Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Yes indeed, another year older and another year wiser (ok, well older anyway....lol) 49 years ago, I was born a poor black child (oh wait, that was from a Steve Martin movie...lol) I was born in Indiana, where we promptly moved to Florida, I joined the Air Force after a brief stint in FL law enforcement and here I am with a beautiful, wonderful lady and just lovin our life...hmmmm where have I heard that before??????...lol Speaking of the wonderful lady, she arranged quite the birthday surprise, a nice romantic dinner at a Japanese Steak house, a luxury suite at the best hotel in town, Champagne in the room.....yes, quite the evening....won't go into any more details as I'm sure you get the rest!!!! :) To sum it up, it was a really great birthday!!!

Notice anything different about Jeep?? well she has a new smile on the front, if you didn't notice then check the parade pic's, go ahead I'll wait.........................................yes she has a new bumper!! It was custom made by a friend of mine (Jackie) who owns a Jeep and Fabrication business, he does great work. Next project for Jackie is to cover Jeeps rear with a new bumper and tire carrier, but that will be a little bit down the road.


Better late than never, see the new flag on the house, yup same one Jeep carried in the Veterans Day parade, well, finally got around to putting it on the house, we have been wanting to put one up for a while, so here it is.

That's it for this addition, you all take care, where ever you may be, and love your life as we do ours!!!

Veterans Day Parade and Old Jeep Visit

Quite the busy weekend it was this Veterans Day holiday. Ok, back up a few days, we attended our first Jeep Club meeting http://www.jeepexclusive.net/index.htm the bylaws say you have to attend a meeting and a function before you can actually join, so the Veterans Day parade made the function also. We are joining the club to meet new people and travel to new places while jeeping, so far it is working out great as you will soon see. Above is Jeep all dressed up for the parade.

We were toward the back of the line, but still in the middle of the action!!

Sheryl got a kick out of the old Air Force tow vehicle, it headed the club in the parade, and yup it's a Jeep!!!

There were 20 plus jeeps from the club in the parade, we were stacked 3 wide at the beginning, however, pulled into a singe file line for the parade.

Boys will be Boys as these two tried to impress the judges as well as have alittle fun.

Well they must have impressed the judges a little as we won 3rd place out of over 80 entries.
After the parade, we all headed over to Jackie Wrights garage for a BBQ and all around good time. We met several nice people and had some good ole burgers and fixins. Jackie is the one who put the lift on Jeep and I do have to say, he is one of the nicest and most honest people we have ever met.

The parade was on Saturday, on Sunday we traveled with some club members to the booming metropolis of Hart Texas, a little town in the middle nowhere USA. to met a man who had a few old Jeeps we were told. We thought it would be fun and at least see a new town. Little did we know the surprise we were in for!!! This man had 10-15 sheds, barns and trailers on is farm all loaded with old jeeps, old John Deer tractors and antique cars. They were in different stages of restoration, or just sitting around the property.

Each building held at least three of these tractors.

We ran across this old Jeep truck, yes it is a JEEP, no one from the club had ever seen or even heard of a Jeep like this and he had 4 of them, Wow what a treat!!!

Sheryl was like a kid in a candy store, these old trucks and cars brought back memories from her childhood on the family farm, she was having a ball playing on them, you should have seen the big smile on her face. It was great to see her laughing and having fun!!

How about this gem, you cold just imagine the town doctor riding down main street in the 1800s in his fancy carriage.

Sheryl wasn't the only one having fun, I was just amazed at what this old gentleman had collected over the years. Each time we opened a shed, it was like Christmas!!!

Even had several old signs in one of his many garages.

What a great day we had, spent over three hours just looking at all he had to offer. Before heading home we all went to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. Wow, what a weekend, this is what life is all about, meeting new good people, seeing new and exciting things and just lovin life. That's it for this episode, so as we alwasy say, Keep Lovin your Life as we do Ours.

Pirates of the Canyon

Last weekend was the 2nd Amarillo Balloon Festival, this year 22 balloonist participated compared with only 6 last year, lets hope it keeps growing!!! The main events are held at the Tradewinds airport Friday and Saturday, but culminates at Palo Duro Canyon on Sunday morning with a sunrise lift off from the canyon floor. Sheryl and I were up bright and early to catch the festivities at the canyon. Now we both have seen balloon launches before, but something about watching them take off from the canyon floor and with the canyon walls as a back drop, it was truly a site to see. The only glitch in the system was after only 3 pictures the camera died!!! and of course we didn't bring extra batteries, even though yours truly set them out to be taken....boy getting older sucks!!! Well we did get a couple of shots as you can see, so the rest of the time we just enjoyed the experience. After the last launch, we took a drive around the park and did a short hike before heading home.

Halloween was pretty uneventful, Cassie dressed up and helped out at her school with a Halloween party for the local little ones.

Today we are dog sitting, our neighbor was involved in a motorcycle accident and is in the hospital for a few days, so we are helping our with the dogs so Julie can spend time with Brandon at the hospital and not have to worry.

Sheryl is back to work full swing and is looking and feeling better and better each day. That's it for now from Lehmann land, take care and keep enjoying your life as we do ours!!!

Gangs All Here

Busy week or so, Sheryl went in for a surgical procedure, which will remain a private matter for now, other than to say all went well and she is doing very good. The family from Oklahoma came in as well as her sister, to be with her before and after her stay in the hospital.
One nice surprise was her son, who was able to come in also. With-out getting into detail, Sheryl was recently reunited with her son after not seeing him for 23 years. There has been a flood of emotions for the past month or so, while they have been getting in touch, mostly good emotions, which has been great for both of them. Joesph, was able to come out for a couple of days to be there for his mom during her procedure, it sure is great to see them together and watch their bond grow.

That has been the extent of the past couple of weeks, so as I always say, love your life as we do ours, and ours just keeps getting better every day!!!

Gangs Trip to OKC

Sheryl headed out a week before us to be there for the birth and to help Kaileigh with the baby for the first few days (Oh how Sheryl lovvvvvves being a Gama). We (me and Cassie headed out the following weekend for a couple of days to see the new lttle addition, and let me tell you, she's as cute as can be and as tiny as a peanut....hence her little nickname from Chris...Peanut...lol. This was all a couple of weeks ago, and yes I know I should have updated sooner, by what can I say......ok, sorry, but thats it....lol.

Clara had her first doctors visit today, 1 Oct 07, and she is doing just fine, she has even gained a whole pound!!! so she is growing and the doctor is happy with her progess. We should get to see the little one again pretty soon as Chris, Kaileigh and Clara should be coming out this weekend for a visit. It will be cool to see the little peanut getting bigger.

Last weekend we all headed out to the Canadian river for a little four wheelin, and boy am I glad I had Sheryl and Cassie along, besides from just having a good time, they made a great counter weight, when I almost put poor jeep on it side, by the time I stopped in a washout, to see if we could make it across, we were balancing on two wheels, and would have gone all the way over had the ladies not been in the passanger seats!!!! Thank goodness for little girls as the saying goes!!!

Thats it for now, will try and update more often as I should be, so until then...love your life as we do ours....how could we not with the new little peanut......:)

It,s A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

Little Clara was born yesterday at 4:56pm with whopping weight of 4 pounds 6 ounces!! she is 18 inches long and cute as cute can be!!! Of course this is coming from proud grandparents....and we are just a little predigest....lol Speaking of proud just check out the pic's of mom and dad with the little one.......to cute for words!!! You may be saying wow, 4 pounds is a small baby, and yes it is, as Clara had to make a early appearance, due to a little mommy/baby distress, but both are fine now and hope to be coming home soon (that's when the real fun begins....lol) Sheryl actually got to be in the delivery room along with Chris, kinda unusual, but Sheryl worked her magic and was allowed to be there, what a special moment for a mom to experience, the birth of her grand daughter.
On a side note and one that just came to me, little Clara was born on a special day in our history, what a fitting tribute to the resilience of the American spirit, with mom and dad both in the Air Force, this turned a day of remembrance into a day of joy and happiness.
God bless Kaileigh, Chris and little Clara

Sept 11

It is Sept 11, a day we should all remember and take a few minute out of our busy day to think about the events of that fateful day in our history. Got a call from Kayla, actually came in two parts, #1, Just called to say I love you and was thinking about on this day....awww that was great to hear....:) Part Deux, was why haven't you updated your blog!!!.....got tickled on that one, so here is the update, yes it's a day late, but as they say better late than never!!!