Life goes on.

Life goes on...YES it does!

And what a busy few months it has been! School, work, projects, house work it all still has to be done and usually with a deadline. So the things that don't have a deadline wait.
Here are a few of the things I have managed to get done ...


Ice cream with Claire
Ice cream with Morgan!

We have had snow!
We have had fires!
I made our church a cross. I also made my mom one for her birthday (that I still need to finish)
We planted our flowerbeds which we are going to finish up this weekend! We also planted a new tree!
We have seen amazing sunsets at lake Tanglewood!
Watched deer!
Enjoyed fun pontoon boat rides!

Claire has been preparing for a ballet recital on May 1st!
Morgan has been preparing for a piano recital on May 15th!

So as you can see we have had plenty of time for fun! haha!

I have also been planning our schools spring lunch and Morgan's 7th birthday party. (a Tangled Tea Party and sleepover/swimming party) Yup its gonna be a doozie!

I will leave you with a few cute pictures I have taken!
Claire in my heels.
Sweet Lily!
Durand and Claire= BFF!

....Today

I'm so tired today.

Morgan has been sick for 4 days and I thought she was better but they called me to pick her up from school... she had a fever. Claire had a fever for a couple of days but has not had one since Monday but now she has pink eye. Caleb has been feeling puny and I'm just tired.(I know there were a lot of run on sentences but I don't care)

I'm upset because I was at my moms house to eat lunch before the funeral when Morgans school called so I had to leave the family gathering.

Today is going to be hard. It already has been. I think I may fall apart at the funeral.

I think I may fall apart right now. :(

Grandpa

My Grandpa passed away last night, he was 99 and 4 months old! He knew times in his life that we cannot imagine. He lived through the Great Depression, and the Dust Bowl and lots of wars. He was a cowboy and worked on a cattle ranch that spanned between Amarillo and New Mexico. It was the largest working ranch within one fence at the time. He also worked at the stockyards here in Amarillo. He married my Grandma, Bernice when he was 19 years old, she was 15 and they had only known each other 2 weeks. They had 9 children and my mom is the baby!

Okay I'm going to list a few things I think of when I picture my Grandpa. Keep in mind I didn't know him until he was a Senior (he was 45 when my mom was born)

~The sound of a cow bell ringing when you open his front door

~Cigars

~Cowboy hats, boots, wranglers

~My Grandma (click to read about her)

~Bacon, crisp fried eggs, milk

for every meal for the last several years of his life/also the smell of it cooking when I'd wake up at his house in the morning

~ Pipes

~Chewing tobacco

~the Flea market

my grandparents had a booth there forever and I loved going to see them after church on Sundays! When Grandma couldn't go anymore we would go relieve him for lunch.

~Garage sales

~A purple van and driving in his 90's...that always made me nervous

~He loved my kids

I'm so thankful that my Grandpa got to meet my children because Grandma didn't. He would always talk to them and coo at them and even play with them.

I was so blessed to have him in my life for such a long time (the odds were against that)

He is the only Grandpa I ever knew, I will truly miss him.

His last words to me were "I love you too, darlin' "