What a great weekend!

Well, my laptop is broke and I find myself behind on my blog, because Jeff and I both are sharing the computer. So tonight I will play catch up a bit.
I hope someday when my children and grandchildren look back at this blog that they will feel ....loved, appreciated, happy, inspired and grateful. Because that is what I am totally trying to do with writing it. It is about life, it is about the lessons we all learn in life. It is about love, friendship, family and faith.
I feel like in my life, I have been blessed by so many of you! I have been blessed to have an incredible family and now to have grandchildren...is quite the BONUS! I love the fresh look they give to my life. It truly makes me want to slow down more, listen more, play more and love more. And that's what we did this weekend, when we had Jenny for her 2 Day Sleep Over!

Jenny is quite a funny personality. She laughs a lot and even in the morning, after coming into my bed and talking about ... everything, she still keeps me laughing.

She had a huge imagination and loves pretending with her stuffed animals. Here are her puppies going to the book store she said! I love waking up to this smile!

After she helped Poppa in the garage ( while he was working on his motorcycle ), we had dinner and then went to Menchies ...for Frozen Yogurt, it's a tradition when the girls come over!

It is her favorite place she said!

She and Poppa were laughing at each other, because each of them got a Brain Freeze!
This girl doesn't leave her Poppa's side for very long! She keeps him laughing too!

Then because it was Saturday night, we went to the store to pick up a few things before the Sabbath, and look what we found outside of Trader Joes...more fun photo props!

"As soon as I saw you, I knew a Grand Adventure was about to happen" ~ Winnie the Pooh

Oh Jenny, we love you so much! Thanks for bringing such a fun, innocent and fresh outlook on life to Nana and Poppa this weekend. Can't wait till next time!

2 Day Sleep Over

Amy and the girls came to work to meet me yesterday. It was Friday, and so we got to watch the girls while Amy and John had a Date Night. We had an Ice Cream Social at church, so right after dinner we took the girls to that. Then at the end of the evening John and Amy took Jenny and Audrey home, and Angie got to stay for a 2 day Sleep Over.
When I put her to bed last night she asked if we could tell a few stories again. Yes it was about a little girl and her Nana, and the adventures that they have. I must still have the Mothering Stuff in me, because every story has to have a moral and lesson to it! :) After the stories we just talked about all kinds of things and then Angie asked me if I was going to live for a long time. I said " I sure hope so" her reply, "that's good Nana, because I want us to be together forever! " Thank goodness I have the knowledge that we actually can be! She is just beginning to learn and understand that ...and is excited as I am, that we will always get to be together.
So our day started out with Poppa making breakfast for us... eggs and toast...yum!
Then she got to hang out, go to the store and clean the deck with Poppa for a couple of hours, while I tutored a little girl in sewing. Then she came down to my sewing room and started making bracelets with me. She was so excited to come up with a new pattern. We took photos of it and sent them to Lee and Lauren, Lee immediately called and asked her to make one for him. She was sooo excited. She said " You know Nana, I wonder if I will become famous from making these? " I love how she thinks!

Then we headed to Michael's Craft Store to get her some more yarn to work on while she was getting her Pedicure...can you believe it?  She must be my granddaughter if she wanted to make sure that she had some crafts to work on while she was doing something else! "You go Angie girl, keep creating no matter where you are" So like I said, next we got her first Pedicure. She was sooo excited. She had so much fun and every time the ladies asked her if she liked something, her response was " It's perfect, everything is just perfect! " You can only imagine how much all the ladies loved her. Since this was the first time she had ever had a Pedicure, the lady gave her flowers on her toenails...free of charge! She kept thanking them and told them we would have to come back again and again. Well, that's sweet but it's not cheap, soooo we may have to wait awhile till we do this again!

After our pedicures, a quick stop to Menchie's yogurt!


Then she went into the garden and dug up potatoes for dinner. She and Poppa made dinner. Then she ended the day with a Bubble Bath. Doesn't get much better than that!
Yes, it was a fun filled day. I am so proud to be this little girl's Nana, I sure love her and can't believe she is growing up so fast!
Well, tomorrow is another Special Day, she is getting Baptized. What a wonderful 2 Day Sleep Over!
Did I mention how tired I was?
Good Night dear friends!

"Little Girls Make the World Sweeter!" 

Sleep Over with Miss Jenny!

I cooked most of the day yesterday so I could just play with Jenny today, at her Sleepover. First after we picked her up...we went to lunch at Taco Time. After that a trip to Hallmark to look at all the wonderful Christmas stuff there (love that place). Then off the grocery store where we picked up a few of our last minute things for tomorrow. Then we stopped by and saw a friend who just had her baby a few days ago. Jenny brought their little boy and the baby a balloon, she loved the baby of course. Came home, Jenny and Poppa played for awhile with her Purple Blanket. ( Jeff always teases her about how much he loves her Purple Blanket, they run around the room over and over again, trying to get the blanket from each other ). Jenny told me that she thinks we should get Poppa a Purple Blanket for Christmas  :)
Then after dinner we made a few more Thanksgiving deliveries and we headed to Menchies ( a frozen yogurt place ) and had a treat. After that, a quick movie and then headed to bed. When she went downstairs to watch the movie I told her that I might stay upstairs and get a few things done. Her response, "But Nana, I want you to watch the movie with me, I love you". Yes, how grateful I am for Sleep Over Days and all the fun memories they bring. Seeing everything through a child's eyes...truly does give you more Gratitude.
Happy Thanksgiving Dear Friends!



 This is her true smile, she is a very fun, energetic, spicy, and always funny !

Burrito with nothing but chicken, rice, and cheese...with ketchup to dip it in! Yuck, but she likes it! 

 

 Apple and Chocolate Yogurt mixed together...yum!

Reunions!

The Reunions that we had this summer were fun and a great connection to everyone.

 

 Soft yogurt for

everyone to celebrate my Birthday!

Hanging out with my nieces and family was fun!

Just as a joke to Aunt Lynn, my nieces and nephews took me to the biggest Candy store ever ...since I don't do a lot of sugar, they thought it was too fun!