Fathers Day and June Birthdays

We are really lucky with the children area of our life. We were able to spend Father’s Day and celebrate June Birthdays with our twin sons and two of our grandsons. Steak and dad’s macaroni salad were on the menu. Lee cooked the steaks and the rest of us ate and enjoyed the fun times. We had s’mores for desert  

Happy Birthday Ethan

Our youngest grandson just turned 5. Wow, time is speeding ahead! 

Big!

Our son sent us pics of our grandson with an amazing donut 🍩. His big eyes say it all! I miss my little people. I miss my big people too! This little guy is so much like his Dad! 

Grandchildren are the best reward!

Happy Mother’s Day

I had a wonderful day, being totally spoiled by my hubby, even though I’m not his mother! Lol. I heard from all my children which I enjoyed very much. I sent several greetings to friends and family and received  lots of responses back. 

Sarah, Ethan and Lee sent me this picture! So sweet! I’m a lucky mom, wife and g-ma! 

Gratitude

Laton and I have noticed a side effect of this quarantine is a feeling of gratefulness. We are grateful for our home, our friends, our family, food, gas and the fact that we still love each other!  

One of my goals this year is to reread my Simple Abundance series by Sarah Ban Breathnach.  Today’s reading referenced a gratitude journal. Today’s essay starts with the following. 

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision of tomorrow.” -Melody Beattie

Proud Grandparents

Got a sweet note from our daughter Lumara.  A few years ago Laton and I made the little grandsons a blanket with roads and fun things for their matchbox cars. Vance has added to the drawings his grandpa put on the muslin. He added fairy doors to the trees and a store. We love how creative our grandson is!

I’m BACK!

I have been such a slacker about blogging! I’m going to do better! No, really! Laton and I have been busy this summer. 

In May, Laton gave me a birthday trip to Reno, NV to visit our friend Angela! What a fun time! Took the trailer and the dogs. Spent a couple days with our nephew Alan and his wife, Kirsty in Chico, CA. 

Later in the summer we drove to Grand Junction, CO. We met and camped with our son Stephen Hammond and his girlfriend, Biba. We visited with Ty and Debbie, workamper friends. Ty helped Laton fix the air conditioning in our truck. We are so excited to have AC once again.  

The end of August, I flew to Reno and spent 5 days with Angela while Laton went camping on the Rim with the dogs. He picked me up at the airport and took me camping for another week at the Rim. Our good friends, Jennifer and Rob joined us for the week. Lee, Sarah, and son, Ethan joined us for Sunday and Monday. It was a wonderful time.