Every young man needs to know how to have a tea party, give treats to a huge dog, go grocery shopping and run a train.

The joy of being a grandparent is to re-live the special moments you had with your own children....and then there is "creating new moments". Maybe ones you wished you had taken the time to do and never did. So here we are, taking in as much as we can with our grandchildren and thoroughly enjoying every sweet, cheesey grin they give us, every twinkle in the eye that says they are "up to something" and every quiet moment of just soaking it up and cherishing each second we have with them. When we are in our 90's (yes, we plan on living that long), these are the pictures we will have in our minds. Seeing these sweet faces and reflecting on our own sons at this age....you never lose those images....ever

Enjoying the train, nap time, Odin time, every minute with Kaiser was fun!

Fun with Kaiser, August 2011

Odin, waiting for Ada to come over and play

More of Ada-Fun

Having fun with Ada

We have so much fun with Ada. Tea parties, watering the flowers, making up songs about the Chicadees, painting rocks for the 4th of July....every moment is a true blessing. WE learn from HER

Mom

Mother's Loving Hands

Hands that have
 played as a child,
 and as she grew, these hands worked in the garden in the morning,
 baked and cooked in the afternoon to feed her family, and many times, friends, at night.
These hands
 worked full time,
 unselfishly volunteered her time,
 bathed her children on Saturday nights, helping them with their Sunday School lessons,
 nursing her children when they were sick, loving her husband unconditionally.
These hands held
 her husband’s hand for 72 yrs.,
 her children’s hands for over 71 yrs.,
 her grandchildren’s hands for over 45 yrs. And her great-children’s hands for over 20 yrs.
These are the softest, kindest hands I first held.
Your loving hands have touched many lives.