Snow ....

We've had late season snows before

7 years ago on my 50th birthday, March 22nd we had snow

I figured either it was my birthday present from God as he

knows how much I love it OR it was God mad that I was

hitting 50 years of age!

On the 24th of March this year, we had a really good size snow

It started on Sunday late afternoon and came down really

really fast!! Very quickly we had about 4 inches of snow....I

know that doesn't sound like a lot to folks who are used to

it but here in Virginia, that's a snow we can get excited about!

The next day we had snow flurries on and off all day long

I worked from home so I had the perfect spot to sit

with my laptop to work and watch the snow coming down!

 

later.......

March 17th ....

March 17th came and went and I didn't think about something

I didn't think about the stroke that my husband had

on 3/17/11

On 3/17/12 I thought about it....wrote a post and cried about it

But this year......nope!

Did not even enter my mind on that day

Maybe the fact that our new grandson was just born kept it

off of my mind

or that I was starting vacation and spending it with the new grandson

or maybe I can't or won't dwell on it

whatever the reason......I didn't think about it

and the only reason I thought about it today was because I saw on

Facebook where people were passing around warning signs

of a stroke. And just a FYI.....my hubby had none of those

warning signs!

so I think this means I kicked the stroke to the curb......it won't

consume us! We're just enjoying life too much for that!!

later.......



A new baby ....

A new little baby came into our life on Friday

March 8th at 11:51 pm

weighing in at 7 lbs .05 oz and 20 inches long

with some beautiful blondish / brownish hair

and big blue eyes

So very proud of our daughter Jacquelyn and son-in-law Bucky

 it's just so hard to put into words what grandchildren mean

but I can tell you this......no matter what you have done with your life

no matter where you've been, who you have met, no matter

what path your life has taken, the good and the bad, I can

tell you this ... grandchildren are the very BEST part of life

they are your reward and I can only hope for everyone

that they get to experience that. I'm so happy that so far both

of my daughters have given us grandsons!

and here's some pics of that precious angel

named Declan Liam Mawyer

It was a long day.......here Jacquelyn and Bucky taking
a short nap....

and here's Declan just minutes old

we couldn't believe how alert he was....

pretty cute huh?

I love the way he is looking at Jacquelyn below

it's kind of like "hey mom...we did it"

Aunt Nicole so excited to have a nephew

new daddy Bucky so in love...

I'll get  more pictures up sometime this week

later......

Blogging ....

I hope to do a bunch of blog post soon

I've been neglecting this little blog of mine

Our daughter and son-in-law have been staying with us while some

work was being done on their house

 so we've just been soaking up a bunch of good quality time with them

and now this evening, they are in the hospital awaiting the

arrival of their son, Declan Liam, our grandson!!

hope to catch up soon and have some pics of our

little Irish lad...

later.....

Baby Declan ...

Our newest grandson is due any day now

The excitement I feel is really just indescribable to me

We already have Maddox and Gabe but the excitement

about this newest one is just as exciting

He is officially due March 6th

but we all know he could come any day now

I keep the chalk board up to date

right now the board says 5 days until Declan

just can't wait

later.......