MY WEEK IN VIRGINIA

 I HAD LOTS OF FUN WITH COLDON.  HE REALLY LIKED THE ST. PATRICK'S NECKLACE THAT LIT UP WHEN YOU PUSHED A BUTTON.  THE SHAMROCK GLASSES WERE FUN TOO.;

 I LOVE BEING WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN AND GET SUCH A KICK OUT OF THEM!

 TASHA AND JEFF ARE  GREAT PARENTS.  I FEEL SO BLESSED THAT I HAVE WONDERFUL SON IN LAWS THAT I LOVE AND ADMIRE.  THAT IS A  GREAT BLESSING.

 TASHA AND JEFF LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL AREA AND WE ENJOYED GOING FOR NIGHTLY WALKS WITH THEIR DOG RILEY.  THE WEATHER WAS LOVELY AND IT WAS NICE TO GET OUT AND ABOUT.

 TASHA AND I LOVED DOING SOME SHOPPING.  WE WERE PREPARING FOR REYGAN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION SO BABIES R US AND PARTYLAND WAS ON OUR LIST TO GET SOME IDEAS AND GIFTS.

 REYGAN AND COLDON ARE SO FUN.  I LOVED BEING AROUND THEM AND ENJOYING THEIR DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES.  I TOOK SOME GREAT PHOTO'S OF EACH OF THEM.

 GRANDPA DON FLEW IN ON THAT THURSDAY.  IT WAS GREAT SEEING HIM AGAIN AND HAVING HIM WITH ALL OF US.  HE MADE A HIT WITH COLDON WHEN HE GAVE HIM A SHARK FOR A GIFT.

 REYGAN SEEMED TO LIKE GRANDPA DON RIGHT AWAY.  SHE LIKED BEING IN HIS ARMS AND WALKING AROUND.  REYGAN SEEMED TO KNOW THAT HE WAS A SPECIAL PERSON IN HER LIFE.

 THE TORGESEN'S CAME IN THAT AFTERNOON TOO.  DON AND I PLANNED ON BABYSITTING THE GRANDCHILDREN WHILE THE TORGESEN'S AND LADNER'S WENT TO THE OPENING SHOW OF THE HUNGER GAMES.  BEFORE THE SHOW THEY WERE GOING TO A HUNGER'S GAME'S PARTY.  IT WAS A PARTY THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DRESS UP AS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE.  CAN YOU GUESS WHO THEY ARE?

I DECIDED TO READ THE BOOK SO THAT I WOULD KNOW WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT.  I WAS GLAD I DID BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THEIR COSTUMES AND THE STORY.  CAN YOU GUESS WHAT TASHA, CHLOE, LARA AND BEN ARE SUPPOSED TO BE?  THEY HAD A GREAT TIME EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL 3:00 A.M.

 WE ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT TIME TOGETHER.  HERE WE ARE HAVING A DANCE PARTY.

 SATURDAY WAS THE BIG DAY FOR REYGAN.  THIS IS WHEN WE CELEBRATED HER FIRST BIRTHDAY.  SHE LOOKED SO ADORABLE IN THE MINNIE MOUSE DRESS AND EARS.  WE FOUND THE DRESS AT BABIES R US AND THE BLACK EARS AT PARTYLAND.  I DECORATED THE EARS FOR HER FIRST BIRTHDAY/

 ALL THE COUSINS HAD MICKEY MOUSE EARS TOO.  ALL EIGHT OF THEM WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE THIS SPECIAL OCCASION.  THE RED WAGON WAS HER GIFT FROM MOM, AND DAD AND IT WAS PERFECT FOR PUTTING ALL THE OTHER GIFTS IN IT. REYGAN WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT HER SPECIAL CUPCAKE.  SHE WAS JUST LIKE COLDON ON HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY.....SHE DIDN'T LIKE GETTING  MESSY.

 THE NEXT DAY THE TORGESEN'S,  GRANDPA DON AND GRANDMA JULIE GAVE COLDON HIS BIRTHDAY GIFT SINCE IT WAS GOING TO BE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE WANTED TO DO THIS SINCE WE WOULDN'T BE THERE FOR HIS SPECIAL DAY APRIL 14.

THE TORGESEN'S LEFT FIRST AND THEN DON AND I FLEW HOME ON SUNDAY.
WHAT A GREAT AND FUN TRIP!  WE LOVED IT!!

DON AND I WERE GIVEN BEN'S I PAD SINCE HE GOT THE I PAD 3.  WHAT A GREAT GIFT.  IT ENTERTAINED DON ALL THE WAY HOME ON THE AIRPLANE.  IN FACT, I'VE LOST A HUSBAND.  SEEMS LIKE HE IS ALWAYS ON IT!!

I'M NOT COMPLAINING.  I LOVE THE PHOTO'S BEN HAD PUT ON IT AND THAT IS WHAT I''M INTERESTED IN.  THANKS BEN AND LARA.  WE ARE REALLY GETTING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY!!