Grandparents Day 2015!

What a blessing it was to be able to go to Grandparents Day with Angie last Friday!

First we went to their class and the kids did a Reader's Theater, Angie is doing so well at school, sure proud of her.

The teacher talked about what a great kid she was and how much he enjoyed her in class. I was grateful that she is trying so hard and glad that he said she is so thoughtful to others. 

After she showed me her room and her work, we went around the school for her to show me the playground, the library to check out the Book Sale. To the Photo Booth and then ;last we went by the gym, so she could see the note that I wrote to her. Then we headed out. We decided since we got done so early, that we would just hang out for awhile. 

We had some snacks in the car, but Angie used her umbrella to give her some shade while we were parked. I was going to tell her that it was bad luck, but shoot... I don't even think that is true. Look at that cute smile, that is all the Luck I need!

On the way to Monroe, we decided to stop by the Wayside Church, she has always seen it as she drives to her home but had never stopped in, so we did. What a cute little chapel.

Then she went inside and we got to talk a little about why someone would build a chapel on the side of the road. I told her maybe it is because someone thought it would be a thoughtful thing to do if some one needed to stop somewhere to think or pray. Then we talked about the importance of prayer and having faith.

When she came out of the chapel, we just talked about what a beautiful day it was to have a Grandparents Day. So true!

Since Jeff is out of town for the weekend so I decided to stay since Saturday is Amy's Birthday. Got to go see Angie's Volleyball game, they won all 3...they were so excited!

Then went to a friend's Baptism. After that I watched the kids so that Amy and her friends could go out Friday night and then Saturday she and John could go out.

The girls and I had fun and I had to laugh, as I watched the girls playing with their dolls ...on their Dinosaurs! :)

What a fun trip! Why am I so tired though? :)

Are we prepared?

   Today my car broke down, right when I was at the Post Office mailing some letters and of course buying MORE stamps. When I came back to the car it was dead. Lucky for me the kids were home and had the other car so they picked me up. Tonight after Jeff got home and we had dinner, we went back to the car to see if we could jump it... no luck. We finally ended up calling our Roadside Assistance that we have through our insurance policy ( glad we decided to get that ). At one point the guy asked us if we had a hammer ( no of course we didn't ), he finally found one in his truck and they tapped the starter some to see if that would help.. but ...it didn't. Then when he was under the car, he asked Jeff and I if we had a flashlight ( this time the answer was YES but, the batteries were dead ). At this point I thought to myself, aren't you the Roadside Assistance person, shouldn't you have a flashlight? I probably thought that just so I wouldn't have to have the guilty feelings of being UNPREPARED! In the end, he couldn't do anything about it and neither could we. WE decided not to have it towed and Jeff will try and work some more on it tomorrow. Lucky for us, he is the Ultimate Handy Man...he usually can fix anything!
   For Christmas last year, I gave my kids some Emergency Preparedness items. They laughed at some of them but still I felt good that I was helping them get more prepared. That must be a Motherhood thing, to want to make sure your kids have as many things as they could possibly need during an EMERGENCY! Oh well, some day they will appreciate me...I just hope I am still alive when they get around to telling me that! :)
It is a good reminder though to me, that even when you have gotten things prepared  in life that you still need to periodically check and see if what you have... is still in working order or is useful. That would have been helpful tonight, if we would have checked that flashlight before it got dark! I am sure there is even a deeper lesson here for me to learn... but I am too tired to figure it out.
   Will try and go through my cars tomorrow and see what I need to add batteries to, or put in the car. For now we are at least home safe and sound and have one more working car... plus Jeff and I had a whole hour by ourselves to talk...yes, life is still good, maybe a little inconvenient but good!
   Night dear friends!

P. S. this isn't a photo of my car, it was just a neat one that Lauren took for her photo class. If this was my car, I beat I would have even more problems than  it not starting!  :)

"A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our world; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before we changed."  ~Earl Nightingale