Up North

 We were Up North for a procedure that was cancelled and a Dr appointment.  

We had supper one night with the Great Grandchildren and supper one night with Grandson Noah and his wife Hanna.  We did more that eat...we petted Sadie, played cards and went to Menards. 

Nice to get a photo where Peach isn't trying to strangle Baby K.

After we left Up North we heard that Cee Cee put a rock up her nose that required a trip to the ER and an Xray.

Something always happening when there are four! 

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May 2026 The Greats

 We had a good visit with all four of our Great Grands.

Mostly smiling!  Baby K is crawling on all fours now and she has it mastered!  She loves her brother very much...her cheeks were a bit red as she is getting a few more teeth.  Hey Mikey has his own room, Cee Cee has her own room and the little girls have to share a room in their new home. 

Who knew that pizza should be accompanied with copious amounts of Ranch Dressing! 

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May Day!

 We were traveling on May Day...we managed to get a few May Baskets to the neighbors and to a little guy for his first May Day.   More baskets will be delivered on May 2nd....not quite as special but better than a kick in the butt.

We did May Day one day early with our "Greats" 

Baby K finally has some teeth and instead of Candy she got soft baby treats. 

Hope you all had a wonderful May Day!

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A Graduate

 Cee Cee graduated from Kindergarten and will be a First Grader when school starts in the Fall.

Here she is with her Mom! Those smiles are great! Way to go Cee Cee!

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6

 Cee Cee is 6 years old.  We celebrated her properly with a great supper...mac and cheese, pulled pork on buns, coleslaw...and birthday cake! 

The candles relit but she was a trooper and kept blowing them out! 

Hard to believe she is six years old! 

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The Greats

 One guess where the Great Grandchildren are this week. 

Peach and Cee Cee waiting for their brother to come off of a ride that they were too small for.

Baby K and a Princess

Peach and a Princess

Looks like they are having fun.

Hey Mikey

And eating well too!

We had a quiet day at home.  I did some laundry and cleaned the bathroom for excitement.

Jen made egg bake and pineapple for supper.  It was delicious. 

Years ago when Far Guy was stationed at MacDill AFB in Florida we visited Walt Disney World several times...it opened in 1971 and we were stationed at MacDill in 1973 and 1974.

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Great

 Here are our Greats!

At least three of them were looking at me!  

Tuesday night I held the pickles hostage until after they finished some food on their plates!  It was a good meal and good to see them all! 

Wednesday weather: Chilly!  High was 2F or -17C  Low was -17F or -27C. 

Supper was delicious leftovers!

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The Greats

 The Great Grandchildren were here on Sunday.  Wish we could bottle that energy!

Hey Mikey!

Cee Cee 

Peach 

Baby K 

You can always count on babies to scratch themselves before holiday photos. 

Yesterday I finished ordering the 2026 Calendar...the Greats will be 9, 6, 3 and 1 in 2026!  

We had a beautiful day yesterday!  The sun was shining! 

Minnesota weather; High 43F or 6C Low was 15F or -9C  at least it is windy!

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Visit to the Farm

 Our friends Sarah and Chris have a Flower Farm.  This is their first year adding trees, porch pots, table decorations and various crafts for sale in late November and early December. 

They have several spots for picture takers. 

Inside photos too!  Our three great Granddaughters!  Inside the gift shop was much warmer for photos!  The girls wrote letters to Santa and left them in the mail box:)

It was a fun visit.  A few weeks ago Jen and I helped Sarah create some table decorations...all were sold and she could have used a few more...maybe next year!

Minnesota weather; High 9F or -13C Low was -7F or -22C eh!  

Supper was leftovers...so no cooking only warming up! 

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Booties and a hooded scarf with pockets

 The smaller booties fit perfectly. At the end of November Baby K will be six months old. 

No more cold feet for Baby K.

Cee Cee has the hooded scarf on backwards but you get the idea.  She liked it but thought it had a lot of holes.  When you are five years old you have lots of opinions!

Baby K and Cee Cee posed for a nice photo! 

We had a fairly calm Sunday.  I did some laundry and we both worked on the Christmas Ornaments.  Hopefully in the next few days we can complete that project!

We have a really busy week coming up with ten appointments.  One at a time we will get them done. 

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Greats and a Grand

Granddaughter Maddie and her husband Brenton visited us on Wednesday night, we had pizza as all the kids love pizza! Pizza and pickles a perfect meal for the kiddos!

 Hey Mikey and Cee Cee watching TV after supper

Baby K  who looks so much like her Daddy!

Hey Mikey

Peach...I gave her an old pair of dollar store reading glasses with the lenses taken out...she likes my readers so much.  

Maddie and her children. She is a busy Mom!

We are blessed to be able to see them often! 

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Halloween Report

 We had four Trick or Treaters!  Our niece Stacey's children.

Ava the skeleton glowed in the dark.  Brooke was a girl!  Kelly was something in sports a coach maybe and then Lola a skeleton/fairy. 

The report from Up North. Our great grandchildren.

A Devil Diva, a Porcupine Wild in the Woods, a Baby Bat held by Peely from Fortnite!  They carved pumpkins on Thursday night. 

 Peach wrote all over the front of her pumpkin with a marker.  Good job Peach!

Hey Mikey

Cee  Cee

Baby K

Peach was a porcupine! 

The quills were awesome.  Stir sticks attached together with duck tape and then glued to a piece of fake fur and then attached to a hooded sweatshirt found at a thrift shop with Wild in the Woods on the front! 

What fun! 

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Greats

 Cee Cee had a minor surgery yesterday to put tubes in her ears. Hopefully she will be able to hear better.  She has very thick ear wax that clogs her ears.  Early indications are that she can hear better, she says she can...but she still talks loudly. 

Peach, Baby K, Hey Mikey and front and center Cee Cee.  Jen took this photo and Maddie had it on her facebook post so I shamelessly stole it from her!

We will be seeing more of the Greats when we are up in East Grand Forks Minnesota/Grand Forks North Dakota over the Winter. 

Jen sent me this photo last night with all the Great Girls!  She went over to check on Cee Cee after her surgery....and for hugs and snuggles! 

Peach, Baby K, Cee Cee and their Great Auntie Jen

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Long Week

 We ended our week with Far Guys infusion and my PT appointment.  The therapist says he noticed improvement so I must have done something right! 

I may stay in my jammies all day on Saturday!  Next week we do not have five medical appointments..only two possibly three. 

I got to see the Great Grandchildren on Wednesday evening.

Baby K is growing and they say she smiles!  I got to hold her and save her from Peach...who doesn't yet understand what gentle means.  (Think eyes, nose and mouth a favorite game I play with her.)

Hey Mikey, Peach and Cee Cee

The big kids started school.  Hey Mikey is in Grade 3 and Cee Cee is in Kindergarten.

 

Here they are on the first day of school...all smiles! 

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A little good news

 Good news at the Oncology visit!  The tumor shrunk even more!   Dr B is very pleased and encouraged!  

The genetic testing came back...Far Guy has a gene for cancer.  It is the CHEK2 Gene mutation.  However this does not change his treatment.  He is also a carrier for MSH3.   The Doctor explained that folding genes get messed up...I don't understand it all.  I understood the Alpha One Gene Mutation better than this new gene mutation.

Treatment stays the same and in 30 days he will have a Pet Scan for exact measurements.  After that time we might be able to go to once a month visits...maybe.

We got to see Jen and Sadie, Brenton, Maddie and the girls and have pizza with them. Baby K is growing and is the new favorite baby at daycare:)

Peach on the right was just about ready to pull her sister hair in this photo.  The terrible 2's have begun. A bit later she grabbed a whole handful of hair and yanked on it.  It was funny/not funny. 

We slept in our own beds there...comfy as always. We left on Tuesday morning and returned home to the woods on Wednesday evening.

Happy Birthday to Son In Law Andy...he turned 50 on Tuesday!  He was at the Mall of America for a  Tournament.

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Saturday

 The Great Grandchildren came over to enjoy the pool.  I talked them into a quick photo before heading out to swim. They had a blast in the pool! Baby K stayed home napping with her Dad.

 There are some smiles to brighten up your day.

As a Retired United States Air Force/Air National Guard Family we pray for safety for all of our Armed Services and the missions that they were sent on last evening. 

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Preschool Milestone

 The smile says it all.   Preschool is behind our oldest Great Granddaughter Cee Cee...onward and forward to Kindergarten in the Fall.  

Photos by Maddie. 

What a great graduation cap! 

Cee Cee will be a big sister again this Summer before going off to full day Kindergarten in the Fall. 

Do you recall...back in the day?  Kindergarten was either mornings or afternoons every day or sometimes on a Full Day M W F one week and T Th the next week it was hard to keep track of.   

Congratulations Cee Cee you made it! 

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Trolls

 Jen took Maddie, Hey Mikey and Cee Cee on an adventure! 

In a nearby town there is International Recycling Art by Thomas Dambo.  There is a treasure hunt and a map to find all the trolls.   It is a wonderful way to get out and hike to different areas and see something different. 

Maddie and Jen sent some photos! 

It was a great adventure, the great grandkids didn't think the Trolls would be so big!  

Yesterday was very warm again  91 F or 33 C and gale force winds all day.   I did some things in the morning but napped and crocheted the afternoon away inside in the AC. 

Supper was BLT's and peaches. 

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Easter report

 We were invited to my other baby brothers and she who sees robins first for Easter dinner on Saturday afternoon.  22 people were there, it was an awesome dinner; ham, potato salad, fruit salad, chips, vegetables and dip, pickles, rice krispy bars and fresh fruit.  It was a nice day all the children big and little headed out for a rousing game of Annie I Over the garage, there was lots of giggling and running!  The EGGciting news is that my other baby brother and she who sees robins first will be GREAT Grandparents in October!  This also means that our niece Stacey and husband Justin will be Grandparents! 

On Sunday we had a quiet day at home, Far Guy worked on my lawn mower for the upcoming mowing season...I think it got a new air filter, oil filter and spark plug...all set to go!  I scanned a bunch of obituaries and added them to Find A Grave.   Late in the day we went for a Ranger Blue ride. 

Maddie sent photos of our Great Grandchildren with their Easter baskets! 

Hey Mikey

Cee Cee 

Peach 

They should be well sugared up for a day or two! 

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