QUILTER'S INJURED RESERVE LIST

BREAKING NEWS...

GMAMA

 HAS BEEN PUT ON THE 

QUILTER'S INJURED RESERVE LIST

I know what you're thinking...

Sidekick Scott has been playing Doctor with the Band-aids and Grandmama has played Patient.  

Nope, truth is I made this mess all on my own.  How many times have you warned your children to not touch the inside rim of a tin can after the lid has been removed by a can opener?  If you had a nickel for every time, you would be rich, Right? 

WELL.........

Following my own advice has never been my strong suit, so, yesterday morning when I was feeding my dogs, I lost control of the situation and ended up with my right hand, MY QUILTING HAND, looking like THIS!

My hand was bleeding like a Stuck Hog!

You're asking, "HOW ON EARTH, did she cut herself THAT many times in THAT many places?"

Trust me, I've asked myself the same thing.  Unfortunately, when the TRAGEDY was unfolding, I wasn't counting how many times I grabbed the SAME Stinkin' metal flap on the rim of the dog food can!  My Border Collie, Hank, kept *herding* me into a corner of the laundry room and for some unknown reason I kept grabbing the tin can in the same place, slicing a nice little hunk of my hand each time.  It was as though I was moving in slow motion in a pool of mud.

Blood's pouring from each gash...SIX at last count...when, mercifully, I FINALLY untangle my arms/hands with Hank's legs and that lethal tail wagging at 90mph!

I immediately head for the First Aid box and I suppose the above picture tells the story better than a thousand words.

Needless to say I won't be winning any bandaging contests!

So for the next few days, a box of Band-Aids, and a tube of Neosporin, 

My Stitching will need to take a severe backseat to trying to get my Boo-Boo's all healed up.

I have, however, discovered the secret to Faster Healing.................

Sidekick Scott kissed every BooBoo on Grandmama's hand and proudly pronounced,

"Now, it's all better Grandmama"

YOU BETCHA!!!

Blessings

MAKING MEMORIES

Baby Girl and Gmama

It was just one of those days!  A day that goes down in the family history books as a 

Bonafide MEMORY!

My original reason for starting a blog was to chronicle my family's stories, special moments, milestones, and "Days of Our Lives"... (that used to be my favorite soap opera back when Bo & Hope were chasing each other all over Europe to get married.  Remember that?)  But I digress...I guess today is as good a day as any to *chase rabbits*  LOL!  I couldn't resist... my sister, Queen of Puns, will be proud of me on that one. 

 Ok, now back to my original thought...  

Today was simply a day when everything went right.  The entire crew, ALL 12, made it to the early Worship service ON TIME.  I have to admit I did come home after worship and skipped Sunday School so I could get all the food ready for the onslaught of hungry mouths ready to descend at 12:00. 

My 5 Little Grandpeeps!

 Baby Girl had spent the night so as to not have a long drive to the early service which meant I had use of her Martha Stewart Magic Wand.  She can clean, cook, and decorate all in one motion or so it seems.  In reality, I could finish cooking while she put the table together and made sure all the small details were handled. 

 Now, don't judge when you see Chinet plates on my Easter Table.  I have NEVER EVER used paper plates for Holiday dinners until last Thanksgiving and now Easter 2012.  My 3 girls had an "INTERVENTION" of sorts and insisted I go with a simpler plan if I wanted their help in the aftermath called CLEAN UP!  Since I simply don't have the mojo to "do-it-all" anymore, I relented.

Easter Dinner Table 2012

After the last bite of fresh strawberry shortcake, the party moved to the backyard.  Strawberries are in season even earlier this year due to the mild winter!!  Woo Hoo!!

I wish I had more pictures of the festivities outdoor but I was having too much fun watching the Easter egg hunt.  I saw an idea on Pinterest to colorcode the eggs designated for the little peeps.  About 2 dozne eggs had designs which meant they were only eligible to be found by Scott and James.  James could use his walker this year to hunt Easter Eggs!!!  A Huge FIRST!!!

Mary Ellen #2, Anna Laura #3, Matthew #1

The hats are in honor of my mother who wore a hat to church every Sunday!

My mother claimed hats hid her inability to fix her own hair!!

An impulsive purchase at the local Family Dollar, proved to be the Big Hit of the Day!!  Ladder Toss is a popular game seen with campers and tailgaters.  I picked the game up for $20 and we got $100 of fun out of it!  I can't remember how long it has been since I've seen #1 husband letting lose to play a game.  He's always working on a farm project but today #1 relaxed and played along with the kids.  The noise we made laughing and cheering could be heard 1/3 mile away at my MIL's house!!  Those of us waiting our turn listened to Baby Girl tell her "stories" and were laughing so hard our sides hurt.  No one can tell a story quite like Baby Girl.  She is the comic relief in this family.

Plans for this week include a 5 minute trek to Brown's Strawberry Farm for some more fresh picked strawberries.  At $13 per gallon I can't afford to buy too many but they are so hard to resist.

Next on the docket, I have several embroidery projects in the pipeline which make good hand work

while I watch Sidekick Scott play outside.  He has made me promise to buy some fresh sand for the Turtle sandbox so a trip to the local building supply store will provide a fresh load of sand for 2012.

Sidekick will go to Pre-School half day next year and I'm already dreading the separation anxiety...MINE NOT SCOTT's!!!

EASTER SUNDAY 2012

He's Alive, He's Alive 

He's Alive 

and

I'm Forgiven, 

Heaven's Gates are Open Wide

He's Alive!

On this Resurrection Sunday, 
I'm so very grateful for my precious family
here on this earth!
I'm Eternally grateful for the price that Jesus paid on that Old Rugged Cross
for ME!
I don't understand why but I claim God's promise that His ways are higher than my ways, and His thoughts are higher than my thoughts.

I will get to spend eternity asking all the questions I have and hear the answers from the Saints of old. 
I can hardly wait to talk with Peter, that hot head, so much like me...open mouth...insert foot!
Just think, what it will be like to sit with Esther, Naomi, Ruth, Debra, ...Wow, what a Quilting Party that will be!!

BLESSINGS

5 REASONS I LOVE NEW FABRIC

5 Reasons I Love New Fabric

WALK IN THE WOODS

Aneela Hoey  for Moda Fabrics

Charm Packages;  A Walk in the Woods & Little Apples

By Aneela Hoey for Moda

1.  I Love getting Packages in the Mail.  I especially love to come home and find a package on my front porch and then Thank the Good Lord my dogs didn't decide to have that package for lunch.  Opening it up to find fabric all folded and packaged so nicely.

2.  Opening the package and spreading out all my new goodies on the kitchen table.  I love looking at the packaging and deciding what I'm going to open first!  I chose 'Walk in the Wood's by Aneela Hoey for Moda.  She designs the most unique lines of fabric.  Do you see the second Charm package," Little Apples"?

Isn't this the cutest fabric??  I think I may combine both charm packets and make a charm quilt since I can't stand cutting into even one little square.  It will be my first charm quilt!

3.  Deciding what project will make the best use of the new fabric?  Right now, a charm quilt is my first choice but I'd love some suggestions.

4.  Picking out a just right container for my new fabric.  I'm all about using cute baskets, pretty boxes or plastic containers.  Dollar General, Family Dollar, The Dollar Tree are three of my favorite haunts for cute and cheap containers.

5.  The Feel of New Fabric!!  I'm partial to Kona Snow...aaahhh..the feel of that new white fabric makes me think of FRESH!  I didn't take a picture but I got 2 yrds. of Kona Snow with the two charm packages of  "A Walk in the Woods" and "Little Apples" .  I also bought a downloadable embroidery pattern by the same fabric designer Aneela Hoey, called "Cherry on the Tree Swing".

I can't wait to start on this quilt and use the embroidery pattern in some of the blocks.  My creative juices are running wild.  Any suggestions???

Remember Tomorrow is Easter Sunday

If you have any prayer requests, updates, praise reports just email them to me at

 jehillis@gmail.com

Blessings

EASTER WEEK DAYBOOK

EASTER WEEK

Outside my window...the sun has gone behind approaching storm clouds.  As much as I don't like rainy days, my garden is very thirsty.

What I'm Thinking...I'm planning my Easter Dinner menu in my head and after reading another Grandmother's blog post, making a list of goodies to buy at Dollar General for the Grandpeeps Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday afternoon. She had bought Hula hoops, Bubbles, and feed sacks for a sack race.  I will need to adjust items to fit ages of the 5 peeps.  I'm thinking a Badminton set might go over with the 3 oldest.  I might have to see if I can still knock ye old shuttlecock over the net.

Easter Menu Rough Draft...Spiral Sliced Ham, Mashed potatoes, Killer Mac n Cheese (combination of my recipe and my sister's recipe), Fresh Green Beans, Deviled Eggs, Josh's Salad (SIL makes the best salads!), Sister Schubert's Rolls, Marie Calender's RazzleDazzleBerry Pie, Sweet Tea

Favorite Easter Outfit...  7th grade was the first year I could wear panty hose.  My outfit was a Lime Green Shift dress with matching lime green gloves!  I thought I was Fabulous...ahh the ignorance of youth

Secret Admission...the only candy I really liked in my Easter Basket was the marshmallow peeps.  I never really liked jelly beans and my basket was usually 75% jelly beans!  No toys, nothing but candy!  I felt ripped off by the Easter Bunny!

Biggest Easter Surprise...the year we had 11 inches of SNOW the week before Easter.  I wore my new spring outfit with my snow boots!  This was in West Virginia in the 60's

Made the Biggest Impression..Easter Sunrise Services..were held in a local cemetery of all places but there was a hill that was used to depict Golgatha. The three wooden crosses were permanently placed on that hill throughout the year.  Most years a short Easter drama 

Best Easter Accessory...Easter HATS!!!  My mother loved loved loved Hats and she ALWAYS wore a hat on Easter Sunday.  I remember being little, sitting in the pew and not being able to see the preacher because of all the ladies wearing hats!  My daughters now try to always wear a hat in memory of their Grandmother. 

Fun Memory...going to G.C.Murphy Store, walking down those big wide creaky wooden steps and as I got halfway down I could see and hear the Colored Easter Chicks of all the green, yellow, purple, blue, pink, orange baby chicks.  Of course, some animal rights people deemed the coloring unsafe so we can't have Colored Easter chicks anymore...Boo Hoo  Side Note...we have 6 little Easter chicks bought for my daughter's photography business and are now living here on the farm.

My Easter Wish...that more families would worship together in the House of God especially at Easter Time.  Nothing can compare with my memories of church Easter egg hunts, Easter Passion Plays, Choir Specials, Easter finery, HATS, and pictures of the Stone rolled away on that old borrowed tomb so long ago that gives me the promise of Eternal Life!

Scripture: the scene is after the Crucifixion of Christ, Jesus has died, total darkness has descended at 3:00 in the afternoon, an earthquake has occurred, graves opened and bodies of the Saints were raised to life...

 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God"

Matthew 27: 54

BLESSINGS

Prayer Request Sunday APRIL 1st

Welcome to Prayer Request Sunday

Palm Sunday Edition

April 1st, 2012

Baby Max is HOME!!!  Here is what Patricia writes

Baby Max is finally home and doing great!  I thought you would like to know this joyous news!

love,
patricia

I'm overjoyed as I'm sure all of you who have been praying for Baby Max these past few weeks.  The little boy who started PRS is HOME... on Palm Sunday no less!  Patricia, please keep us in the loop with his progress and give our blessings to Baby Max's family!

That is the only request/praise report I received this week.  Let us continue to keep Josie, Jannette, "b", and all the others from past Sundays in our prayers.  God knows the need and can supply the  answer.  The Bible says He knows the number of hairs on our head.

I'm getting a late start on writing this post.  In fact, it's early Sunday morning, coffee is on, and I will be headed upstairs to get ready for church as soon as I finish writing my post.

Today is Palm Sunday in the Christian Calendar.  The Day Christ rode through the streets on the back of a donkey while the crowd waved large palm leaves and shouted Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna !!  Their adulation was Loud and Proud. Yet, in the very next few days these same revelers would be shouting, "Give us Barrabas" when given the choice to save a known "thug of that day" or Jesus Christ, who's only crime was healing on the Sabbath and... Oh yes, claim to be the Son of God!  Of course this is the condensed version but you get the picture.

I used to Love Palm Sunday as a child especially when my Sunday School Teacher would bring something resembling a palm fern and let us wave our palms as we marched around that  little Sunday School classroom.  I would bring my Palm leaf home determined to save it by putting it in a glass of water.  The picture of Jesus riding on a lowly donkey while the people waved Palm leaves in His honor made an indelible mark on this child's memory.  I could envision myself waving my palm branch and was certain that I would have NEVER joined in with the crowd a week later in choosing Barrabas.  My child like heart knew without a doubt, I would CHOOSE JESUS.

The years have flown by and as I reflect on THIS Palm Sunday of 2012, I am reminded of that little girl who waved her palm leaf and said she would always choose Jesus.  I think about the times throughout the years I have acted like the crowd and how God in His mercy has given me Grace.

Why?  Because the blood of Jesus on that Old Rugged Cross, 2000 yrs ago was shed for me...Jane Hillis...and because the simple lessons learned as a child in Sunday School are still true today...April 1st. 2012.

I Choose Jesus!

Blessings

GRANDCHILDREN...ISMS

This post is mainly for those of us old and lucky enough to have Grandchildren.  You think you love your children...wait til you have Grandchildren!

If you ever get down on yourself, just listen to what your grandchildren think or say about you.

Clay  7 yrs.

Clay to Grandmama while eating supper:  "Grandmama, I think you should have a show on the Cooking Channel.  I believe you would win!"

Grandmama:  "Sweetheart, Grandmama just cooks plain food, not fancy food like on TV."

Clay:  "Oh no Grandmama, those shows don't have YOUR food.  It's the best.!"

***Sound of my Heart melting***

Ryan  10 yr.

Ryan has sleep issues and often has trouble falling asleep.  Last Sat. morning after a sleepover at my house Ryan stands beside me and eyes me eyeball to eyeball with a big grin because he loves being almost as tall as his short little Grandmama.  

Ryan to Grandmama:  "I don't know why, but I get the best sleep I've ever had when I sleep here."

Grandmama:  "I think you just feel safe."

Ryan:  "I wish I could sleep here every night!"

***I HEART that boy!***

Emma Grace  7yr.

Emma Grace is my only Granddaughter!  She LOVES to sew and we often sew together on Saturday afternoons.  She BEGS to stay with me 24/7 and wants to copy everything I do in my sewing room.  Santa brought her a small sewing machine (Santa Grandmama) with sewing carry-all and fabric.  You can see how I have it set up with her machine back to back with mine.  I'm teaching her to thread her machine (which just happens to be on the kaputs right now) and sew a straight line.  She can chain stitch blocks usinf leaders and enders!!  Emma Grace and I made her American Doll two dresses last Saturday.  We both got so tickled when I got my thread all tangled up and cut out the pattern wrong TWICE!! 

EMMA GRACE to Grandmama:  "Grandmama, you are such a silly Grandmama!  You showed me it's OK to make mistakes."

Grandmama thinking to herself:  "Sure, that's what I was doing!  I MEANT to make those mistakes to teach you a lesson." LOL

SCOTT's Sweet 3 yr. old picture

Scott after having his hair buzzed because he decided to "cut" his own hair.  He butchered his hair to the point buzzing it off was the only option.  I'm asking him to make a funny face for the camera!

Scott beats to his own drum, has a very dry deadpan wit, has no filter from what he thinks to what comes out his mouth, doesn't warm up to strangers, yet very loving to small circle of adult family members and a few outsiders.  He will come up to me at some point every day and say, "I need some Pettin' "  At that point, I stop whatever I'm doing, put him in my lap, rock, sing, kiss and pat his back!  Well, wouldn't you???

SCOTT to a Substitute Sunday School Teacher he has never met:  "I like my Mama and my Grandmama, but I don't like you." 

Scott to Grandmama:  "You're the bestest Grandmama in the whole world!"  BIG HUG

Tell us what you really think, Scott!

James  4 1/2 yr.

James is the only Grandchild to call me Grandmommy

During the 3 week intensive Physical Therapy Camp at UAB Children's Hospital in February, He refused to eat any of the cakes provided by the volunteers who brought meals each day to the Ronald McDonald House.  Cake is one of his FAVORITE desserts! One day someone offered James a piece of cake and James replied,

"My Grandmommy makes MY cakes!"

***HEART MELTING***

Thank you for indulging me my blogging friends

 but these 5 human beings are who rock my world, give me my mojo, make me want to get up each morning, give me my purpose, and make me feel loved unconditionally.  

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness

NATIONAL CEREBRAL PALSY AWARENESS 

March 2012

The Face of Cerebral Palsy

My Grandson James

age 4 1/2

Born 8 weeks premature due to inutero stroke

Doctors prognosis in the beginning was that James would "most likely" use a wheelchair most of his life!

But then....

They left out God in that equation

and look at him now!!

James Standing!

James and cousins at church!

James standing in Adeli Suit during Therapy

Baby James BEFORE SDR surgery in St. Louis

Isn't he a cutie patootie?!

James doing laundry!!  Notice, he's STANDING!!!

Yes, THIS IS the FACE of Cerebral Palsy!

A Happy Normal Little Boy

who is loved beyond measure

and a BLESSING to our Family!

WE LOVE YOU

JAMES PATRICK

Blessings

PRAYER REQUEST SUNDAY MARCH 25TH

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE

PRAYER REQUEST SUNDAY

MARCH 25TH, 2012

Apple Blossoms on our Farm

I attended a funeral today.  The 16 yr. old son of a friend and former student of mine, lost his life Wednesday afternoon on his way home from Golf Practice.  Jeremy was so thrilled to have made his first "Eagle" that he called Grandmama on his cell phone to brag.  Minutes later, J.R. ran off the berm of the road, jerked the wheel to over-correct, and hit an embankment, ejecting his body from the truck because J.R. wasn't wearing a seat belt.  A family is left to grieve.  Remember this picture from the tornadoes?  My Granddaughter's best friend??  It was her brother who was killed on Wed.  Sad how one death, one life, touches so many people.

HOWEVER...

In their grief, the strength of the Pinder Family's Faith was demonstrated in today's Memorial.  J.R.'s life was Celebrated all the while giving testimony to the One who Gives Life!  My DIL put it this way, "We Had Church!"  That's southern for The preachin' and the singin' was awesome and lives were saved!  People left the funeral feeling uplifted and Hopeful!!  That's the kind of funeral I want when my time here on earth is over!

Let's pray together for each other this week!  Pray for each of us to be encouraged and to be an encourager.  I'm resolving to distance myself from toxic people and toxic situations.  Life is way too short for negativity.  This year on my birthday, I was having a pity party so I decided to write 59 Blessings in my life...one for each year of my life.  I started off gang busters but I'm embarrassed to say I had to think hard beginning around 35 or so.  It was then that I thought of you Marlene and your 1,000 Blessings project.  I went back and read a few of Marlene's posts (StitchinBytheLake)and realized blessings are found in the smaller details of life rather than the BIG or the SHOWY.

Prayer Requests for Week of March 25th, 2012

1.  BABY MAX:

Happy Saturday morning!  Max had his 6 week post op cath yesterday and everything looked great.  They put a tiny stint in one of his other veins to keep it open but there does not seem to be any narrowing of the veins that were reconstructed.  Max is doing well on his new formula and gaining weight.  The doctor told Gina that she and Max could fly home this upcoming Friday if everything goes well this week.  How is that for a testimony for the Prayer Warriors group and of course, God?

Patricia

2. RONDELL 

Requests prayer for her sister Judy, 11 yrs. older who helped raise her while their mother was sick for a time.  Rondell asked me to pray for Judy's procedure on Thursday.  Everything went fine with Judy's procedure and Rondell feels a huge relief from the worry and anxiety.  Does anyone have a sibling they are particularly close with?  Then you can understand Rondell's anxiety for Judy!  Rondell feels like God directed her to our prayer group!  I most definitely do!!  God does not deal in coincidences, He is the author of divine appointments.

3.  CATHY, www.followJesusChristAlone.blogspot.com

It's one of those "coincidences" that I even found Cathy's blog.  She was lamenting losing her blog AND her followers and having to make this quickie temporary blog until she could figure out what happened.  Can you imagine going to your blog like you've done hundreds of time and find it GONE!!!  Yep, GONE, NADA, VANISHED, ZILCHO and along with her blog went all her followers.  Cathy didn't say how many followers but it wasn't important.  She was so distraught because all she had following currently was 8 people.  She's trying to email former followers and get the word out about what happened.  I would be SO SAD to Lose even one of you!  Anyhoo...

I clicked the follow button, wrote her an encouraging note, and in return got the most grateful thank-you.  I told her we would pray for her because her blog is all about sharing the Savior.  Now who do we all know that HATES having the Love of Christ shared with a lost and dying world???  Sounds like a little spiritual warfare going on to me...if you believe in that sort of thing...and I DO!!  So...if you feel led, go visit, Follow and give Cathy some encouragement!

4.  PRAISE:  Marlene says we can remove her BIL from our prayer list due to his successful adapting to the low vision.  Prayers have been answered!

5.  JOSIE M.:  Has an upcoming Dr. appt. hoping to get some answers for symptoms she's having as well as unexplained weight loss.  

Josie's friend Jennifer who has cancer and 2 small children, will begin Chemo soon.  Ok Prayer Warriors, this one needs some TNT!

6.  PINDER family:  Loss of their son, J.R.

We will celebrate EASTER in 2 weeks!!  How does your family celebrate Easter?  Share with us your family's Easter traditions.  Invite your followers to join us each Sunday with their prayer requests.

SPRING ON THE FARM

NEW LIFE ALL AROUND

TWO WEEK OLD BABY CHICKS  

Here on the farm, the circle of Life is Alive and Well!  Is there anything cuter than baby chicks?  Sidekick Scott doesn't think so. He gets so excited when I catch one and let him pet her little head.   Every day their little chick fuzz recedes making way for real feathers.  In 4-6 months, these little girls will be producing enough eggs to feed my big family.  But for now, they're babies needing food, water and warmth.  

My oldest two grandsons caught me a little off guard this evening when they asked if people came from eggs??  I took a moment to collect my thoughts but fortunately, PaPaw was near by, heard the question and gave a perfect answer.  I was so relieved and I honestly can't tell you what he said.  All I know is we escaped...barely...an in depth session on the *Birds and the Bees*.  Whew!  The girls prefer the red feeder over the silver one.. little fashionistas.

APPLE BLOSSOMS

I'm actually surprised these trees are blooming after the SEVERE pruning #1 husband gave them in the fall.  I guess he knew what he was doing after all...shhh don't tell him I said that.  I'll never hear the end of that one!

Here is my 8 yr. old grandson playing with our Beagle Copper.  Doesn't Copper look like you feel when getting a massage...like Oh this feels so good...keep it up...don't ever leave me...Over to the right...now, down the back....ooooooohhhhh!

Playing with the dog in a clover patch outside the Barn on a warm sunny Spring afternoon at Grandmama's and PaPaw's house.  Does life get any better than this???

Clay and Copper

Dogwood Tree in my front yard.  I sit on my front porch swing or in the rocking chair and enjoy the 3 dogwood trees in the very front of the house.  Regardless of when Easter arrives, late March or late April, these dogwood trees ALWAYS bloom before Easter Sunday!

My Gazebo Bird Feeder

I filled this feeder up TWO days ago and look how much has been eaten?!  I have hundreds of birds feeding from my birdfeeders.  One of my favorite Spring spots to sew or quilt is on the front porch while watching my birds and solving all the world's problems.

Two Year Old White Grape Vines

 My Oak Leaf Hydrangea budding out.  I'm not happy with the placement of these 2 Hydrangea bushes due to their size and unruliness right at my back bay window.  I want a more groomed look here but the bushes are too heavily rooted to move them safely.  I've just got to go with it.

Do you see him?  Choco?  That's our new horse peeping around the tree to see what I'm doing AND to find out if I'm going to feed him. Ha!!  Choco, my man, I don't do horses.  You'll have to wait on Mr. Gmama if you want food.  

Meet BUCK..37 yrs. old..I had no idea horses lived so long!

Buck is an ideal saddle horse for the Grandpeeps.  Buck is so gentle and sweet. 

 My daughter used to get on him bareback.

Meet BILL...as in Feed Bill...

that name came from the Mister during one of his,"I'm tired of buying feed for these horses I'm going to sell every last one." phase!

This is what he does EVERY evening beginning around 4:30 until someone comes to feed him.

Sweet Babies playing outside on a Friday after school at Gmama's

Right after I took this shot, Scott gets stuck in the seat because the seat-belt wouldn't unlatch.  I almost had to cut it but we convinced Scott to somehow back up and crawl out of the seat while we held the swing very still.  Trama Trama Trama!  and you thought it was all calm around here! Ha!

BTW, I do know how to spell Trauma correctly, but back when #1 daughter was in college, she would call home with a seemingly earth shattering problem or situation and I would make fun of her by saying Trama Trama Trama (short /a/ sound)  I'm so sympathetic to Drama Queen

 teen-agers...

and...Last but not least

The most hysterical picture of them all

EG sliding *gracefully* down the slide.  That girl is one in a million!

This is how the evening ended.....

Tummies full, baths taken, nests made for movie night, "The Adventures of Tin Tin", 

and Popcorn!

I am a very Blessed Grandmama

Sad Note:  In the circle of life, death is inevitable but when it happens too soon and so tragically your heart grieves so deeply for those left behind.  Wed. night, a friend, former student of mine, and mother to my granddaughter's best friend, lost her 16 yr. old son in a tragic truck accident.  He was coming home after golf practice and had just called to tell his grandmother about his first "eagle" during practice, when he hung up the phone, took a curve at too high a speed, hit an embankment and died instantly.  Please pray for the Pinder family!

May I remind you about Prayer Request Sunday Tomorrow.  If you have a need , praise, or update, please get it to me by this evening.  I will write my post late Sat. night.  Please tell any of your blogging friends that you think may enjoy our prayer group to be sure to stop by anytime Sunday.  MY email is jehillis@gmail.com

Blessings