Madeline's Basketball Games

The last two Saturdays, Janet and I have had the pleasure of attending two of Madeline's basketball games. The girls try hard and are showing improvement in the short time they have played. Madeline really enjoys the game and is focused on the game and having a good time, which is what's it is all about. We love our granddaughter!

The Dribble Drive!

Granddaughters!

What two beautiful granddaughers!

Good Weekend

We had a good trip to Charlotte and also enjoyed a good weekend with our family.
We had a rainy Saturday but enjoyed time inside. Sophia enjoyed her PaPaw and MaMaw. We played hide and seek and just had a good time together.

Rebecca made some apple sauce while Janet made a good dinner
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What a sweetie!

My Friend Wilkie

Wilkie Saylor - January 2, 1946 to August 22, 2009
I lost a high school classmate, cousin and friend this weekend when he died suddenly at 63.
Wilkie and I were two of 27 classmates who granduated from tiny Red Bird High School in 1964. Wilkie was an excellent basketball player and a friend to everyone. After high school he went into the Army and served his country honorably and with pride in Veitnam. Wilkie was very patriotic and spent a lot of time later in life showing his respect and appreciation to our men and women in the service.
Wilkie, I salute you my friend. May you rest in peace.

Madeline's Happy Hideout House

Madeline has been with Janet and I at the lake this weekend. We built a lean-to (she calls it a "structure" - perhaps the engineer in her) and she really enjoyed using it as her hideway and place to paint pictures. Janet got her some paint and brushes and she has enjoyed painting.

Sophia and Madeline at Knob Creek

Madeline and Sophia had a great time together this past week and I am glad I was able to get a short movie of them on a little camera. We love our granddaughters!

Fun in Knob Creek at Lincoln's Boyhood Home

I took this video with our little camera and the quality is not the best but the subject is and I could'nt resist posting it. Janet is enjoying let Sophia put her feet into Knob Creek. Dont you just love the way she cleans her hands off!

The time goes by too quickly!

We certainly enjoyed having Mark, for a short time, Rebecca and Sophia this past two weeks. We had a very nice dinner with everyone the first night ,went sightseeing, chilled out at home and had a great weekend at the cabin.Janie and Madeline spend a lot of time with us.It was great seeing our two daughters together a lot and having our granddaughters spend a lot of time together. We decided that we have the two nicest daughters and the sweetest and prettiest granddaughters anywhere!

Relaxing Weekend!

Janet and I had a very good time in Nashville this past weekend. We enjoyed visting the Country Music Museum, took a tour of the RCA recording studio where Elvis and many country stars made their records. The piano I am sitting at was in the recording studio and was used by Elvis when many of his hit records were made. We had a nice dinner and later went to the Grand Ole Opry and saw several of the older country singers who can still belt out a good country song. Our treat was to see Steve Martin, the actor, play a banjo and sing on the Opry. We needed a weekend doing something different and this worked out very well. I'm for meeting the family there again sometime and doing some of this again.

PaPaw and MaMaw having fun!

Janet and I sure enjoyed visiting with Mark and Rebecca and spending lots of time with Sophia this week.

Sophia is really enjoying her nice new deck. She found a tub of water and climbed in.. of course thats what a deck is for!

We played with her in her playroom, ran like a cho-cho train around the house with her (we got tired but she sure didnt), read lots of books and just had a good old time hanging out.

Sophia chilled out while watching the new Dora videos that Madeline and her Aunt Janie sent to her. She really enjoys Dora and yelling "Swiper".

Sophia has developed quite a vocabulary. We were amazed at all the new words she has learned.

This was a very good week for PaPaw and MaMaw to spend time with Sophia and of course Mark and Rebecca. We enjoyed it immensly and can't wait to see her again.

Fun Weekend with Madeline

This was our "Madeline weekend". We went to her soccer game on Friday and she spent the night with us while Steven and Janie were out enjoying an evening together.

The soccer game was exciting as Madeline scored a goal!! Unfortunatley my camera was set on the wrong setting and my soccer pictures are too dark:)

Isnt the patchwork dog cute --- Madeline did all of the art and it turned out super.

Madeline spent the night with us and we were treated with dinner from her "restrant".. She had menus and the whole nine yards.. Quite an imagination this little girl has!

We were happy to have her with us and that Janie and Steven got to go out and have a nice evening! Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary rolled into one!

Fun Weekend with Our Family

Janet and I sure enjoyed this weekend with our family at the cabin. There is nothing better than to hear the words Grandpa, PaPaw, Grandma and Mamaw all with a loving smile. We visited the Grandparents (GreatGrandparents) had some great food, thanks to Janet and the girls and just enhoyed hanging out on a rainy weekend. Over too soon but we look forward to doing it again soon. We love you guys!

We sure enjoyed having our Granddaughter go with us to the Cabin!

We had a chance to visit our "secret hiding place" and place some "signs" designed to confuse others who may be looking to find it.

Of course there was a "cabin" in our cabin made from chairs, blankets and pillows. Grandpa and Grandma assisted in this effort and enjoyed every minute of it!
We really enjoyed having our Granddaughter this weekend and will have to do it soon again when the weather warms up. She loves nature and enjoys being with Grandpa and Grandma and of course we love it!

Born Again American - Click the Line, This is great!

The following link is a very nice song with a great message. Its worth a listen.

http://www.bornagainamerican.org/

Winter Wonderland - I Guess?

This has been quite a weather week. Tuesday started with rain and before the

night was over we had around two inches of ice with another several inches of

snow on top of it- then more ice later in the day. I spent a night in my office

because I didnt want to attempt to drive home. Beautiful to look at

but hard on the roads, trees and the electric lines!

Our nice birch tree in the front yard was split in half. We hope it recovers!

Our big tree in back - not sure if there is damage to the

house or not. Half of it ended up in our neghbors yard. Snow is

fun --- but ice is not!

It was a good day to stay inside and do a nice big puzzle. Janet

and Madeline had a very nice day together!

We were lucky as our power was only out one night

(it wasn't so bad with the gas fireplace)

while Steven, Madeline and Janie's electricity was out all week!

All is well however as none of the family was injured

or anything so we Thank God for the beautiful winter scenery.

We are ready for the ice to melt however!

New Years Day 2009

We enjoyed a quiet New Years Eve and Day with our granddaughter. These pictures are not in order however we had pizza, wrote a story ( I "authored" and she "illustrated") and went to bed early. Today we had a nice breakfast, hung out and later went to the park for a walk. I can't think of a better way to spend the first day of the year!

It was a very nice, quite New Years day. We love our granddaughter!!