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My Other Blog
Some of you have stumbled on this blog when you have visited...I want to invite you over to my other blog that I update more regularly: www.learningforlifetime.blogspot.com
I'll update more of Grandma's Treasures soon.
Be Blessed!!
I'll update more of Grandma's Treasures soon.
Be Blessed!!
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Grandma Visits
Last week, my Grandmother and my Aunt came down for DS 1's graduation from High School. I realized that I haven't posted to this blog for a while, and I wanted to post a HUGE thank you to them both. Grandma was really adament about being here. I appreciate that. When I named this blog "Grandma's Treasures", I intended to share all the things that I have that were Grandma's or little things I had "uncovered" in her house. I decided this week that one of Grandma's biggest treasures is her family.
Grandma has been interested in geneology for as long as I can remember. She knows the importance of family history. More importantly, though, she knows the importance of making a family history for those in generations after hers. She wants to make memories whenever she can.
I love that about her. I hope that I have learned some of that from her. And I hope that I pass some of that along to my kids to carry on into their own families.
Thank you Grandma and Aunt Sandy for coming to visit and making a memory!!
Grandma has been interested in geneology for as long as I can remember. She knows the importance of family history. More importantly, though, she knows the importance of making a family history for those in generations after hers. She wants to make memories whenever she can.
I love that about her. I hope that I have learned some of that from her. And I hope that I pass some of that along to my kids to carry on into their own families.
Thank you Grandma and Aunt Sandy for coming to visit and making a memory!!
Monday, April 17, 2006
Monday Memories
As Easter passed yesterday, I was thinking about growing up and my Grandparents.
I don't really remember them being around much at this time of the year as I was a youngster---since we lived in Florida and they lived in Ohio. I didn't think I'd really have a memory to share...but then I dug into my memory bank a bit more and here is what I found....
I DO remember getting together as my older boys were babies and they were living in a town near us. I have a sweet picture of Grandma Easter Egg hunting with ds 2 when he was only a few months old. He had just gotten over Chicken Pox...she is holding his pudgy body and showing him the eggs up at the River.
I also remember them coming over to church a few times in the years before we left Tampa. The kids loved to hunt eggs and visit with their grandparents....The last Easter that Grandpa was alive, they came over to the house for Easter dinner. DS 4 was only a few weeks old. The older boys got silly string in their baskets and Uncle G. was showing them how to fight with it. They had quite a string war in my front yard. I can still hear Grandpa laughing over it. He loved to watch the boys play and have fun. It brought him great joy.
Yes, that was a precious time. I don't think any of us realized just how much we should have savored the day. We didn't realize that in a few short months he would be gone.
There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of this amazing man. He was a blessing to each of us. I am grateful that I DO have Easter memories that I shall cherish with both of my Grandparents. And my children do too. What a treasure.
I don't really remember them being around much at this time of the year as I was a youngster---since we lived in Florida and they lived in Ohio. I didn't think I'd really have a memory to share...but then I dug into my memory bank a bit more and here is what I found....
I DO remember getting together as my older boys were babies and they were living in a town near us. I have a sweet picture of Grandma Easter Egg hunting with ds 2 when he was only a few months old. He had just gotten over Chicken Pox...she is holding his pudgy body and showing him the eggs up at the River.
I also remember them coming over to church a few times in the years before we left Tampa. The kids loved to hunt eggs and visit with their grandparents....The last Easter that Grandpa was alive, they came over to the house for Easter dinner. DS 4 was only a few weeks old. The older boys got silly string in their baskets and Uncle G. was showing them how to fight with it. They had quite a string war in my front yard. I can still hear Grandpa laughing over it. He loved to watch the boys play and have fun. It brought him great joy.
Yes, that was a precious time. I don't think any of us realized just how much we should have savored the day. We didn't realize that in a few short months he would be gone.
There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of this amazing man. He was a blessing to each of us. I am grateful that I DO have Easter memories that I shall cherish with both of my Grandparents. And my children do too. What a treasure.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Thursday Again
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1. The moistest (is that a word) chocolate cake ever! 2. Pumpkin pie 3. Pudding -- Chocolate 4. Beef and Noodles 5. Chili 6. Cherry Pie 7. Pecan Pie 8. Mousse 9. Jello salad (the green kind) 10. Sloppy Joes 11. Sugar Cookies 12. Corn pudding 13. Meatloaf Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!) |
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Thursday Thirteen
1. Played The Uncle Wiggly game and Candy Land
2. Chewed the gum that looked like cigarettes (in addition to Teaberry that I mentioned last week)
3. Watched Hee Haw and Lassie
4. Watched Wonderful World of Disney and Lawrence Welk
5. Watched the grown-ups drink their coffee
6. Played tag and hide-and-go-seek
7. Dug up flowers and grass (probably when we weren't supposed to)
8. Played Parchesi on a homemade board with marbles
9. Colored in coloring books
10. Played games on the big front porch
11. Picked dandelions to see if we "liked butter" or not
12. Helped roll out noodles for beef and noodles
13. Drank our drinks in aluminum cups that kept things SO COLD!
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
Thursday Thirteen
1. Lunch on Sunday afternoons with all the cousins, aunts, and uncles
2. Picking "flowers" aka weeds and Grandma putting them in a cup for us
3. Teaberry Gum (not necessarily Spring---but a memory nonetheless)
4. Ping Pong Guns
5. The Porch Swing
6. Soft Grass
7. Easter baskets hanging in the tree
8. Easter egg hunts with all the cousins
9. The peddle cars and trikes
10. The porch
11. The "chair" where we sat on time out
12. Grandma's paintings in the corner
13. Beef and Noodles (I'm sure we had them year round..but I am SURE we also had them in Spring!
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