Charlotte goes home!

Baby Charlotte went for her first car ride today -

she got to go home with Mommy, Daddy & Big Sister Megan!

Here is a picture as she waited patiently for all the paperwork

to be completed!

She stretched out so her little feet were peeking out of the dress!

The tiny little socks that were purchased were way too big!
She thought the paperwork was taking too long -
so she took a little siesta!

Sydney, Karsten & Kaitlyn are looking

forward to meeting their new little cousin!

We know Megan will enjoy showing her off!

Meet Charlotte

Here are some pictures of

Charlotte Nichole Barch

yep, I had the middle name misspelled earlier!

Megan & Grandpa getting ready to go see Charlotte.

Megan brought Charlotte a little present and

was surprised to find that Charlotte had

already been shopping and had a gift for Megan too!

They will be great friends and sisters!

Charlotte looking around

Not the "greatest" picture, but trying to show her light brown hair!

Kari with daughters Megan & Charlotte

Kari & Rich with Megan and Charlotte

She is here!

Charlotte Nichole

born 7/28/08

4:31 p.m.

6 pounds 6 ounces

20 inches

Proud parents are Kari & Rich

Excited Big Sister is Megan

Will post pictures after I see her!

Thank you God for our newest angel!

Been busy!

Busy, busy, busy!

Like all of you!

Russ and I along with Aunt Retha, Uncle Joe,

Pam, Mark, Kathy, Darrell and

Kim and Dave

attended a Muscular Dystrophy dinner party on

Saturday night. We are a sponsor for

this particular dinner for each of the three

years it has been in existence.

The guest of honor, Jessica Laughhunn,

has muscular dystrophy. You will never see

a more beautiful young woman - so full

of energy and laughter! And rolling around on her

scooter like a crazy woman! She even led a

congo line! We pray they find

a cure for this dreadful disease soon!

I thought I would be the "leader" for a moment

on Saturday evening. The bidding opened for a pool table

so I figured I would be the opener. Hey, it was for a

good cause and someone else would outbid me anyway.

The opening bid was $500 and up went my hand.

And then....no one else bid!!

We have a pool table - and a basement so full that we

cannot even get near it - we sure didn't need 2!!

Finally I went out on the floor saying I was really

just kidding and my husband would kill me if someone

else didn't get busy bidding. Unfortunately the

guy leading the bidding misunderstood my intentions - and

canceled my bid and began the bidding again. This time he

dropped the price - and someone bought a beautiful

pool table for $400 or $450!! Now I

feel guilty - I should pay the difference between that

bid and what I originally bid. Some folks there said I

should just forget it - after all we do donate a lot for the evening

and also for all the silent auction things and for all the raffles and for

all the prizes that we donated also. Still feeling a

little guilty - and learned the lesson not to bid

unless it is something I do plan to get!

Megan is here with us tonight - her mommy and daddy will

have to be at the hospital tomorrow morning to get

labor officially started! She is already almost

half way to the "pushing" anyway!

We are excited to meet our newest granddaughter

will be posting tomorrow with some pictures and

hopefully a name! The name list still

has many possibilities on it!

For anyone who "knows" CWC - Donna Hall was injured

playing softball on Saturday - has a concussion I understand.

Prayers go to her for a quick recovery!

Make a difference in someone's life!

Almost Time....

Unless Baby Barch decides to arrive sooner -

we will meet her Monday!

We are so excited to see the little Princess

that God is sending our way!

That will give us 5 grandchildren UNDER 3 years of age!

We can say that until mid-August when Megan will

turn 3 and then mid-September when Sydney turns 3.

Exciting times for the Patterson's!!

Please be praying for an easy delivery for mom and baby

and good health for both of them!

Note to self....

ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS

wear your glasses when chosing

a couple of bottles of hair color out

of the linen closet!

I usually mix 2 colors -

this time it was 2 of the same.

Which meant I had to follow it with the 1

that is different to try to take the "edge" off

the darker color.

Oh well, hair color is usually fixable!

(It is really not bad - I just prefer to do slower

color changes!)

Lots of visiting!

Last Friday around midnight my sister and her hubby arrived for a little visit.

We had so much planned to do - and actually did all of it!

On Saturday we went to see the Tigers play at

Comerica Park. We got rained on and then we sizzled with

the heat! And in the end, the Tigers lost to Minnesota.

Afterwards we went to eat at a great Italian restaurant,

DiFratelli's here in Shelby Township.

Sunday we went to Greenfield Village. Always a fun place to visit.

But again, it was very warm - and I managed to get a sunburn.

Sunday evening we all gathered here for a balloon memorial

in honor of my dad and mom. Fun to see the

balloons flying up into the sky!

Monday we went to the Chrysler Museum in Rochester. Gerry is a

real gear-head so he loved seeing all the cars. Saw a

1984 Chrysler Minivan - the first one off the line. We had

one too! Apparently Lee Iacocca got right into this one

and got locked inside! After that they had to manually

check the automatic door locks to be sure they worked properly!

Tuesday we went to Frankenmuth for a great chicken dinner. We

drove there on all side roads - you see a lot of small towns that way!

Wednesday we stopped by Kari's to say goodbye and then had lunch

on the St. Clair river. Beautiful lakeside scenes!

Then it was off to the Flint airport. They arrived at the airport

at 5:00 pm and had a 5:45 flight out - cutting that one close!

They already had boarding passes and seat assignments - just

had to check their baggage. We always go early to get

exit aisle seating - we have long legs and get claustrophobic in the

regular seats! After leaving the airport we got in the

middle of a nice summer storm - lots of rain, wind and hail!

I am sure we have a few dents and dings from that!

Good to visit with Dee and Gerry and hope they come back again soon!

Next time we will head for the Mackinaw Bridge and some UP sites!

8 years ago yesterday...I met my chiropractor!

On July 2, 2000 I found myself in a real mess -

unable to stand up without a lot of pain.

I had spent about 45 minutes bent over trying

to start a lawn mower (trying to be helpful!).

Funny thing is this lawn mower always starts very easy

but I had no idea that the gas was shut off and so no

way would that lawn mower start!

The next day, July 3, I had Kari drive up and get me the phone

number of the chiropractor near our house.

They were so very nice and said to come right in.

I got to meet Dr. Arnold, his wife Kristin and

assistant Louise that day.

After an exam, x-rays and an adjustment

Duane told me that he would be golfing in

the morning on July 4 but he would call me and

wanted me to come in for another adjustment.

Can you imagine someone coming in on a holiday

to help you out???

Dr. Greg has now joined Dr. Duane Arnold.




Office Manager Trisha






Assistant Kate (who is also a
personal trainer at Level Fitness - 25 & Van Dyke)







and last but not least,
Emily, a Certified Massage Therapist.


Can't say enough good things about
Washington Family Chiropractic.
Always professional,
Always friendly,
Always ready to help patients learn
to be more healthy!

And in case you are wondering -
no, I never tried to start that lawn mower again!