WELL IT IS HERE....MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY.(WELL BESIDES MY BIRTHDAY)...


I love thanksgiving. It is a great holiday. Time off, family around, no presents to buy and wrap, and all kinds of great food,..what could be better.

And this year an added blessing.....Ashley is coming home!!! I can' t wait to have the whole family together again. And I have the whole time planned.......a movie: Enchanted, game night, lots of together time. well at least 3 days . Well I am off to get some things ready,

I hope you all have a blessed time with your family and friends.

ps. Kaylee just got new job at aeropostal...and her first day is "black friday".....she has to be there ar 5:45 am!!! hahaha what a way to start.

love to all
gail

well it has been a while since my last update. i guess the biggest thing that has happened is that kaylee is now a driver!!! and she is doing great. i am very proud of her. she passed with 100%. i guess all that time in the parking lot with the cones paid off. i don't know how many of you have seen what these kids have to do to get there license nowdays but i don't think i would pass the manuverability part. it is nice that she can get around on her own but it just brings on more worry and prayertime on my part.

i am trying very hard to keep my spirits up but it is getting harder and harder....you see my mood seems to be related to the amount of sunshine that new alblany gets. now that we set the clocks back it gets dark sooooo early...even before i am home from work. and today i could't believe it but it SNOWED! if you haven't already guessed this is not my favorite time of the year.....bring back the 90 degree weather!!

i guess i will just have to go get my sun fix at the tanning salon :)

have a great one

gail

catching up with the clays....part 2

well i guess almost 7 months later it is time to blog again. things have changed a little around the house. the main change is the sound of song is not ringing from every room ...for the last 18 years we had no need for any radio/cds in in our house...we had a constant concert. from the time she opened her eyes in the morning until she sang herself to sleep at night,,,,she really did...we could hear her from our bedroom...she sang 24/7. i do wonder at times how her roommate at evangel is handling this..

kaylee is just 2 weeks away from being 16 and being a licensed driver..yikes. she is very anxious to hit the open road on her own and her driving instructor gave her all 4's(the top score) on her driving last week. i realized how valuable the instruction was while we were driving thru a parking lot the other day...as i was yelling for her to stop as the pedestrian was getting ready to cross in front of her she said in a very disgusted tone...mom i know...we did parking lots last week!

i am still working full time and loving it..well most of the time. there are times when i am putting out fires that i wish i was back on my comfy couch with my blanket and puppy watching dr. phill...oh those were the days

i wish i could keep this blog updated more but i have to share the computer with kaylee and it is next to impossible to get it away from her....i am hoping for my own computer for my bithday.....every one that reads this needs to comment doug and tell him to get his wife her own computer ok?....thanks...i will let you know how that goes.

all for now
i love you all

Catching up on the Clays

Well again Jonathan has motivated me to get going with the whole blog thing. After monthes of checking everyones blogs and reading the same thing over and over,(except the Bakers and Grammie..thank you) I have decided to start again. I will try to keep up with it.

Well now I will try to catch you up with what has been happening in the Clay's life since we last talked:

*Ashley has decided on evangel university in Missouri as her place of higher education...maybe her and cousin Jarid will make some memories

*Kaylee is continuing to work with her personal trainer and puts us all to shame

*I have been working full time as the assistant directoer of nursing at the nursing home in New Albany. It leaves little time for much else but I am enjoying it. ( I am filling in for some one on medical leave)

*Doug has been spreading church health thru Ohio and doing a great job. His wisdom in new areas is amazing and definelty God directed

Ash and Kay both have jobs now..Ash works at BlockBuster and really loves it...I love the free movies :) Kay has two jobs...one is at a daycare after school every day and the other babysitting on a weekly basis for a couple families here in the neighborhood. She loves kids and is just great with them. She also does not like to be without money so that is a big motivator.

*Kay and Doug are going to Puerto Rico for spring break,...Ash has play practice...Alladin with the Columbus Children's Theater..and I have to work. Kay convinced Dad that it wasn't fair that she had to miss her spring break because of her mom and sis

Well I guess that will do for now..we are so excited about the new babies coming our way...thanks Jeremy and Amy and Rob and Betsy!!

Love to All
Gail

new year blog

Well this is not too bad. We are only 13 days into the new year and this is my first blog. I guess there hasn't been a lot of excititng things to blog about. I started a new job...and am keeping my old one too...it is working contingent at another nursing home in Worthington. It takes a little longer to get the this one but the shifts are only 8 hours as opposed to 12 at the other place. So now I can tell people that I work 2 jobs. They don't have to know that with both jobs together I will still only work 1-3 days a week..ha.
The girls are back in school and getting ready for midterms. Ashley is excited because she got the lead in her school play and will start practices next week. Both girls are going to winter formal on sunday ...they look so nice in their dresses...I wil try to put up a photo if I learn how.
Doug is working hard as always. We had ministers retreat last week and it was great. H.B. London from Focus on the Family was the speaker...very good. We opened the retreat on monday night with a big tailgait party for the OSU game. It started out good...we will leave it at that! The district office is almost finished and looks amazing. The design team is wonderful.
We are gearing up for the big winter storm headed our way...our Iowa family is probably enjoying it right now. I have been on the internet looking at Florida condos...and dreaming.
Well until next time....some beach, some where!