Just a little on the latest ---
Naomi's flower-girl dress will be finished tonight, at long last! I've had to do a bit of taking out and re-stitching as I go along - today it seemed everything was done twice. Today's goal is a perfect princess dress! I hope Petra's princess flower-girl dress will go quicker. :)
My Mom is moving on Monday - to Maple View Lodge in Athens. We were hoping that she could come live with us (because I now have the time!), but we'll have to see how she likes the nursing home situation. My guess is that it's going to be a really huge adjustment on her part - she's going from a home into an institution. But - she will be only 10 minutes away from us, and she'll spend a lot of time here anyway!
My flower gardens are enjoying the rain we've been getting - but so do the weeds! This evening we'll see our second "moon-flower" open up. I'm going to start referring to it as a "sundrop" though - that seems to be its botanical family.
We participated in a yard sale at church last week - I've been steadily removing un-used and unneccessary items from the house during the last year and adding them to the "yard sale" boxes. We would have come out on the plus side, but John purchased a couple of things in the silent auction, and so we broke even. Oh, well!
Maria spent a couple of days at Opa's and Oma's last week, and had a good time with - - Oma! It's interesting how she's quite alright with Opa at her house, but it takes a while for her to warm up to him here! She did allow him to help her with food, but it was spending time with him at the church on Saturday that truly helped the relationship. And Opa sure appreciated getting hugs instead of tears! Unfortuately for us, she's staying at her Grandpa's and Grandma's this month, and we're not sure when she'll see Opa again! Let's hope she'll be quicker to give him hugs next time she does see him. She does know who he is though; she calls him either 'pa or papa. And she does blow kisses when he turns to go out the door.
A couple of weeks ago, I took the great-grands to grandparent's day at Naomi's school. I think Naomi should have received an award for having the most grandparents there!
And last week, the girls had a tea-party luncheon in honour of Oma's birthday. The lunch was delicious and the decorating was really nice and the playing was fun!
And last week, as well, there was an ultrasound of our next grandbaby! How blessed we are!
So that's the latest - life is full!
