Piano Lessons

When I left the Philippines, one of the great traumas was what to do with the “stuff” we had accumulated over 20 years.  Some of it was easy…hand me down furniture etc. that had all seen better days was sold cheap or given away.  Val ran a garage sale selling off all the odds and ends to the Filipino community for pennies (pesos actually).  Those pennies added up to a new crib for Bella!  Boxes of “I still have to have” things were prepared for shipping.  But one of my most precious possessions was my piano.  It wasn’t anything great but as I had a piano (my mother’s)  here in the U.S. there was no need to bring it home.  So I told Val, if she promised to give Mackenzie (and the children to follow) piano lessons,  the piano was hers to keep. True to her promise, here is Mackenzie having her first piano lesson.  I am off to Iowa on Saturday!.  

Equal Time

This Grandma has to give equal time to the grandchildren so I went on Val’s blog and retrieved the most recent, posed pictures.  There are lots of cute ones, doing cute things but these are some of the best.  Mackenzie Rose is 3 1/2, tall and very articulate.  Bella is 15 months and she adores her big sister.  We are more than a little excited to see them when they come on home assignment this summer.  Grandma has big plans!  I have already shopped the winter clearance sales for coats, boots and jammies!  This family from the tropics doesn’t have much in the way of winter clothes so I have started a stash that should see them through the coldest months.  This blog was to be about Val and her family but the picture of David and Jackson just came in and is way too cute so I have included that also.  Just in case you are reading this Heather, your spot on Mom’s blog with be posted after my visit to you this coming weekend.  Yes I am off to Iowa for a few days of mother-daughter time.  Phil will hold down the fort with Grammie.

Welcome to my blog!

Creating a weblog has been on my list of things to do for quite some time.  Keeping up with the grandkids will be my main focus as noted by my name but from time to time, I might throw in some fun stuff about our family, jobs and travels.  So if you want to keep in touch with the us…this would be a great way to do it.  I am excited to get started even though my computer skills are a little basic.  It might take awhile!  Thanks to Sarah, I got set up this weekend while they were here for a visit.  The picture of the happy little boy of course is me with Jackson … 3 1/2 months old.  We had a great weekend together with two of David’s friends and their wives.  I was only two happy to babysit while David and Sarah enjoyed a trip into New York.  I commented to Phil at the end of the day, “How did we raise three children and carry on a whole life without being exhausted after just a few hours!”  Maybe I was and have just forgotten.   Anyways stayed tuned and I will have pictures of Mackenzie and Bella up in a few days.  They need equal time with Grandma.   

Visit from Jackson

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