Congratulations Emily

We are so proud of Emily. She received the Outstanding Fashion Retail Graduate Award. She will be Graduating from Cal Poly Pomona in a couple of weeks with her Bachelors degree, she now has a Fashion Design Degree, Cosmetology, Notary, Real Estate Licence, and Balloonist. She can do it all. Except cook.....culinary school next? She plans on heading out to New York, with the money from this award, to pursue her dreams. I can't even express how proud we are of her. She has worked really hard, and even studied hard. We know she will succeed at what ever she wants to do. We love you lots. I will even miss you. I have plans for your room!

Remembering Dad

I have been going through pictures for the past few months, It has been an emotional walk down memory lane. A lot of pleasant memories. One of my favorite memories of my dad were the wheelbarrow rides. He didn't always go slow, sometimes we got a "bumpy" ride. But that was only when I was in the wheelbarrow by my self. I am sure my sibs got their own bumpy ride. I remember mom putting my hair in french braids, and it would stay that way for days! Dad always worked hard. The rock garden in the back became a cactus garden that one of by sibs "whiped out" in on their bike. Its been 15 years since my dad died. I miss him every day.

No new words today

It cracks me up, that as verbal as Nora is, I get out the camera, and she no longer shows off her amazing vocabulary. But, we do have fun on grandma, Nora day. I love to hear her read, and now that she is old enough to understand the rules, we have fun playing games. She is to kind when she plays Monopoly, and thinks I am going to lose though. I smile all day when the grandkids are around.

Sara Speechless?

Sara just chattered on and on about her beads and the patterns she was putting together.I get out the camera, and the child couldn't speak. It is always so much fun to have a Sara Day, and a Nora Day. Some times I have had a Kyle Day. Mia.....a couple of hours...maybe.

I was laughing too hard

It has been so hard to get a picture of Kyle smiling. He is not a fan of the camera, so when he started to wave so enthusiastically, and smile too, I grabbed the camera but was shaking with laughter as I held the camera; I will have to try again. Too fun.

Delightful Hour

I just spent the most delightful hour on the phone with my oldest Granddaughter. I have been sick, so haven't seen the grand kids for over a week, and I am going through major withdrawal! She had commented on my blog and wanted to make sure I had seen it. She had commented on Sam's family blog, and wanted to make sure I had seen that one. I heard all about school, and Mia knocking down the things they were playing with, I heard about the new friends she is making. She told me about a nearby park with a slide she has to hang on as she goes down. I am smiling, it was the best hour of the week. Grandma loves you too! Can't wait for the next Nora Grandma day!

Bee's

On Thursday, we saw a few bees out front of the house, on Friday there were a few more. So Andy decided to try a Wasp Killer, he arced it perfectly into the hollow column and out came hundreds of angry bees. A quick call to an exterminator, brought a guy with a full bee suit and a lot of foam. No pictures of him in action. We stayed in the house with the doors and windows shut tight!