Walking with Grandma!
Little Miss Innocent!!
Into a cabinet at Barb's.
Playing with Dad.
Petey met me at the door!
Charlotte can get herself up on the hearth and was just showing off for her Aunt Barb.
Hey Dad!! Look at me!!
Charlotte found her mom's camera and case and was showing Barb how to put it away.
Playin' with my Daddy.
Playin', but making sure everyone knew she was there!!
Petey! What more can a person say.
Charlotte found Barb's camera and had a ball playing with it.
Resting in her chair and checking out the camera.
Petey likes Barbie too!
See Charlotte, there's your picture.
Duplicate picture, but she's so cute . . .
Checkin' out Grandma's necklace.
More pictures to check.
I had a great birthday weekend. It was busy, but it sure was fun! I drove down on Friday afternoon (got to Jim's about 6:30 or so). Mandy made French Onion Soup for supper. It was great. I got reacquainted with my granddaughter. She's quite a character! She loves cameras as you can see from the pictures. She likes playing with them and likes having her pictures taken too!! Wonder why? Could it be because her mom does such a great job on taking photos?? We spent the evening with the Jim Davis family and then headed back to Ankeny. Barb had all of Saturday planned so we didn't stay up real late on Friday night.
I got to sleep in a bit on Saturday morning. Jim, Mandy and Charlotte had a wedding to attend out of town so Barb pretty much planned the day for us. She had a repairman coming in to do some maintenance on her furnace and after that we were free to go . . . first stop was Strawberry Patch. I needed a pink shirt for our in-service and also needed one for the volleyball game that afternoon at Ames. What better way to get one than to have one that said ISU!! We found one, and also found a gray fleece with the new ISU logo on it so I went home with two new ISU pieces of clothing!!
I love the scrapbooking store in Ankeny (Memory Bound) and we spent some time there. I have a special order for a volleyball scrapbook so we picked up some stickers and special paper for that project. Of course I had to pick up some other things too. Like I said, I really like that shop!!
Stopped at Dress Barn and did some birthday shopping for me. I certainly tried on a lot of clothes and we took quite a few of them home with us. Barb got me a great outfit of a long-sleeved shirt (purple, gray, white, black and a silver thread going through it) that had a light gray short-sleeved sweater to go with it. Looks great and I love it!! Found another sweater with the 3/4 sleeves and since I had a blouse at home for it bought that one too. Checked out the clearance and found a couple of things on there too. What a great birthday gifts!!
Jim, Mandy and Charlotte gave me a gift on Friday night. A beautiful framed picture of Charlotte and a whole bunch of socks. I had told Mandy I needed trouser socks so she went out and bought the store out!! Thanks so much! I've already worn half of them!!!
Barb told Jim we'd stop at their house and let the dogs out for a bit before we went to Ames so that was our next stop. All the animals were there to greet us.
We stopped at Hickory Park for a late lunch. As usual, it was great!! I love that place. Since all of the water in Ames the volleyball team is playing their home games at Ames High School. Sounds like they may get into Hilton for the last couple of homes games for the season. Hope so. Would be nice for the seniors. It was cool going to the match. Both teams wore pink warm-up t-shirts and wherever you looked in the crowd there was pink!! They gals won the match too!!
We headed back to Ankeny and some TV time. Watched the last quarter of the Hawkeye game. Go Hawks! They looked good. Had something to eat and settled in to watch the Cyclones. That was pretty much a disaster, but we held out until halftime and then flipped back and forth between the football game and NASCAR. I finally gave up and went to bed. I was really tired! Must be old age!! I asked Barb Sunday morning who won the race, but she didn't watch it after I headed up the stairs. Looked it up online and found out that Kevin Harvick won!! WTG!!
Sunday was my birthday!! Jim had called and said we should come over and hang out with him and Charlotte. Mandy had a couple of photo shoots that morning. We picked up a quick breakfast at McDonald's and went to Jim's. Charlotte was running around in her Halloween pj's. How cute! She really is a character! She was all over the place and her grandmother enjoyed every minute of it. Jim made lunch. Charlotte was finished with her's and then came and mooched off me! What a treat! She loved the twice-baked potatoes we had and helped me finish mine. It was cool.
Barb and I head back to her place to get ready for our outing at the Civic Center. But first we met Jim and family at Spagetti Works downtown Des Moines for supper. That's where the picture of Charlotte and I walking came from. We were heading back to Jim's car and she was lagging behind when I extended my hand to kinda push her back up with her parents and she just grabbed on and away we went. She can pull pretty good for such a little munchkin! Jim took the picture with his camera and will always be a cherished memory for me and my 63rd birthday!
We went to 9 to 5. It was good! I enjoyed it very much. Pretty much anything at the Civic Center is good! Enjoyed the show and the company.
I got to sleep in a bit on Saturday morning. Jim, Mandy and Charlotte had a wedding to attend out of town so Barb pretty much planned the day for us. She had a repairman coming in to do some maintenance on her furnace and after that we were free to go . . . first stop was Strawberry Patch. I needed a pink shirt for our in-service and also needed one for the volleyball game that afternoon at Ames. What better way to get one than to have one that said ISU!! We found one, and also found a gray fleece with the new ISU logo on it so I went home with two new ISU pieces of clothing!!
I love the scrapbooking store in Ankeny (Memory Bound) and we spent some time there. I have a special order for a volleyball scrapbook so we picked up some stickers and special paper for that project. Of course I had to pick up some other things too. Like I said, I really like that shop!!
Stopped at Dress Barn and did some birthday shopping for me. I certainly tried on a lot of clothes and we took quite a few of them home with us. Barb got me a great outfit of a long-sleeved shirt (purple, gray, white, black and a silver thread going through it) that had a light gray short-sleeved sweater to go with it. Looks great and I love it!! Found another sweater with the 3/4 sleeves and since I had a blouse at home for it bought that one too. Checked out the clearance and found a couple of things on there too. What a great birthday gifts!!
Jim, Mandy and Charlotte gave me a gift on Friday night. A beautiful framed picture of Charlotte and a whole bunch of socks. I had told Mandy I needed trouser socks so she went out and bought the store out!! Thanks so much! I've already worn half of them!!!
Barb told Jim we'd stop at their house and let the dogs out for a bit before we went to Ames so that was our next stop. All the animals were there to greet us.
We stopped at Hickory Park for a late lunch. As usual, it was great!! I love that place. Since all of the water in Ames the volleyball team is playing their home games at Ames High School. Sounds like they may get into Hilton for the last couple of homes games for the season. Hope so. Would be nice for the seniors. It was cool going to the match. Both teams wore pink warm-up t-shirts and wherever you looked in the crowd there was pink!! They gals won the match too!!
We headed back to Ankeny and some TV time. Watched the last quarter of the Hawkeye game. Go Hawks! They looked good. Had something to eat and settled in to watch the Cyclones. That was pretty much a disaster, but we held out until halftime and then flipped back and forth between the football game and NASCAR. I finally gave up and went to bed. I was really tired! Must be old age!! I asked Barb Sunday morning who won the race, but she didn't watch it after I headed up the stairs. Looked it up online and found out that Kevin Harvick won!! WTG!!
Sunday was my birthday!! Jim had called and said we should come over and hang out with him and Charlotte. Mandy had a couple of photo shoots that morning. We picked up a quick breakfast at McDonald's and went to Jim's. Charlotte was running around in her Halloween pj's. How cute! She really is a character! She was all over the place and her grandmother enjoyed every minute of it. Jim made lunch. Charlotte was finished with her's and then came and mooched off me! What a treat! She loved the twice-baked potatoes we had and helped me finish mine. It was cool.
Barb and I head back to her place to get ready for our outing at the Civic Center. But first we met Jim and family at Spagetti Works downtown Des Moines for supper. That's where the picture of Charlotte and I walking came from. We were heading back to Jim's car and she was lagging behind when I extended my hand to kinda push her back up with her parents and she just grabbed on and away we went. She can pull pretty good for such a little munchkin! Jim took the picture with his camera and will always be a cherished memory for me and my 63rd birthday!
We went to 9 to 5. It was good! I enjoyed it very much. Pretty much anything at the Civic Center is good! Enjoyed the show and the company.
I had meetings for work both Monday and Tuesday. The kids came to Barb's for Monday night supper. I again enjoyed my time with Charlotte. I also enjoy my time with Jim, Mandy and Barb. I wished they lived closer to me, or me closer to them, but that's not the way it is, so we make due with the times we have together. I cherish my times with my children.
I did some shopping on Monday afternoon after my meeting. Got some stuff for Halloween bags. I decided to hand them out Monday night already. Charlotte had a good time presenting them to everyone. Left some additional goodies at Barb's for Halloween itself. Hope they all have a good time.
Got home Tuesday night around 6:30 p.m. Drug my stuff upstairs. Parked in front of the building and saved myself a set of steps that way. I even got the majority of the stuff unpacked that night. Was great spending time with everyone, but it's always nice to get home!!!
Have plans to be in Ankeny the weekend of November 6th with my sister and niece. Big craft fair in Ankeny and we always have such a great time. Beginning of the Christmas shopping season for me. I'm looking forward to it. Hope the good weather continues (without all the wind) until that weekend, but guess we take what we get -- after all we live in Iowa!!
Happy Halloween everyone!! Enjoy!
