Uncle Ron came to AZ

This last Thursday Grandma Pearl met Uncle Ron up in Billings and together they drove down to AZ in Grandma's new car. She still had the car she purchased 20 years ago, so Ron found a nice 2006 Buick at a great price. Now, Uncle Charlie is gonna drive around her old car. Sumer and I agree that he'll be stylin' in it!

We once again had a family dinner on Sunday. It's was a lot of fun! Got to see Pam, Mel, Paulette, Clara, Robert, Todd, Julie, Sumer and Tyler, and of course Grandma, Ron, Charlie and his crew. We had a wonderful time with our extended family and getting to know them better.

We found out that Charlie and Candy are planning on getting married next April on a cruise to Barbados. That's cool, and everyone is invited to attend as long as you can pay for your way.

When we were leaving, I had a great moment with Uncle Ron. We were hugging goodbye and he told me that he loves me. It actually made me stop and think for a second. That was the first time an uncle has told me that. It made me realize that even though we don't know each other very well, we still love one another. I know I love my nieces and nephews and always will, so why wouldn't my own uncles (or aunts) feel the same? I just thought that was really neat and I wanted to share it with you all.

Visit with the Shaws...Not a duplicate post ; )

Today we had a dinner over at Grandma's and Charlie's house. Josh, Melanie, and Simone Shaw are here on their way to Disneyland. Shelly, look out for them. They'll be there Wed-Fri.

Quite a bit of family made it up. Sumer was there, as was Mom's cousins Todd, Pam, and Paula and her husband Greg and the oldest sibling (I don't remember her name). Aunt Clara was there and so was Robert. There was another lady there who was blond, but I don't remember her name either. So I'm not too good with names, sorry.

We had a lot of fun and had some good food. Uncle Charlie smoked chicken and it had the best seasoning mixed into it. I contributed Southern Banana Pudding made with Nilla Wafers and everyone loved it.

I kept getting comments on how much I look like my mother and I took them as great compliments! It was nice, because then everyone knew how I fit into the family.

Next week we'll do it all over again, except we will exchange the Shaw's with Uncle Ron.

No More!

I have decided this morning to get rid of all of the food in my house. Not for dieting purposes, or anything like that. Teagan, the little angel that he is, gets into EVERYTHING!! He is a morning riser. 6:30 and he's up and raring to go. But not me. So, very bad motherlyly of me, I get him a glass of milk and turn on the TV and go lay down for a bit longer. AHH TV. What did I do without you? Then maybe 15 minutes goes by, and Tyler wakes up. He goes in the kitchen and gets himself some breakfast. Which I am totally fine with, but Teage follows. And while Ty has the cupboard open for the cereal, he can't seem to close it soon enough, Teagan has a box of cereal out and is dumping it all over my living room floor. So you see, if I want to keep my house clean, I have got to get rid of the food. Crumbs and blue carpet just do not mix well. I have to vaccum every day. And I mean EVERY day!! It was very nice of Tyler today. He actually came and got the vaccum and vaccumed it up. Not all the way, but in a way that a 7 year old can do it. Kids... you just gotta love em huh?