Couldn't ask for a better Dad! Randy you are truly an amazing dad!
June 16
For Fathers Day the kids and I made breakfast for Randy! The rest of the day was a nice day of relaxation! We ended the day at Peggy and Craig's for dinner and swimming! What a great day!
June 7-8
The last couple of months my family has been cleaning out my grandpa's house. Thankfully my cousin and uncle did a lot of the work. But they live right there in town and it makes it much easier for them.
But this weekend we had my Grandparent's Auction. It might have been one of the toughest things to go through. Watching so many memories being bought by other people. NOT FUN! That is why I bought the damnedest (is that a word?) things! Seriously, I bought a box of pens and pencils, most of my grandma's Tupperware, Randy got my grandpa's nice wood working bench. Tyler picked up some great things that he is going to use once they move into grandpa's house. Such as the roll top desk, dresser and drawers, and lots of other misc. stuff! My dad also picked up grandpa's recliners, nativity scene (last thing that my grandma put out before she passed away and my grandpa never put it back away). I know my family scored lots of great stuff but it was hard watching the memories being taken away. But the memories that can never be taken are the ones when we spent the time with our grandparents. The many nights of spending the night (probably at least 2 or 3 times a month if not more!), all of the games they would come to and watch us play. Them honking their car horn at us at the ball fields if we hit a homerun, making lunch/dinner with grandma, and even me getting the chance to live with my grandpa for 8 years on and off through college and him letting me call his house HOME! Those are the memories no one can take from us!
The auction is over and now my brother can start to make more family memories in the house that has brought so many!
But this weekend we had my Grandparent's Auction. It might have been one of the toughest things to go through. Watching so many memories being bought by other people. NOT FUN! That is why I bought the damnedest (is that a word?) things! Seriously, I bought a box of pens and pencils, most of my grandma's Tupperware, Randy got my grandpa's nice wood working bench. Tyler picked up some great things that he is going to use once they move into grandpa's house. Such as the roll top desk, dresser and drawers, and lots of other misc. stuff! My dad also picked up grandpa's recliners, nativity scene (last thing that my grandma put out before she passed away and my grandpa never put it back away). I know my family scored lots of great stuff but it was hard watching the memories being taken away. But the memories that can never be taken are the ones when we spent the time with our grandparents. The many nights of spending the night (probably at least 2 or 3 times a month if not more!), all of the games they would come to and watch us play. Them honking their car horn at us at the ball fields if we hit a homerun, making lunch/dinner with grandma, and even me getting the chance to live with my grandpa for 8 years on and off through college and him letting me call his house HOME! Those are the memories no one can take from us!
The auction is over and now my brother can start to make more family memories in the house that has brought so many!
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| Tori making a few bids on items! |
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| Empty house...can't wait for new memories to begin. I know Grandpa and Grandma would be excited to have Tyler's family moving in! (sorry for the blurriness) |
May 30
Memphis decided that he no longer wanted to be in his crib. We put him to bed and about 10 minutes later out walked Memphis from his bedroom. He looked at me and said, "hi Mom!"
This is where we found him night one of the toddler bed
That night we baby proofed the house so that he couldn't get into any trouble! That morning Memphis woke us up at 4:45am and he was tugging on my shirt! He crawled out of his crib again!
The next night we made Memphis' crib into a toddlers bed. He likes it so far but getting him to stay put is some times an issue...but we are getting there!
Memorial Day Weekend
Over Memorial Day Weekend we visited Creston and went to my Grandparents' grave. Afterwards, we headed to dinner with dad, Tara, Emma, Tyler, Tori and the kids. We took a nice picture of the grandkids and great grand kids at the cemetery but forgot to grab the camera to download the picture. The picture will be up soon!
On Monday we headed to Randy's grandpa's grave to decorate it. It is always nice to go to the cemeteries and decorate the graves.
I have to share a story that Noah said the other day as we were talking about Memorial Day and why we go to cemeteries and do what we do. And Noah looked at me and said, "well how could anyone forget Grandpa Bill he was one of the best Grandpa's there was!" I have to agree, he was one of the BEST GRANDPAS a kid could have!
On Monday we headed to Randy's grandpa's grave to decorate it. It is always nice to go to the cemeteries and decorate the graves.
I have to share a story that Noah said the other day as we were talking about Memorial Day and why we go to cemeteries and do what we do. And Noah looked at me and said, "well how could anyone forget Grandpa Bill he was one of the best Grandpa's there was!" I have to agree, he was one of the BEST GRANDPAS a kid could have!
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| At Grandpa Earl Palmer's grave |
Friday May 24
My Mom and Brent have decided that they needed a new puppy!
Meet Reggie! He is a goldendoodle! And they will get him in a couple of weeks. They were just there visiting.
Meet Reggie! He is a goldendoodle! And they will get him in a couple of weeks. They were just there visiting.
Wednesday May 22
This morning I am looking at our family website of old pictures that my cousin, Tracy, is scanning onto Shutterfly for all of us to have. There are some really great pictures that I wanted to make sure to get onto my blog. I am so grateful that Tracy is putting all of these pictures online for us to enjoy for many more years!
There are so many pictures that I wish I knew everyone in them. The pictures are mainly black and white and I can recognize my Great Grandparents, Grandparents and my Dad's uncle. But other than that, I have no idea who these people are and the sad thing is there is no one left to tell us. So if you ever run into old pictures get them labeled and talk to someone about them! There are a few pictures that are labeled and we can at least put a name with the person. I think my Dad and Uncle Kim may know a few of the ones that I do not know but a lesson learned is to go through them earlier rather than later.
There are so many pictures that I wish I knew everyone in them. The pictures are mainly black and white and I can recognize my Great Grandparents, Grandparents and my Dad's uncle. But other than that, I have no idea who these people are and the sad thing is there is no one left to tell us. So if you ever run into old pictures get them labeled and talk to someone about them! There are a few pictures that are labeled and we can at least put a name with the person. I think my Dad and Uncle Kim may know a few of the ones that I do not know but a lesson learned is to go through them earlier rather than later.
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| (Left to right) My Dad (4yrs), Kim (11 yrs), Monty (7 yrs) 1964 |
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| My Grandma Carralou |
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| My Great Grandma Winnie and my Great Grandpa Lowell, these are my Grandma Carralou's parents. I know that my Grandpa Lowell was 53 in this picture that was taken in 1963. |
Saturday May 18
Today was a day that was packed full of things we had to do. The day started with me taking Noah and signing him up for tackle football for the fall. On Tuesday night he will have a skills camp so they can assess where his skills are at. Him and I have been discussing him running fast and catching the football!
After sign up we headed to Zach's T-Ball game. I finally made a game and thankfully it was a make up game or I would have missed the whole season! Zach did great! It was so much fun to watch him play and have fun with the other kids.
After the game, Noah and Craig were heading out to Yellow Banks State Park for Noah's first camp out for Cub Scouts. Noah was so excited and they were having a fishing derby for the boys and all sorts of things to keep them entertained! Randy is heading out to meet up with them when he gets off work and then Craig can go home and relax and let Randy spend the night in the tent with Noah! By the way, they had a great time!!!!
After Noah got off to camp, Memphis and I headed home to take a nap. Well he napped while I cleaned the house and got ready for Tyler, Tori, Jaycee, Rigs, Dad, Tara and Emma were all coming over to help me celebrate my Birthday! We grilled and sat around playing bean bag game. Tori and I did pretty good...only when we had a beer in our hand...for some reason that helps balance us out when tossing the bags!
After sign up we headed to Zach's T-Ball game. I finally made a game and thankfully it was a make up game or I would have missed the whole season! Zach did great! It was so much fun to watch him play and have fun with the other kids.
After the game, Noah and Craig were heading out to Yellow Banks State Park for Noah's first camp out for Cub Scouts. Noah was so excited and they were having a fishing derby for the boys and all sorts of things to keep them entertained! Randy is heading out to meet up with them when he gets off work and then Craig can go home and relax and let Randy spend the night in the tent with Noah! By the way, they had a great time!!!!
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| Right before they took off! |
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