My beautiful grandchildren

We are orginally from the Alexandria area. My husband is an AT & T designer and was transferred here in '96. Both of our boys graduated from NLU and married girls from this area. Our oldest son is a teacher at OPEC and the youngest teaches and coachs baseball for Claiborne Christian (where he graduated from). This weekend we took the grandchildren to Alexandria to see Claiborne Christian play Menard (which is where my husband, his dad, and our oldest son graduated. So it was old home week for us. We only went for the day Saturday and with an almost 6 yr old and almost 2 year old it was tiring to say the least for the old folks. Plus we have alot of family to visit when we are in the area. Didn't get home with the little darlings until nine o'clock that night. I was whipped. You could say I took it easy Sunday. I normally fix Sunday lunch for everyone, but this was one Sunday I just couldn't. The children were great though. The baby boy just got tired and was alittle whinny and grumpy, but so was his pawpaw. All in all it was great. We are going back Easter to our camp. The kids hopefully will come the Saturday before and stay for the day. We will cook, hide eggs, visit. My husband's brothers also have camps there. One next door and the other across the street so we have the best time.
At this stage of our lives we need to reconnect with family. We have raised our children and now want to enjoy the fruits of our labors. We( the brothers and my sister-in-laws love to sit on the porchs, visit, laugh, drink a good cup of coffee or wine and get caught up on all the gossip. We brag about our grandchildren and the "old men" we live with. The men become little brothers again and have so much fun together. They laugh, argue and talk about old times. We all gaze upon the lake and find so much peace. It is heaven.
But I do miss my mojoy blog. Melanie seems alot like me but is much more articulate and so funny. My philosophy on alot of things at this stage is I don't care so much what people think. I can only be myself and if you like me fine, if not oh well...
I have been a Jake follower for along time and cried and laughed and prayed for them.
Some people are so jealous of other people and can't ever be happy. I think God knows the day we are going to be born and the day we will die. Every day is a gift,
so try to do something for others and be happy God gave you that day. I would like to be invited to Melanie and Staci's blogs but if they are uncomfortable with them, I truly understand. Good Luck to you. I have lost both parents to cancer and my sister at 34 to cancer. She left a little seven year old boy behind who has had to grow up without a mother. My mom said there is nothing to compare with losing a child. Not your own mother, dad, or sibling. Nothing. She never forgot my sister until the day she died.