Grammy Jo and Papa Kerry's Pride and Joy

Here is Hailey, my friend! She often mentions that Jayda is my grand-daughter, but if I ask her if she is one too, she says No. When I ask if she is my friend, she says Yes! I am quite happy to have her for my friend and we still have good times up in the playroom. Right now our favorite game is having birthday parties, with decorations, cake, and special plates and napkins, and of course lots of doll friends to join us. Sometimes we play doctor, and use our special flannel scraps that she found in my sewing room, for bandages and casts etc. The tent is the hostaple and we take turns being Dr or patient. She spent part of last Friday afternoon in the tractor with Kerry, visiting and watching her grampa seed. Grampa said they had a good time and she agreed. She even got to share grampa's cookie. She is 3 years old now and has a loving and generous nature and when we don't see her for a couple of days we miss her. She loves her little sister and is very proud to finally be a cousin. We love you lots, Hailey!

Here is cute little Jayda. Ask her if she is cute and she will nod her head , Yes! and nobody disagrees. She is almost one and getting to be a big girl too. She has had the best smiles ever since she learned to smile and she shares them freely. She is starting to like to be read to as well and if she has a book in her hand, she will come to me, and back up to me and want to sit on my lap and be read to. I love it! She joins Hailey and me in the playroom and has to sit on a chair at the table and join in with our birthday parties too. She loves to dive into the tent, then turn around and crawl back out. Peek-a-boo is a favorite game and she enjoys playing with balls or balloons. She is busy walking and can go up the stairs, but we need to teach her to go down too. Sometimes she gets to come over early in the morning when Daddy comes to the farm to work and we get to have breakfast together. She is into birds and loves to watch them from the window. She happily goes to Kerry and she likes it when he buzzes her with his rough chin. She is a great grand-daughter #2, we couldn't imagine a better one and we love you lots Jayda!

And here is grand-daughter #3, little Norah! We don't know yet what kind of a personality she will have but we love her lots and anticipate playing with her and getting to know her better too. She came to us early but she is growing and doing well and thriving now that she is at home with her mommy and daddy! So far she is quite content and sleeps a lot , but she does look around occasionallyand we are happy for the cuddling and holding times we get with her. You are so little yet, but we love you lots too Norah!


So there they are, our 3 girls and we are thrilled to be their grand-parents. We are looking forward to having many good times with them and making lots of memories. We will probably spoil them some, but will try not to undo any of what their parents are teaching them. They are so precious and we thank God for the privilege of being their grandparents and we pray for the wisdom to be good ones.

P.S. We are looking forward to grandchild #4 sometime in late fall. Boy ? Girl? We will have to wait and see!