I think I'm the luckiest grandma in the world. I"m so fortunate to have my grandkids so close by. I complain that Shana's kids live an hour a way but then I have to realize it could be much worse and they could be out of state. Thank goodness they aren't.Makinley loves when I pick her up at the school bus. Today she ran to me and jumped into my arms. Wow!! Way to make my day!
We picked up Gentry and off we went. We met Papa for lunch and it was so cute. Makinley said "I love it when Papa meets us for lunch too." After we had lunch we came to our place and the girls and I made some cookies for them to take home. Of course they loved it. I had bought some new lipstick and we all put it on. I couldn't resist leaving my lips on their cheeks.
I told the girls about when I was little and how much I loved going to my Grandmas house. My grandma was incredible to me. She taught me how to crochet, we played many, many games, we would watch the Lawrence Welk show, eat maple nut ice-cream, walk to town with her little cart behind us. Oh how I loved my grandma. I remember seeing her many times on her knees at her bed saying her prayers. She was from England and had the cutest accent. I used to have tears in my eyes as we drove off and Grandma was at the door waving goodbye to us. She died on Christmas Eve and that was the hardest Christmas ever. It was the 2nd time I had ever seen my dad cry. He loved her so much. (it was his motherinlaw). He called her Lizzy to make her mad. Her name was Elizabeth and wanted to be called Elizabeth. lol
I hope I can be the kind of grandma that she was to me. I loved spending my weekends with her. I never realized how important the calling of being a "Grandma" would be. I never realized how much joy all my little sweethearts could bring to me. I pray that I will be able to be healthy for many years to come so that I can watch them grow up and have them come to our home to spend time with us.
Thank you Makinley and Gentry for sharing your time with Grandma today. I love you!
6 comments:
For sure your grandkids will have lots of awesome memories with you. What a blessing to be able to spend time with them like you do!
Those are the cutest pictures!!! :) You are the best grama ever! They will always cherish those times spent with you for sure!! I wish I would have known your grama and your mom!! I feel like I missed out!! :(
And I love that lipstick!! That color looks good on you! I may have to borrow it! :)
What a beautiful post. Being a grandma is the best. Today I had my girls here and we sewed pillows together, it was so fun.
Neat to hear about your gramma, I have so many neat memories of little grandma Pyne that I will cherish forever.
About my blog, I did the neatest thing and when I get my camera so I can put the pictures on my computer, I will blog about it.
My blog has always been for the purpose of a journal and I had it put in a book. I will do that every so many years and then get it off my computer. I wanna show it to you and tell you more sometime. Love Ya!
Chris, I am such an idiot, I wrote you a comment on My Blog so read it again.
You are such a fun grandma! cute pictures:)
Awww! You are such a fun and sweet grandma!
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