♥ Harlow - 9 months & 10 months ♥

Baby girl is growing like a weed!

 

She is walking now, and is showing us all her independence early...  Her teeth are continuing to come in and she loves to clap and play peek-a boo!!!

Fall Into Fall Swap

 

 

With Fall right around the corner and Pumpkin Spice Latte making its appearance ....

Neely, Tracy & Erin sponsored this fun Fall inspired swap!!

I was paired up with Kristen who sent me this fun package!!! 

A sampling of some of her favorite things; the Fall issue of Women's Day, a wonderful Fall nail color, a bag of Brach's candy corn, a Starbuck's gift card (WOOT WOOT) and a simply lovely Fall inspired scarf. 
Thank you Kristen for giving me a peek into who you are ~

Thank you Tracy, Erin & Neely for a fun Fall Swap ♥

♥ Harlow - 7 months & 8 months ♥

Our 'baby' granddaughter is growing much too fast...

Harlow is now sitting, crawling and standing on her own, she is SO close to walking :-)

7 months

8 months

*~* Aloha Friday *~*

Welcome to Aloha Friday!!!

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is a day to take it easy

and look forward to the weekend.

I'll ask a simple question for you to answer, nothing that requires a lengthy response.

You can leave your response in my comments -

If you’d like to participate, post your own question on your blog

and leave your link here

Remember to visit the other participants!

It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends ~

My question...

What is your favorite way to start the day?

My answer is:

Call it corney, but my favorite way to start the day is waking up next to my husband of 34 years!!  What else could be a great start to the day???
We are early risers even on the weekends...
I love starting our days (ususally weekends) with a cup of coffee on our patio.  We have recently overhauled the backyard which makes this time even more special.  The hummingbirds frequent the feeders in the early mornings which I enjoy so much. 
The quiet of the mornings are so calming to me and we speak softly to keep our conversations between us - so special!

What's your answer??

Seattle!!!

We recently travelled to Seattle to visit Son and Daughter-in-Law ~

It's always a pleasure to visit family and the beautifully green State of Washington!!! 

This trip was made more special by it being our granddaughters first airplane ride. 

Baby girl slept most of the flight and arrived with smiles!!

We all enjoyed having everyone together, it had been 6 months

since Uncle Bubba had seen his niece and Aunt Little Feet

hadn't seen her since she was two weeks old!!

Baby girl immediately took to her Uncle, who had her laughing all week ♥

For the last three years part of the family has participated in a

half marathon/marathon in the Seattle area. 

This was my 5th half marathon this year and

brings my lifetime total of half marathons to 12!!!

We were fortunate enough to catch the Dale Chihuly display ~ 

Trust me when I say if this display comes to a city near you GO.SEE.IT!!!

Absolutely fabulous display of glass blowing genius...

After 31 years and 4 trips to Seattle, SIL (PC) finally visited the Space Needle!!

Our visit came to a close following a backyard BBQ

with several of our Seattle 'family' in attendance. 

As you can see the Sun made an appearance!!

Uncle Bubba feeding Baby Girl fresh fruit...

Until next time... Goodbye Seattle and all of your lovely greenery ♥ ♥

5 years later and a baby

In celebration of dear daughter and her prince charming marking

 their 5th wedding anniversary and their daughter turning 6 months,

we recently visited the site of their wedding for pictures.

Their wedding photographer Randy of Borel Photography

took some amazing shots and Grandpa and I were humbled

to be included in the shoot!!

Amazing to see our Ohana growing!!!

.**Copyright released to Clent by Borel Photography**

~~* Aloha Friday *~~

Welcome to Aloha Friday!!!

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is a day to take it easy

and look forward to the weekend.

I'll ask a simple question for you to answer, nothing that requires a lengthy response.

You can leave your response in my comments -

If you’d like to participate, post your own question on your blog

and leave your link here

Remember to visit the other participants!

It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends ~

My question...

Describe the longest road trip you've ever taken!

My answer is:

Although I have been on longer road trips than this particular 8 hours to Los Angeles,

 THE.LONGEST road trip I took was following a call

we received from a teammate of our son telling us

he had been hit in the face by a ball from a pitching machine!

Dear hubs and I set out around midnight and drove straight through

to Southern California with barely any words spoken. 

We were both so focused on getting to our son's side and making sure that he was alright.

He did receive a broken nose and small fractures around his eye & cheek,

but all has since healed well...

What's your answer??

Here I am!!!

It has been a bit, but I think of you all often! 

May be a bit long-ish post, but I'll try to bring you up to date.

I, along with dear daughter, son-in-law and my friend Shelley

ran the inagural 'Running of the Elk' in our hometown of Elk Grove, CA.

This was my 3rd half marathon of the season...

 Baby girl turned 5 months!

She is just the light of our lives...

 With Spring's arrival came the return of our dove family!!

This is Momma dove's second year visiting, last year she had six hatches...

Each hatch produced two babes!

These two are her first of this season!!

 Another month passed...  Baby Girl turned 6 months!!

She is riding a rocking horse made by my parents for her Momma

when she was a baby!!!

So happy I held on to it and got these shots...

 This shot makes me SO happy!

Momma dove returned... We thought she would not ~

After the previous shot of her new babes something

snatched them from the nest :-(

We have secured a safer planter for her and added shades

to hide her & her babies from predators!!!

 A little photo shoot at a local ranch

afforded me these gorgeous shots of a wheat field.

Hope you are enjoying your Spring/Summer...  Summer vacation has begun for kids already!!