My Grandma!

Saturday we got to go see my grandma in the nursing home. A couple days before we went and she remembered that I was her granddaughter but she didn't say my name so we weren't sure if she remembered it. This time, she remembered my name. I was really surprised. She wanted me to sit in her lap. She said "I thought this morning - I hope my daughter will come to see me today - and then you came" She was thrilled we were there. Mom asked her if she needed anything and she said that she needed her to come see her. My heart broke. I can't imagine being in her position. I sure wish I was closer so I could go see her too. I remember so many great times with my grandma. She was super at card games. I remember cheating just so I could win at Pounce. I stayed with them in the summers sometimes and I remember bringing Grandpa (he has been gone for almost 8 years now) his coffee and together they would read the Bible and pray for the missionaries who had birthdays on that day. Grandma was so loving. She would stand at the door when Grandpa would leave for work and stay there and wave until she couldn't see him anymore. Throughout the years Grandma has done so many funny things. I wouldn't even know where to start. We love Grandma dearly!!!

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Extra Zero

Has this happened to you? You put an extra zero when cooking in the microwave? These potatoes were supposed to be for the kids and were to only cook for 3 minutes. Instead of 3:00 it was 30:00 and we didn't know it until smoke started coming out of the microwave. Me and mom were talking and cooking at the same time. On top of that the steak fingers got burned while we were addressing the potatoes in the microwave and a paper towel got a little too close to the stove. We decided that we should have gone out to eat. The food was great but that certainly was "one of those days".

"Mema Camp" The Details

Well, I am home now after being in Texas for 9 days. I went for many different reasons: April Lewis - a friend from high school and a bridesmaid at my wedding - had a baby shower. She is due in November (I think). Another reason was for VBS. Mom was in charge of it this year and asked me to teach the 9, 10, & 11 year old Bible study lessons, so I did. VBS was in the morning and after that we did "Mema Camp" activities.

Day 1: We went to Silver Falls to "climb mountains". The kids had a great time here as well as myself. Silver Falls is a rest stop on the way from Lubbock to Dickens (were my parents live). It is a really cool place to picnic and explore. It was about 102' degrees outside so we thought we might stay for an hour or so. Everyone gets out of the car and Mema says, "Oh, my goodness!" She had locked the keys in the car along with her cell phone. I went and used a man's phone in the office and called dad. He was in a meeting and wasn't able to send anyone for help until 3 hours later. We were exhausted. Here are some pictures of Silver Falls.

This picture is at the discovery of the locked keys.Ian fell asleep on the way home. The black stuff on his fingers was tar from the road.
Day 2: We went to the swimming pool in Crosbyton - sorry no pictures. We had a great time. I thought it would be stressful having to keep my eye out on 7 kids but Madisyn, Maci, & Shannon all were good swimmers & helpers at times to the 4 that couldn't swim. Nia is 6 and is fine in the part she can touch so she wasn't that hard. The 3 littles ones, Ian, Kori, & Emi all couldn't swim and could barely touch the bottom of the pool. They were good about staying in their floaties. We had lots of contests. Most of the kids got to stand up on my shoulders and do tricks. I had such a good time there, I know the kids did too. These pictures are the sleeping arrangements.
Well now we know that Emily (2.5) & Nia (6) are REALLLLY GOOD friends. It was so cute to see them together.
Day 3: We decided to stay home to allow naps for the little ones and me. After naps we had a Talent Show. We had a big & small group so that the little kids wouldn't be competing with the bigger ones. The categorizes were:
Playing an instrument won by Madisyn & Emi
Singing won by Nia & Ian
Funny Faces won by Shannon & Ian
Paper Design won by Madisyn & Emi
Dancing won by Nia & Ian
Fashion won by Maci & Kori
Hair Design won by Maci & Kori & Emi
Drawing won by Shannon & Kori
Pictures would have been cute for this but unfortunately I didn't take any. Sorry!

Day 4 (last day) we went to Joyland!!! All week long we had been cramped in Mema's car so we decided to take the church van to Lubbock so we would have enough room. Here are some pictures.



Becky & Kori had an incident on a ride. They are both doing better now. The process of how it happened & the ride are to hard to describe. Thanks Mema & Papa for letting us have this camp. WE HAD A BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Mema Camp"

Apologies to those who view my website frequently. I have been at my mom's enjoying and helping with "Mema Camp". This was intended for all grandkids to spend a few days at Mema's & Papa's house. Tucker didn't want to be away from his mom (Becky, my sister) for that long and Nate (Kevin, my brother's youngest and only son)just turned a year old and we didn't think he would be able to do all the activities we had planned. So we had 7 kids: Madisyn (11), Maci (10), Shannon (8), Nia (6), Kori (4), Ian (3), & Emi (2). On top of that mom was in charge of VBS this week so needlessly to say, WE WERE BUSY!!! If you were to ask right now if "Mema Camp" was going to be on the agenda for next summer, we would tell you to ask in a couple months. Right now we are worn out. I will post pictures later.