MEMORIAL DAY.

We went to Aladdin with Papa, Doug, Jennifer & Maycee then stopped by the cemetery. When we were ready to leave I told Shelby it was time to go and she said just a minute Mimi I'm praying and she was. I almost starting crying.

The youngest grandchild is kind of like your youngest child.  not as many pictures and  not  as much 1 on 1 time. So today miss B and I went to the zoo. As we're leaving she sees an airplane and says I wanna go on a airplane and I said OK where shall we go? and she said  "well I've never been to Disneyland!". I guess it never hurts to ask.

And I was worried about not having s stroller for her. She ran the whole time and walked/bounced on and off the rocks and had a great time. 

North Carolina

Wed. May 1st. RDU - SLC  we flew into Raleigh. John and Brenda met us at Wilmington Costco with beach chairs and towels for our trip. They shopped with us and visited until it closed. Found our condo in the dark. We like it.
Thu May 2nd  Fort Fisher Civil war museum and state park. Aquarium. Kure Beach Pier and lunch at the Kure Diner. Beach combing in the morning and afternoon.
Fri May 3rd. Fisher Ferry to Southport, the cutest little beach town with colorful old houses. I could live here. We took a tour from Rev who was very informative. Lunch at Fishy Fishys. Great seafood. Wilmington to the NC Battleship and a horse drawn carriage ride of downtown. Ended at Uncle Vinnys Italian restaurant. Amazing food hilarious waitress and lots of leftovers.
Sat may 4th  arts festival. Wrightsville beach
Sun. Met John and Brenda at Oceanic rest in Wrightsville. Big band concert at Kure beach at night.
Mon. Southport again and oak island and ocean isle. Dinner at Freddie's. Pork chops with peaches and pecans and brandy.
Tues beach day then dinner with John and brenda and to see their house.

A perfect spring day. Boo won his football game, then we took his new bike for a ride to Papas bouse and gma and gpas. And ended with a golf cart ride looking for frogs and letting oscar run.

Jacob Thomas Paskvan. 14 yrs old. Today good friends lost their son and good friends lost their grandson. And my heart hurts for them. This is the rainbow as we left the funeral.

She may be her mothers daughter. And what came out of her mouth yesterday: "For the Love of God".

Great win today. 43 - 36 or something like that and Gavs 1st touchdown this year. Plus it was a muddy mess.

Its Mimi Day and these two are so happy to see each other!

Shelby describing her Grandpa Jimmy "He has a mustache and bangs and rock star shoes."  We think those must be cowboy boots.

ID trip- K had hardware taken out from hip surgery and mimi and papa entertained Liam and Kinzi for the day at Big Al's and the Childrens Museum.

 Liam told me he had a bad dream then he woke up and changed the channel in his brain. And
You may be the 3rd child when your Mimi is talking on the phone and Kinzi says can I talk 1st and Liam says "can I say Hi 3rd?"

This week papa and boo perfected oscars tricks to sit, shake, both hands, lay down, and roll lover.

Circus Soleil crystal show. Shelby loves it and asked Can Kids be in this?

Miss B and Mimi Day

Mimi, What day is it?
Wednesday
Is it Mimi Day?!
yes Shelby.  (So how can I send her to school when she's so excited?)
Mimi, What do you want to be when you grow up?
Hmmmm, haven't thought about that for awhile. Maybe a travel writer. What do you want to be?
A Singer!   And she sang all the way through the stores as we shopped.

silly great grandma and miss b

Mom gave Tom a hug and she shocked him. She told him "See I still have some spark left in me, I'm not dead yet. " and Miss B has been sick and she told me so seriously "Mimi, why is there a tear rolling down my cheek?"

Costco and Costco

It was Mimi Day and Shelby convinced me she should stay home from daycare and go to Costco with us. After Costco she asked "Are we going to the other Costco to?" I decided that was NPS because the last couple times we've taken here to Costco, then NPS shopping. Not today. :( I knew better than to ask Papa. Then she took a little snooze on the way home and that messed up nap time. She was getting pretty onery and I told her "Shelby next time you'll have to go to school so you can get a nap. You can only stay with me on Mimi day if you're good". To which she replied "That's what you said last time Mimi".

Writing in the sky~fisherman on the beach, and our beach friend.

I've never seen clouds that look like writing in the sky. It was incredible.

Vacation and Stress

My theory has always been I refuse to stress over vacations because I feel lucky when we get to go on vacation. With that said...We booked a week in Mexico and then the Government was shut down for 35 days. So between the air traffic controllers working with no pay and our President talking about building "the wall" we decided to cancel our vacation and lose our deposit. We then booked hotels in St. George and Lake Havasu to go see Wendell and Carole. The day we were supposed to leave on our road trip a snow storm hit hard and more snow was forecast. The thought of driving in the snow both directions did not sound fun. So with much discussion we cancelled that. I was very sad. So I got online and checked out flights to Las Vegas thinking we could drive to AZ from there. They were outrageous. Then I just happened to look at Costco travel at the vacation we cancelled and it was pretty darn reasonable considering we would leave the next morning. The weather forecast was sunny and 85 degrees everyday. So a much shorter vacation, but the nicer resort La Estancia next door. We hurried and packed and woke up the next morning with a kind of "What did we do?" OUR CUTE PHOTOBOMBERS. We had perfect weather and a perfect room. We met Teresa and David Elsie from Niagara Falls Canada and went to dinner two nights with them. We saw a baby turtle trying to get to the ocean. We had 2 beach massages and found lots of sea glass. Sad we didnt get to go to Lake Havasu and celebrate Caroles bday with her but happy we weren't stuck home in the snow.

Shelby-Mom can I go see Grandma Cissy? Chels-Sure, are you missing her? Shelby-No, I just know there's a green binky under her bed. So much for the binky faze being over. SHelby-Mimi, Can I see you tomorrow? It sounded like she was inviting me on a date.

Oscar

The new addition to our family. Hes so cute but not very photogenic.

Mimi Day. Miss B was so excited it was Mimi Day.

Government shutdown- longest in history

Clay has been working with no pay for over a month. The day it opened back up Kinzi came home from school and was telling her mom & dad about her day. In the background she heard the TV saying they ve opened the government. She said "Hooray the government shut up!" (As opposed to it being shut down for so long.