Just Chillin' At Grandma's!

This is me, Mason just swinging on the back patio with grandma.

I was excited to watch my feet when I was swinging.

Oh... a birdie just flew by!  Did you see it??

Oh my...what's over there??  Pssst...I think Grandma's trying to take a photo

 of me looking at her but I'm busy!

Oh...what do I see now??

Grandma is being pretty patient...I'm still not looking at her!

Oh...it's so fun to swing in my swing.

Oh..there's my friend Speed...that's why I'm not looking at grandma!

Speed was enjoying her new hot dog squeaky toy that grandma found for her at 

the Dollar Tree for of course ONE DOLLAR!!!

Hi Grandma!  I love you and am having a very fun day at your house!

I can't wait to do it again soon!

Don't ya love my new blonde hair coming in??

I lost all my dark hair from when I was born.

I am crawling now and pulling myself up at things.

I am growing up so fast!!!

Another wedding and....

today is our 31st Wedding Anniversary!

It's been quite a ride with lots of excitement along the way. The hubby and I have grown up together and had some fun along the way. He has always been a great provider and good father and husband. Now we are in this empty nest stage trying to find mutual interests and learning to enjoy being together just the two of us again because for the last 20 years it's been about our children and we haven't taken the time we should have to do things together more often. So we are trying to figure out how we want to live out our last years together here on this earth. We would like to have fun but also do something meaningful. So here you go...a little look back through the years! This was us 31 years ago.

My colors were pink and gray.

Then 8 years later~going to my 10 year High School Reunion.

11 years later and look a family!

Another family photo in 2001

In 2005, he's a bit of a clown and keeps me laughing!

This last year in 2008 in Chicago! I love this photo!

As you can see, we've grown up, the kids have grown up, we are grandparents and another year has gone by! We will go out tonight for a nice dinner. Last year was New York. Look back at my posts to see our fabulous time last June.

And now the wedding.....

Another new life together began last Sunday for my friend, Tricia's daughter, Kristin. Kristin was my daughter's best friend from 3 years old to 5th grade when we moved away. It was sad for them, myself and Dallas also because Kristin's mom was my best friend and Dallas' best friend was Kyle, Kristin's brother. Needless to say, it's been 19 years and we have kept in touch and try to see each other once a year(Tricia and I). It's a friendship that is so comfortable and we can just pick up like we saw each other yesterday. Tricia is a beautiful Christian mom and friend. She has been an encouragement to me always in my walk with the Lord. So...back to the wedding...last Sunday, Kristin married Zach at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. It was lovely, she was lovely and it was great to see my friend and her family all grown up.

Here's my daughter, Danielle(3rd from left) and Kristin(4th from left)

at Kristin's 5th birthday party. Weren't they cute?

The gorgeous bride and groom~her colors were black/white/yellow.
Me and Mason were dancing!
Danielle and Kristin

Beautiful young women!

Tricia and me

Another one of the girls all grown up!

Danielle and Kristin with her brothers Kyle, Keith and Kent.

What a nice time we had! Congrats Kristin and Zach! Here's looking at 30 more years together!

My trip to Cracker Barrel

I bought a few things for breakfast on Father's Day.  
I couldn't resist buying a little something for the grandchildren.  Aren't these cute for 4th of July???  Don't tell Bella and Dylan I bought them something.  :)

I've heard you all talk about Cracker Barrel and had never been to one.  So imagine my surprise when I found one next to our hotel last weekend in Phoenix.  Danielle, Mason, hubby and I had the most wonderful breakfast AND we ate all of it!  Their pancakes are yummy, their homemade biscuits melt in your mouth, the chicken fried steak was really good, eggs, sausage and bacon were all good.  (We all ordered different breakfasts so we could taste everything!) AND I tasted grits for the first time!!!  They were well...what are you supposed to put in them? They were a little bland.  I tried syrup and that made them better because I like my food sweet but how do you eat your grits??

A wedding, my 3 nieces and Mason swims!

What a weekend!!  My nephew Zach married the love of his life, Tonya on Friday evening 

in 100 degree weather.  It was HOT!!  My sister Dawn was looking cool prior to the wedding.

My sister, Pat and her son Zach walking her down the aisle.
The newlyweds wait to be introduced!

Zach and his mom dance.
The proud parents, my sister Pat and her husband Guy.
My sister Dawn and her girls~Taryn and Tonya.
Me, the bride and my daughter, Danielle enjoying a moment at the reception.  Tonya's dress was gorgeous.
My sisters and my brother!  Dawn is always cracking us up and here she is doing it again!
My sister, Dawn caught the bouquet!  She was so excited!  Now we just need to find her a nice guy to make it all happen!
The cousins~Danielle, Tawnya, Tyler, Tonya, Zach, Brad and Taryn.  Missing are my boys~ Dallas and Dustin who couldn't make it.
Then it was on to see my favorite nieces~ Here's Angela with her sock monkey eating ice cream at Dairy Queen.

Here's Brie Ann~my god daughter, feeding her sock monkey her chocolate ice cream cone.
This is Cassidy feeding her sock monkey a bite of her ice cream.
We crazily took home two vanilla dipped cones to Danielle and my brother, Tim.  They were melting the second I stepped outside the DQ and I was licking away until I handed them over.  They ate their cones over the kitchen sink!!!  It was good though!
Mason getting to know Great Grandma Lola and trying to stay cool.
Mason crawling on Cassidy and playing outside on the patio.
Mason in the crawl stance but still doesn't have it all together to do the real crawl.  He's a fast army crawler though.
The girls did a great job entertaining Mason.
And what did they get for it???  He likes to pull hair and grabbed both girls hair when we were trying to take this photo.  Aww...boys will be boys!
My daughter and her cousins with Mason.
Today, Danielle and I recouped from the weekend trip and Mason went to his Mommy and Me swim class in the afternoon.
He is such a good little guy in the water.  
He did everything they wanted him to and more!
Here, he's learning to float!
What a nice weekend we had with my family.  Congratulations to Tonya and Zach!  I wish you many fun-filled, memory-filled years together!  Thank you Tim and Kathleen for a nice day and a wonderful BBQ meal.  It was good seeing you Mom!  Love you Dad~praying for Jean as she goes thru her chemo.  Dawn~ it was fun sitting with you at the wedding and visiting with your girls!  Congrats Pat & Guy, you have one son married and two to go!  Danielle and Mason~it was a fun weekend!