Summer 2012

This summer was a hot busy one with two trips to Utah and a visit from Andrew, Kate and Eden.  On Sunday July 15th Jim and Mandy's little girl arrived weighing in at almost 9.5 lbs and 20 inches long.  We went to see them when she was 4 days old.  Oh was a darling baby!  While we were there we were able to spend several hours with Matthew's wife and daughter who were visiting Sarah's grandparents in Springville, Utah for a few days while Matthew was doing Scout training.  What a joy to see 2 grandbabies in one visit.  Then the first week in August Andrew, Kate and Eden came to our place and visited for several days before we all drove to Utah for the blessing of Jim and Mandy's little girl.  Well not all of us drove-I flew up the day before everyone else left in the car.  The blessing was wonderful and our darling granddaughter was as good as gold!  She is getting big quite quickly.  Again it was wonderful to have 2 grandbabies together at one time.  We truely have been blessed with a wonderful family and miss them all as they are scattered across the good ol' USA!

Been a while again since the last post.  We had an enjoyable visit to Texas over Memorial Day to visit Andrew, Kate and Eden.  At 18 months, she is no longer a baby.  She a big girl now and very busy!  Lots of fun and very affectionate.  We got to see Andrew's classroom at Denison high school and the podietry office where Kate works plus some of the city and country side surrounding Denison.  All seems to be going well for our loved ones there!

We keep track of Matthew and his family through pictures and Skype.  He loves his job with Boy Scouts and they seem to love him too!  He will be spending a week in Philmont, NM training the summer.  Sarah is the busy mom of an adorable 9 month old and does editing for a couple of companies.  Live seems good in Kansas.

Early July will find us with a new granddaughter!  Jim and Mandy's little girl will make her debute in American Fork, UT and we will be anxious to go and see her after she is born.

Our garden is growing very well this year with zucchini and tomatoe plants that are big and healthy.  Planted yellow squash this year too along with peppers, just to be different!

It's been a while..........

Yeah, it's been a while since I have posted anything on our blog. From reading my last post I can see that I have been a bad Nana! September 2nd our second granddaughter was born in Phillipsburg, Kansas to Matthew and Sarah. She was born at home with a midwife and weighed 6 lbs. and was 19 inches long. According to Matthew, Sarah was a champ and did very well. We went to see them when she was about 10 days old and then again in early Nov. when she was blessed. We were excited that Andrew, Kate and Eden came in Nov. We were in grandparents heaven for 2 days!

Christmas Day found us driving to Utah to be with Jim and Mandy when they returned from their Christmas holiday in West Virginia. We were there a few days before heading home. The good news-NO SNOW! The great news-grandbaby #3 will be here in mid July via Jim and Mandy! Three darling grandchildren within about 19 months-incredible!

More good news-Becky got Skype so now all our children have it. It's hard to be so far away from them but seeing their happy faces helps!