....not a good day 9 years ago but yesterday was a good day.....

.....to be a grandma and as I woke up on this Friday morning wondering what I felt like doing, I quickly realized that I have 7 little friends that I can always call on to put some "life" into my day and that's exactly what I was able to do. Mandy is off to a huge bike ride and Kyle was off to some power camp....so without hesitation, I invited them over for some fun and games grandma style to give their single parents a break. Lauri and I had shopped at a ceramics store in Provo a few weeks ago because the kids like to paint when they come to my house. We were able to do just that and they had a great time producing their masterpieces. McKay, at one point, asked me if his dad liked to do this when he was a kid to which I answered...."no way". If Mason couldn't ride it or throw it, he didn't want anything to do with it but McKay painted 3 dragons and did a mighty fine job but was anxious to get back out to the trampoline to work off some of that nervous energy.

Showing off their works of art.

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Emily came over after school this past week and asked me some questions because she had to write a story about someone she had interviewed. I didn't think much of it but she showed up yesterday with the finished story. It really put a smile on my face. I'm getting old enough that some of the things I did as a kid really are pretty strange and I'm sure kids now days don't really know (or care) what we did so when Emily asked me, I realized..."wow, I'm old and probably sound really strange to this little girl" (wait until I show them my manual typewriter one day). Anyway, it was fun to see what she came up with to write about her ancient grandma!!!!!

I love you too, Emily. More than you'll ever know.