Grandma's Birthday

Way over a month ago we celebrated Grandma Adams' birthday. The grandkiddos that live in Phoenix went to a pottery painting place and each painted a plate for Grandma. Of course this included several photos of Kinsey Lynne. What cannot be captured is the funny stuff that Grandpa was saying throughout the entire day. Grandma and her birthday balloons. Tara made sure that everyone in the pottery place knew that it was Grandma's birthday.
Kinsey in the car.
Kinsey playing with my phone.
What is going on???

Beautiful Girl

Woo hoo! They have finally started!

First they dig a little hole.



Then they pour the foundation...




We will see what they have done today!

Dad to the rescue!

One of my favorite stories from my trip home is when my sister and I went to the mall. As we were getting out of the car I said "Why does it sound like the car is still running?" In the middle of that sentence both of the doors were shut. And sure enough, ,the keys were locked in the car, with it running.
So we called my dad. He came and brought the extra keys. Woo hoo what a knight!
Oh goodness I laughed so hard!

What I like about Iowa...

*GREEN, and pink, purple, yellow, orange: landscaping that does not consist mostly of rock and plants that can survive 115 degrees.

*Dogs that have not seen me in months, and not only know who I am but are happy to see me.

*Cars not locked in the garage where the door is wide open.

*Walking outside after the sun goes down and the temperature being cooler.

*People walking around the neighborhood. I must have seen twenty people on my three mile round trip to the grocery store on Thursday night.

*Friends

*Meeting friend's babies!

*Customer service

*No traffic

*A plethora of Iowa fans! Go Hawks!

*Neighbors that not only know you, but will successfully chase down your naughty dogs for you.

*Strangers saying hello.

*My parent’s house and how there is always something new to discover about it. Let’s play the game “What has changed!”

*Feeling at home.

*The furniture in my parent’s family room and living room that says, “Grab a book and read on me.”

*LOCAL coffee shops, sorry Starbucks. I do still love you.

*Wearing shorts and a t-shirt and knowing that is ok pretty much anywhere I would want to go around these parts.

*The news had 5 minutes worth of people yodeling and other contest winners from the State Fair. AKA, not much bad stuff happens here.

*Cable TV! I know it is terrible, but sometimes you just have to soak in as much HBO original series and repeats of Law and Order and CSI as you can.

Way behind!

I have several ideas for blogs that I want to post! So keep looking! Sorry for the delays.

Love it...