Let's go fly a kite...up to the highest heights.....

I think Dave's the only person I know who can get a kite to fly while lying perfectly flat on the ground...must've been a windy day at the beach.









He had the kite tied to his belt to keep it from flying off.

Somehow in his slumber little Elie came along and managed to get the kite string holder off his belt loop and was holding onto it. Ava came along and said, Grandpa, Elie's flying the kite. It's a wonder our little penguin kite hadn't take flight.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIE AND ZACH!!!!

We just got back from the BEST weekend ever celebrating the birthdays of our two youngest grandbabies....although now that they are both one, we can't call them babies any more. They are Elie and Zach, our twin grandchildren born to two different mothers three days apart but whenever we get Jana and Ben's and Dana and Adam's families together, we get the feel of what twins must be like. To get all the pictures of the birthday itself, you'll need to go to Jana and Dana's blogs or to their Facebook cuz I was mainly behind the video camera for the picture taking time of the party and didn't get any pictures myself of those festivities, but believe me, it WAS FUN!! and I stole this picture from one of their shots.



















It was a great weekend in honor of the Zach Man and Princess Elie Belly.

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Then there were the shots that made us laugh when we saw them blown up on the computer.
Cast your vote for (1) Elie; (2) Zach; (3) Ava; or (4) Katelyn. You may have to click on them to blow them up to help see what made us laugh. Well more chapters of our weekend are to follow.

One WILD and CRAZY GUY!!

We're just off of one wild and crazy visit from Ava and Elie cuz they're one WILD AND CRAZY GUY!!! We miss you girls. Ava, I think you left your VeggieTale CD...can I still listen to it in the car til you return?

I'm Hooked on Veggietales

With Jana and Ben searching high and low in the greater Seattle area for a new home, we have the charge of their two sweet patooties and I am rapidly brought back in time to the age of young motherhood and am reminded of the great appreciation I have for Jana and Dana and the schedule they keep, the struggles of getting adult things done, and a new love and appreciation for VEGGIETALES!!! Nothing sounds sweeter than hearing Ava sing....Oh Where Is My Hairbrush.... as we drive down the road listening to the Veggietale CD. Excuse me now but I've got to go blow some bubbles. And for your viewing pleasure, I've attached a few of my favorite Veggietales for you.

Be careful a house doesn't drop on you

Today it is SO WINDY that as I took the garbage out, the can nearly went out of my hands...I probably would've been set to sail myself if I hadn't been weighted down holding onto the can. And on the way back I noticed the driveway was peppered with little bird eggs that had been blown out of their nests in the trees. Isn't that just the saddest.

An Apostle's Easter Thoughts on Christ

Each day should start with this thought in mind and I think we'd all do a better job of it.

A Night on the Town

With a quick trip to see Dana in the great production of Savior of the World this weekend, we didn't have much time for but a few pictures but got Zach and Elie at the table at a restaurant. They were so cute when they snuck their hands close together like they were wanting to hold hands but as soon as I got the camera up, they pulled back quick.....I guess in anticipation of not wanting incriminating pictures in their Senior Yearbook.