Tuesday, October 28, 2008

This is one of our reasons for being on vacation. We got to watch Hanae get her cast off. Wow what a day!!!! Red letter for sure!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Here it is Saturday already and yes we made it to Sue's. We were pretty tired from riding three days but it is worth it to see Sue, Gene and the kids. Woke up early this morning and got up and we had breakfast and then lazy me, I went back to bed. Sue woke me to tell me she and Hanae were leaving to go to Nik's soccer game. That was about 12:30 and it's much later now. Not sure where they all are but I've had the day to just do whatever. I'm afraid I've been very lazy. Good thing though, I've been living on L-lysine and I need to get back to being just me without the EB.

Looks like there are clouds out there, guess we're going to be having some storms. Maybe it will cool down a bit. It has been in the high 80s. Talked to Kristie and she said it was in the 40s and 50 yesterday, guess we brought the weather with us.

This really have been a great trip and being able to see the three girls and their families has been so worth it but I must be getting old because I just don't seem to have the same energy to keep going like I used to.

Hanae showed me her hand today and we compared our hands because she has really long fingers and I told her I thought she had a hand like mine. She put her hand up and laid it next to mine. I told her this was her hand at 6 years old and mine at 66 so that was what she had to look forward to in 60 years. She said - OH. Really impressed she was. I thought it was funny. Little kids are just such a wonder to me, I do so enjoy being a grandma and watching and seeing things I never seemed to have time to see when I was a mom. That is the blessings of enduring to this age.

Monday, October 13, 2008

It's Monday October 13, 2008 just one day before we leave. I find myself really torn, I can't wait until we see Sue, Gene, Nik and Hanae but I sure will miss Kristie, Jared and Cooper. Cooper hasn't been very happy today, if those teeth don't come in soon, it will drive Cooper and his parents nuts. He really is a very good baby but you can tell he just doesn't feel so good right now, although he smiles all of the time. I feel like little Cooper has a disposition like his Mom and he loves the out doors like his Dad. We have enjoyed watching him learn new things every day. I love this age on up because they learn new things all of the time. Such a fun time in a baby's life.

It has rained most of the day today but has stopped tonight but has it ever turned off cold. It was in the high 70s and nights the low 60s but today I don't think it got up to mid 50s and tonight it was in the 40s as we came back to the hotel.

We did our washing this morning and most of it is dried but there are still a few things hanging around right now. Oh exciting, don't you think?

Funny thing - we heard that yesterday at Mom's they had 11 inches of snow and at our house they had 6 inches. Wow, didn't think we'd get snow so soon. We have been watching the weather to see which way to take down to Sue's. Boy it's a long trip.

Hey big news, gas is $2.75 today here in Des Moines. Sure would be nice if we could have that kind of price all the way until we get home. Oh well it has been fun watching it go down here. Some brightness in this economy. Hate to see what our
401s have done. Guess our remodel will have to wait for a while.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

We went up to visit with Aunt Pammie. We only got to spend one day with her but it was filled with a lot of fun. First off we went out to dinner after getting to Pam at Sandy's. Lovely home she and Jeff have. We enjoyed dinner at Dangerfields. Yummy food!!! K and I got lemon chicken - oh my word, it was so heavenly. Big problem though I couldn't eat it all. But it was worth going all that way. Everyone seemed to really enjoy their dinner and then we went back to Pam's and K and C decided to stay the night there. They have this HUGE tub and of course, you just can't beat that. They seemed to really have a great time there and of course, Aunt Pammie loved having C to love and kiss all of the time.

The next day we went to a landscape arbritium. It was such fun, We were able to enjoy lots of lovely flowers, Halloween decorations, water falls, sprays and such. They have a beautiful rose garden. My goodness such variety and lovely smells. Then we also got to see a dahlia garden. There were so many varieties, many I have not seen before. There were daisy, mums, verbena, and so many more that I just can't remember all of the names. Many trees and the color is coming and wow, the trees were just so lovely. I guess you can figure it out it was a lovely day. Although, we didn't get to go to the "toy" place and I'm sorry about that because C would have loved seeing all of those things.

We didn't leave until after 6 pm so our arrival back in Des Moines was late, around 10 pm. Poor little C was so tired of his car seat and tried so hard to put up a big fuss but between his Mom and his just good nature - he was a little jewel. He's only six months old and just unbelievable how good he is.

While we are missing our other grandchildren, we are also enjoying being here with C and M and J and of coure K and J. We know it will be awhile before we can love him close up. Of course, when we get to S we'll feel the same way about enjoying them.

I know this is how our lives are meant to be but to have all our kids around closer would be so lovely. Although, this does give us a chance to travel around and visit.

Talked to Mom yesterday and she seemed to be so happy. The lady that was suppose to come and take her shopping didn't show up so her supervisor came and then they went out shopping. Guess Mom got lots of exercise, walking that is. She usually takes the ride around cart but there we none available so she walked after she had walked in from the back of the parking lot. I haven't called today because I figured she would be pretty tired. So glad they are taking such good care of her and I really am starting to relax. Thank you Father.

Have a good day everyone.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Here we are in Des Moines finally we made it. We left Monday and got here on Tuesday after a very long day. What a joy to be here and see Kristie, Jared, Cooper, Moki, and Jade. So fun for everyone to want to see us .Yea for us. Cooper is such a sweet boy, he just grins and tries to kiss you. Yea, it's really difficult having to love him so much. He is a very good baby too, it takes a lot to upset him. He just looks and looks and sometimes tries to copy you. Anyway, it has been great fun. He just makes a person want to kiss and kiss him over again. He will start to chat with you at times and boy does he go at it but other times when you want him to -- of course, he won't.

It was Kristie's B-day yesterday so we went out to dinner at Red Lobster. It was so busy that we wondered if we'd get in but we did and it was really good. Cooper was really good while we ate and of course, everyone made a big fuss over him.

Then we went back to K and J home and watched a movie. Also, S,B and the kids called on Skype so we got to talk to them. That was great fun too,''

Today we have watched General Conference on the TV and then K and J and C came over here for the second part and we had some snacks and watched the second session. Then J and G went to Priesthood Meeting. K and C came over here to visit and we just talked. It was fun. After the guys got back here they fed C and then got him ready and took him back home. It has been such a fun time. This is one of those super great trips that allow us to see one new grandbaby right now and then visit with his parents and then go see another Auntie of C and then back to C for alittle while longer and then down to see another Daughter, Husband, Son and daughter. We should get there soon enough so we can see H cast on her arm before it's taken off. Yea, we can't wait to see them all.

This is a great trip we are enjoying it sooooooooo much!

Love to you all,