this weekend

We finished the first step of getting our taxes done.  Next week I can do the rest and then we'll meet with the accountant.

This guy was super interested in it all.  I sent the pics to my brother, said they should have been accountants.

He kept getting more and more in the way until Jay kicked him out.  Oh my.

Lion King was a hit.

And a sleepover:

They were very sweet, and the evening went by fast, just like how they're growing up in a flash.

With the snow overnight they were here until the afternoon today.  Jay made a big cabin breakfast and it was a pretty perfect Sunday.

After many, many hours, this is nearing completion.

Onward to Monday.

Love, Grandma

good fortune

This guy was mad at lunch last Monday.  He slapped his Batman fork, slapped his plate.

Lunch?

Who eats lunch?  

Dumbest thing he'd ever heard.

In an attempt to jolly him along, I mentioned we had fortune cookies left from the night before.  

He frowned, almost a scowl.

I cracked it open and read it to him: "Your Thursday will be filled with positive energy and optimism."

Well, darned if that didn't change his whole mood.  He smiled! He put the fortune on the placemat by his plate and patted it, even said, "Poptimism."  He asked for another meatball.

We'll take it. 

The baby's fortune was, "Follow the rhythm of your own life."

I think he's got that covered.

And there was snow early last week.

But by afternoon, this:

So much love, Grandma, aka MOM
 

happy birthday james

It was a laid back Sunday night kind of deal, little chow mein, a little cake.

One present, the mouse to beat all mice:

Even at 29 you still blow out those candles pretty darn fast.

Here's a few from the past for fun.

 There's so much to look forward to, this wedding coming up! 

I hope this last year of your twenties is fabulous.

We have always loved you like crazy.

Happy Birthday, love, Mom and Dad and Everybody

fifteen

It was a great Saturday night, presents and cake.

Fifteen years of little old you

This was the day we first fell in love, and all these years later, still just crazy about you.

Hoping FIFTEEN is a wonderful year.

Happy Birthday, with love for always, Grandma and Grandpa and Everybody

a grandchild who is twenty

One card poker, oh my goodness.

This game taken quite seriously.

Yes, you:

Oh my goodness, Sweetheart.   Thank you for all the happiness you've brought us.

Knowing you and being your grandparents has truly been one of the best parts of LIFE.

Your energy, enthusiasm, big heart, zest for all of everything? It's something.

Happy Birthday, with love for always, Grandma and Grandpa