IT HAD BEEN 9 MONTHS SINCE WE HAD SEEN REYGAN. WHAT A CHANGE SHE HAS MADE. SHE NOW WALKS, RUNS, FEEDS HERSELF AND UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING YOU ARE SAYING TO HER. IT WAS SO FUN SEEING HER AS A LITTLE GIRL.
THE LADNERS ARRIVED ON ST PATRICKS DAY. I HAD SOME FUN ITEMS THAT WE HAD FUN WITH. THE FAMILY ALL HAD GREEN OUTFITS ON SO IT WAS SO FUN TO PLAY AROUND WITH ST. PATRICKS DAY.
REYGAN DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ANYTHING ON BUT SHE DID LIKE HER NECKLACE THAT LIT UP
COLDON WAS INTO EVERYTHING. TAMI WAS ABLE TO COME OVER IN THE AFTERNOON AND ENJOYED IN THE FUN.
COLDON AND REYGAN LOVED GOING TO THE PARKS. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE 2 GREAT PARKS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE..
I HAD FUN TAKING LOTS OF PICTURES AS THE CHILDREN PLAYED.
WE WANTED TO HAVE A PIRATES BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR REYGAN SINCE HER BIRTHDAY IS NEXT WEEK AND WE WON'T BE WITH HER. I ASKED DON IF HE WOULD SET THE TONE FOR THE PARTY BY COMING IN SINGING AS A PIRATE. WE PRACTISED SEVERAL TIMES AND DON REALLY GOT IN TO IT. I LOVE THE WAY DON IS SO WILLING TO DO WHAT I WANT HIM TO DO TO MAKE THINGS SPECIAL.
COLDEN THOUGHT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS JUST FOR REYGAN BUT WE SURPRISED HIM BY TELLING IT WAS FOR HIM TOO. HIS BIRTHDAY IS APRIL 14, AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO BE WITH HIM ON HIS SPECIAL DAY TOO. NEEDLESS TO SAY, COLDON WAS VERY EXCITED!!
I HAD 6 TREASURE CHESTS ON THE FLOOR THAT WERE NUMBERED. COLDON WOULD FIND THE CHEST AND THEN WOULD HAVE SOMEONE READ THE NOTE INSIDE THAT WOULD GIVE HIM DIRECTIONS TO FIND THE GIFTS.
ONE OF THE GIFTS WAS AN ADORABLE CAKE FOR REYGAN AND COLDON'S BIRTHDAY. I FINALLY FOUND ONE AT WALMART THAT DECORATED IT JUST THE WAY I WANTED AND IT ONLY COST $20.
REYGAN LOVED WATCHING ALL THE ACTIVITIES. SHE ENJOYED OPENING HER GIFTS AFTER COLDON WOULD FIND THEM. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR THE PIRATES HAT SO TASHA WAS WILLING TO WEAR IT INSTEAD.
I HAD TOLD TASHA MY PLANS FOR THE PARTY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT COLDON HAD A PIRATES SHIRT HE COULD WEAR THAT DAY. IT LOOKED PERFECT WITH HIS HAT. A BIG THANK YOU FROM COLDON AT THE END OF THE PARTY..
COLDON PICKED RED ROBIN FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY MEAL. WE HAD A GREAT DINNER AND HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME.
WHENEVER I SEE MY GRANDCHILDREN, I HAVE TO TAKE THEIR PORTRAITS FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN WALL. THEY CHANGE SO MUCH AND I LIKE TO KEEP CURRENT WITH THEIR PHOTO'S.
COLDON AND REYGAN CO-OPERATED SO BEAUTIFULLY FOR ME. THEY SEEM TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO ME. I LOVE THIS PORTRAIT OF REYGAN AND COLDON TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE BIRTHDAY TREASURE CHEST HAD LOTS OF QUARTERS IN IT FROM MY PIG BANK. COLDON COUNTED IT AND IT CAME TO $50 FOR REYGAN AND COLDON TO SPEND WHEN WE GO SHOPPING. THIS IS ALSO A TRADITION FOR ALL OF MY GRANDCHILDREN. THEY GET TO COUNT MY QUARTERS AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME SPENDING MONEY WHILE THEY ARE HERE IN GRAND JUNCTION. THEY ALL LOVE THIS TRADITION.
WE ALSO COLORED EGGS ONE DAY WHILE THEY WERE HERE. THIS WAS FUN FOR ALL OF US.
COLDON AND I WITH THE FINISHED PRODUCT. AFTER DON AND JEFF
GOT OFF WORK, THEY HID ALL THE EGGS FOR OUR OUTDOOR EASTER
EGG HUNT. TAMI GAVE THE CHILDREN EASTER BASKETS SO THEY
HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT THE EGGS IN.
A FAMILY PICTURE AFTER ALL THE EGGS WERE FOUND.
THEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE CANDY AND GIFTS HUNT INDOORS. TAMI, TASHA AND I HID ALL THESE THINGS. THEY LOVED FINDING ALL THE CHOCOLATE AROUND OUR FRONTROOM.
THAT NIGHT TASHA AND JEFF WANTED TO TAKE US ALL OUT TO DINNER AT OLIVE GARDEN. THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO END OUR DAY.
REYGAN LOVED GRANDPA DON!
ESPECIALLY DURING THE MOVIE
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG!!
A CUTE PICTURE OF TASHA AND JEFF WHILE BEING PROTECTED BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH DOG IN THE WINDOW.
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AS YOU CAN TELL, WE HAD A WONDERFUL FEW DAYS WITH THE LADNERS. I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURED ALL OUR MEMORIES WITH MY CAMERA.
WHENEVER I GET HOMESICK FOR MY FAMILY I JUST LOOK AND READ MY SCRAPBOOKS.
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