I’M ON “GWAMS “ DUTY

Because of this….

I get to tend these…

And this…


And yesterday, while Mom went to the dentist I got to tend this…

London Rose…

When the boys came in and said, “Gwams, we’re coloring your house!” I got a little concerned.
They were so proud of themselves that I just had to go see…



I love sidewalk chalk!
They got a little help from their big cousin…

Very artistic….

After lunch one went home and one stayed. We went to Lowes to get some 2x4’s ….

And some stain. I love “OOPS PAINT”
  
Then we went home and got to work. We built a grow box and got Uncle Zac to help paint it.

Zac was assigned to paint the outside and Cooper the inside…

“I am “vewy” good at painting”

“See how good I do?”

So far so good….

One side done…

Now an end…

“Here Zac, let me help you on your side.”…

Finishing up….

“See, I only got a little bit on me!”…
 
Good job buddy. We used some WD-40 to clean him up and sent him home.
Then I filled the box with some dirt and a few plants…
 

It was a good day.

SHE’S HERE!

I’ve been one busy Grams for the last few days but I just wanted to post a few quick pictures…

Her name is London (can’t settle on a middle name yet) Grant. Born around 3 AM, Tuesday morning.

She’s a keeper!

Big sister thinks so…

She loves her binky already

I made her a flower for her hat…

Yup, we’ll keep her.

 

MY KITE DON’T FLY

See this cutie…

He is my second born and he is now almost 35.       (AM I REALLY THAT OLD!?!?) 

Life was hard on Josh. Life was not fair. We have a saying in our family that says: “Life’s not fair, just ask Josh.”

I mean, seriously, what kid who is being held by his favorite “Noni”, with a marshmallow in his had is still not smiling.

This was his baby picture…

He was our “NOT NEVER!!!” kid. “I not never doing that. I not never going to smile, I not never going to go to Disneyland!!!”

Dude! Smile, you’re at the Zoo for heaven’s sake…

Buddy! It’s your pre-school Christmas party… Santa is coming!

Even as he got older, his life was hard..

Actually, he did smile occasionally and boy what a difference. Just look how his face lights up…

 

 

Love his dimples….

Well anyway, this determination of his has really taken him places. He is still my “NOT NEVER” kid. Two years ago he was diagnosed with a very serious disease. “I not never going to let it get me down!” (He beat it and is now in remission.)

“I not never going to sit around and do nothing with my life!'”

He has spent three summers doing anthropologic digs in Peru and now is leaving for Yemen in two weeks to study Arabic for nine month.

So why did I title this post “MY KITE DON’T FLY”?    Because that used to be one of his favorite sayings as well. “My bike don’t work, my mitt don’t work, my bat don’t work, (that’s what he was telling me in the first picture).

So I got a little carried away and this post was originally supposed to be about a kite I made to hang on my gate…

In trying to come up with some clever title, it just popped into my mind and then it reminded me of Josh and yaa daa yaa daa yaa daa…

It don’t work as a flying kite…

 

But it works on my gate.

Thanks Josh for being a great son!!!!

WE LOVE CAMOUFLAGE

A couple of years ago, we went on a trip to Southern California with these guys…

It was right after Christmas and this guy…

had gotten new underwear for Christmas and it was camouflage.  We kept teasing him and asking him why he wasn’t wearing any underwear. He’d say, “I AM!!!” and we’d say, “ but we can’t see it because it’s camouflage.”

Anyway…  when you have lots of little grandsons and it’s Easter, you can’t very well make them frilly dresses, and when you have as many as I do you kind of have to watch the budget.

Soooo, this is what I did…

 

See how fun these look…

Won’t they be excited?

We looove camo (and rock hard Peeps)…

And zippers…

And wallets!!

And money to go in Wallets…

I made some for the girls as well…

That was all the Easter I could handle this year.

They liked them.