I am SOOO looking forward to this weekend! I'm going to spend time with my beautiful granddaughters & the sun is supposed to shine! YAYYYY! We are all so ready for Summer--Spring sucks! I have been struggling with depression due to weather. I am sooo ready to see my girls & get out of this downslide

Spring In Grace

Okayyy, it's 11:13 pm on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, the snow is coming down at a steady rate. That means it's coming straight down--no wind. The grass that was kindof starting to get green is now starting to get white (again!). Okayy, I'm starting to wish that I'm about 15 years younger & looking out my kitchen window & seeing this spring snow storm with glee! I'm knowing that this weekend I will find one of the best adventures of my life---oops, back to reality. My snowmobiling adventures are over. But my memories will live on in my "backpack" foreverl

Easter

Greg & I spent Saturday evening & Sunday till around 4 pm with our two beautiful grandsons. Jamie & Jeff were around occasionally, too! ;) We love spending time with those little guys. And, I think they kind of like spending time with us, too. It takes Seth a little while to warm up to us; but, once he does, he's a happy, giggling, smiling little guy. My heart just melts when he smiles at me with those huge blue eyes that remind me so much of my Dad's eyes. We had a wonderful brunch with Jeff, Jamie, the boys, Barb, Kevin, & Marianna on Easter. Barb made awesome "Dutch " pancakes & omeletes for us. The rest of us supplied various other goodies to compiment the wonderful main course. Okay, enough with the food (I'm starting to get hungry!).
When it was time for us to leave, Cade started to cry. He does this almost every time we see him, & my heart feels like it will actually BREAK! This emotion is like nothing I have ever experienced before. I can't help him, I can't fix it. It's about the most helpless feeling I have ever felt! He & I both had tears streaming down our faces as Dada & Grandpa directed us in opposite directions--Cade to Dada's arms & me to the truck to return home to Grace. Sigh,,,,,,,,,,,

Sunflowers REALLY do make me HAPPY!! :) But not as happy as being with my grandkids!

Thanks to Jill, I finally have a new look for spring! It kind of represents my mood. There are the original signs of spring with a little bit of darkness. I'm still struggling with my sadness over Bob's death--I had no idea I'd miss him this much. Each time I pass the warehouse & see the door open I'm looking for him. When we go to Bergy's for lunch, I'm looking up everytime the door opens expecting to see him come barging in &, not ordering, but demanding his lunch, then coming over to our table to tell us of his latest snowmobiling adventure. I believe that we--anyway,I--lived vicariously through Bob. Although we weren't able to go to the places he went anymore, it was so much fun just to listen to him relating his latest trip out to conquer the mountains! I really do miss our buddy.

Deets

Here I sit looking at a somewhat blank screen trying to compose thoughts about Bandit--my oldest dog. He is lying here on my lap & is wrapped up in my favorite blanket (&, I beleive he is farting quietly & leaving the scent of his most recent meal all over my favorite blanket!). I remember the day he became a member of our family so well--it's like it happened yesterday!! I'm sure Jill also remembers it


well! I'm starting to feel quite protective of Bandit. He has always been perfectly able to take care of himself within the pack (all 7 lbs of him!). I think he still can pretty well intimidate any one of the other 3 dogs in our pack! But, he will soon (in June) be 17 years old!! Do you have any idea how old that is in dog years?! This little dog has given us so many laughs through the years. His spirit--his ability to make all of us be his servants--taking food away from all of the other dogs in the pack just by raising his lips in a snarl! Good grief!! That was really something to watch!! Deets at 7 lbs & Clover at 90 lbs! Guess who caved on that one!

Idaho Spring

I'm sitting here staring out the window watching one of those awesome spring snowstorms that make us all who live in southeastern Idaho say "WHY DO I LIVE HERE?!!" (Yes, I know! I'm blogging, too! I am a female & can multitask!) Anywayyy, we have probably had a total of at least 14" of snow fall within the last 24 hours. Some of it has melted since the temperature rose above freezing during the middle part of the day, but there is still a lot on the ground & it's piling up again. I keep thinking how excited Bob would be! He'd be bouncing off the walls & so impatient for the snow to stop so that he could go out & mark up some 'virgin' hills & mountains! I can imagine him trying to decide which of his playgrounds he would want to go to first & who he would call to come & share the fun! He'd probably be figuring that he wanted to 'mark up' the areas that he knew that the working crowd wouldn't be able to hit until the weekend & then hit the 'expert' areas on the days following. I miss Bob. I think of him every day & remember the fun & exciting times that we all shared together.