Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Our Beach Beauties....

The kids took a vacation to North Myrtle Beach in June with friends. They took some wonderful pictures of the grandchildren that I just had to share with everyone!




Madison and Grace walking along the water's edge. They did this several years ago in the picture below....precious!



Both girls wanted their hair braided! How cute!



Our handsome grandson, Andrew!


Our first granddaughter, Madison!


Our baby girl....Grace!



Val said they waited until the last day to take all the pictures and it ended up being very windy! I think they turned out fantastic!


Eaglets and their nest....

Friends of ours spotted an eagle's nest many years ago along the river. The eagles return each year to nest along this beautiful setting.

They took some wonderful pictures this year of the nest and eaglets.



The young eagles hanging out on a branch near their nest.


What an awesome sight!


It's hard to see in this picture but the nest is HUGE!


Thank you for sharing these great pictures!

FYI....Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs!

Place eggs in pot of COLD water. Cover with lid. Bring water to a boil. As soon as water starts to boil remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes.

Rinse eggs in cold water to stop cooking process. Peel and enjoy! Works every time!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Special day this week!

Grace will celebrate her 7th birthday this Thursday...August 7th!

Happy Birthday Sweetheart! Grandpa and I love you very much!

Beauty & the Beast

Grandma Great and I took Madison and Grace with us on the Licking County Aging Program bus to the LaComedia Dinner Theater in Springboro, Ohio to see a performance of Beauty and the Beast. It was a 2 1/2 hour drive. The girls were so funny on the bus. They were worried about people breaking the bus rules. They must have some pretty tough school bus drivers in Coshocton! Grace was worried that Aunt Cookie and our friend Ruby were being way too loud (and would be thrown off the bus!) and people didn't stop talking at the railroad crossings. I had brought some drinks and snacks and Grace was so nervous eating them. She kept asking..."are you sure we are allowed to do this Grandma?" They finally agreed this was a "no rules" bus. They were great travelers! (and the cutest!)

Madison & Grace waiting on their salads. After the salads, we were invited to the buffet which was located on the stage. You can see it in the backround.


On a trip to the bathroom we took a couple of pictures in the lobby area. There were several curios with glass figurines and snowglobes.


No pictures allowed during the performance but we met all the characters in the lobby following the play! This was the Prince/Beast. He was so sweet to the girls!


Grace and Mrs. Potts. Grace wanted her picture with all the characters. Madison wanted autographs.


Chip, Mrs Pott's son. He was 10 years old and looked very different without his wig!


This was the opera singer, Madame de la Bouche. The spell turned her into a wardrobe closet!


The girls talking to Cogsworth (the clock) and Lumiere (candlestick) who were awesome!!


Ooo lala...it's Babette, the upstairs maid who was turned into a feather duster by the spell! She was very funny!!


Madison went over and talked to the ensemble of dancers and singers!


The girl who played Belle had a beautiful voice! She was only 20 years old.


I've never really loved "bad boys" but that Gaston was fabulous! You couldn't help but laugh at his antics!

This was a fun trip. The drive over was actually very easy! Next year they are presenting Annie and High School Musical. Many of the actors and Actresses are theater and music majors from Ohio colleges and several are studying in New York. They have a website listing all their shows...several are adult themed....Full Monty is coming soon!

Madison & Grace

The granddaughters came to visit while I was preparing for Vacation Bible School. I was cutting big waves out of blue construction paper. I had a pile of scraps and they asked if they could use them to make something. This is what they made....self portraits!

I was amazed!




Grace and Madison just hanging out together!
I love Grace's hair...
Madison had on a wonderful outfit!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Blogger Block.....near fatal case!

Have you ever been told to do something and your response is that you just don't feel like it. I have felt a bit overwhelmed the past several weeks and just had no desire to blog.

I have found, in my extremely old age, that I can only manage to focus on one, maybe two things, at a time. I have had lots of stuff on my schedule lately and at the end of the day I am usually too pooped to post! (most likely due to my extremely old age!)

Angie, I know you think I am a great multi tasker! I'm not anymore! My pea sized brain can only handle a limited amount of things to think about and plan.

Today, I went back and uploaded some pictures so I will try to get some things posted soon.

Madison and Grace have spent the past 3 night with us....oh what a gift they are to us! They make me laugh and sometimes, when I look at them sleeping or doing something absolutely genius, they make me cry out of pure love and pleasure!

Last night Grace decided to try on and stuff my bra!! I don't know where that idea came from but when she came down with that BIG black bra on then she proceeded to stuff it with baby doll blankets I nearly rolled off the couch!

Matt picked them up this morning and I found myself sad when they left. (I cried) School will start soon and I know I won't see them as much...Andrew is already busy with soccer conditioning and friends. Why does time seem to go so fast when all we want is them to stay little?

Okay....I think I am coming out of my near fatal blogger block. All I needed was 3 days with my girls and nothing big on my schedule for this week. Ahhhhh...it feels great!

I'll try to get you caught up and share some pictures soon.