IT'S US

WISHING YOU

A HAPPY EASTER!

ROCKFORD, THE DOG, IS SAYING TO ALL OF US,
"SMILE"!

 WE ALL MET AT THE RIANDA'S FOR A DAY

FULL OF FUN.

YOUR NEVER TOO OLD FOR AN EASTER EGG HUNT.

A FEW YEARS BACK, SYDNEY WAS LOOKING FOR EGGS IN THIS SAME SPOT, WITH THOSE SAME BARE FEET, FELL INTO THE ROSE BUSHES AND HER FEET WERE FULL OF THORNS.  GUESS IT MUST NOT HAVE HURT TOO MUCH, SHE SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT.

KEEP HUNTING!

US ADULTS ENJOY THE SUNSHINE
WHILE WATCHING THE KIDS HUNT.

ROCKFORD JOINED IN THE FUN,
FINDING JUST AS MANY EGGS AS THE REST.

WHEN THE EGGS WERE ALL FOUND,
SYD ENJOYED BLOWING BUBBLES.

 PAPA'S STILL CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY.

HE MAY JUST CELEBRATE ALL YEAR LONG.

SEE ROCKFORD'S SMILE?
WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE IS THE FROSTING ON ROCKFORD'S SMILE.
HE ENJOYED ONE CORNER OF THE CAKE'S FROSTING
BEFORE ANY OF THE REST OF US GOT TO IT.

EVERYONE ENJOYED THE DAY,

THE CANDY,

AND THE FUN IN THE SUN!

 NOTE ABBEY ON THE FAR RIGHT, PREGNANT WITH OUR VERY FIRST GREAT GRANDBABY.  FROM THE KICKING THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS DOING TODAY, I'D SAY SHE CAN HARDLY WAIT TO JOIN IN THE FUN.  WE CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT DAY TOO!

 I LOVE THIS PICTURE!
EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE OBLIVIOUS TO THEIR PICTURE BEING TAKEN
EXCEPT FOR OLIVIA
WHO'S STICKING HER TONGUE OUT AT THE CAMERA.
MAYBE AUNT BETTY AND PAPA KNOW THE PICTURE IS BEING TAKEN TOO,
BUT AT LEAST, NO TONGUES OUT FOR THEM.

ANOTHER GREAT EASTER, RIANDAS!
KEEP THIS UP AND WE'LL BE THERE EVERY EASTER.
OH THAT'S RIGHT WE ALREADY ARE, AREN'T WE?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHLEEN!

SHE'S NOT THREE QUARTER'S OF A CENTURY YET,
BUT TODAY SHE CATCHES UP WITH ME!
WE WON'T MENTION HOW OLD THAT IS.

THIS DARLING ONE YEAR OLD

 TURNED THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY OLD TODAY.

TODAY WAS DARYL'S BIRTHDAY, AND WE VENTURED OVER TO HALF MOON BAY.  BRITTNEY JOINED US FOR LUNCH AND A WALK ALONG THE OCEAN, WHICH MADE THE CELEBRATION EVEN BETTER.  WE GOT SO BUSY VISITING THAT I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE "BIRTHDAY BOY".   

 BUT I DID GET A PICTURE OF THE EASTER HORSE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARYL!

YOUR NEXT GOAL,
HITTING THAT CENTURY BIRTHDAY!!!

!

LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES

THIS ONE ARRIVED IN THE MAIL TODAY.

AREN'T THESE THE CUTEST SOCKS EVER!!!
AND THE PEEPS,
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM.
ONE BOX ALREADY DEVOURED,
AND I'M ABOUT TO ATTACK THE OTHER.
THANKS BETTY
 FOR THE FUN AND YUMMY SURPRISE!

EASIER

THE SECOND TIME AROUND!

DARYL HAD THIS TABLE TOGETHER IN NO TIME,
AND WITHOUT ANY SWEARING
I MIGHT ADD.

IS THAT A GOLF CLUB I SEE IN THE CORNER?
IT SURE IS!  THAT'S WHERE HE STORES HIS EQUIPMENT
FOR PUTTING PRACTICE.

WHAT FUN!

AFTER PUTTING THIS COFFEE TABLE TOGETHER YESTERDAY,

I DON'T THINK DARYL WOULD AGREE.

YOU KNOW THAT IKEA DISPOSABLE FURNITURE,

A MILLION BOLTS, SCREWS, AND PEGS LATER- - -

YOU END UP WITH THIS FUN COFFEE TABLE,
TO DECORATE FOR EVERY OCCASION.

AND THE BEST PART,
THERE'S A MATCHING END TABLE
TO BE PUT TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON.
THINK I'LL LEAVE DARYL HERE DOING THAT
WHILE I GO SHOPPING FOR A NEW RUG.
ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER!

AN INTERESTING FACT

I SEEM TO DO MOST OF MY KNITTING

WHILE ON THE ROAD TO GRANDKID'S EVENTS.

NOT BAD FOR TWO EVENTS, HUH?
BUT THAT'S NOT 
THE INTERESTING FACT.

ON OUR WAY TO THE SWIM MEET TODAY, THE RADIO WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU SHOULDN'T KNIT IF YOU'RE A PASSENGER SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT OF A CAR THAT HAS AIR BAGS.  THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ANY CAR THESE DAYS.  THINK ABOUT IT, SHARP OBJECTS IN YOUR HANDS, AIR BAG GOES OFF!  KIND OF SCARY, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT SCARY ENOUGH TO STOP ME FROM KNITTING TODAY.  I DID MAKE SURE MY SEAT WAS BACK AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO.

A RELAXING DAY AT THE POOL

FOR US SPECTATORS ANYWAY!

WE GOT TO THE SWIM MEET TODAY JUST IN TIME TO CATCH THE END OF ROXY'S BACKSTROKE EVENT.
 

 BARELY OUT  LONG ENOUGH TO CATCH HER BREATH,

AND SHE WAS OFF THE BLOCK,

AND IN THE WATER AGAIN.

THIS TIME DOING THE BREAST STROKE.

 NEXT UP WAS OLIVIA

IN THE WATER,

SHOWING US HER MEAN,
HMM- - -IS THIS THE BREAST
OR BUTTERFLY STROKE.

ROXY'S BACK IN THE WATER AGAIN

SWIMMING FREESTYLE
WHILE LIV CHEERS HER ON.

 THE GIRLS EACH FINISHED UP WITH  THE 500.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,BUT I THINK THAT'S TWENTY TIMES THE 

LENGTH OF THE POOL.  MAKES ME TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

OLIVIA WAS FIRST, 

WITH A STRONG STROKE.

BIANCA HELPS OUT, HOLDING THE LAP MARKER
SO LIV KNOWS HOW MANY LAPS SHE HAS TO GO.

 ROXANNE WAS NEXT UP FOR THE 500.
I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE SHE SWAM THIS EVENT.
SHE'S BEEN OUT OF THE WATER
FOR THE LAST MONTH WITH SWIMMERS EAR.

BIANCA, ONCE AGAIN WAS ON LAP MARKER DUTY,
CHEERING ROXY ON IN THE TURN.

LOVE THAT TURN ROXANNE!
GREAT JOB GIRLS!
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!!!

 IF WE HURRIED, 

WE'D BE ABLE TO CATCH SYDNEY'S

THIRD WATER POLO GAME OF THE DAY.

THEY WERE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE,

SO WE WERE THERE IN PLENTY OF TIME.

SYD PLAYED A GOOD GAME ON BOTH OFFENSE, 

 AND DEFENSE. 

THEY PLAYED HARD, BUT LOST TO A VISALIA TEAM.   BACK WHEN MY BOYS WERE IN WRESTLING, THEY WOULD WRESTLE TEAMS FROM FRESNO OR VISALIA,THE FARM COUNTRY.  THE JUSTIFICATION OF LOSING TO THEM WAS THAT THE OTHER TEAM WAS A LOT STRONGER FROM HAVING TO THROW BALES OF HAY ALL DAY LONG. :)  SYDNEY, DON'T LET THE COACH GET WIND OF THIS, OR YOU GIRLS ARE   LIKELY TO BE THROWING THOSE BALES NEXT WEEK!

I SAY, GREAT JOB GIRLS!

 IT WAS A FUN DAY IN THE SUN.

WE NOW HAVE A HEAD START ON OUR SUMMER TANS!

SLOWLY BUT SURELY

WELL, MAYBE MORE SLOWLY THAN SURELY.

I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO DEVOTE TO KNITTING, BUT TODAY ON THE WAY TO WATCH ELISE, I GOT THE FIRST TWO INCHES DONE.  I'M EXCITED!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

A WEE BIT OF IRELAND

CLOSE TO HOME.

ELISE AND SOME OF HER IRISH DANCING GROUP TRAVELED AROUND THE CITY DANCING AT VARIOUS PLACES.  THEY DANCED IN GROUPS,

 THEY DANCED HARD SHOE,

AND THEY DANCED SOFT SHOE.

DANCE, ELISE, DANCE!

THE STUDENTS AT THIS SCHOOL ENJOYED WATCHING.

 NEXT THEY DANCED AT A TINY LITTLE SCHOOL OUT IN THE COUNTRY.  IT WAS FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, AND I BET THE WHOLE SCHOOL DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE THAN SEVENTY FIVE STUDENTS.

THEY DANCED OUT IN THE PLAY YARD,
IN THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE.

THEY DANCED ALONE, AND IN GROUPS.
I THINK THIS WAS THE REEL?
AM I RIGHT ELISE?

 NEXT STOP WAS DOWN TOWN AT A CUTE LITTLE BOUTIQUE.

THEY DANCED RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF IT. 

THEY PROBABLY WORE THEIR SOFT SHOES OUT
DANCING ON THE SIDEWALK.

NOT SO WITH THE HARD SHOES.
YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT STOMPING!

NEXT STOP,
JOHNNY'S BAR AND GRILL.

IT WAS A BIT OF NOSTALGIA SINCE THE OWNER OF THE DANCE COMPANY REMEMBERS IRISH DANCING HERE ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY WHEN SHE WAS A KID.

 

GORDAN CAUGHT UP WITH US, AND YOU COULD PROBABLY GUESS WHERE WE WENT FOR LUNCH,.  THAT'S RIGHT, OUR FAVORITE, THE RUNNING ROOSTER.

THEY WANDERED DOWN THE MAIN STREET

DANCING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO WATCH.
THIS WAS IN FRONT OF THE BANK.

 THIS WAS AT A FAVORITE BAKERY/CAFE IN TOWN.

DANA AND I HAD LUNCH THERE YEARS AGO, AND THE GLASS ON THEIR TABLES IS WHAT PROMPTED ME TO PUT THE GLASS ON OUR DINING ROOM TABLE.

SOME OF OUR DANCERS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE TIRED.
NOT ELISE.,

SHE DANCES ON!

JUST LOOK AT THOSE PASTRIES BEHIND HER.
NOTE TO SELF---
COME BACK AGAIN WHEN I HAVE TIME
TO SIT AND ENJOY SOME OF THEM.

 ONE LAST STOP FOR THE DAY,

TO ENTERTAIN AT THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE.

THIS GROUP OF DANCERS
DANCED THEIR HEART OUT,
AND THEIR FEET OFF TODAY,
AND THEY STILL HAVE ANOTHER PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR THE FUN DAY ELISE.
IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.