Happy 4th of July

One of my very favorite pictures. Our country needs our leaders, and ourselves on our knees during this very troubling time. A friend of mine Cal Greer wrote a song called "You stand tall when you kneel to pray" I found a lot of truth in that phrase.
On another note, grandma forgot her camera, but we had a fun 4th. We went to Holly and Sams for Dinner, and then that evening a lot of friends, and fireworks, and food. Hooray for Root Beer Floats! It was fun being the guest. Sams dad brought 2 sets of ear phones, which made the noise less for Nora and Sara, and they enjoyed the evening too. Thanks for inviting us!

Attempted Hair Cut

This was the first try at giving a squirmy 1 year old a hair cut. Next time Emily and Brad will team the process. Isn't he just cute!

Fun Day

No Pictures, cameras were banned on this outing, and now I am sorry that was the rule. My four favorite girls and I went to Glen Ivy Hot Springs, (thanks to a generous Christmas gift from Andy). We had a great time. Holly, Emily, and Katie had all been there before, but Janice and I were Glen Ivy Virgins. We smeared ourselves with mud, sat in the Jacuzzi, had nachos for lunch, went to the water aerobic class, had delicious smoothies, boiled in the Roman tub, and steam room, laid out in the sun, and thanks to 80 sun screen, did not get burned....I think Holly made it too. It was a beautiful day, blue sky and warm. It is a great place to people watch. The "Red Hat" ladies were there in hilarious cover ups. They were the hit of the day. I really liked the water aerobic class, maybe I will find a local one. Of course we stopped at Toms Farms on the way home, they have the best candy. I got home a few minutes before Andy did from work. We chatted for a few minutes, I fell asleep and didn't wake up until 4am. Wonderful Day! Thanks Andy for the great Christmas Gift!

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.