Yowzah! Is it true that April is nearly gone?!

So here are a few pics from my new camera (Panasonic Lumix point & shoot). I'm pretty happy with it; just need to learn better picture taking and how to use settings.

I have one question: who are these kids and why are they always in my camera???

I did warn you that a lot of my pics would include grandkids! These are the first four. The next three are below:

Ruby, second from left in mama Ashleigh's arms; Jude, second from right in mama Hannah's belly; and surprise baby number 7, far right in mama DeAnna's belly.

One perk of being grandma is the time you can spend playing with toys; I mean playing with grandkids. I helped Luna make a Playmobil hotel, complete with a garden restaurant shown here.

Signs of spring in my garden

Hannah and Bryan's chickens Emily and Mavis. Sad to report that Mavis disappeared a few days ago; the end of Mavis as seen below.

Took a little hike the other day with Mick and Ash.

I love this picture of Asher

To sum up April: Spring is here, the weather is great, my family is the best.

Ta ta for now.

Holding to my resolution...

It's the end of March and I'm posting a quick blog since my new year resolution was to blog at least once a month. I'm on the verge of buying a new camera, so hope to blog more often when I have fun pics to share. Truth be told, Mick and I have a fairly boring life without the kids and grands, so be warned that most blogs may include a baby or two or three.

Well, just for fun, here are a few random images I found on the kitchen computer.

We have THE BEST Santa in Juneau. Luna spent several minutes on his lap and he was talking so sweetly to her. And that beard is real!

I'll leave you with this: the cutest little stories about ickle and Lardee can be found at mymilktoof.blogspot.com. I recommend you begin with the oldest post in March 2009 and read your way forward.

Later gator....

Puzzled...

Here's what I've been up to lately. It's the biggest puzzle I've ever done, but as you can see, it's a pretty easy one, even with 2000 pieces. I really thought it would be on our table for a few more days, but it only took two days to complete.

Let me be the first...

to announce the arrival of our newest grandbaby: Ruby Winter Ewing was born to Dan and Ashleigh at 7:38 this morning. She weighed 7lbs 4 oz, has lots of wavy dark hair and is beautiful! Everything went well for both mom and baby and we are all in love with her! Sorry I don't have any pictures to post, but watch Hannah and Asheigh's blogs soon.

Resolution...

I have been sooooo bad about blogging. My last blog was nearly 4 months ago. FOUR! My excuse for not blogging lately is the camera/picture thing. All of our pics from the trip south in October were uploaded by my sweet hubby, and I have not taken time to sit down and go through them. AND, we gave away our camera and have not yet replaced it. So, this blog is just a "hello again" and let you know I've not up and died yet.
As of today, I am very excited about our 5th grandbaby, to arrive any time now. Can't wait to see who he/she looks like. Even though it's # 5, each one is very special to us in their own way and we guarantee to love and spoil him/her very much!
My only new year resolution is to blog at least once a month; but don't hold it against me if I fail a time or two. Hopefully, this little blog will inspire me to write again soon.
Ciao!

Voila'

Finally finished! Our new bathroom & laundry are complete and lovely to my eyes.

Here's a reminder of what it started as:

TA DA!

A broom closet is just inside to the right, not visible from this angle.

Thank you Timmy! My visions have come to fruition.

Starfish

The new caption photo was taken in Sitka this past weekend. We had so much fun at the beach. I have some more great photos I'll post some time.