"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth" 3 John 1:4: August 2011

Hard to believe another summer has come and gone. This one was no different than the rest. You start off thinking you have so much extra time, but that is only elusive! The end came all too quickly. But I'm always glad we have the pictures to go along with the memories :)

Casey gave Cody tickets to the Broadway production of Mary Poppins in Sacramento for his Christmas gift. I was so excited when Cody asked if I would like to go with him. Loren meet up with us for dinner before the show.

So cool to be able to do this just before Cody left for his Mission Trip. The production was amazing! Cody kept me in touch with what was going on behind the scene's. He's had many years of school drama, community theater and drama tech. He made it even more interesting.

And let the packing begin..........they pack clothing in gallon bags to keep them dry and clean. He said that proved to be a wise move many times.

Everything for the next 10 weeks would have to fit in that brown box.

He made it with room to spare

And so the good-byes started with Katelynne. Kate left the night before to fly down to Irvine, Ca. to help her fiance' move back for the summer.

Cody did everything himself...........we just watched :)

Time to say good-by for 10 weeks :( We left the boy and his box!

Next was the fun time we had with our grandson and granddaughter, Kelden and Hailey. Brian & Angela took a mini vacation for their anniversary and so we divided kids between us and Tim & Casey.

Kelden helping Papa

Whatcha doing Papa?

O.K. now it's MY turn.

Buddies.........hard to believe the kids were wearing coats in late June! We had a amazing summer this year.

Hailey was my helper..........

Always helping in the kitchen and she truly makes the BEST homemade Cinnamon Rolls!

There was even time for a game or two of Racko........Grandma's favorite!

Kelden and his Papa's truck

Keagan made the "All Star" Little League team this year...........so of course there were lots of play off games to watch!

His favorite thing to do is steel bases.........and he's quite good at it!

Batter up! Yeah, that's our grandson!!

Then there was the trip Nana took to New York to pick-up Jaime, Mya and Emily to bring them back to California for 2 weeks to spend with Jaime's family

The girls are ALWAYS ready to fly!!

Things to do on the plane

Then there's the layover in Chicago........
ALWAYS a favorite place to stop a buy
Popcorn @ "Nuts on Clark"

This time they even got to watch it being made.
When I come through here I never go home without their fantastic popcorn

Cheeeeeeze!

So fun when you fly with Grandma...........she can usually pull some strings! The girls loved going into the flight deck!

Hi-fi from the First Officer!

We couldn't figure out why the cat food was disappearing so quickly and the neighbors chickens were all being killed..............we found the culprit!

Loren & his Raccoon

Nothing like the neighbors Turkey's looking in your window

Extraordinary Desserts..........our favorite place in San Diego
It even taste better than it looks, if you can believe that!

A couple of times during the summer when I had a San Diego overnight Loren would catch up with me and we would have a fun get-a-away @ the company expense :)

Leaving for a bike ride in San Diego

A Tatum Bike ride around Coronado Island. Ya, we decided it would be easy to either get killed or get a divorce..........not recommended to do more than once!

Fun times in San Diego

Papa arranged for Zeke and Sarah to surprise Nana with a visit when Nana arrived in
Columbas, Ohio. They drove for 3 hrs. and I was so glad to see them!!