Whoa

Whoa, it has been a while.  It has been a whirl wind too.

Girls headed back to school, I headed to Iowa.  My grandfather passed away, oh sorry grandma, he died. She prefers the direct language.

It was a fast trip. It was a good trip. It was a sad trip. Hoping the next trip is longer, better and happier.

My family.

 Aunt JoJo teaching doodle a straw trick

Doodle learning about Grandma's magical nail file at bedtime.

My cousin had Grandpa record several children stories over the past couple of years. He had a long history in radio and t.v. and really had a great voice for reading. Not to forget, a barber shop quartet as well.  Our own kids love listening to the CD of stories that he recorded. Some days, I find it hard to listen to, but what a wonderful connection and memory they are making now of their great grandfather.

While I was in IA, CJ had another gym meet. I was sad to miss it. It was another meet that she did very well at, but this time it was beam that she made a silly error. She forgot her pivot turns, when CJ told me about it, she herself said it was dumb, but she didn't let it bring her spirit down.

Since returning from IA we've of course been busy.

Roasting pumpkins! I've gotten 2 large ones done. I have one more large one and 2 small ones to roast up yet.  The kids elected to not decorate their pumpkins, instead each one has requested that I roast them up and make pumpkin pie.

I'll try and play a bit of catch up, so stay tuned!