A Really Nice Saturday

Hi Grandson,

Today, August 15th 2009, a Saturday.. was a nice, relaxing day. Grandpa Ernest worked on the Pool House all morning, then he came in and made Grandma some garlic spaghetti (it's so good) and Grandpa and Uncle EJ cleaned the kitchen and cleaned out the refrigerator. Then Grandpa gave me a massage.

Uncle EJ, his friend Tyler and Grandpa took the paint ball guns and went into the woods and spent a few hours hiding and running around shooting each other.

Monday is your dads birthday and he will be 27 years old. I can't believe he will be 27! I wrote him a letter to send with a card. I just love and miss you both so much!

I got my home scanner working today so I want to scan some old photo's to put on your blog. You are so cute, you are a Grandma's dream. I can't wait to show you how much you look like your dad when he was little.

Grandma Loves You and Grandma Loves Your Dad with all my heart!

Uncle Brett Has 6 Less Teeth

Hi Grandson,

I'm spending a few days at Uncle Brett's house because he had 4 wisdom teeth and 2 other teeth pulled yesterday. Me and Uncle Brett are sitting outside on his deck with our laptops. Uncle Brett's dog (Kadence) is chasing bugs.

Grandma rented a bunch of movies yesterday after we came home from the clinic. Uncle Brett slept on the couch. Grandpa Ernest and Uncle EJ surprised us and showed up with Boss and Garlic Wings from Wild Wing Cafe.. and they spent the night and we watched movies. Grandpa had to get up really early to take Uncle EJ to school this morning (his school is almost an hour away from Uncle Brett's).

Today, Uncle Brett and I went browsing around for stuff for his new house. We picked up an amazing coffee table for next to nothing. Grandma is a frugal shopper! Some people call it "cheap"... but Grandma is frugal and looks for good deals. I am not about to pay a lot more for something almost as good that I can get for a lot less! That's just me!

Grandma Loves You!

I'm So Glad it's Saturday!

Hi Grandson,

Today is Saturday, August 8th. I'm so glad it's Saturday! Last week was busy at work and I'm looking forward to just laying around by the pool today.

Your Aunt Stacey is going to her friends wedding today (Billy & Marisa). Aunt Stacey made them a beautiful wedding video. Aunt Stacey & Uncle Ryan have a week off coming up in September and I'm hoping they will be able to come down and visit.

Tomorrow, Grandma is going to Uncle Brett's house. Uncle Brett moved from that big mansion to this house. His new house is much closer to his work and he will be paying less rent. We are going to hang out together, I'll probably pick up a movie and make dinner. Then on Monday morning, Grandma is taking Uncle Brett to get his wisdom teeth removed. I'm going to stay for a couple days and take care of Brett while he is getting better.

Uncle Brett has a new puppy. Her name is Kadence. She is a German Shepard mix. Aunt Brittney & Uncle Luis gave the dog to Uncle Brett for his birthday. The puppy was a stray so it had some problems but Uncle Brett took the puppy to get all her shots and to get treated for the mange and for worms. She is doing much better.

The sun is shining and it's going to be a hot one today! It's supposed to get up in the 90's.

Grandma Loves You!

Summer 2009

Hi Grandson,

I can't believe it's August already! This summer has flown by! We put in a pool this summer and Grandpa is working on finishing the Pool House. The Pool House is really big (32x32). Me and Grandpa hope to spend a lot of time with our family, kids, grandkids for years to come in that pool and pool house! I took a picture today of what it looks like so far.

If you look directly behind the pool house, you will see a hot tub. About 10 feet behind the hot tub is a big creek with waterfalls. The creek runs through all of our property. The sound of the flowing water puts us to sleep at night. It's beautiful.

So far, the pool house is going to have a bar in the middle of it. Above the bar will be a Mansard Roof. Behind the bar will be a bathroom, and behind the bathroom we will have a small kitchen and grill setup. So, if you come and spend time with us, you can go swimming while Grandpa makes you a hamburger on the grill! We also want to have a ping pong table and some lounge furniture in the pool house.

Grandma has seen that you have been having a fun summer too! Your Aunt Stacey has sent me videos of you. I love them all but one of my favorites is of you at Lake Michigan pouring sand down your pants! I will put some of the videos below, at the end of this post.

Seeing you in your videos reminds me of when your dad was little. You two look so much alike and sound so much alike. When your dad would do something fun, he would say, "Do it again" and when you said this in one of the video's, it sounded just like him!

Grandma Loves You!