Happy Birthday, Isaiah Martin !!!

- - - And just how did 4 years go by so quickly! Isaiah,our great grandson, is 4 years old today - -and we so enjoyed our little visit with him this morning! It was fun to see his little brother Nathan and to hear how well he's talking , even since the last time we saw him in September!
They both had lots of fun with the silly little toys we took to them :)
Their little sister Gabrielle is growing so fast too !
Of course we took some pictures! :)

It's been fun watching you grow, Dear Isaiah -- and we'll continue to pray for you , as we always have -- that you will grow into a fine man -- and be all that God has planned for you.
Happy day! Happy year!

Our #10 GREAT grandbaby has arrived!

On August 19th, 2008 - Gabrielle Celeste Martin was born into the family of Sarah Biederbeck Martin and Eric Martin! Her "big" brothers, Isaiah and Nathanael, are very excited! Not to mention her Grandmother Kathy and Papa Rick and all of her Great-grandparents. "Gabi" was born on the birthday of her cousing Eden. It will be fun to watch them grow up together -- and hopefully be close friends .

A new little girl in the family - -

On the morning of Sunday, August the 19th - 2007 - - Eden Elizabeth arrived into our world and our family.
She weighed 8 pounds even and her mommy Jenna and Daddy Matt and brothers Jonathan and Noah - are very happy - - !

Saying goodbye to Michael Biederbeck!

Michael with his 4 nephews -

Michaels parents, his siblings ,nephews and grandparents , gathered to say "Goodbye" on Friday evening - before his flight to Mississippi to a new school for the coming year!

We wish him well and we'll miss him!

And Dear family - - don't forget to check out the other family blogs! there IS some new stuff - looks like the Martins and Grandma and Grandpa Judge have been busy. :)

Newest Member Of Our Family

Sophia Annabelle Ulm

We welcome the newest member of our family.

The proud parents are Dave and Missy Ulm.

Sophia Annabelle Ulm arrives into this world at 3:45 am on March 13, 2007.

She is so beautiful at 8lbs. 4 1/2 ozs. and 20 inches long.

Happy New Year! - - 2007

Time flys by doesnt' it? I guess everyone is very busy or busy resting from their Holidays!
Finally finished taking "Christmas decor" down - just today -
It was fun to see all the family - or almost all of you, on Christmas day.
So glad that Kathy Lynn and Victor made it from Utah for their first Christmas in 3 years - -back in Arizona! We had a couple of nice visits with them.
And after - - it was good to see the newlyweds (Mr.and Mrs David Biederbeck) -when they made it from Chicago for a belated Christmas. :) We enjoyed a nice visit with them too!
Don't forget to check out the other blogs on the right!(there just might be a bit more news on my blog - ya never know!

Grandma J

Grandma checking in - -

Now you have to check into Grandma and Grandpa's blog if you want to read us :) click over there on the right - OK?
Looking forward to seeing everyone today - - of course none of you will probably read this today - because you are busily enjoying Christmas morning!
My days of "busy" Christmas mornings are over - - :) And I don't mind a bit! I love listening to "The Judge boys" talk - and Christmas music in the background and drinking my Irish cream , protein powder filled,HOT cup of coffee! :)

The Christmas Orange

I'd like to tell you a story my grandmother told me when I was six or seven years old. We had gone to her home for Thanksgiving dinner and the drive was rather a long one. I had filled the time with making a list of all the things that I wanted for Christmas that year.Later that evening after I was ready for bed, I showed the list to my grandmother. After she read it, she said, "My goodness, that really is a long list!" Then she picked me up and set me on her lap in the big rocking chair and told me this story:
"Once there was a little girl who came to live in an orphanage in Denmark" (Now my grandmother was from Denmark, so this story might even be true.) "As Christmas time grew near, all of the other children began telling the little girl about the beautiful Christmas tree that would appear in the huge downstairs hall on Christmas morning. After their usual, very plain breakfast, each child would be given their one and only Christmas gift; small, single orange."At this point I looked up at my grandmother in disbelief, but she assured me that was all each child would receive for Christmas. "Now the headmaster of the orphanage was very stern and he thought Christmas to be a bother. So on Christmas Eve, when he caught the little girl creeping down the stairs to catch a peek at the much-heard-of Christmas tree, he sharply declared that the little girl would not receive her Christmas orange because she had been so curious as to disobey the rules. The little girl ran back to her room broken-hearted and crying at her terrible fate." "The next morning as the other children were going down to breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn't stand the thought of seeing the others receive their gift when there would be none for her."
"Later, as the children came back upstairs, the little girl was surprised to be handed a napkin. As she carefully opened it, there to her disbelief was an orange all peeled and sectioned." "How could this be?" she asked."It was then that she found how each child had taken one section from their orange and given it to her so that she, too, would have a Christmas orange."
How I loved this story! I would ask my grandmother to tell it to me over and over as I grew up. Every Christmas, as I pull a big, juicy orange from my stocking, I think of this story. What an example of the true meaning of Christmas those orphan children displayed that Christmas morning. How I wish the world, as a whole would display that same kind of Christ-like concern for others, not just at Christmas, but throughout the year.
--- Author Unknown

A great Christmas Cookie Recipe!!!

I got this recipe from a cousin who has a blog spot on here from the other side of my family. Be sure to read the entire thing. I think it's a pretty good one. Yummy Christmas Cookie Recipe.

Christmas Cookie Recipe

1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugarlemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Crown Royal/Whiskey/Rum

Sample the Liquor to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Liquor again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink. Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one cup of butter in a largefluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar...Beat again. At this point it's best to make sure the Liquor is still OK, try another cup.. just in case.Turn off the mixer thingy. Break 2 lg eggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Pick the frigging fruit off floor...Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loosewith adewscriver. Sample the Liquor to check for tonsisticity. Next, sifttwo cups of salt, or something.... who giveshza sheet. Check the Liquor.Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoonof ar, or somefink....whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the caketin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off theturner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window. Finish the bottle ofLiquor. Make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher. Cherry Mistmas

Hello,it's me,Kathy B.

Hi all,
Well, here goes. We will see if this works. I am really excited about blogging, but am a little leery of whether or not I will be able to do it. Be patient with me, people, and I am sure I will figure it out. For starters, I am writing this and will see if it actually appears somewhere! If it does, I will go on from there.
Kathy K. I have been getting such a kick out of reading your posts...your dog sounds like a hoot. I hope he catches his "mouse". Aren't dogs fun? We love having our Maisy around - she is always good for entertainment. In fact we enjoy her so much we are adopting a new puppy - I am picking him up from the breeder this morning. His name is Murphy. He is a Westie just like Maisy. I will try to send pictures.

Learning Tip #1....question that was asked

Question: How can people know in the family if I have posted on my personal blog?
Answer: The family won't know that you have a new post unless they click on your name under "Visit Family Member Blog Spots" and look to see if there is a new one. I personally check all of those about once a day, to see how everyone is doing, or if anything new has posted.

Question: How can I post on the "Main" Judge page like Kathy and Eddy have?
Answer: Well you would log into your blogger site as usual, and in the dashboard there will be two blog areas, one should say Judge Family Blog and the other would be your personal one mine reads as, Just the Two of Us! Then click on New Post in whichever blog you have. Now if you don't see your name on the Contributors list on the main Judge page you have done something wrong or missed a step in the process. So you would need to email me and I will send you another invite. Each invite is only valid once. So if you need it resent, just email me at youbecrazywithme@yahoo.com and I will resend one out to you. If you still have issues, email me and I will try to help you step by step through instructions on your email.

Now, my question to all of you: I would feel horrible if I didn't get invites out to those that may like one. I am not sure that I have all your email addresses current. Will you please email me all of your family members Names, Email addresses, and their birthdays. I would hate for anyone to get left out, I wouldn't want to hurt anyones feelings if they are interested. Some that come to mind off the top of my mind include, Peter, Aunt Margaret, David Biederbeck, Doug, hmmmm our family has grown so much, so anyones would be great. Also let's say someone has more than one email address and you know this, please send me their other email addy's as they may check one more often then others. Thank you so much, and I hope this post helped answer your question.

LOL, maybe we could have a Blogger 101 class and a light lunch when I come down at Christmas Time. I am kidding. But if you really wanted to, maybe we could meet at someones house and I can walk you through the in's and out's of it all. Soon enough, like Feb we are moving to Arizona. Victors is in the process of transferring to the Arizona branch of his work which is on Baseline, so hopefully his transfer interview goes well on December 21st, so be praying for us okay?

December....Is it really here?

Hello Family,

I am so excited for those of you who have taken interest in this blogger thing. I think it can be lots of fun. I am noticing that we have family all over the world. Grandma has comments coming all the way from England. She must be famous. Many of you have wondered how you can post picture slide shows or even just pictures. I would like to recommend two sites that are free to registar with and very easy to use.

www.slide.com

and

www.photobucket.com

If you would like information or instructions on how to use these, let me know. If you perhaps want music on your page, www.bestvideocodes.com is a good site and its free. You search for code, and copy the code and paste it into your compose section of your post. If you need help with this, just let me know. Eddy is now on board! But does he have a person blog space? Let me know if you do Eddy so that I can add you to the links. I hope all of you are enjoying the preparation of the holidays. Email me if you need any help or post on this front Judge Page for all to see. My email is youbecrazywithme@yahoo.com , I can't wait to see everyone at Christmas. In fact that leads me to another question......Are we doing gift exchanges this year, or turning in recipes, or something like that? What could be fun is creating a DVD with all family members on it and putting music to it to give a copy to each family. I would be happy to do that, but its a huge project and I would need names ages and who belongs to who, emailed to me. Just let me know what ya think. Well have a great day! Much love, from the snowy mountains of Utah. ~Kathy Lynn

Eddy comes on board!!

Hi Kathy!!! So cool of you to do this!
I am getting ready for work while Rebel (My dog... 1/2 Pit.. 1/2 Jack Russell Terr) is working hard out on the patio trying to catch a "mouse" (which he doesn't know yet is actually a lizard)..
He's been at it for three days and three nights, trying to dig through the patio floor, crying moaning and keeping me up nights.... it's his mission in life... keep the household free of rodents!!!
He is actually hearing a family of lizards that live in the downspout from my roof and comes out at the left side of the patio inside the wall.... he hears them and thinks MOUSE!!!!

He hasn't eaten right in 3 days and won't until he conquers!!

Thats my Monday Morning.... Gotta go get wet and get to work..

Love...... Eddy

Wondering if I've succeeded?

It's getting late - but must try this to see if I've followed Kathy K's. directions.
It's been another beautiful day in Phoenix , Arizona -- cooled down a bit. -
Hope lot's of the family will join in this Adventure!
Love, Grandma

WOW

The response is so exciting, many have emailed me saying this will be so much fun. I have emailed you all instructions on how to set up your own sites and use the Judge Family Site, good luck and if you have problems email or call me. I would love for you not to miss out. This is so we can have some fun.

You Are Invited.

How is everyone doing? Everyone is invited to this blog site. Feel free to post. What a fun way to keep in touch and be aware of family news. Check the site often and add to it when you can. Life is busy, and some may think they don't have anything to add, but it's fun to get to know each other better, keep in touch, even if it is just about your hectic day. Please do share, and lets enjoy one anothers company.

I do believe you need to create a blog site. All you have to do is click on the Orange "B" on the upper left had part of the screen to create an account. Its free! If you have any questions, please email them to me, at kathykarcich@excite.com. You can blog on the Judge main page, or it will automatically create a link to yours once you start blogging. Have fun, and I look forward to seeing pictures, and hearing all those great day to day funny family stories.