Sharing the love

I got some snuggle time with this little dolly when I went to meet Lynisha to pick up Kyrie & Trey.
Jeanne & Lyrah came along to meet us in North Platte & we enjoyed a meal together at Whisky Creek.

"Little Bit" isn't so little, look at those delicious rolls!  I'm looking forward to when she's old enough to visit Grammie & Papa too!

Kisses, Hugs, and I Love You's--We're ready to go to the farm!

Did I mention how cute my grandkids are?

While the kids were here our Cat had kittens.  No, not Sam.  This cat is Samantha--
A formerly wild and scared cat that showed up at my mom's place some time ago.  When we moved Sam to the farm, we were going to bring Samantha too  (Don't ask me WHY she got named that--sounds a bit like "boy cat & girl cat" to me!)  Whatever!
Anyway, Samantha disappeared so we left her until several months later she showed up again & with some effort "we" managed to get her in a cage & brought out here.  She was still pretty wild & now very scared! AND expecting kittens!
We put her in the barn & closed her in, fed her & left her alone.

I wouldn't let the kids pick up the kittens for a while, but the day they were leaving I thought it was too bad if they had to go & not get to hold them.

Trey wasn't quite as enthusiastic in his loving the kitties as Jessi!

We have a darling little calico kitten too  (Mama is a calico)  But I didn't get a good picture of that one.  Hopefully later.  There's (only) 3.  Thank goodness

So soon it was time to say goodbye......

And I took Jessi & Trey back home, and Jessi on to meet up with her Memaw & Papa for some more Lovin'!

Slumber-less Party

The kids wanted to spend the night in the tent, so finally after several days I conceded.  After all, why not? I could have the house to myself, right?  A quiet evening, because they were so excited to be out there they headed out early.

RIGHT.

What's a little dragging all the sleeping bags, pillows & extra blankets out,
Some books to read
A million trips into the bathroom--
A dozen or so trips each in to get a drink
Don't forget the mosquito spray

ahhhh!  Quiet.  For about 3 minutes anyway, till it started all over.

Meanwhile, out in the tent.....

You don't think they really slept out there do you??
The next morning when I got up I found two of them asleep in the upstairs bedroom--the rest of them were helter skelter all over the living room floor.

At least they waited till I went to bed to drag their mess & bodies into the house, believe it or not I didn't hear a thing!

carpe diem

Our days pass quickly--just like the box of cereal.  Devoured in no time. They are colorful & bright.  A bit soggy at times (from too much swimming) but always sweet. At the end of the day we're pretty much running on empty.  It dosen't take much to put them to bed & generally they are out like the light even if I have got told several times that "It's too early to go to bed, it's still light out"!

I know....Can you believe I bought this stuff for my grandkids?  A bit loopy myself I think.  My poor kids were deprived of this colorful sugar mess just as I was before that.
Grandparenting makes you soft in the head.

I suggested that Meshayla take the kids on a hike & have a picnic lunch so I could do some cleaning in the house--She insisted they couldn't hike, we had no mountains.  O.K.  Take a WALK!

One of the favorite activites around here is posing for whoever has the camera in hand!  There's always one who's goofing.

3 more at the table for meal time--

And then today when I went to town for a cleaning job, Meshayla took them fishing.....

Yes, the state of the "bridge" is a bit precarious, but after all, the "fishing hole" is pretty shallow, and in case of someone falling in, it's not too far to dry ground!

Don't you love the imagination of children and how little it takes to entertain them? A stick, an old shoe string & grammies wastebasket.  A road ditch with (yes, there was a bit of water down there!)  an old foot bridge.

You've heard me say it...I always wanted twins.  I never got them. I have quite a few "twin-cousins" with my kids & their cousins.... and now it's another generation of "twin-cousins"--this time my grandkids.  These two are 3 weeks apart.  I hope they are always as good of friends as they have been these 2 weeks!

Fishing Photos by Meshayla

Grandkids/Cousins

What greets me in the morning--

A good reminder of what to expect the rest of the day!

 

 

 

And Uncle Morgen just eggs him on!