As you come to him, the living Stone--rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him--you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2: 4-5

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Fun at Grandma's

When my parents retired, they had one goal: Move somewhere my dad could fish every day and build a house where the children and grandchildren would want to visit. And they did both. They live on Lake Oconee in a beautiful development and they built a great house. They have two boats for fishing and tubing, a dock for sunning, several pools, golf courses, a neat park for the kids. It's perfect for summer and spring. But wait, you say, it is spring. Let me rephrase that. It's perfect when it feels like spring. Lucky for them (and for us!), we love Grandma and Grandpa just as much as all the fun stuff at their house. We spent our first day enjoying our time with them.
But first....there was business to take care of. See this cute little plastic squeaky sailor toy? My grandmother had it when I was little and probably before that. Harmless and cute, huh? Um....unless you are Hannah, and then it is absolutely terrifying. For a good year, she refused to open the toy cabinet in the breakfast room and we couldn't figure out why. Then at our last visit, we figured it out. She was afraid of this little guy. So with "the scary sailor toy" put up on a shelf, we were ready to have fun!

Grandma wasn't home when we got here, so Hannah convinced Grandpa to color. Charlotte got out of the car, took one look at Grandpa, screamed, and ran for my arms. It took a few minutes, but she soon got acclimated and spent most of her time looking out the window.
Hannah and big sister Sarah showing Dino the scenery. Yes, Dino came with us. Ach!
"Mom, I know you told me to leave Dino at home, but he would miss me too much!"
And Grandma always has popsicles!
Look at that hair! (I know that she really hasn't done anything special by finally growing hair, but I am just so incredibly proud of it!! yes, I know I'm lame!)
Tomorrow promises to be better. A little warmer, a little more sunny, and hopefully a little more outside fun!

12 comments:

  1. Visiting you back from UBP! Grandparents really are Grand... mine both retired when I had The Girl Child and are just super with my kids. Thank you for your kind words... not-so-little families like yours give me hope! :)

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  2. Look at your beautiful family!!

    I see (from above commenter) that you are doing the UBP -- and from your comment on mine that you are following the blogging through the gospels!

    Thanks for your wonderful comment on my blog!
    I am excited to follow your journey!

    And I am just overflowing with blessings because of the different things I have found -- Amy's blogging through the gospels, the block party... it is just amazing!!
    Have an awesome day!

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  3. Thanks for stopping by our blog! We're following you back from the UBP :)

    Looks like such a fun visit! It's spring here too, but it doesn't always feel like it. My inlaws have a river house and we love spending summer weekends there :)

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  4. following from UBP. We are a family of 6 so I know the craziness.

    http://noguilelifeandotherstoriesfromautism.blogspot.com/

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  5. Thanks for your comment on my blog. Your baby is adorable! I have one 1.5 years as well. It must be such fun to live on a lake, it must be great visitng grandparents who live near the water.

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  6. That is one of my ultimate favorite bible verses. Living stones! It just makes me all excited every time I read it.
    It looks like you have an adorable family. Happy UBP11!

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  7. That little sailor is a bit scary :)
    Love that last picture, so cute! My grandparents used to háček a cabin right outside of Yellowstone. It was so fun to go visit them with all of the cousins.

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  8. I am visiting from the UBP. I love finding new Christian blogs. I hope you will come visit me! Your family is beautiful!

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  9. Thanks for visiting my blog. Your kids are so sweet!

    How cute about the scary sailor toy. My kids are sensitive like that too...

    Happy UBP!!!

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  10. So nice to meet you! What a beautiful family you have! Your two youngest ones are about the same age as my two- they are going on 4 (next month) and 18 months. I came from a family of four girls (I'm #2 of 4)...now ranging in age from 40 (my older sister) to 23 (my baby sister). Fun fun fun! :)

    Thanks for coming by my blog!

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  11. How wonderful yourparents could realize their dream, and what a great gathering place. It warms my heart to see all of your children being able to enoy their grandparents, what a blessing.
    Thank you for visiting on my little blog via the UBP.

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  12. Howdy!

    Its so great for grandparents and grandchildren to spend time together!!

    I am so happy to have found your blog. I am stopping in from the Ultimate Blog Party and this is my very first year participating and this is SO VERY exciting!! LOL

    Anyhow...please stop by my blogs and follow whenever you get the opportunity:

    So Stylilized is where I am currently offering FREE Custom Blog Designs at http://sostylilized.blogspot.com/2011/04/ultimate-blog-party.html

    And...Jessica Lil Corner is where I am blogging about family and life at http://jessicaslilcorner.blogspot.com/2011/04/ultimate-blog-party.html

    I welcome your visit at either or both of my blogs and hope to have you stop by and follow really soon!!

    Have a very blessed day!! :0)

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