We had a great weekend. Dave and I took Holly and her two boys, Jaxon 3 and Dallas 5 weeks, to visit their Great-Grandparents. We had an enjoyable ride down. We made all the usual stops for treats and the bathroom. The boys are very good travelers. Jaxon loved the bridge over the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry. We walked out on the bridge and watched Condors flying above the river and people in boat on the river.
When we arrived and Grandma and Grandpa's house they had dinner ready as always. Grandma Mae is always ready to feed us. They thought the boys were darling and Grandpa spent a lot of time just holding Dallas and watching him.
Dave and I got up early and went to the shooting range. Holly and the boys spent the day with Grandma and Grandpa. Holly said it was nice to just visit with her Grandparents one on one. How fortunate she is to be able to visit with them as an adult. I don't know how that is. My maternal Grandparents were gone by the time I was 6 months old and my paternal Grandfather died at age 50 and my Grandmother Esplin died when I was just 10 years old, so I didn't really get to really experience having grandparents.
Our children are very lucky to still have Dave's parents here to visit with and see their children. My parents have been gone for many years. ( Mom died in 1989 and Dad died in 1998) - but the kid have some memories of them.
Our grandchildren have gotten to know their Great Grand Parents which most kids don't have the opportunity to do. Izaic, Lindzee and Izabel are old enough to really know them.
We got up early on Sunday and loaded the truck to go to the range for another day. I wish we could have stayed longer. Holly tended the children at the range with the help of our good friend Connie Murdica. She had her 3 year old Grandson with her so the boys had a great time playing in the dirt with the dump trucks Dave bought them. It was a long day and then we started home about 4 p.m.
We enjoyed the shooting and I won the 3 gun championship for the Southwest Region. Dave shot okay. Our friend Lou (Connie's Husband) won the 4 gun.
We didn't get home until after midnight so Monday was a very hard day - but we had such a great weekend!
3 comments:
Sue I just found your blog.. I had no idea you had one. This is going to be a great way to check out what you are up to. Who knows maybe I will have create one too. I am little computer challenged though. So excited about cute Dallas
I'm so glad you started a blog so we can read about what your family is up to! It sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. I agree that Holly is lucky to be able to talk to her grandparents as an adult. A couple of weeks ago I stopped by grandma and grandpa's house just to say hi and got to talk to them one on one and hear stories about grandpa's life. It was such a neat experience.
I'm excited to read your updates! Love,
Laura (Jones) Fletcher
My mom had fun visiting with you too, we always seem to hear about it after you are gone but maybe next time we will catch you! Glad it was a good time!
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