Mouse Trap

PaPa took the mouse trap game to entertain the grand young'uns and it worked!  After PaPa and Bryant built the "course", Robert had a blast turning the handle to release the ball and watch it roll ~
they ended up trapping all 4 mice in the basket!  Taking the game was a hit!  Its back at our house now, waiting for the next time some "keep the boys busy" is needed!  Good idea PaPa!

This is a remnant from Amy's childhood!

excitement!

such a sweet boy!

this little one is pure energy!

sticky fingers swiped the ball

how does that work?

helping set up the bucket

MaMa & PaPa x 4

Our newest grandson arrived yesterday at 12:31 pm.  Alvin Cullum York Cutler (named for Sargent York from WW1) weighed 8 lb. 3 ounces and was 19 inches long.  He has dark hair.

We got to the hospital about 30 minutes before he was born and got to see him and his mommy when he was about 1 hour old.  And he is a snuggle bug. 

We are thankful for ~

a safe delivery for Alvin
for bringing Katie successfully through her 3rd natural birth
for the blessing of a beautiful, healthy grandson
for being so close to get there in time
for familytime this week
for baby snuggles, toddler snuggles, & 3 year old snuggles

10 AWESOME Years!

We've been married for 10 years.....today!

In 10 years we have ~

*had 6 of our 7 graduate from highschool
*had 2 graduate from college ~ 3 if you count Gregs Masters Degree
*been on mission trips to Honduras, Oklahoma, & New York ~ Gregs been to Haiti once, Will twice, and K,W, & A have been to Street Reach many times
*we've been church cooks
*we've self catered Katie & Allens weddings, and Andys rehersal dinner
*we've been blessed with 3 cute as cute can be grandsons ~ #4 is now 4 days late and taking his own sweet time
*we've been on a Family Vacation (cross between the chevy chase movie & RV) 2 1/2 weeks of snow, sandstorms, sites, Old Route 66, and lots of games & laughter!
*we've done Disney World & Washington DC and many place in between

And just this year ~

*Greg has retired
*we've moved to GA
*we bought a little farm

I am thankful for our good and bad times.  Greg is my best friend & I am thrilled to be on this journey with him!

And we would be very thrilled with lots more grandchildren in the next 10 years ~ who knows ~ maybe someday we will get a grand girlie!

Thankful

I am thankful for ~

*being on baby alert ~ #4 grandson is due in 2 days
*Aidens great one year checkup today ~ he is currently not thankful for his 4 shots!
*time with Greg
*our 10 year anniversary next week
*shopping days with Mom
*coupons!  Makes shopping days fun!
*getting projects completed
*My Jamberry pedicure by my daughter in law Amy Kate ~ I have sparkly polka dot toenails. 
*Chickens laying eggs!  We love fresh eggs.
*Temps cooling just a little. Mid to upper 80's during the day and 60's some nights.
*Rain
*Organization
*my new livingroom & dining room (actually one big L shaped room) floor.
*finding the flooring we want for the kitchen
*looking forward to spending a couple of days with Robert & Thomas when their little brother comes ~ I anticipate lots of bubbles, building blocks, and reading books. 
*for $4 meals at Steak and Shake and $5 meals at KFC. Of course adding a shake to the steak and shake meal does increase that $4 price.

Countertop

Our new kitchen was blessed with some quite unusual finishes (all formica cabinets) and some original to the home appliances.  We took out the old oven ~ which was tiny by all standards and the built in microwave and Greg bought us nice double ovens.

Our countertop renovation was granite for the island ~ get rid of the huge cooktop (only 2 burners worked) and get a new flat cooktop.  They installed the countertop yesterday and then Greg installed our new cooktop!  Ah, I had 3 burners last night that worked ~ didn't need the 4th one last night.

 

Next improvement may be paint! 

 

Thankful for ~

 

a handyman husband

helpful hands

a beautiful kitchen area

4 working burners

2 huge ovens

 

 

Action Packed Weekend

We started our weekend with a day trip to South Carolina to visit Katie and our grandboys ~ just a 2 hour trip from the farm!

We spent the day playing, blowing bubbles, riding bikes, taking pictures, reading lots of books numerous times, watching "Cars", eating pizza, taking a nap, protecting the backyard with a stick gun (as Katie says, Robert will be the kid who gets expelled from school for eating his sandwich into a gun shape and powing someone ~ everything is a gun to him), looking a new clothes from the consignment sale, and eating enchiladas for dinner when Bryant got home from work.  Miss Katie is 1 week from her due date with son #3, so we will be making another trip quite soon! 

Andy & AmyKate came on Sat. and stayed through Sunday!  Andy, Greg, Will, & James got the flooring in the livingroom completely finished and the furniture set back up. It looks awesome.  Greg cooked ribs and Granny joined us for dinner.  Amy Kate sells Jamberry Nails and she gave me a pedicure on Sat. night and put my jamberries on ~ so now my toenails are pink with tiny multicolored polkadots. 

Sunday morning was church ~ with Andy, AmyK and Granny joining us ~ we packed an entire row at church.  Then lunch at home and off to Aidens first birthday party.

Lots of goodies to eat, presents to open, little ones to hold, toys to play with!  Aiden did great during the festivities and loved having little kids around.  My great niece Hailey (age 4) & my great nephew Daniel (16 weeks) came.  Aiden got lots of new toys & clothes & remarkably enough, none of his toys were duplicates of any other gift or anything he already had.  (The year monopoly jr. came out, between James birthday on 12-18 and Christmas Day, I think he received 4 or 5).

Here are some pictures!

Birthday!

One year ago today ~ our 3rd grandson was born!  He was a tiny bitty buddy, weighing just over 5 pounds ~ now he is a bundle of energy who can crawl fast, take a few steps (but crawling is much faster), has a mouth full of teeth, loves his blankies, pacies, books, trucks/tractors, mickey mouse and paw patrol cartoons.

touchdown~

giggles and bubbles