happy birthday!

 

Twelve is starting out to be a great year!

That's an old picture, but I like it.

These are even older, but also good.

I am so glad your birthday was a great day, full of fun and friends at Rainforest Cafe.  

Next year you'll be a teenager, so I hope this last year as Not A Teenager, is fantastic year of adventure and fun, more wild ideas

And wild golf cart rides.

We love you like crazy.  Happy birthday, Darling--love Grandma and Grandpa and Everybody

a quick weekend

It went by fast

Lots of cousins and laughing

A trip to the park and a game of Gaga Ball, which seemed to be a lot of fun.

Cheese curds and laughing in the evening. 

This season seems to be off to a good start.   Love, Val
 

spring monday

All at once it is turning green outside. Tomorrow more rain, should speed it along even more.

This guy was here today. We watched Curious George and did some climbing and playing in the family room.

He was so happy to get outside, ran all around the yard with a big smile on his face.

And then the swing put him to sleep.  After a little while Kari and I got him out of there and he stayed asleep while we tossed him on the couch.

Awww, pretty baby.  He woke up from this hot nap in a very crabby mood, but Dalton was patient and in a little while he cheered up.

Onward to Tuesday.

So much love, Val
 

the weekend

Jay did yard clean up and I painted the trim.

John took us for supper at Tony's, and these displays in the dining room seem so bizarre, but others take it in stride, so it must just be me.

This swamp is waking up, getting noisy.

And it was warm enough to have lunch on the deck, and the night before we played cards, and she's quite good at it.

And that's that, and what a nice weekend it was.  Love, Val aka GRANDMA
 

one more time

It was my birthday again, same as every year, very nice.

Took this picture of the sky last night, right before we did the turtle tank, ran out with my camera.   The light seemed more yellow than the camera captured, but beautiful evening.

This dog knows how to nap. The blanket is on there specifically to accommodate her.

Here's another picture of the morning sun shining in from the family room.

These are a couple from my birthday, I could crop out all that excess ceiling, but didn't think of it until now.  Oh well.

I do realize how lucky I am  to celebrate my birthday with both my parents and my grandkids.

And one last picture of Alicia's, same evening sky only over at their house.

Love you all so dearly, MOM aka VAL

a little sun, a little art

We are so ready for some warm days. 

This one wasn't all that warm, but the sun felt amazing.

We worked on some art kits--stained glass tissue paper art, which was pretty funny.

We're not that good at it, and the art supplies were clear stick on, which is hard to see, and well.

sticky.

With lots of laughing and experimenting and squinting at the instructions we persevered, and Heidi said they are actually very pretty in the windows.

Anyway, easy company, lots of laughing, always the best.

Love you guys, MOM aka Grandma
 

spring program

It was a great program, well rehearsed and nicely done.

It was an Under the Sea program which made the square dancing and cowboys all the better.

And then?  Ice cream

Thank you for including us on this special afternoon.

We sure do love you, Grandma and Grandpa