the world grin for me.

3. I am most relaxed when a "big" event, (company over, my girls weddings, graduation etc) is just over. I linger around the last bits of fresh memories and drink it all in, finally exhaling.

4. I can over study a word, until I'm confused on how it is spelled! It's so annoying....

5. If someone is pouty or has a bad attitude for very long, I start trying to fix it or reflect the bad attitude back at them- Not the most effective course of action.

6. I stand pigeoned toed too much. Who actually named it that or studied pigeons once upon a time?

7. I think my voice is hard to take serious because it is high pitched and sounds whimsical.

perhaps because it is 12:50am this has progressed to surface trivia.......
but it's been fun, thanks Jen-

a little sweetie pie!

This is Braylyn Gudeman...... she's too cute.

and Cara's newest daughter, Morgan~

Hi, I am in Nebraska with Ed for a business/get-a-way.

I forgot my camera so it's a pretty sorry blog! But for Ash and Kait, thanks for being home tonight to grace Kurt with your presence. He was excited you were coming, I think partly because he will actually have food to eat.

there is a sweet-sweet downtown here called the Market Place. I found an eclectic home store that's perfect. Ed even liked it. Sooo maybe it's not too early to Christmas shop, huh?

Anyway, we will be home late Friday- love to all
Annette

John and Marla

This was a cute, beautiful family I got to know.

... yet another surgery!

it's been 3 weeks now since the actual break and surgery and brace. I can't seem to be able
to even get Kurt to keep his brace on. His words were "I already fell and landed with my arm up" ummm, I hope that works for him. It was a soccer injury again.
this little picture is for Jenny, can you see the countertop around my chocolate cheese cake that I absolutely love to make? I would have put a "countertop only" picture, but I thought it looked too scary. -Never mind that the sample was not anything like the granite that actually came. I say the countertop found me, it's a little crazy- wild but a nice accent.

CK surgery complete!

Aren't these just "smashing" glasses. My friend Jody Klotzle lent me these so I could see the song. I never had the silly 20+ pairs of reading glasses I own, when I needed them. This post is to say I got CK surgery. It took 6 minutes to actually accomplish the proceedure, but several hours of worrying time before. End of the story is, it's worked great, perhaps I should pass the good news to my friend, Jody or give her my 20+ pairs I don't need now. Annette -PS That cute boy to the right is Braiden from California, going to college there. That hairy arm to my left belongs to my "still cute husband" Ed! His ancestry comes from the Swiss Alps......what can I say.

just saying......

Checking in tonight to say, my blog has been stiff lately. Sorry

Soooo, here is my tonight happenings - Ed and I went out (about 8:30pm) to catch a bite at "Red Seven" it's a place in Lafayette that gets the community feel pretty well. I can't say I measured up to a stellar date. I was pouty and quiet. Why???? I felt jilted a bit. Yes, that high maintanace stuff again. Ed really hung in there though, past his patience. He tried all kinds of opening lines that I let fall with no energy back. He told me I looked great..... I didn't care what he thought.
All said, I just hadn't had any time with him, enough time to feel like a team anyway. We set
some focus/vision stuff for the fall and more talk and tadaaa~...... relationships just take time.
You would think after about 30 years we'ld have it covered. Nope.

We went on the walking bridge after our talk and found a whole church "outreach" with a small band singing on the bridge. They were talented singers, but the amps were way too loud and it smashed the sound.... very unfortunate. We walked past as we were hit by three or four people with "are we Christians?" question

-What do you think? Ummmm, I listened to the comments of other people passing by, it wasn't favorable. I felt bad for the whole situation, especially the small bands of people in prayer circles. It was too in your face and yet their hearts seemed right. We need to reach souls for Christ, but how? -or maybe they were on?

It made us tired and we went home.
So this is my straight talk for the night instead of stiff stuff.

good night all, Annette

Seniors Pave the way!

Amber~


Megan~
Alyson~ We've hit the streets of Lafayette........and had fun!

can you believe it ..... I'm back

This is a tribute to Jeff, Gretchen and Joah.....
They have just moved to IL -and we miss them so much already


I know where ever they go, they will be an incredible asset. God Bless you!

It's finally here! It works even

vacation time!!!

"the gang"
oh joy!
Hmmmm......
the gathering
and so....