An update on the grandchildren

We just returned from visiting our children in Indiana and had a wonderful time it was just too short. Mary does an excellent job in preparing meals I can eat, needless to say I am NOT getting on the scales anytime soon. I think I ate something that I should not have on the way home yesterday and today I am paying for it.

Well enough of that let my photos do the talking from our trip.

My babies they are growing up fast.

Josh has an injured ankle but he stills manages to get around. 

Alayna is doing so well in school this was a project 

from last year and she had to tell me all about it.

 Josh is a camera hog if he sees you taking the girls photos he sits down right in front of you and starts saying cheese

 Emma is glued to me the whole time we're together. She always begs to come live with me in Mississippi.

 This is the first time ever I have let the girls take my 

camera and take photos unsupervised. They did a great job.

This one was taken by Emma while I was busy in the kitchen.

Only grand-kids can get him to smile like that!

 Little man loved being with his PePaw. He kept trying to wear the girls accessories and Honey couldn't stand it. So he got him a cap and tried changing his focus. Josh put the hot on PePaw and looked for the headband.

We took the girls to the "Creation Museum" and this

was the only dinosaur we could get them close to.

 If you are ever close to a "Creation Museum" I'd strongly encourage you to visit. It was a neat experience.

 Me observing "Maroon Friday". I don't remember if Alayna or Emma took this photo but I do remember that it was really HOT!

 We all went to lunch on Saturday and I discovered that with this family if you slip up and take a photo they don't smile as a matter of fact they look angry. Oh well.........

 A family affair a cast doesn't stop this boy.

Our George and Mary

The only problem with the girls taking the photos there is always one missing. Here Emma was the one.

You can see lots more photos of the family and the things we did by watching the video on the bottom of this blog. 

Thanks for stopping by y'all and please come again soon.

Miracle Monday

 You may have gathered from the things that I have been sharing lately that Honey and I are beginning to write a new chapter in our book of life. We are so excited at how God is bringing all of this together.

We have been wanting to build or buy a home of our own since we married in 2003. At one time we laid the stakes and starting getting ready for the dirt work to begin and then we had a bad year in farming and we decided that we needed to wait just a little longer. During this time we prayed and sought God's direction on what He wanted us to do and we felt that maybe he was leading us in another direction but we really didn't understand where.

We bought farm land in the Delta and it turned out to be a great little farm in a wonderful community that we have grown to love. We started looking and praying about buying a house in this community close to our farm but it just never happened. As time has passed my environmental allergies have seemed to get worse and worse. Friends suggested we live away from the farm due to my allergies and we have agreed that this would be best. So we began to venture out and look at land for building or buying a house away from farm ground. Now, if you know anything about the Delta you know that this is hard to do because there is farm ground everywhere.

One night we were shopping for houses on the internet and we ran across a house in Carrollton, it wasn't near a farm, it was a large ranch style home with everything we could ever hope for in a house, it even had a covered pool. The next day Honey called the Realtor who had it listed and she told him all about it. He got off the phone excited and we took the virtual tour one more time before deciding that we were going to buy this house. Sometimes we make plans that may not be Gods plans. We may have been praying and seeking Him for a long time and think this is His will for us but God may have something different in mind, something that we don't always understand. When Honey called the Realtor back she told him that she had sold the house. We continued to work with the Realtor and looked at numerous homes.

During this time we ran across another house that we loved, it was a country home overlooking 10 acres of open yard with a small pond in a gated community. Honey and I just knew that this was our house, it was above our budget but had been on the market for three years so we made an offer! We waited and waited and the couple didn't accept our offer and they wouldn't counter offer so again God had put up a road block.

Once again we were on a journey looking for the perfect house. Last December our Realtor called and told Honey about three houses she had listed. One of the houses being in a nice community where we had visited several times and dreamed of one day living. Every time we drove through I would tell Honey, "it's not going to happen these people aren't going to sell and there's no land available for building". I'm so glad that God has a plan for us and that He knows more than we do. We have bought a house in the little community that we have dreamed of living in. It is away from farm land between where we are farming here and Inverness. It has several acres that are just beautiful and a small yard to keep up which is sounding better all the time. The final paperwork was done on Monday and I feel this is truly a God given miracle!

If we had not allowed God to place road blocks in our lives, if we had forced things to happen, if we had paid the higher price we would have missed out on the blessing that God had for us. We would not be moving into the community of our dreams. We would have had a large house payment with a yard that would be hard to keep up in the future.

We are excited not only for our future in our new home but for the future of our children. I love the quote "We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children."

In doing this we are praying that in the future we can slow down and spend more time with our children and grand-children whether they live in Mississippi, Indiana or Colorado.

Excitement fills the air and I can't wait!

Syd is staying with us while Ashia and Ben are away for the weekend. We just got through taking a bath and she is asleep now in my lap. When she takes a bath she has a robe at home she wears because she is very cold natured. I didn't have the robe so I used her sweatshirt and wrapped her in a good thick blanket and she was fine.  Now that it is over I think she feels much better!

While in Indiana Mary told me of a new store in town and that it had a large selection of Gluten-Free items. Steve and I went and checked it out and I bought a few things that I needed wanted. I have already tried the Ian's Cinnamon Bun bars and I think I like them better than the Apple Pie ones. I can't wait to try the others.

We enjoyed our time in Indiana so much. Thank you George and Mary for always making us feel at home and for sharing your family with us!

Here are a few more photos that I took before we left.

 

  

  

  

Josh had Pepaw time often!

My girls have transferred from McDonald's to the Mac book. That's scary they are growing up too fast!

 

Just like Emma we had a hard time getting going on Thursday morning. We always enjoy our visits and hate it when they have to end.

Honey has been in the field today so I feel planting is just around the corner. In a way I look forward to it, again I love watching things grow. This year will be different; I have a lot of things going on and will be busier than normal. I sit back and wonder how can this be but then I think of the future and excitement fills the air. I can't wait!!! Keep tuned in so that you will know what is going on in our household in the near future.

Grand Children ARE Grand,

I've been blessed in watching Punkin for Be and Ash the last couple of days. Thursday Ash took the afternoon off to do some shopping and yesterday Ben and Ashia went to a movie. Every time I watch her I marvel at the new things she is doing. I know she's probably done them in front of her parents but not for Gammy. So these times are special. Here are a few things I've caught on camera.

 

She loves to watching Nick Jr. so it is convenient that she now holds her own bottle. Such a cutie.

It seems the bottle got heavy for her so she was so cute putting her foot inside to help support it. Is this lazy? I think it's smart!

Her Mom has her hooked on Ni Hao, Kai-lan this is a Chinese learning show for babies. Ashia has always had a passion for adopting and would love to adopt from China in the future. To learn more about this read her blog HERE...

This was so funny, I don't think she was very hungry and chose to talk while taking her bottle. After a while of this I took the bottle away.

I was tired and had a headache so again she was watching Wonder Pets while sitting in the recliner next to me.

We do a lot of activities not just watch TV. She has a exer-saucer that she loves and spends a lot of time in, when she gets tired of it I lay her on her play mat a while then we'll eat, watch a little television and take a nap. She's really good and a easy baby to keep! Thank you Jesus!!!

We ate at "Trailboss" last night; I appreciate the way they cater to me to make sure that I can eat without getting sick. Thank you!

Now, I guess you're wondering why I'm not in Indiana, I will be soon. They have put Mary's procedure off a few days so we are still home getting some things done around here.

So my next blog will be written from Indiana soon!

Thank you friends you are a blessing!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho it's off to Indiana I go!!!

That's right, I'm going and take care of my three grand-babies while our oldest daughter has surgery for kidney stones. OUCH  She has been having problems for sometimes now and they are going to have to operate. I'll be blogging from IN so keep watch on what this grand-parent is doing. Taking care of a 2-month old baby, umm can I do it? Sure I can but I will be worn out and that's no joke. So at this time I'm busy baking "My Favorite Gluten-Free Sandwich Bread" to take with me, washing, packing and things like that.

Hold on Mary I'm coming!!!!

Day Two

The girls were so good this morning, the next two days of school are party days so they were ready.

Emma was able to wear her jammies today, what fun. I wish I could wear my jammies to the grocery store and hospital but I'm thinking I had better get dressed! They were having a "Polar Expess Day" at school.

Alayna was having a  normal school day but with the party beginning. I can't wait to hear their stories of what they did today.

We slipped away to the hospital while the girls were at school. Poor baby didn't stand at chance when these two grandparents got our hands on him. He is such a little man (very little)!

I know I look awful but I am happy, Joshua even thought I looked awful!

We had a little talk, then Pepaw and I left to go take care of the girls.

He makes the funniest faces.

Ashia this ones for you. Look what they use with their babies in the hospital here!

After we fed them we took the girls back to the hospital. I hope Josh is ready for this, they are sure excited and plan to well take care of him.

They've got a lot to learn, they do pretty well holding him but when they are ready to hand him over to someone they just push him forward and let go. George spent a lot of time tonight explaining how careful they have to be. My THREE babies Wow!

My Diet....

I bet your thinking what are you eating all this time? While the kids and Pepaw have donuts for breakfast, a family tradition anytime we visit out kids, I have General Mills Ceral or a piece of toast and coffee.

 

When I arrived Sunday Mary had bought me a bag of groceries in it was "Ener-G Tapoica Loaf".  While this isn't my favorite bread it is good to have something different once in a while. I've really enjoyed the small sandwiches I've been able to have. The bread I keep on hand is large slices and I have to eat a lot of half of sandwiches.

She had also bought, "Blue Diamond Natural Nut-Thins" these have been really good with Mississippi States, "Edom Cheese". Thank you George for sharing your cheese with us.

My Darlings,

We are in Indiana visiting with our kids and waiting on the arrival of the new baby. In the meantime we are HAVING FUN!

 

This is how we were greeted.

Our school girls!

Pepaw had to practice and get ready for the real baby!

We want to share with you Joshua's room....

 

 

We're ready when he is!

These Are Special Times

Click on photos to get an enlarged view!

On our way to Indiana to visit our girls and George and Mary! I read and played on the internet while Steve conducted business.


We had to see the changes to the house since our last visit. Alayna has a Princess bedroom and it is sooo cute!



They live in a great neighborhood and the girls enjoy riding their bikes whenever they can. The weather was great so we spent some time outside each day.



We went to Newport Kentucky and ate lunch at a German restaurant. The food and company was wonderful!


The girls really enjoyed our visit to the Aquarium in Newport. We have many photos of them monkeying around.


View from the aquarium.



Emma almost to get ate by a dinosaur looking creature.



Alayna touching the shark on the wall.



Both girls enjoyed the octopus!



The alligator didn't scare them!



They set on the frogs!



We all fed the birds in the rain forest. At one time Steve had three birds on him, when he was able to coax them to get off we left in a hurry!



I was always taking photos of others and Steve insisted that he take one of me while in the rain forest.



I had to include a photo of one of the catfish!




Checking out the sharks, this was the real thing, kind of intimidating!



Emma in front of the penguins.



In front of the jellyfish, they love each other.



Eating ice cream after our aquarium tour.



Our time with our kids is over but we smile and look forward to being together as soon as possible!