My Grandchildren!! MY Favorite Subject!!

Madison told her Mom today that "SPA-GHITTO's eat our blood"...of course that is Mosquitto's...LOL Not sure where that came from but it is CUTE!!

Chase and Aiden wanted to 'sleep-over' at Grandma's house last night! Chase said: "Grandma, I am hungry"...I said: "didn't you eat dinner?" His immediate response without even giving any thought to it..."No! My Mom doesn't feed us REAL FOOD!!" I said: "She doesn't?" He said: "Nope, that is why I am hungry". So when Cindi came to pick him up...I asked her: "Why don't you feed my Grandsons REAL FOOD??" She looked at me like: 'what do you mean?' I said: "well, Chase says you don't feed them REAL FOOD"...she said: "as opposed to FAKE FOOD?" I said: "I guess so...but you need to start feeding them REAL FOOD!" She replied: "I guess so!!" We had a good laugh over that!! We were watching T.V. then all of a sudden Chase said: "Grandma, I need to see my Mom"...so he called Cindi and she came and got him! Aiden said he wanted to stay!! About an hour later...Aiden said: "Grandma, I want to go to my home cuz that is where my Mom and my Chase are"...so I called Cindi and told her that I would bring him home!! SO MUCH for the sleepovers!! They do well when there are other Grandchildren having a 'sleep over' at Grandma's...hmmmmmmm I think maybe that means that Grandfather and Grandma aren't quite as entertaining as they should be?? What do you think?? lol

Cindi and the boys were over at our house today. The boys were jumping on the sofa and Cindi said: "Are you guys allowed to jump on Grandma's furniture??" They said: "NO" and Chase kept jumping and Cindi said: "Chase I told you to quit jumping on Grandma's couch" and the reply from Chase was: " Mom, you didn't count to 3"!!! Sorry Cindi, but he was right...you didn't count to 3!!! lol Art Linkletter was right when he said: "KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS!!!"

Chase has learned to use Cindi's phone to call 'Grandma and Grandfather'...we get probably 8-10 calls a day...he is so cute!! The phone rings and I answer it...pretty much knowing it is Chase. I say: "Hello" and he says: "Hi Grandma, this is Chase, what ya doin?" I say: "not much, Chase, what are you doing?" He then says: "want to talk to my Mom??" He is so excited that he knows how to call 'Grandma' on the phone!! I am excited too just to see what he is going to tell me!!

I just have to share with all of you because you never know what they are going to say next!! LOL

NEWSFLASH!!!

My Aiden and Chase had a 'sleep over' at Grandma's house last night and stayed the whole night!!! YAY!!!! They have tried before a few times but just couldn't do it and had to go home!! Hailey was sleeping over because she has a late start at school today and I had to go to the Family History Center so she went to Cindi's until I was through! When I went to pick her up, Madison was at Cindi's and she wanted to come to sleep over too. Then Aiden and Chase decided that they wanted to 'sleep over' at Grandma's too!! Cind and I thought: 'yeah right'...lol!! I asked them: "are you going to stay the whole night?" They said: "Yes"...they always have good intentions but they are only '3' and is is HARD to stay away from 'MOM' at that age!! So...I am soooooooooo excited that my twin Grandsons were able to 'sleep over' the whole night!!! Chase came in to my bedroom at 3:29am and said: " he wanted to go home" and I said: "but your Mom will have to come get you and it is the middle of the night, so why don't you just sleep with Grandma?" He said: "OK...and climbed in the bed and fell right back to sleep!!! I am sooooooooooo proud of them!! I just asked Aiden if "he is excited that he 'slept over' at Grandma's the whole night?" He said: "Chase isn't waking up??" lol He was concerned about his brother...I said: "he is just tired' and Aiden said: "OH...we slept over all night at Grandma's?" I said: "YEP" and he clapped his hands and said: "YEA...we did it!!!" Our boys are 'growing up'...:) Like I said in an earlier post: "I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE having 'sleep overs' with my Grandchildren"...especially when it is a 'FIRST TIME'!!! I just had to 'share' our EXCITING NEWS with you all!!!

I was fixing dinner so it would be ready for Dennis, Sr. when he came home from Reffing BB! The phone rang and it was Chase...he said: "Grandma, are you coming for dinner?" I said:"I don't know, am I supposed to??" He said: "You wanna talk to my Mom?" I said: "Sure". Cindi got on the phone and said: "Apparently Chase has his mind set on Grandma coming to dinner". I told her I wasn't sure if I could...we hung up!! The phone rang...it was Chase..."Grandma dinner is ready for you". I said: "it is??" He said "yep" then Cindi got on the phone and said: "We can't say the Blessing on the food until 'Grandma' gets here"...so, I went to their house for dinner!!! Those boys really love to have Grandma and Grandfather come to their house or them come to our house!! Delicious dinner...Cindi!! Thanks!! Love you guys!!

I am super excited!! A Missionary from when we were in Alabama just found me in Facebook...although I didn't know I was 'lost'!! lol Elder Rick Vandenhole found me in FB and I had been looking for him for years!! He asked me about Elder Ed Loggins and I told him I had been looking for him for years also!! The very next day I got a message from Rick saying he had found ED in facebook also!! Ed didn't know he was lost either!! lol So, I got an email from Ed this morning letting me know where he is and how he and his family are!! YAY!!! for Facebook and being reconnected with precious friends and family that you thought you lost!!! Well...I didn't think I had lost 'family' but now I can keep up with them in Facebook, too bad we get busy with our lives and don't keep in touch!! But, it seems I'm never too busy for Facebook and this blog!! At least people can find me easier??!!

Chase called me this morning to see if I wanted to come watch "Madagascar 2" with them!! I told him maybe later!! Talk to ya soon, Noma

I love having 'sleepovers' with my Grandchildren! We usually have one every weekend, Emilee, Kathryn, Hailey and Madison! There have been a few times when Chase and Aiden want to have a 'sleepover' with Grandma! We watch a movie, eat popcorn, talk about whatever they want to talk about. Things go GREAT and then the movie is over...then they want to have a 'sleepover' with their Mom!! I always try to talk them into staying with me but they are very persistent that they want their Mom. So, it is fun while it lasts...one day they will stay and 'sleep over' and that will be very exciting for me...espeicially!! One day maybe my Grandchildren in Texas and Missouri can come have 'sleepovers' with Grandma...that will be wonderful for me since I don't get to see them 'real' often!! I LOVE my Grandchildren...but I must say that the bumper sticker I have seen: "If I would have known Grandchildren would be so much fun I would have had them first" is NOT how I feel!! I wouldn't miss having my Children first cuz they have been and still are the 'HIGHLIGHT' of my life!! I LOVE being a Mother and a Grandma!! So...the 'sleepovers' will continue and the FUN will be the highlight of my life at the moment!! I LOVE to spoil my Grandchildren...what else does a Grandma have time to do??

Cindi, Aiden and Chase came to get me today to go walkng around Prospect Lake and I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth. I heard them outside the door and Chase said: "Where is Granma?? What is she thinking? We gotta go walking!!" Those boys can turn a really 'crummy' day into a day of 'sunshine' because they are such sweet, loving, tenderhearted boys!! Cindi...you are a wonderful Mom and you are doing an AMAZING job raising your boys!!! I love you all, Mom and Grandma

Missing my Parents!!

Today is the 46th Anniversary of my Father passing away! I was only 14 years old and it was pretty devastating!! I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for the plan of salvation and knowing that "Families Are Forever". My mother passed away in 1977, 31 years ago Jan. 27th. It has been a long time since I lost them but it doesn't get any easier when Father's Day, Mother's Day and their birthdays come. I would pray that you all treat your parents with a lot of love and respect like my Children and Grandchildren treat me...they couldn't be more WONDERFUL!! I love my Children and Grandchildren "BIG MUCH"!!!

Testing...Testing...123

Since I am so computer illiterate, Cindi is here trying to teach me how to enhance my blog and actually start blogging. So here goes...wish Cindi and I luck cuz she has quite a challenge to get her Mom to where she needs to be to do this 'blogging' thing!! PLEASE give us some feedback and 'show me some love' so that I don't give up!!