Congresswoman Jean Schmidt is a Grandma...

Congratulations to Congresswoman Jean and Peter Schmidt!!!!!

They have also become first time grandparents.
Michael William (I hope I got that right) was born
October 1rst to their only daughter and son-in-law.
He weighed 6 lbs 12 oz. (I think that is what Peter said)
and both Mom and daughter are doing great.

WOW....It has been for ever........

It has been really long time since I have left any new posts.

• My life has been crazy and it is not slowing down any. In August I went to school for 3 weeks (4 classes, 12 credits, 120 hours) and became very brain fried! I completed my Real Estate courses at UC Clermont with a 4.0. I took my Real Estate Exam and passed both the state and National the first time.
• I became a Grandmother (as you can see from previous posts) to a beautiful girl!!!!! (I haven't seen her much lately and miss her!!!!!)
• My daughter became engaged.........
• DeAnna started back to school using the Ohio Virtual Academy. (This seems to be going well)
• It is political time in a presidential year. So my life is crazy with political stuff to do since I am the vice chair of the brown county republican party and vice president of the brown county republican club. (Although it does seem like I have not been much help lately because of my crazy schedule.)
  
• I have started back to school at UC Clermont college. Taking 4 classes per quarter to receive my Associates Degree in Marketing Management. All my classes this quarter are on Tuesday and Thursday. (that really works out well)
  
• I am working my Real Estate business now that I have my license. That is lots of fun. I love helping people meet their needs! I work floor time hours at the office in Mt. Orab.
• Along with all of that I am looking for a part time job to bring in a little income or I will be temporarily subbing at the Afton Wesleyan Daycare while Sara is on Maternity Leave.
• Oh yeah, I am helping with a Benefit Auction for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. We will be auctioning 52 wedding dresses, 5 prom dresses, a party of 8 tux rentals, and lots of other items!
  

Maybe some of the above will explain why I have not posted anything lately! Well, really it is no excuse. I used to post more often when I was up working at 6:00 am. Maybe I should just get up earlier. I would have more time for devotions and more time to get on the computer!
Thanks for reading my post!

More Pictures as promised..

Here are some more pictures of Elena as promised. I was having trouble with my scanner and pulling pictures off of my card.

Great Grandma & Elena

One of the proud aunts in my family.

Here's the other proud aunt in my family.

Look at that head of hair!!!

Best of all here is one PROUD Papa!!!!!

Thanks for checking out my granddaughter pictures!!!!

Elena Raquel Jowers

Elena was born August 26, 2008 @ 3:30am.

She was 20 1/2 inches long and weighed 6 lbs 12.8 oz.

She is beautiful with a full, thick head of black hair.

I have been having trouble with my card reader or I would have had pictures up sooner. But, here are a few and I am still having trouble because I thought I copied all the pictures over to my laptop last night but, it only looks like I copied few of them. I will post more from my other computer.

Just hanging out waiting on Elena to make appearance.

Jason's Mom - Michelle - admiring Elena

Elena is almost here!!!!

Due date is Wednesday August 20th. We are pretty excited and can't wait for her to get here! We went over last night and spent some time with Jason and Raquel. We had a nice time. I just wanted to share of picture of Rocky and Elena. Elena is making sure everyone sees her but, she isn't showing too many signs of wanting to enter the world.

As you can see, it is as if everyone else is ready for Elena to enter the world except Elena. Please pray that Raquel has an easy delivery. She has had a pretty decent pregnancy with very few complications and what they thought in the beginning was wrong with Elena they have determined has gone away and is no longer a problem. (PRAISE THE LORD)

When we have a baby I will do my best to get a picture up right away. Thanks for looking at my blog.