Woe is me...

I am not sure why all this is happening this week. The washing machine died last week and Andy bought a new one on line.....He didn't check Gas Dryer, so they were going to send electric. We caught that mistake in time. But it will take 15 business days for it to get here. In the mean time no washer or dryer. Yesterday in the mail, came a recall notice about the dishwasher. Yes ours in one that could catch fire. It will take 5-10 business days for the new part to arrive, and once in does, then I can make an appointment to have a repair man come fix it! I think it would be a good time to go on a cruise for 2 weeks.....no, I want to be here when the grandbabies put in an appearance, which is any time now. This would be a good time to paint and put new flooring in the laundry room. The paint I picked out looks hideous.

Lots of Food

I am so sorry we didn't take pictures. Memorial Day morning was spent cooking. Holly, Katie and I put together freezer meals for when the babies get here. Holly had it so well organized, I couldn't even think how to begin. We fixed 4 chicken dishes, 1 meatloaf, 1 barbecue pork, 1 Mexican casserole, multiples of each!! It was a lot of fun, took us about 4 hours, and we were all tired. Thanks Andy for doing the dishes! Knowing that freezer space would be short at the Anderson's and Rosener's, we cleaned out the freezer in the house. I hate to admit that I found turkey burgers that were good in 2000! In checking the pantry for items, I threw out a lot of expired soup. Who knew soup expired. So I got both cooking and cleaning accomplished. It was a good day.

Way to Go Emily

The picture has nothing to do with the post, but it was the most recent picture I had of Emily!!
The news is Emily made the Deans list again. Way to go. There are now four letters on my refrigerator. She is looking forward to graduating a year from now!! We are proud of you.

I received a dozen roses!

Nora brought me a beautiful picture of roses that she colored. The details are wonderful. I can even imagine the fragrance. Holly said she first created it on the computer and then colored it on a page. It is cute, that she signed the back Love Nora and Sara. The "and Sara" is in yellow so you may not be able to pick it out of this picture. Thank you Nora, it is beautiful. Grandma loves roses.

The Brain is Gone

One of the things the girls like to do when I have them for the day is to go to the new Local Library. They have kid computers with age appropriate software that they can play with. We also check out a couple of books to read at grandmas house. I have had an on going love/hate relationship with the new automated check out system. (Librarians no longer check out books). At first to circumvent this, I would buy something from the friends of the Library room, and when I paid for it the Librarian would check out my books. But recently I really didn't like waiting in line with the girls so I have attempted the automated process. Well, yesterday was my crowning embarrassment. I got the thing to scan my card...good beginning. I put in my pass word...phone number, how hard can it be, and it kept rejecting it. I was sure I knew my phone number. Finally it got fed up with me, and I got the big red X on the screen, and instructed to go see the Librarian, my tries had expired. I handed her the card and told her my pass word was not working. She looked at the card and looked at me, and handed me back my card with out a single word. I had been using the Discovery Science Annual Pass Card to try and check out library books.

When are we ever going to Learn!

It was Katies Baby Shower today. Grandpa took care of the girls for just over an hour. I suggested to Nora that it would be fun to play with the moon sand, or play dough. That the Snappy Dolls really were not Grandpas favorite. So.....

Grandpa decided it would be fun to finger paint....On the glass patio table......without any paper

I thought the girls weren't coming so I planted the plants and fertilized the grass. When they got here, Holly said Grandma suggested messy games. So we did finger paints. They both had fun messing up the table. It had all sorts of colors and was very pretty.

Easter Party Part 2

Our family Easter Party was to be from 10-12, to accommodate Katie's family, and try to work with Holly and Sam's move. Well...........The move took longer than planned, but it would still work. When Katie came we found out the out of town guests weren't coming so the time pressure was off, we could start later. But we weren't able to get hold of Janice and Great Grandma, to let them know they could come later. Mom and Janice arrive on time, only to have mom fall on our front porch, a huge knot on her head, and messed up her knee. Even though she didn't black out, and we iced things, because of her age, Kaiser wanted her to come to Urgent Care and be checked out. Mom didn't want to leave until we had had our Easter Egg Hunt. But Urgent Care closed at 12:00. We told her we would wait. So I alerted those that were moving at Holly and Sam's that they had a lilttle more time. They thought they would be all done by 3:00, since the new owner walk through was at 4:30, it was all hands on deck to help them finish. Before mom left she had a special gift for the Grandchildren. We had found some crocheted chicks that my grandmother, Nora Hansen had made. There were enough for each of moms great grandchildren (and the 2 arriving) to have one. So she had made special cards, and wanted to give these to the girls before they left. They are the kind that uses a plastic Easter egg to fill out the body. Sara thought it was pretty funny to have the chicken lay the egg!!

By 4:00 we had gathered (in the meantime Katie had a baby shower to go to) and Holly and Sam had unloaded the last in the Storage Shed. Mom and Janice were back....... So we had The Hunt.

Sara stopped after 4 eggs, even though we had some practice sessions the day before. Nora on the other hand knew what the game was all about.

This was Dana's first Easter Egg Hunt Anderson style, She was surprised when you didn't necessarily get to keep what you had found...It didn't take long for her to catch on. It really is hard to explain.

Here is Brad and Katie is the Posed Picture! I wanted to make sure I got at least one picture of everyone there.

This picture says it all. Holly and Sam were exhausted. This past month of trying to get moved out of their house, put things in storage, and move in with Sam's dad, until they find a house, on top of having 2 active little girls running around helping.

We did our trade. We had lots of good stuff. The men got socks, the women, slippers, Dana, some creative memories stuff, mom a motab CD. The soon to arrive grandchildren received a large receiving blanket, gown, and toy. The girls got a new outfit each and a couple of toys. We are enjoying the Elmo book. The lacing bear may be to advanced. The clock and the Sara Lynn Fisher Price stuff was a hit. I didn't get pictures of any of that. The shirt to Emily from Sam and Holly was the biggest hit.

I about forgot. I got to play a good trick on my kids. I got some collapsable Easter Baskets this year. Since Andy hides the baskets and they have to find them. In 20 years, in the same house, it as been pretty predicitable where to find them. Especially since we have had the same baskets for the last 20 years. Having ones that collapsed opened up a whole new set of hiding places. What fun.