"R" gang!

Where the heck did summer go? Well, school is in full swing whether we like it or not. It's nice to have a routine again though. The kids all seem to be ok with their schedules. Whitney is busy with Student Council. Brinley gets her expander on in a few days. She's not excited for braces. I'm excited for Fall weather and temperatures. Our computer is fried so I can't access my pictures and it's driving me crazy! Guess we'll need to go pick some money off the tree and buy a new one. (ya, right)

The House Jeremy is buying

We saw the house Jeremy is going to buy today. It's really nice. He will close about Sept 25.

Family Dinner (8-30-09)

This summer is just about over! Way too soon!
We thought it would be fun to have a fire and weenie roast. There will be lots of other food for those who don't care for hot dogs, plus homemade ice cream.
Starts about 4:00 p.m. and ends by midnight.
Love - Grandma & Grandpa

Great definition

When looking at Stephen's blog I just noticed the following:
"mis-sion-ary, (noun)
someone who leaves their family for a short time
so that others may be with their families for Eternity."
Love it!

Lori's first-ever blog!

Wow, my first posting! But since Trek made his first post (which I loved reading), and Karlene showed me how to get back into the family blog, here we go…The family cabin trip was amazing!!! Thank you Grandpa and Grandma for making such a fabulous experience for all of us! The cabin was perfect, the food delectable, the canoeing wet, relaxing, therapeutic, and fun, the play was fun and entertaining, the IMAX beautiful, the trip through Yellowstone was wonderful with the deluxe treat of seeing a real live grizzly (not a brizzly Grandpa) bear only 10 feet away (OK, so it should have only been 1 foot away if Ron had had his way and not been frustrated by a few maniacs-OK, me- screaming out unhelpful directions), and the time spent just being together-a treasured memory. Words are not enough to express my love and gratitude to you and to all members of our family (whom I love dearly) for helping make it a week to treasure forever!!! I am grateful for all the photos to help with the memories.

I have had such a rush of fun with the Family Quilts of Many Colors! Thanks for your willing involvement in great memory building adventure. You all are splendiferous! And thanks again to Grandpa and Grandma Robinson for helping make it all possible to do it together at your house (ignoring the temporary mess) and Grandma feeding us excellent food-every hour-while we were at it. Plus I loved how Grandpa was always asking the grand children how theirs was coming and showing interest in the results. Every time I leave being with all of you I go through yucky withdrawals.

CUTE!

I love looking at these pictures of the great-grandchildren. They are dang CUTE!

SUNDAY DINNER (8-16-09)

This Sundays weather looks like it will be perfect for a backyard barbecue and homemade ice cream. We'll start about 4:00 p.m. and end sometime before midnight. Hope all will be able to join us.
Love - Grandma

QUILTING BEE

That's what they used to call it, a Quilting Bee. So that's what we are having on Monday & Tuesday (August 10 & 11) getting together to work on finishing our family quilts (a project started a few years ago). Come as early as you would like and ALL are invited to come for Barbecued hamburgers (Monday night) and a sleepover. Waffles for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch.
Love - Grandma

Jessica's new room

We finished Jessica's room and moved her down stairs. She chose the bedding and colors on the walls and helped with the painting. It turned out cute, huh?

A GOOD HABIT

Well, my magnet is back on my car door near the handle. It is so hard to remember to check behind my car before moving it. The magnet is my reminder.
It is as difficult to acquire a good habit as it is to break a bad one!
In the last few days we have had two little two year olds run over by cars backing up. One in a church parking lot (amazingly he will be ok). The other one was in his own drive way and his aunt backed over him. He died.
I can't imagine the heartache and don't want any of us to go through it. So, try to acquire the habit of checking behind your car before moving it. It's a GOOD habit.
Love - Grandma