Happy 2008 to all! This first day of the year has found Vernon and I staying home all day, trying to recover from colds that came back with us from Atlanta. He's had a low-grade fever and has coughed a lot the past few days. I am supposed to return to work tomorrow but would like more time at home. Vernon says he will make it to work because he isn't allowed to take sick leave after vacation time. If he stayed home, he'd have to count it as vacation.

Here are some photos of our time with family. Surprisingly, not one picture of the two of us was taken and I'm not in any photos.

This is Emily Ann with sister Morgan in her lap after Morgan's piano recital. She played perfectly and we were happy to be able to be there. We got lost getting to the church so Morgan's teacher held her back until we arrived.

Emmy is a senior at Mizzou (Missouri State), graduating May 16 with a major in Journalism, going into advertising.










Mama Brady and her two sons. Vernon has his coat on because we were ready to leave Richard's house.










Morgan and Vernon on Christmas Eve, enjoying cookies and eggnog.









Morgan requested science experiments and this is an electrical connections set that Vernon got her. She really enjoyed playing with the connections. When asked how she would like her school changed, she said it would go 12 hours a day and study only science!



Morgan wants to be a doctor and received a
doctor's kit with real tools. Besides the stethoscope around her neck, she put on the face mask, goggles and surgical cap. She also received a microscope and other experiments.









Here's the Richard Brady family: Richard, Susan, Emmy and Morgan. We had lots of fun playing games like Phase 10 and Catch Phrase.


I hope to do better this year at blogging on this site. One competition for my time on the computer is Facebook. So if you are there, too, let's be friends!