Pictures from Marsha's Facebook album

Wendy & Ken's wedding

I'm just now downloading the pictures from our camera to see if we have any good ones from the wedding event. I am happy to report that Wendy looked beautiful, Ken very handsome -- both a bit nervous but Quentin Tolby's (the Officiant) continued mispronunciation of Wendy's name as "Wednesday" brought a bit of humor to the ceremony. KC held up well and approximately 40-50 friends and family enjoyed the ceremony and party afterwards in Marsha's (Ken's mom) backyard. Wendy & Ken are now honeymooning in Sedona while KC spends the weekend with us. They return tomorrow, and back to work/reality on Tuesday. Gerry and I have both been suffering from bad coughs/fever with hot flashes and chills -- I'm feeling better today but Gerry is worse so hopefully soon we'll both be recovered. Official pictures should be available soon.

Good-bye, [KC's] Grandpa Tom

We are sad to report that KC's great-grandfather, Tom, passed away yesterday. He was the father of Marsha (Ken's Mom) and Jeff. His wife preceded him in death in 2006. He is survived by his father who lives in Utah, where Tom will be buried. He and KC had a strong resemblance, especially when wearing hats. Unfortunately KC was not looking at the camera in this picture taken about 8 months ago. Serena, you and Pat met Tom at Thanksgiving. Not sure if any of the rest of you had met him or not, although he was at KC's birthday party.

In other news, we took KC to a baby exercise class this morning which he seemed to enjoy greatly. There was a lot of bouncing and jumping on mats, stair climbing backwards and forwards, hanging on to a balance bar, rattling bells, and playing with bubbles. My co-worker, Susan, takes her 8-month old daughter, Addie, every Friday, and we went as their guests.

Parents and babies

What's Happening

The King Christmas mailing list is almost completely finished. I went through last night and alphabetized it and checked it against all the various other lists to make sure that nobody was left off that was on one of the other lists and now I'm cleaning up - adding a few zip codes and checking a few minor details. THAT is the big news here. There are still a few things to do before the mailing list goes out. We're missing a few addresses - including Wendy Jean's address, the photo copied at Costco (of course), the actual photocopying of the letter, the border around the letter itself . . . Okay, a few details, but the worst is over . . . the letter itself is done as is the mailing list (well almost).

Talked to Roberta to confirm April dates. I tried calling the JJKA group, but, of course, there was no answer. Called Catherine at work and she confirmed and she had confirmed with Dad that yes those were the specific dates. So Roberta is now making definite plans and those April dates are the dates . . . no matter what.

Sid, Gerry, Catherine, Ken, Wendy Jean, KC and various other Counts, Jones and Morgans enjoyed a very pleasant evening last night celebrating Gerry's birthday at Fontanella. The food was great, too.

Well, more later . . . gotta get back to the mailing list.

Three generations

Wendy, Ken, KC3

Wendy Jean, Ken and KC3 at their house on December 10, 2006. At least two of them have their eyes open.

KC - Day 3

I think I finally got updated to the new version of Blogger. Those of you more technologically advanced than I shouldn't have any problem and Serena, our personal family techno wizard can help the rest of us. Meanwhile, here are a couple more pictures of KC!

KC: December 4 or sooner

Latest maternity news from Wendy after her Dr.'s appointment today is an appointment next Monday at 4:30am if KC does not decide to arrive sooner. Wendy is ready, the house is ready, all KC's things are ready, Wendy and Ken have been busy -- and are very well prepared!

Photos from Roberta's camera

Wendy & KC Update

With 17 days until her due date of December 1, Wendy had her Dr. appointment yesterday and learned that the Dr. thinks KC may weigh about 8 pounds. Dr. says all is well and that Wendy may need to have labor induced if KC isn't born by December 8th. Meanwhile, Wendy continues to work and do the other zillion things needed to be done before such a big event! Next Dr. appointment is Monday, November 20.

Hoping for a weekend get together -- Sunday brunch? -- with Serena, Roberta & Sid. Location to be chosen by Ken whose birthday of November 24th we will be celebrating early.

Guess who has a birthday in November!

And guess whose birthday is in December whose initials are not JBU?

KC's Baby Shower!

KC's baby shower was a huge success! Adrian did a wonderful job hosting and we got tons of stuff! Thanks for the stroller Roberta Sid and Serena. And many thanks for the generous gift certificate to Baby Depot Mom and Dad - we will be going to purchase the crib very soon. It was a really good day all around. We feel very lucky to have such generous and kind friends and family.

First of the week at First Watch

Seven, and soon to be eight, members of the Uible Family contingent met at First Watch at 9:30am, Sunday, September 10, 2006. Present were, in order of seniority, Hayes S. "Sid" King, Gerry Morgan, Catherine Uible Morgan, Roberta Uible-King, Serena Uible, Wendy Morgan, Kenneth Charles "Ken" Counts Jr and soon to be KC! KC will be joining us in approximately 12 weeks! Attendance was taken and all were present and accounted for. No official meeting notices were announced or even considered but everyone seemed to enjoy breakfast. Wendy is looking especially good, in the glow of her pregnancy and all, and the rest of us looked OK.

Busy day at the library this afternoon and a nightmarish week coming up with two people on vacation and all types of school commitments, us visiting schools to promote the Ready Set Read First Grade library card program, and school groups visiting us to have tours, research assistance, etc. Just hope no one else is sick or does a trick like Roberta's walk off employee. I'm sure we'll survive however, and who am I to complain with Roberta working twice her normal number of hours, getting up hours earlier, etc.

Gerry, Catherine, Ken and WendyJean

Gerry, Catherine, Ken and WendyJean

I'm pretty sure this was taken somewhere near First Watch - right downtown Phoenix - on Sunday.

Morgans, etc.

Will write just a few words because I'm just too tired to write much more - had a nice evening with Jessica, Jonathan, Dee, Wendy Jean, Ken, Gerry and Catherine. We got take-away from Wei Pei.

Roberta, the grocery store that I think you should check out is Ranch Market. On the website you can kinda tell that the aisles are rather busy, but in reality, they are REALLY busy.

More later . . . even though we're not going walking until late - 6:30 or 7:30, I can't remember which . . . still comes up sooner than one would think.

Tips and Comments

Commenting is turned on, but only with moderation. I don't care so much who comments about what, but that will keep the spam comments off the blog. So anybody can comment, but the comments won't be posted until I have approved them.

All contributors can post without moderator approval. Within reason, anyone who wants to contribute, drop me a line, and I'll be glad to add them as a contributor. (I would especially encourage WJM and HSK . . . KCC3 is not quite old enough YET, but KCC2 is welcome.)

As far as not seeing posts . . . you might want to make sure you go through and get to the point of "publishing".

Also, is everyone aware of the comments? They don't really show up unless you click on them . . . I may be able to make them more obvious. I'll check tonight, but may not get done until tomorrow evening.

Also, is everyone (Roberta?) aware that there is a spellchecker? Just click on the ABC over the checkmark.