Beautiful Iris

Isn't it pretty? My friend gave me quite a few Irises and they are now starting to bloom. Many different colors. He will give me some more when it comes time to divide them. He has a whole garden full of these beautiful flowers. When I was in the hospital he brought me a gorgeous bouquet of Iris and roses.

new construction

bob spent a week and built the new porch railings. they really enhance the house.
what do you think?

we aren't supposed to fly!

it has been a while since i have blogged. things have bee pretty busy and the year started out kind of crazy. the best was getting to visit the horns in tx , even though it was for a root canal by my wonderful grandson neal. that turned iut just fine but it was feb before the crown was on and it was all finished. the rest of feb was pretty uneventful and then on the 3rd of mar i let curiosity get the best of me. you know the saying curiosity killed the cat! well, some workmen were putting cones in the street and of course i wondered why. soooo as i was hurrying out the front door my foot came out of my shoe on the second step and i went flying onto the brick walk.
God did not intend for us to fly like that and i can attest to that. i couldn't move and am so glad that bill was home. he called the paramedics ad they delivered me to ER at kaiser. soon everyone knew i had fallen. the paramedics were friends with others i knew and the phone calls started coming the next day. anyway it tuned out i broke my pelvis and my right arm. not fuN.
the good part though it wasn't my hip! the best part is that all of my family called and i got to talk to them. now it is just taking time to heal. i will!!!!!!
bob built railings on the front porch and i Will USE THEM. will blog a picture later because tey look really great and were a lot of work. they should have been there in the beginning. of course i would have been hurrying and not used them. no more! next month will be MUCH better.

dress up time!!!!!

Matt And Katy and the children all came for dinner last night. Annie , Jack
and Max dressed up and were acting very silly
so Matt took a picture of them. They are
so much fun and what a blessing to
have them come here for dinner
and to play.

rub a dub dub!

Rub a dub dub 5 littles ones in a tub. Isn't this the cutest picture.
They all wanted to take a bath in Grammy's big bathtub. It was just hard to get them all out as they were haveing a good time.

A quick trip!

The last 3 days was so much fun. I was able to spend the time with these adorable little ones and Leslie and Neal. It was a good time and Neal did a root canal for me too. Leslie took me to Audrey and Parker's school and we had lunch with Audrey in the lunchroom. Then we took sa ride to where there is a house being built that they are interested in. It was a quick trip but i loved being able to see them all and really giving them some hugs. It was a great and wonderful 3 days.

Bob and his two little sons!!!! Milo and Tyler
Tyler came to visit over Christmas. He is really a nice young man and because
he is bigger than his dad we forget that he is only 12. He and Milo spent some time together
playing Tyler's new wii game. We enjoyed him as we have not seen him much in
the last few years. Just thought I would share a picture of the 3 of them.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!! What a beautiful day, even though it is raining. We have so much to be grateful for.
The Matt Parker's was here for Christmas Eve dinner and our usual pagent in costume of the manger scene Santa ringing the bells as he left and running upstairs to see if he filled the stockings.
Rob and Breanne came by in the morning about 11:30 in the morning and and left Emeri and Broxton then they left for the hospital. At 7:15 Christmas Eve they gave us a new great grandson. Matt and Katy were here so there was alot of excitment.

Matt and Katy had some last minute things to do so they left the babies with us so we had 6 babies to love for the day. Tyler was here for a visit and he really helped with all of the little ones. He has turned into such a nice, gentle boy.

After everyone left- (Rob's parents came after Emeri and Broxton to take them home to their own beds) we went to the hospital to meet Kaius. what a beautiful baby boy. This of course is not unusual as all of our babies are beautiful.

We miss all of the rest of our family but you are in our thoughts and we know you will all have a wonderful day. Love you all.

A view of Christmas long ago!!!

This was about 1954-55. Notice the very large TV in the

corner. The tree was decorated with large cookies that

we decorated. The pattern for the cookies were taken

from color books and then painted with a paint brush and

frosting. The boys would put all of the cookies out on

Christmas eve before they went to bed and Santa would

bring a tree and on Christmas morning low and behold there

was a decorated tree with all of the packages underneath.

It was a fun tradition and lasted for quite a few years.

Now all 3 of these little boys are grandfathers. Where did

the time go?????

Happy Birthday

Today is special because it is Ginger's Birthday

Have a very happy birthday!!!!!

Love you.

Grammy and Grampy

Elves and Faries

Our Christmas tree with all of the silly elves.
They just sit there and look around. I think that they like it
because they are up high and can see the whole room.





The faries, Charlie and Liley ( Annie and Jack named them), brought a
small fairy Christmas tree. We woke up one morning and there it was.
I am not sure how they got it though their little fairy door but it is really
pretty and they look like they like it too.













The Nutcrackers didn't see them either but then I am not
sure they could tell us anyway.

Happy Birthday

A Special Day.
Today is our Leslie's Birthday.
Happy Birthday to a very special Granddaughter.
Love you very much
Grammy and Grampy

New baby!!!!!!!!

Today is a special day!!!!!Our 25th great grandchild entered the world. Her mommy and daddy are Cashel and James McCrory. Her wt was 8lbs 9 oz. I am sure Cashel will send out announcements. Chelsey has put it on facebook for those who read it. Hopefull pictures will be coming.
Luke Parker and new baby Cali Faith have the same birthday only Luke is 2 and Cali is brand new!
Breanne is due soon so we will be patiently waiting to hear the news from her. She hasn't found out whether she is having a boy or a girl. As she has one of each either will be wonderful.
Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving.

Freddy the elphent! (Annie's spelling)

Annie wrote and illustrated this story on the way to our
house for dinner last Sunday.

Another Special Day!!!!!

another picture

Quite a family. I just got the pictures and this is one with most of us. Ginger, Ethan,Andrew and Sophie are missing as well as Aaron, Heather, Cayden, Ella and Clara.

Parker Boys and mom

Our 3 sons taken at the Parker Reunion

Lots of hugs and thank you's

This is a note to the members of my wonderful family. Thank you all for making this one of the very best weekends of my life. This was the first time that all of us have been together and I hope it isn't the last but one never knows. The cousins all had a good time playing together and I so enjoyed watching them. Many of our friends know we have a large family but they could really see them this weekend. I know it was a effort financially and otherwise for you all to be here but I just want you ALL to know how very much you are appreciated and loved. I am truly blessed.
Thank you, Thank you.
Lots of hugs
Grammy

A suprise!

Chelsey tagged herself in a video.
Chelsey thought that Brad was working and would not be able to come to California so he really surprised her. Thought all of you who aren't on facebook would like to see the video.
This was a wonderful few days and I will never forget how much it meant to me to see all of my family together at one time. It actually worked!!!!! I am so blessed with beautiful, loving and precious sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Love them all so much.

Happy Birthday Mimi

Happy Birthday to a very special Grandaughter. We love you and hope you have a very great day.

See you Friday!!!!!!!!