This and That

Yes, our grandson has arrived, and DH is still grinning. Though he admits he’ll be more involved when the little guy starts running around and talking. That’s Papa for you. All is well on the baby front and we are so thankful for that. Babies truly are a miracle and we count our blessings this little one and his mommy are both doing fabulously. Our daughter-in-law is the best little mommy, and there, too, we know we are blessed. 

And our two-year-old granddaughter (a cousin to the new baby) turned three last weekend. The birthday party was a blast. She wanted a birthday cake with her picture on it, so that’s what we had. However, the picture also included her bunny rabbit “Two” and she wasn’t impressed when her mommy cut him in-two. I was thankful I didn’t get that piece of cake. 

I promised to tell you what I had in store for the girls once their baby brother was born—here it is: A glow in the dark bubble bath. They loved it. We filled the bathtub with water and lots of bubbles, all three girls climbed in, and then I tossed in about four dozen glow sticks. (DO NOT attempt to break the glow sticks open. The cracking sound you hear when you activate them is glass breaking inside the plastic tube.) I switched off the light and the water lit up in an array of colors. Giggles could be heard for miles I’m sure. The girls were in that tub until completely “pruney” and then we put the glow sticks in a vase and set them beside our bed for a night light. It was lots of fun and we will repeat it. 

This weekend we have a birthday bash for our neighbor, which is always a fun time. I’m making Special K bars and jalapeño roll ups. Two of the granddaughter’s favorites.  

On to writing….The Stetson and Scandals miniseries is selling extremely well! Thank you, all. I do hope you enjoy Garret and Roy in Dance with the Rancher, as well as Trace and Annabelle in Rescued by the Ranger. There is a little guy in that second story, Wyatt, whom I just fell in love with. Maybe he’ll grow up to have his own story. 

That, however, can’t happen for a while. Another three book contract is in the works, giving me five to write…and I’ve decided to try a new time period. The roaring twenties! (I’ll still have plenty of cowboy and old west stories, too. I’ll never part with them completely.) The research so far has been amazing. What a wild and adventurous time! I’ve plotted out two books and am itching to start writing them. Watch out world, the Nightingale sisters are a hot bunch of tomatoes! 

I’ve things to accomplish this morning, so must get to them. Have a wonderful weekend. Count your blessings. And tell someone you love them. They may already know it, but will enjoy hearing it!

He's Here!

Connor Ray arrived yesterday at 6:55 PM weighing in at 7 lbs, 11 oz, and stretching out to be 20 inches long! 

He is perfect in every way and he and his mommy are doing very well!

Since Connor was taking his time in making his grand entrance, Papa and I took his two older sisters shopping for their cousin’s birthday presents. 

Our curly haired granddaughter will turn three this weekend. She told me she wanted a book for her birthday, when I ask what kind of book, she said a yellow one. So, we found the book department at the Wal-Mart next to the hospital and low and behold, look what we discovered on the shelf.

It’s also release day! Both books in the Stetsons and Scandals Mini-series, Dance with the Rancher and Rescued by the Ranger, are now available for download! 

Oh, and a quick update on granddog Bear—he got his stitches out today. He needs to continue wearing his T-shirts for a few more days, but is otherwise all healed.   

We're sure to have a fun-filled weekend with baby Connor coming home and the birthday party, and I hope your weekend is just as wonderful!

Blessings to all for your congratulatory emails and messages! I really do appreciate each and every one of them and in sincerely appreciate each of you!

Not Yet

Still no baby…but our daughter-in-law does have an appointment to be induced at 7AM tomorrow (Wednesday) if nothing happens tonight. SO, stay tuned! I will soon have pictures of the newest addition to our family.

In the meantime, here is Bear, wearing his pink T-shirt. He has stitches in his leg, which will come out later this week—thank goodness. In order to keep him from licking at them, I’ve been making him wear shirts—and changing them up to three times a day. Labs love water and can find it when no one else can! He does have one of those silly ‘cones’, but it truly is pitiful. Bear is over 100 pounds, so the cone is larger than a lampshade. He can’t go through doorways with it on, and the first day, he tried to follow Cody up the stairs, but the cone kept hitting the steps above him. In the end, Bear turned around and backed all the up the flight of stairs, including where it turns the corner. That couldn’t have been good on the stitches, so I dug out old T-shirts. 

Other news…Thursday, Aug.1st is release day for the Stetsons and Scandals mini-series! I really loved writing those two stories and hope readers will enjoy reading them! 

My editor just emailed me this morning with the title for my Christmas Undone story…Snowbound with the Sheriff. What do you think?

That’s all for now. I’ll update you on the baby as soon as I have news.  And pictures.

Coming Soon!

This time I’m not talking about a book! I’m talking about our grandson! Here is his ultrasound picture. Amazing, isn’t it? Nothing like those old grainy pictures I was shown, where I couldn’t make out a baby no matter how hard I tried! Connor, this little guy, is due on July 26^th, so the countdown is on!

The girls will come here to stay while mommy’s in the hospital, and I have a surprise lined up for them—which is driving them crazy. The four-year—old asked if it was a live pony.  It’s not of course, but only because Papa insists he won’t take care of one for me. I’ll let you know their surprise afterwards—you’ll like it too. 

I’d also like to send my congratulations to Will and Kate! How exciting for them!

The Stetsons and Scandals miniseries will be released August 1^st.   

This includes Rescued by the Ranger and Dance with the Rancher. A quick tidbit on Rescued by the Ranger—last fall a writer friend was driving home from Colorado and left me a message to call her. She said a book idea had come to her, but it should have come to me because it was a western historical and she writes western contemporaries. I wrote down the bits and pieces she had jotted down, but had three other stories to complete first. This spring, I couldn’t find which notebook I’d written those notes in. (I have dozens of notebooks with ‘stories’ in them.) I called her and we hashed over what we each could remember. Then I started writing, and was thrilled when my editors like it as much as I had.

Thanks for stopping by, I so appreciate it! And stay happy, life is meant to be happy.

It's been a while....

I apologize for that. Time has just flown by lately. It's hard to believe it's the middle of July already! I sincerely hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day! We were at my brother’s cabin and had a terrific time. We are also on countdown, waiting for our next grandchild to arrive. He is due the 27^th of this month. Very exciting!

Thanks to so many for purchasing The Cowboy Who Caught HerEye! And to those who have contacted me, telling me how much you liked Carter and Molly, I’m honored. 

Next up, August 1^st, the Stetsons and Scandals mini-series will be released, and after that, Christmas Cowboy Kisses in October. I hope you'll enjoy Tanner and Anna story, Christmas With Her Cowboy. Here’s the cover. Isn’t it gorgeous? Harlequin has redesigned their historical covers, and I must admit, I love the ones I’ve seen so far!

I’ll have another Christmas story in the Undone line this fall, too. I’ll of course post the date and cover as soon as I know it.

Until next time, enjoy the rest of July! Get in all the summer sun and fun you can!