Zoe Elizabeth Sauder

BABY SAUDER!!!!!

Beth and Ty had their baby girl this morning about 10:30. They named her Zoe Elizabeth and she weighed 6#15oz. and was 18 inches long. We are very excited and will be going to the hospital to see her later today.

Love, Eileen

Like Father, Like Son????

Prayer Request

I don't know how many of you keep up with my blog, but I wanted to update you with a prayer request. Ethne and Catie are undergoing some testing after losing weight in the last few months. Ethne's test results are improving, but the doctor thinks Catie may have Type I Diabetes. You can read more on my blog here. We'd appreciate prayers as we confirm the diagnosis and come up with a treatment plan.

Very Busy

I hope everyone is doing fine. Sue is coming off a weekend where she had five events. She had weddings at the Pere Marquette, the Waterhouse, the Par-A-Dice, Stoney Creek Inn, and Washington Five Points. I don't know how she does it. I have been busy shooting senior pictures and am booked every Saturday and Sunday until the middle of September. Since I don't have my own web site yet, I have been giving the kids a few low resolution files with my logo on them for their facebook page. It seems every time I do I get a call in the next few days for another booking. I am going to use the family blog to test if I can post a video slide show. I hope this works. These images are from my photo shoot this past Sunday.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary Duane & Eileen! Congrats on 35 years!

Hi Everyone!

I am excited that I finally found a perfect way to garden! My neice Jodi and two of her friends have a garden this summer for their FFA project. They plant, weed ,water ,pick and e-mail me what produce they have ready. I e-mail them back with what I want and they bring it to me! It doesn't get any better than that. Also, I saw some friends were selling sweet corn along the road, so I pulled up and one of their granddaughters ran up to my car, asked me how much I wanted, went and got it, put it in my car and took my money. I didn't even have to get out of the car. That night we had BBQ, fresh sweet corn and fresh green beans. It was great. I could garden this way for a long time!

Hope everyone is having a great summer. Duane is getting ready to leave for Canada fishing. He leaves Wed. night and will be back the following Sat. Kayla and I are going out to Iowa City Sunday afternoon as she has a campus visit on Monday to see if they have a program that will allow her to get her degree. She will finish her current program in Dec. but will get a certificate not a degree.

Crystal is doing great at the shop. I'm still helping her but I'm not going out as much. I love it. Of course the grandkids are wonderful and we are looking forward to Beth and Ty's little girl at the end of August.

Love,
Eileen

Twins

Jen and Brett,
Your babies are darling. I enjoyed being with them last week. You are doing a good job. Keep up the good work. Love Grandma

My Babies are One!

One year ago today, our family was doubly blessed with the arrival of Riley Faith and Gavin Arthur. Today they're happy, healthy children with very different personalities, and yet they're the best of friends.

It has been a tough year, and yet it's also been a fantastic year. I can't imagine life without my sweet babies. We're finally starting to emerge from the fog and live life a bit more.

I'm proud to say I'm still nursing. I didn't make it this far with the other girls for various reasons, which I regret. But this time I'm letting them drive the bus. We'll see how long this ride lasts.

We had their family party on Monday. Here are some pics.


Riley at 1 year


Gavin at 1 year


Then...


...and now


Gavin enjoying his cupcake


Riley enjoying hers


Cupcakes are awesome!

Happy 40th Anniversary!

Dear Keith & Connie,

Congrats on 40 wonderful years together.

Thanks for being such a great example of love and commitment.

You two are really special.

Wishing you many more.

Our love,

Mike & Faye