Sunday, December 9, 2012

My little house

Okay, you guys.  I know you've been really missing my blogging.  (not)  I have not had lots to blog about, but I will finally give you a few pictures of our little apartment.  It's pretty tiny, but we've been doing just fine with it.  When we get our house built, I won't know what to do with all the room!  ♥
 In this first picture, I am standing in my living/dining area.  The far door is the entrance, and the door on the right is the bedroom.  In case no one knows, that little rug is the "Roy Rogers Rug" from Mo.  The island in the kitchen is my favorite.  The kitchen sink is at the end.  :)  I can do dishes while actually LOOKING at someone...not have my back to the room. I will certainly give a lot of thought to how my kitchen will be set up when we build the interior of our new place.  Maybe a breakfast bar on the other side of the island???  Hmmmm.....
 Now I am standing by my bedroom door...you can now see my crowded little cooking area.   It isn't too bad, and there is actually a little nook back there, with a cabinet on the opposite side.  This is a very important area...(hint:  coffee pot...)  How about my built-in spice rack?  I ♥ it.  
 With my back to the entry door, you can see my living/dining room.  I should've cleaned it up.  Just out that door, there is an upper deck to enjoy the outdoors....later.  It is covered with mucho snow right now.  And yes, your eyes aren't deceiving you, the wall is sloped.  The outside of our place is barn style, and we get the sloped ceilings in our living and sleeping areas.
 Who votes for the worst picture ever?  ME!!!  The study, a few feet from the kitchen table, has all Jim's book cases, filing cabinets, and table computer desk.  This sweet little corner is very dark, and we have to use lamps...this is where I greedily watch for new blog posts/facebook comments/e-mails...every morning...with a cup of coffee in my hand.  The box on the floor is the ONLY ONE that Jim hasn't unpacked, and it is driving me crazy!!!  It's like to proverbial desk pile...in a box.
 I don't need to say much here.  Note that we poke pillow our little heads back in the sloping abyss to sleep. We have unsuccessfully tried to get touch lamps...we HAD them, and they went crazy...blinking on and off in a constant cycle.  We threw the old ones away...cuz they MUST have been bad.  Bought new ones, and took the time to assemble them, and what do you think?  ugh...same thing...they DON'T cycle in the living room, but in the bedroom where we need them, they go crazy!!!  So, the touch lamps have to go back to the store.  I wonder if Walmart wants an assembled lamp back...
And last but not least, here is my handsome hubby standing IN the kitchen.  He's a pretty good decoration.  Phil wanted a picture, so this is my pitiful really fantastic picture.  No, really, I think my camera has problems.   Don't laugh, it really does have issues.


Thursday, September 13, 2012

Adorable Granddaughters!

The Sunday morning we were with Jeremy and Rebekah and the girls was a treat to watch from the background.  Jeremy was helping the girls get ready, and had them gently brushing out each other's hair.  I took pictures, but my silly camera wasn't working right for some reason.  Madeline stood on a stool and Jeremy coached her how to brush it without pulling too much...work the snarls out gently.  It was too sweet. Makes me all teary-eyed just thinking about it.  Then Susannah took her turn with the brush, and got Mad's hair all smoothed out for mommy to fix with hair pretties.  :)  Sigh...it is a beautiful memory!
These next three pictures should have been a video (Grammie isn't too swift with technology!).  They were twirling in their beautiful Sunday dresses.



This was our park excursion that was close enough to walk.  It was pretty warm out, even in the morning, but the girls had fun.  The park was deserted, so we had it all to ourselves.
Madeline is quite the "slide beauty queen".

 Just TOO fun!
 How I love this girl!  She is the most awesome person!  I have really enjoyed spending time with my adult children!  It is such a joy to see how Rebekah has bloomed as a wife and mother.  I love it.
 ...OH Susannah!...
 Jim worked on his house plans while we played....and played.
 Contentment!  Can you see it?
 The next 2 pictures (though dark because of my camera problems) say it all about my girls and their ♥♥♥watermelon♥♥♥

 So I tried to take a picture of these two, and mentioned how dark the pictures were.  Jeremy said, "Here, do this, and it should look better."  To which Rebekah replied that she didn't think it would work.
 Here is the picture we took after I tried what Jeremy said.  Can you see that Bek is so happy about it?
 And the resulting pictures when Jeremy was right...hahahahahahaha

 Right before we left, I gave Susannah her birthday presents early.  We were not going to be there for her birthday, so I decided to go ahead.  The apron was my favorite, then I added several other things so she could be a little Susannah Homemaker.  :)


How I miss these girls when I don't get to see them for a while!  Love you, Susannah and Madeline!  You too, Bek and Jeremy.  Thank you for making me one of the happiest Grammies ever!  ♥♥

Friday, September 7, 2012

So when we got to Rebekah's place...

...the girls were...what were they doing?

...OH...THEY WERE FLYING A PRINCESS KITE!  They were so adorable chasing it around.

And we went to the park, where Susannah kept hiding from my camera.
But Madeline didn't mind pictures.  :)  Adorable child.
At Wendy's, posing with mom.
Bear-Bear will have 2 of everything, please.
Jeremy and Rebekah took us out to eat @ Roma's (right, Bek?).  Susannah needed the lemon...
And there was a picnic with John Deere tractor rides for the youngsters.

And more rides, just because Bro. John is awesome like that.


It was a pretty hot day, but these TX'ns just go right ahead and have their picnic anyway, softball game and all!  It was great spending time with the PVBC family.  :)

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Finally posting the last of my McEntire pictures from Summer Vacation

 Alisa is so cute!  Her little pink piano is just too adorable.  She looks like she really enjoys it.  THANK YOU, Auntie T!
 And no vacation is complete without the two-headed pictures!  It was great spending time with Heather and Caleb!
 This little one!  This little one!  She is such a sweetie.  I wish I could hold her right now.  Miss her little smile.
 Hannah is such a beautiful child.  I hope she is being a good girl for her momma.  :)  She captured my heart!
 GRAMMIE!  Stop holding me upside-down!  (I have NO idea why the picture went like this...it is sideways in my pictures).
And I thought this picture turned out excellent!  I don't get many pictures of Jim...he isn't too keen on doing last minute pics.  But we got a good one anyway.  :)  I love the expression on Rebekah's face.









Now, on to Rebekah's house...

Thursday, August 30, 2012

busy summer

I have been neglecting this poor blog.  I will eventually be back.  But for now, I am busy getting ready to go hunting with Jim...so excuse me while I go pack my things....

Monday, July 9, 2012

The "Family" pose...

No visit to TX will be complete without the "couch" picture...you know the one...with every grandbaby in our laps and grandpa has to smile too.  :)

Sunday, July 8, 2012

More McEntire visiting time...

Grammie's little helper!
Hannah's blue eyes squeeze my heart!  Love you, Little one.
 Caleb took time off work to be with us.  What a guy.

Time to color!
...serious color time...


Okay, just a little break from coloring....
sniff sniff...I miss her already...
Rebekah Grisel is adorable...

...even her mommy agrees...