Sunday, April 24th, my middle grandson Logan turned 9 – on the day he was born:  again!  I tried to download the video, but with my unskilled computer knowledge it kept saying it was too large to transfer.  🙁  But…

Last night – Friday – it was Chrissy’s turn!  Nate had several things going on at once, so I offered to take Chrissy to Blairsville to meet her mom.  Chrissy was not quite as chatty as Autmn had been, but…

I had the unexpected opportunity tonight to spend a delightful evening with Autmn!  Her dad was working late – Chris was at the sitters – so I popped over to check on Autmn and just decided to stay with her…

Well, Pig day again has come and gone!  Last year -2015 – the day after Easter found us making the trip to the Marshall farm in Smicksburg, PA.  We spent the day roaming and visiting and meeting the pigs.  These…

  I have to say that this year’s weather – so far – has been puzzling and confusing.  I’m not really sure WHAT season it is! I like to walk in my neighborhood, and I noticed the other day as…

Once again this year I had the honor of attending Action for Animal’s ‘LOVE IS IN THE AIR’ fundraiser at the Latrobe Country Club.  Smail Auto is an underwriter for the event, and several of us attend to represent the…

In a galaxy far, far away – several (??) years ago – a little bundle of blessing came into my life – and she has indeed been an immeasurable blessing!  I am unfortunately not very computer literate so I couldn’t…

We have definitely had a winter adventure tonight!  I’ll admit that it wasn’t (or isn’t) really a blizzard, but we are certainly dealing with some snow.  This is probably the first significant snow we have had this season. Predictions were…

On January 21, 2003, Autmn Rose Stairs-Burke entered this world at Westmoreland Hospital, wrapped in a pink blanket and snuggled in her daddy’s arms.  We were so excited for Nate and Jaime as they presented the grandmothers with their first…

After several weeks of delays, Kath and I finally made it up I-79 to Albion to visit with our parents.  We made our customary stop at the Edinboro Walmart for Kitty food and pulled into the drive at about 8pm.…