I took it with us!

 When we moved in our first house, in 1996. We started measuring the kids (and Spice),  on the wall in the pantry.

We left for 7 years and rented the house.

We were surprised when we came back it was still there!

We kept it going.
We also added our daughter-in-laws and grand kids when they visited.

We were building a house, and we couldn't take the wall with us. I couldn't just leave it!
I measured and took every ones measurements and transferred them to a 6ft board.

I also put our last name underneath.

Our oldest is over 6 ft now, oh well.

I did take it with us!
I'm happy with it.

Up Date on my Grandkids

It's been to long.

 I was putting off seeing my boys and there family, (my grand kids).

I was PA Bound.

My first visit was our oldest, Jason and his family. My two grandsons Joesph and Julian. Almost four and two years old.

Jason your lucky to get in on these photos
I noticed I took pictures of my grand kids more then my kids and daughters-in-law. Not on purpose! I was in "ahh", with my little ones. I missed them so much.

Joseph in his new bed.
The tent helps him sleep.
He such a happy child, I wish I lived closer.

Julian enjoying the tent also for a little while.
He can melt your heart.

Julian chilling out. :~)

Theres Adalyn!
 She is a pistol for being two years old.

Leila turned four when I visited.
She becoming her own person, precious.

What a beautiful smile.

This is how your suppose to eat a cupcake?

"Birthday Girl!"
Hopefully it won't be so long til the next visit.
xo
 

My Granbabies ! Bragging.......................:~)

They main reason I went with Rob to DC, was because it was only 2 1/2 hours from my grand kids. After he was done with his work and me with my sight seeing, we left for PA.

My oldest son Jason who lived in Canada with his family took a big step and moved to the US for better medical for Joseph, who has mild autism. I'm so proud of Jason and Piera for sacrificing their lives for their child.
Jason (oldest son)and Juilan(my youngest grand son)
Look at Julian's eyes, he is gorgeous.

Lelia and Nikki

Lelia is the the oldest of my grand babies. Her birthday is 37 minutes before my birthday.

Adalyn and Matthew

Matthew my second child, and Adalyn my third grand baby.

Joseph and Piera

My second grand child.

GrandBob with his grand girls.

Playing peek-a-boo with Juilan. The things grand kids will make you do.

Crawling around.

"Why are you way over there BaBa?"

I'm a little slow at crawling I guess.

My favorite!

I must of took 20 or 30 of pics of these four. I knew there had to be at least one that was good one.

This one is going on the Grand kids wall, and GrandBob said he wanted one for his office too.

Maybe next time BaBa and GrandBob with them, yhea right they're quick!

The Grand Kids Wall

I'm sure that every Grandparent has pictures of there Grand kids some where in their house.

Let me share mine.

(bragging)

I now have four grandchildren, two boys and two girls.

Ranging from almost 2 1/2 years to 6 months old.
Joseph two years and three months.
Julian the youngest six months and 2 days old.
Lelia ,the oldest, two years and 5 months old.
Adalyn, seven months old.

I was so lucky to see them all four of them within the last two weeks of December.

You see the girls live in Pennsylvania, and the boys live Montreal Canada.

We live in Missouri.

My Grand kids wall is special to me,

when I walk down the hall, I can see my babies.

I can also see them from the living room.

I'm thinking in the future I'll have to take another wall and add more photos.

I hope you enjoyed them as much as I do.

*2010*

Can you believe it's 2011!

We were so busy last year, that I had a hard time picking out just one photo for each month

Enjoy the year of the Mawsons Always Moving.

January

We had a light dusting of snow this month, thank goodness NO blizzards.
February
Our new addition to our family.
Someone dropped off this dog at the end of our street, and he adopted us. We now have two dogs and two cats. Max is our outside dog, also he is Rob's rescue dog.
March
Jennifer became part of the Honor Society, of course we're so proud of everything she does.

April
Rob and I took a trip in our camper to Taladaga with a few friends. We're not NasCar fans but just the idea of spending time with friends for a few days, it was a great time.

May
Starting a new garden this year, I like the idea

June

Would you believe Rob, the president of his Class, after 25 years, finally had a chance to go to his class reunion?

We went back with the tour of Hackettstown,(girls even chimed in with there high lights). It's always great to go back home, and see family and friends.

July
Yes, New York City! One of the surprises we shared with the girls.Two full days in the city. Oh yhea Rob changed jobs, he now works for Qualis. A contractor working with Robots.

August

Rob and I went to Hermann Missouri with the camper. What a blast we had, Seven wineries, tasting it all, and enjoying music and people.

The beginning of August another grandson Juilan AlfonsoLotito arrived in our world. If you want to have a good laugh check out Spice playing hide-and-seek. LOL

September

The Eagles Fan in our family,(not me, I'm a Giants Fan) had the opportunity to see a Eagles pre game against the Chiefs in Kansas City for Free! We spent the night and enjoyed Kansas City, MO., with the family. We had a great time.

October
Rob and I went on another camping trip to HaHa Tonka Park in MO, and enjoyed the many trails they had to offer. We tried a new one we haven't tried yet.

Oh, we saw a copper head snake, I was DONE with the walk then, however we had a little more to go.

November

Rob went on another Business trip , this time it was to Ft Lee. It wasn't far from Fort Monroe where he was once before, and it so beautiful he wanted to be a tour guide. It's a very old Military Post which they're tearing down! They have many floods there, and it co$t allot of our money to clean it up. It's a amazing post with a great history.

December

End of the year was not a happy one for people on Fort Leonard Wood. New Years Eve morning a tornado went through post as a F3. Bad part was it went through a housing area. Luckily NO one was hurt. Thank goodness it was a holiday season and many people were away for the holidays.

We had a great December we met our two new grand sons for the first time from Canada, and I got to see my grand daughters during a surprise visit for Matthews Graduation for a CAD degree.

Our year could be boring to some, or very odd to others.However, these are the things we enjoy and love.

To everyone I wish you a Happy-Happy New Year!

Bragging!!!!

I know it's been awhile since I have blogged. It's been too busy here. Jennifer had pneumonia, then I had it. Wiped me out for a week. Trying to get caught up after the week out, and Rob was gone to El Paso. He came back Thursday and I left Saturday for the East Coast to surprise my son on his graduation for Computer Aided Drafting. (another Blog)Visited, came home on Sunday with many delays at the airport. Getting ready for my oldest son and family coming from Canada in 2 days with his family,(my 2 grandsons). Getting to old for all this excitement.

On that note, the best part is I was with my four of my grand kids within two weeks. Meeting 3 of them for he first time!
I feel like a really and truly a real grandma now.

Leila the oldest grand child (2 years 3 months). Matthew made this for his class. Popsicle sticks and tooth picks. It's very strong, she sat on the house and it didn't break.

We were taking pictures of each other.

Miss Adalyn. Smiley little girl. (5 months and 3 weeks old)

Leila rocking on the chair, with her Elmo.

Adalyn exploring her toys.

I have such cute grand kids.

Two days later when I come home, my two grandsons arrive. Oh yhea there parents too.

Juilan (4 months and 3 weeks). The youngest of them all. Cutie huh?

Juilan having cereal for the first time. He wasn't to happy. You like that Polish pottery?

Joseph (2 years and 1 month) . Found out while he was with us he has a major hearing loss. His parents are ready for the future. We're so excited!

Proud Grand Ma (BaBa) with Juilan.

A night at Grand Bob's and BaBa's,

Spice and Joseph getting to know each other. No problem.

I think Spice was really getting to know the boys.