PROJECTS OF MY OWN

 SCRAPBOOKING 101?

NO IT'S MORE LIKE SCRAPBOOKING  1 OF 12.

  

WHAT WAS I THINKING???

SOME TEN YEARS AGO, AS THE OLDER GRANDKIDS STARTED GRADUATING, I DECIDED IT WOULD BE FUN TO MAKE EACH ONE A SCRAPBOOK OF THE EXCITING TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER.   ELISE CHOSE TO SPEND MANY DAYS HERE, SOMETIMES INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT, WORKING ON HER OWN.  SHE'S EVEN STARTED A SECOND ONE.,(something I won't be doing). ALONG WITH SCRAPBOOKING, COMES TAKING MORE PICTURES. THE YOUNGER GRANDKIDS HAVE ENDED UP WITH MORE PAGES AND LESS YEARS IN THEIR SCRAPBOOKS.  OUT OF ORDER, PROBABLY BECAUSE OLIVIA HOUNDED ME MORE  :) , I AM JUST FINISHING UP SOPHIA'S ALBUM.  I'VE LEARNED, IF I'M GOING TO FINISH IT, IT HAS TO STAY OUT ON THE TABLE.  THUS, BARELY ROOM TO SIT AND HAVE BREAKFAST, AND AN OCCASIONAL DINNER. (It would be telling a story if I said that was the reason we eat dinner out a lot)  ASIDE FROM THE MESSY TABLE, IT'S BEEN FUN RELIVING  THE YEARS THAT HAVE GONE BY TO QUICKLY.  I'VE HAD THOUGHTS OF HANDING DOWN ALL MY EQUIPMENT, BUT THEN WHAT WOULD I DO WHEN THE GREAT GRANDS START COMING?

SAME CHILDREN'S CHOIR

 DIFFERENT GRANDAUGHTER.

ROXANNE IS NOT IN THE CHURCH CHOIR THIS YEAR,
BUT LUCKY FOR US, OLIVIA HAS JOINED!

ALL OF THOSE PRECIOUS VOICES,
 LED BY A WONDERFUL CHOIR DIRECTOR,
CAN FILL A GRANDPARENTS HEART WITH JOY.

ALL THAT SINGING CAN MAKE ANYONE HUNGRY.
NOT THAT HE WAS SINGING, BUT LOOKING AT PAPA'S LUNCH,
THE LISTENING MUST HAVE HAD THE SAME EFFECT .

HOME AGAIN, AND IT WAS TIME FOR OLIVIA, AND ROXANNE  TO GET TO WORK ON THEIR PROJECTS THEY'RE MAKING TO SELL AT A CRAFT FAIR IN ARNOLD.  THESE TWO HAVE BECOME QUITE THE SEAMSTRESSES, MAKING BAGS, APRONS, CASES FOR I PADS AND FOR VARIOUS TECH DEVICES.  IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON MEMORIAL DAY, WANDER ON UP TO ARNOLD AND SEE ALL THEIR WARES AT THE CRAFT FAIR.  YOU MIGHT EVEN WANT TO START YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY :)

EVERY PROJECT HAS IT'S FRUSTRATIONS, AND IF YOU'VE EVER SEWN, YOU KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS WHEN THE BOBBIN ISN'T WORKING RIGHT.  WHILE OLIVIA THOUGHT SHE MIGHT USE THE PLIERS, MOM STEPPED IN WITH A LESS DRASTIC FIX.    

THANK GOD FOR MOMS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY!

 OUR LEAP YEAR BABY JUST TURNED 43 (OR YOU COULD SAY SHE'S 10 FOR ONE MORE YEAR).

THIS YEAR SHE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE LEAP YEAR PART, CELEBRATING BOTH FEB. 28 AND MARCH 1 IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH MIKE AND THE KIDS.

WE MET THEM YESTERDAY TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION.

 LOOK AT THE WONDERFUL VIEW FROM THEIR ROOM.

HAVE A GREAT YEAR, JENNY!

DINNER DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER

THAN HOMEMADE TAMALES!

ELISE' GIRL SCOUTS MADE TAMALES
AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET SOME.

WHAT CAN I SAY?
THEY WERE DELICIOUS!!!
(The mushrooms were part of my salad, not the tamales).

FORGET THE GROUNDHOG

 THESE ARE MY SIGNS OF AN EARLY SPRING.

ARTY IS OUT OF THE FROST COVER , AND LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AS EVER
 ( did we even see any frost this year)?

MY MOUTH IS WATERING IN ANTICIPATION OF THE WONDERFUL ARTICHOKES HE GIVES US.

THE WEATHER IS IN THE MID 70'S (sorry East Coast).

A GREAT TIME FOR SITTING OUTSIDE AND ENJOYING A FROZEN YOGURT.

IT'S SATURDAY

 AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS,

SPORTS, SPORTS,

AND MORE SPORTS.

SOPHIA AND HER FRIEND TAKE TURNS SHOWING OFF THEIR STYLE WHILE WARMING UP FOR THEIR SOCCER GAME.

ALL THAT WARMING UP PAYED OFF,
 WITH HER STRONG KICKS
 HELPING HER TEAM WIN
WITH A SCORE OF 6 TO 2 .
GREAT GAME SOPH!

NEXT CAME SAM'S BASKETBALL GAME.

DO YOU THINK HE WORE HIS RED (and black) SHORTS TO MATCH HIS SHOES, OR BECAUSE IT WAS VALENTINE'S DAY?

HE GETS A LITTLE ADVICE FROM THE COACH BEFORE THE GAME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADVICE WAS,
BUT SAM'S GAME WAS HOT,

HE MADE BASKETS
WITH FREE THROW,

AFTER FREE THROW,

AFTER FREE THROW.

THEY LOST THE GAME, BUT HE SCORED  FIVE OF THE GAME'S POINTS
IN HIS FREE THROWS ALONE.
GREAT GAME SAM!

WHAT'S THIS,
TWO OF OUR LITTLE SOCCER PLAYERS
TRYING THEIR HAND AT BASKETBALL.
JUST A LITTLE HALF TIME ENTERTAINMENT.

HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO PLAY GOLF BEFORE YOU'RE HAPPY WITH YOUR SCORE?

 WELL, DARYL'S BEEN PLAYING, HMM, SINCE HE PLAYED WITH THIS GROUP,

AND LOOKED LIKE THIS, 

IN THE 1980'S,

AND MOST OF THE TIME, COMES HOME FROM A "RELAXING?" DAY ON THE GOLF COURSE, TOTALLY FRUSTRATED.  YESTERDAY HE CAME HOME ELATED, HAVING HAD HIS BEST GAME EVER.  THE FIRST NINE HOLES WEREN'T THAT GREAT, BUT IN THE SECOND NINE HE GOT 6 PARS, 1 BIRDIE, WITH 12 PUTS, FOR A SCORE OF 39.  SO HE TELLS ME, PAR GOLF FOR NINE HOLES IS 36.

YOU KNOW HOW GRANDCHILDREN ARE,

THEY'RE GOING TO ONE UP YOU

WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT.

 LAST NIGHT, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM DANA ALONG WITH THIS PICTURE.  EMILY IS PLAYING GOLF AT CHICO STATE, AND YESTERDAY WON THIS BALL

FOR GETTING A HOLE IN ONE!!!

THIS FROM A GIRL WHO PROBABLY HASN'T PLAYED SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN SHE WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY A GOLF CLUB.  AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, SHE'S RIGHT HANDED AND PLAYS LEFT HANDED.

AS PAPA WOULD SAY, EMILY,

"THE GOLF GOD WAS WITH YOU"