Happy Birthday Andrew

Last night Gary and I headed for Dixion, Il. to celebrate our grandson, Andrew's 10th birthday. He will turn 10 on August 18th. For his birthday we all went out to Ryan's Steak House in Sterling, Il. for supper. What varity of food...we held back on dessert since we had purchased a cake.

Back in Dixion we enjoyed chocolate cake with ice cream...son-in-law, Dave was full so skipped dessert...not ME. I love cake and especially CHOCOLATE.

Andrews opened his gift from us..A Razor scooter. He had fun trying it out in the living room. Both Gary and I were happy that he liked it! (Thanks goes to his mom, Camille for the help in picking a gift for him)

Help Ann-Marie

Well I tried to a blog on my own...so what do I get but a weird position of my picture. I 'm still new at doing the picture part. Here we go again. The heat was so bad that this is what Ann-Marie thought of the reunion.

Heilman Reunion 2007

Sunday was very hot but that doesn't stop the Heilmans for a fun family get together. This year both our daughters were able to attend with their family. The food was sooo good. Gary's brother Donnie cooked beef, chicken and pork on the grill. Everyone brought such good desert and a good varity of salads. We purchased the lawn golf game (the real name is Top and Toss Pro Game). It was fun to see the grandkids play it. Actually Brigitte was very good at it..she only 5 but she had a mean throw

Lawn Golfing at Sister Louise's

In July my brother Dave, Sister Jan and her husband along with Gary & I met at my Sister Louise for lunch....in case you're wondering NO the sisters are not NUNS. Just regular down-to-earth non-nuns.

After lunch we played the new lawn game..golf. It was the first time for all of us except Jan and Darryl, who brought the game. We had lots of fun and much laughter...even if we had to let the men win.

Strawberry Picking with the Grandkids

Daughter to the Rescue

Today my daughter is teaching me how to use my digital camera in conjunction with my PC! It's fun learning, and I hope you all enjoy these photos!

Attack of the Japanese Beetles!