Lolo's Corner

2012-01-25T18:16:00.000-08:00

Playing in the pool
Grandma. Dallie, and Wyatt
Hugging the wall
They were a little too fast for me
Kids prior to swimming
We went swimming with the kids last Friday. Jeff's kids had never been to a big swimming pool and I must say they were fearless. They all kept Jenni and I on our toes!

New Leaf Photos

2012-01-25T18:06:00.000-08:00

We have been having fun with Jeff's kids. They all get together and laugh and play. It is so cute to hear Dallie running around calling caderbug to Cade.

NEW LEAF

2012-01-17T10:28:00.000-08:00

ok I am going to try and keep this updated. So stay tuned for more to follow.

Tribute To Mom

2011-05-24T09:16:00.000-07:00

Although the pain has diminished some, my memories of you are still bright and clear. I think of you when times are rough and wish for a listening ear, but all you are is a prayer away smiling down on me as I ask for guidance of what you would do. I think of you at random times and realized you are watching me when I am not aware. I am so glad you are my mother and I cherish the memories we have shared, from watching me in band, although it was hard on the ears, to planning my wedding, and as each new baby was born. The advice you shared is still shared today as new ones come to our family. I learned a lot from you and it has made me a better person. I can only hope I can share the wisdom you taught. A year ago you got your wings, and I know they are being used well for you are still my guiding light. So here is a great big hug from me to you, thanks for being my mom and loving me for who I am. I love you mom!

BATH TIME

2010-12-13T07:34:00.000-08:00

I was able to watch Jeff's kids the other day. What day wouldn't be complete without a bathtime with all the cousins!
They were so cute! I don't think they will be able to do this much longer as there was not very much room when they were all in the tub.

Bath time is such a fun time, but also a very wet time.

Thankful Blessings

2010-12-01T16:55:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was a special time at my house. I had the whole family and it was wonderful. My little house was a bit small but it was overflowing with love! Here are all my grandbabies!What family event wouldn't be complete without my children and their spouses. They humored me with a picture.
Not very often are all of us girls together. I sure love them all.
Crystal and her family were a very welcome addition to our gathering.
And it sure was nice for a time when they were all quiet.
I am so thankful that I have been blessed with a family who love and care for each other. How proud I am to be their mother and grandmother. I am so grateful to the parents who raised me to appriciate family and their importance in our lives. What a lucky and blessed person I am.

Babysitting

2010-11-19T16:38:00.000-08:00

I was the lucky one and got to babysit Peyton today...such a joy to be a grandma!!!

My Sweet Little Babies!

2010-11-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

I got to watch all the kids the other day. It sure was alot easier when I was younger!Wyatt

Zoey and Peyton

Dallie

Peyton

Halloween Fun

2010-11-01T08:13:00.000-07:00

My Little DorothyAll my kids plus a few extras
Joe and Peyton
Jeff and Wyatt
The scary Mason
Morgan
Batman Boots
Dallie getting ready
Wyatt waiting for the action
Cali and Zoey

cade

Canadian Cruise

2010-10-31T17:31:00.000-07:00

We Left for New York on an adventure.Phantom of the Opera...such a graet play!

Time Square
Getting ready to get on our boat
Ellis Island

Lighthouses galore

Boston shopping Mall

St Martins and the Bay of Fundy
beautiful fall colors

Peggy's Cove

Lobster...it was great
Wasn't real fun holding them!

Green Gables
Canadian Mounty
Back of the ship
These took us into some ports
Lou, my friend who went with me.
Beautiful sunsets

Penn station and the subway

Not having much fun navigating the subway
Central Park
Our buggy ride thru Central Park We had a great time!!!

BABY BLANKEY

2010-07-30T15:45:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest project for my new grandbaby, If you look close you can see her name.

VISITORS

2010-07-30T15:38:00.000-07:00

Look who came to visit today!

TRIP

2010-05-13T08:44:00.000-07:00

After a nice long week end with Crystal It was time to go home.Cali was very excited ti ride in an airplane.
Just chillin with refreshments on the plane.
So short a trip but fun.
Going on the many escalators and trains to get to the baggage pick up.
It was a great time but she sure missed her family.

BOWLING

2010-05-13T08:31:00.000-07:00

While I was visiting with Crystal and her family we decided to go Bowling. It was alot of fun. I am a terrible bowler so I resorted to using the kiddie help to score my most points. The winner of the game was Nathan.

VISITING MY GRANDKIDS

2010-05-13T08:23:00.000-07:00

this past weekend I went to visit Crystal and her family. We had a great time. The kids are getting so big. They were very excited that grandma came to visit with them.

2010-04-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

Friday it rained all day so we decided to go to the natural history museum, It was a very interesting trip. They all had fun.

2010-04-18T19:35:00.000-07:00

Well I forgot you had to do these backwards, so you get the backwards version. All done with cookies and getting a picture with grandma. The finished product, and I must say they were very good!

Three little girls making sure it is mixing well.

Three little girls helping by putting the ingredients in the mixer, with Diana's help.

Three little girls patiently waing to make cookies.

2010-04-13T09:32:00.000-07:00

I just love and appriciate my family!

2010-04-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

Her are my babies,they are getting so big!

Late Wordless Wednesday

2010-04-01T10:42:00.001-07:00

Jeff and Crystal's Birthday

2009-12-01T09:31:00.000-08:00

Crystal doesn't live near us, so we can only celebrate with one of the twins. Last night Jeff and Charrity brought the kids over while they went out to dinner. Joe and Amber came over for dinner and then we all had cake and ice cream afterwards.

Masen

Morgan

Amber and Wyatt

Jeff and the ever so ornery Dallie

Get a load of that bonfire, notice all the smoke! No, no the fireman were not called. :)

Cade is fascinated with this snowman, it's his size!

Trip To See My Grandkids

2009-10-17T18:02:00.000-07:00

I went to see Crystal and Travis and their sweet little boys. We went to different places to eat and visited temple square. They are so much fun and we have dne lots of things together. We even had a picnic in the park. Tomorrow we are going on a drive in the mountans to see all the pretty colors.

My Beloved Friend

2009-10-17T17:54:00.000-07:00

My wonderful dog left me to go to heaven and play with othersthat are there. I am very sad, but glad that she is no longer suffering. Sher was such a good companion and will be sorely missed.

2009-09-26T13:49:00.000-07:00

last week I got a new camera, so I cab start to add my own with out Jen's help, so here are a few pics.

2009-07-20T10:47:00.000-07:00

My new family photo....my have we grown.

Nathan and Brandon

All my grandkids!

2009-07-20T10:34:00.000-07:00

So things are getting back to Normal.The wedding was beautiful and I have a new daughter. It sure was alot easier than how I got my own daughters. They are nowin Van Cover getting ready to board the cruise ship.

Our Vacation

2009-07-06T16:00:00.000-07:00

After a slight bump in the road we started our trip.

We saw beautiful murals on the sides of buildings in Shreveport.

Catie tried to get eaten by an alligator.

We had great times with old friends.

Paul and his VietNam buddies.

This is one of the helicopters that they did drop off missions with, they would sit on the side and the pilot would drop them where they needed to go.

This is another mural.

We went shopping, oh did we go shopping!

In Amarillo, we saw the play, Texas.

It was cool to see Boss Hog cars everywhere.

We stopped by the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.

Catie and i love to goof around.

Sometimes Paul does too.

We ate the famous BIG TEXAN. If you could eat an entire 72 oz steak, it was on the house. No attempts in our family were made.

This is outside the Big Texan.

This is a beautiful sunset outside of the airport where we dropped our car off.

Jeff's Family

2009-07-06T15:46:00.000-07:00

Jeff's updated family. They will sure have their hands full!

New Addition

2009-07-06T15:41:00.000-07:00

I have been blessed with a new grandbaby. Wyatt was kind enough to make his arrival before we left on vacation.

2009-06-13T17:10:00.000-07:00

So today we went to moms house to pull weeds, carry stuff from the motorhome, and plant flowers.

Oh and did I say it was Chris's Birthday. What a guy to do it on his special day!

2009-06-11T14:36:00.000-07:00

This is our poor garden that we planted this week. It got flooded in a recent storm! My poor flowers are shredded! DARN HAIL!

It does make for a very interesting sky! I am glad that the weather is not as bad today, so far!

Finally

2009-06-11T14:22:00.000-07:00

My baby has graduated.

2009-04-23T18:31:00.000-07:00

This is the before picture.

Zoey found a wormand was telling us about it. Are you sure this is where it goes????

Cali is even helping

Cade is supervising. This is getting it ready.

This is the after shot.

2009-04-23T18:12:00.000-07:00

CAli wasshowing her tonsils and Zoey is trying to be cute,

It has been warm here lately so the girls had fun writing with chalk.

2009-04-23T18:07:00.000-07:00

Catie went topromlast weekend. I had hoped she would come upto the hospital because I had to work, but her friends were not too keen on the idea. The pictures she took did not turn out so I didn't get to see who her date was. She said she had a great time.

2009-04-16T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is from the day Cali had her surgery. Oh the joys of being a child. She was well prepped before surgery with everything explained to her. It did help that I worked and took care of these kids for years. She was happy and had no fear before they took her in. When she got to her room afterwards she was happy and drinking lots just like we had told her. I think that if she ever needs another surgery she won't be scared.

Update

2009-03-09T19:55:00.000-07:00

The weather sure likes to fool us, nice and warm for awhile and now freezing. Why can't it make up it's mind! I have been going to meetings during the day to get a few morehours. It sure bites when you are used to overtime. I guess that every one is pinching pennies. I just love the dollar store. I can buy a few things for the girls and they are in seventh heaven. They got kites today but it was really too cold to fly them. I have started joe and amber's quilt and Zoey kept taking my practice fabric. She would bring it back and saw sorry grandma. I will post pics when I get a little farther along. Needless to say I am learning to free motion quilt. Pretty interesting. Well here are a few pics of my angels!

wordless wednesday

2009-03-04T18:29:00.000-08:00

Question

2009-03-02T15:14:00.000-08:00

Who'sbaby can you guess?????? And what is the name??????

Family Time

2009-03-01T19:04:00.001-08:00

Today we had a nice family trip to estes park. I think the walking was good and the kids had a great time.

Watching Kids

2009-03-01T18:34:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I got to watch part of my grandkids. It is fun but with two babies I don't get a whole lot done except to play with them. We had a nap together and had yummy stuff to eat!

2009-02-17T19:59:00.000-08:00

Well it is getting to be this time again! Boy has a year gone by fast. I can't say that I have gotten smarter, skinnier, sassier, or anything. I thing. There are a few more gray hairs, a few more wrinkles, and maybe I have just gotten a little wiser. I have learned to slow down and enjoy life as it is handed to you, Don't sweat the small stuff. Be happy with what you have and most of all be thankful for the family and friendships that you cherish. So Happy Early Birthday to Myself!

2009-01-26T16:58:00.000-08:00

Here is one of the latest picturesof me and cade.

How Families Grow

2008-12-31T22:10:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wondered what happens in a large family?????????

They explode and turn into this!!!!!

Christmas is in the Air

2008-12-19T22:57:00.000-08:00

All is getting ready for that special day. Will all the presents be wrapped on time, will I have all the ingredients for that special dessert, can I make it thru Christmas eve without getting mad at my dad????? Everting will be just fine on that sweet day as we really remember what we are celebrating.

Flashback Friday

2008-12-19T22:53:00.000-08:00

Christmas

2008-12-17T01:39:00.000-08:00

Well it is now only 9 day til Christmas. I remember those days when I was young and the excitement of having Christmas come. It seem to take forever to get here. I remember trying to wake dad up so we could open our presents...boy would he make us work hard to get him up! I loved Christmas eve at Grandma Ollie's house.....a can of olives for each of us, a table so ladened with food that there was no place to sit, all of her pies that she had made. I am so glad that I have such good memories of Christmas. I just hope I am making good memories for my kids and grandkids so one day they will look back and remember all the wonderful memories.

Flashback Friday

2008-12-14T02:18:00.000-08:00

I am a day late and a dollar short, but here is my Friday post. Haven't seen this girl in an awful long time.

2008-11-26T02:10:00.000-08:00

I am sitting here at work waiting for the last few hours to go by. Later this morning we will start our thanksgiving preparation. The house will smell good with baked rolls and pumpkin pie. As I reflect on what I am truely thankful for I realize that the Lord has really blessed me. I have 5 wonderful children. They are good and honest people. They are caring and wonderful parents. What else can I ask for. They have turned out like I would like them to. We have children to let them go and see what they become. Sure there are bumps along the way but this helps us to grow. I look now to the future to see my family grow, to see some of the traditions contine and to also create new ones. I love my grandbabies so much. They are easier to enjoy because the responsibility to train and guide them are up to their parents. I do add a few suggestions now and then. I love my life and am thankful for all that I have been blessed with.

2008-11-18T20:57:00.000-08:00

Last night I was awake in the wee hours of the morning as I usually am. I was listening to a church program that caught my attention. The jist of it was that it is very hard to be down and discouraged when you count your blessings. So I thought about what are my blessings. They are too many to count or list here, but I am very lucky to have the blessings that I have. So the point is that if you are down or discouraged, count your blessings and " it will surprize you what the Lord has done."

2008-11-18T16:11:00.000-08:00

We went to visit mom the other day. The girl's love to go see Grandma Rita. They played with the kitties and toys.Grandma even had some candy for them. She even got Cade to smile.

2008-10-26T17:51:00.000-07:00

We had a fun week end. The girl's got to go ride the horses at Joe's house. They had alot of fun. They even rode by themselves. Zoey has turned into a horse lover. We then got to watch Dallie while her parents wentto a haunted house. It is so fun to watch her.Themwe went to church today and Cali was in the primary program. You could sure hear her on her favorite song! So it was a great week end.

Grandma's quilt

2008-10-22T15:57:00.000-07:00

Well I was finally able to make something for me. I am always making for others and so I decided to make something for me. I have decided that I get more pleasure from making for others. This week I finished jeff and Charrity's quilt that I made them for their wedding. Only 1 1/2 years later. Better late than never. I have a few more quilts that I am working on for Christmas. I really enjoy making them. Well hope you enjoy the pictures.

2008-10-22T15:53:00.000-07:00

2008-10-05T02:36:00.000-07:00

We went to the cannery the other day.The girls got to help can apples.

They also got to help great grandma with the boxes that were ready to go out.
They helped bring the cans over so we could put the apples in them.
Dad doing a reciept for someone.

All of us helping. I am really glad that I got to see my parents. The girls also had a great time helping too.

Working Days !@*!!

2008-09-23T01:57:00.000-07:00

Well I am back to my regular schedule...or at least for a lttle while. I have decided that I am NOT a morning person. I also think working days are for the birds! I was so tired and off kilter that I couldn't wait to get back to nights! Ahhh...back to my nice schedule..sleeping so peacefully during the day. I don't think I will ever change to days. I don't sleep at night. So I am now caught up on all my readings and finding out what others are doing. I think I will stay awake at night!

Labor Day

2008-09-02T16:40:00.000-07:00

They were having fun with Grasshoppers!!!! EWWWWEEE!!!!

2008-09-02T16:31:00.000-07:00

WEll I got to have a great labor day with my girls! It was fun to get to watch Dallie.

Seperation Anxiety

2008-08-27T00:02:00.000-07:00

Well I think my dog has seperation anxiety. Every time I leave she decides to leave and go exploring. I had just left for work and I saw her go up the stairs. Imagine my surprize as I got to the end of the street and there was Brandy troting to the corner. The little scamp. I guess she needs to be tied up every time i leave. She never gets out when I am home. Well at least I know she misses me. I lately have been making wheat bread. I must say that it is delish!! My dad had the recipe and so I watched him make it on saturday. It sure is yummy.

2008-08-19T22:37:00.000-07:00

I got a very interesting phone call from home tonight.(I am at work) Well it seems a little girl decided to paint my bed. With none other than red paint. The other night I had gotten both of the girls slurpees. I bit later Cali comes upstairs crying with slurpee dripping from her head and arms. Zoey had dumped hers on her. Where do you think this happened???? You guessed it, my bed. They seem to be into everything lately!!! It's a good thing I love them so much.

2008-08-15T10:54:00.000-07:00

It is raining outside today. I just love the rain. I don't however like it when the dogs jump on my bed after being outside. I have a few errands to run so I will get to be out in the rain for a bit. Brandie hasn't gotten out yet , thank goodness for that. The dog police haven't been by either, and for that I am really grateful. So on the whole it is a pretty uneventful day.

My very first hip move!

2008-08-13T16:55:00.000-07:00

Ok, so now I have my own blog. Who knows if I will keep up with it, but at least now I am "in".

Let's start with today. It has been a trying day for me! I slept from about 8ish until 3pm, when Linda asked me to take her home. I came back home and was planning to go to the store, when an animal control officer stopped at our house. Can anyone guess why???? Brandy got out AGAIN!!!!!! He said we are getting a ticket, but we found her before he did, and haven't called him to tell him. (Do I look stupid enough to do that?????) So she's tied up and safe with me here at home! Jeff was so kind and came over to fix all the holes in the fence, but we'll see how long that will last. We will just have to tie her up whenever I leave the house. That seems to be the time she likes to dart from the house!!!!

I have a new phone, so when people call me I will probably answer now!!! I got the chocolate fully equiped with bluetooth that is now stuck to my ear!!! I was told that I look like I am talking to myself when I am using it, but such is life. I feel like I've moved up in life now because I have it. I am so hip!! It only took me 50 years!!

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