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Memories of March

Hello there, dear friends!  Hope you're all enjoying this beautiful April weather as much as we are!  You know that it's getting warmer when mom has mentioned the Arboretum a few times...a good place to get out and about, enjoy the refreshing weather and sight-see some lovely gardens.  This will be a busy month for us here, so I hope to be able to still keep up with you all here. :)

Ah, but let's get on with this post, and not get too far ahead of ourselves, shall we?? As the title states, here is a bucket-load of memories in picture form from last month.  Enjoy!

Dad made Johanna her very own desk
(since everyone else had one, you know :o)



Us girls went to celebrate Grandpa's (...27th?) birthday



...tested out our sniffers on the "new shoe" smell of birthday slippers

...had sweet sister time on our way to dinner

...had Grandma/Granddaughter snuggle time

Back at the house, we enjoyed Grandma Junebug's excitement over being reunited with her sixty-some year old typewriter

...which lovely Mrs. Linda and Mr. Vic brought on a Sunday

...and the mischievous blue-eyed wee lass with the funky scarf was there too

...playing "you're talking to your mom" with Grandma June

...lots of smiles

...and Johanna giving a free demonstration for Mr. Vic
on how to write numbers in sugar



Back at the very beginning of March, we went on a cabin trip



Little Miss Studious kept to her studies...
Saxon Algebra, anybody? No, not the Anglo-Saxons :o)

We colored our names with chalk...backwards

...while the grannies looked on and wondered what to do with the yellow play-dough Johanna gave them



We made snicker-doodles...but didn't post a picture of the finished product in order to protect your keyboard from a drool-bath



We rested, did not sleep; a very important distinction

The fur-ball certainly had a lot of attention



We enjoyed campfires and s'mores on the deck



Grandma "D" and Grandma June
enjoyed the sun and breeze at noon
sharing swing in good friendship
painting color to their lips



We enjoyed wonderful conversation with lovely Mrs. Ellen



Sweet ladies from Mr. and Mrs. Vic's church made and gave
these beautiful Spring daisies to the grandmas

We had  wonderful visits with Mrs. Kathi

...with loads of smiles and conversations

and sweet pea certainly made her way into the fellowship



Grandma "D" received a gorgeous hand-made necklace
from her good friend, Priscilla



 

And the wee lass with her brand spankin' new desk, which was promptly placed in the office so she could study right alongside Dad :o)

Well, thanks for stopping by folks!  More to come in the future (uhh, that is the near future...we hope... ;)

Look Out!

It's official, folks: Vanessa has her driver's permit!  Thought I'd give you a head's up so you can keep on the look-out while you're on the road from now on. *grin*  No, no, she's a safe driver {at least from what we've seen in the parking lot} and we're all looking forward to having another "errand runner" around.

This was taken the day before she passed her permit exam.  When they went the first time, it was so packed some people had been in line for over four hours!  Needless to say, waiting another day didn't seem so bad. ☺

The peanut gallery/backseat driver

The big day!

We went out to dinner to celebrate {Saltgrass Steak House, anyone?}

Sweetness



....So in love....



...The desires of the diligent are fully satisfied... {Proverbs 13:4}

Smiles 'n Such

 

Hi folks!  Hope you're all doing well, staying healthy, and anticipating warmer weather as much as we are here!  The days are certainly getting longer (& the nights shorter...) and the weather can't make up it's mind whether to bring us warm or cold temps :).

We've used our fire pit a few times, enjoying yummy s'mores by it's cozy warmth, and have had loads of snuggle time with the grannies (& yes, Bella Bean joins in as well).

Oh!  And yes, we have started our garden ... radishes, carrots, onions, lettuce, green beans, and bell & anaheim peppers.  Along with morning glories, sunflowers, impatiens and an interesting flower Johanna picked out which begins with a 'z' and suspiciously resembles a giant white dandelion (I have a wary feeling about these seed sellers making big bucks on gathering weed seeds and selling them in sweet little packets with sweet little pictures and sweet little names to tempt sweet little girls who have sweet little parents who will buy them these sweet little weed seeds ... hmmm ... sounds like a conspiracy to me ... what do you think??)

Ah, well!  Life is good and we are savoring the richness of each day the Lord has made.

This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)