Maddie our middle Granddaughter is 26 today! I was privileged to be present at her birth and cut the umbilical cord. I then went with her to the nursery. One time she asked me if she could have been switched at birth...I said " No way, I was with you from the time you were born until you were safely with your Mom."
Today our oldest daughter Trica is 50. Hard to believe that she is that old.
I believe this photo was taken in 2006. Savannah, Trica, Paige, My Dad and Maddie.
Maddie's birthday was yesterday! Maddie was 24 years old. We visited her via facetime, she likes her new job. Fun to get caught up with her.
Maddie and Chance...2008 I think. The walking stick she is holding is a Diamond Willow Branch that Far Guy debarked and made into a walking stick...one for each of our Grands....he uses a wood burning tool to engrave their names on the walking sticks.
Far Side
This is Maddie’s Senior Prom. She will graduate in a few weeks.
I always have to get the back of these gowns, because in a few years they will have forgotten.
Maddie and her beau.
I was relieved that the bracelet I made for her fit!
Maddie’s group of friends
Chance loves Maddie, and she loves him
Paige and Maddie, they are one year apart in age…355 days. (yes we were busy when they were little) I said back then, “Just wait until you are buying prom dresses and then wedding dresses!”
Grand March
It was a fun afternoon, it is wonderful to see them all dressed up ready for a night out! It was a good thing prom was last weekend, this weekend they would have to wear parkas…it sleeted yesterday and was barely 40F or 4C eh…and windy.
I am getting ready to go to a scrapbooking retreat with both of our daughters. I have not been to a retreat weekend for a number of years. I used to go twice a year, it was a time to catch up and relax and just giggle most of the weekend. Jen and I have gone to retreats all over in North Dakota and Minnesota. Trica has never been able to attend until this year..so it should be fun!
It will take me all week to get organized. Deciding which scrapbook I wanted to work on was the hardest. I have one completed scrapbook..it is mine from birth (1951) to engagement (1969). My second scrapbook takes off with our wedding in 1969 and is stalled in the year 1974. My Third scrapbook I started with 2005 and it is stalled in 2007…that is the one that I will concentrate on this time around. A few years ago I completed scrapbooks of both the girls School Years from K through Graduation, it was quite a project.
Well in my hunt for some organization to this scrapbooking madness, I found this tucked away in my scrapbook desk..
This must have been from 2007, when Madison was in third grade. It will go in the scrapbook. I am still looking for a photo from around that time..I can find one from the year before..
I still have a whole week to get ready and to become more organized. I like to have all my paper and photos and embellishments all picked out and ready to just create pages. I have been known to spend a day just picking out the paper that I will take along. They have wifi there..so I will still be able to write everyday..I hope the weather is warm so I can sit on the dock and put my feet in the water.
I will only be about 35 miles from home.. Chance will have to be in charge of Far Guy. I may even come back home to sleep one night, I will be the oldest person there..all the rest of the gals are young things who can scrapbook endlessly without sleeping:)
Maddie has quite an arm! The wind up...
The pitch..yes she is a lefty...but I don't mind
Off like a flash..
I always bring the ball back
Aren't I handsome running with a ball in my mouth!
We can't play ball for a real long time in the city..because they have an Ass-Fault drive, which is way different for my sensitive country, dirt road and grass pads on the bottom of my feet. I am a Border Collie, I like to "herd" but I am very ball driven. One time in Nebraska Far Side was not paying attention until I began to limp..by then I had ripped up my pads something painful..but I still wanted to play ball. It took a whole week for my pads to heal. So I guess it is a good thing I have Far Side and Far Guy to watch out for my feet. On the way home, Far Side said "Chance you did real good, but we need to work some more on your off leash skills, she wants me to be perfect all the time." Far Guy is a push over.. he just says "Get back here, and good boy." I guess I was a little wild during the Easter Egg hunt..running willy nilly trying to help the girls who were also running willy nilly to find hidden eggs..three girls and only one of me..that was quite a challenge for a Border Collie that wants to herd children:)
All photos taken with the HP now busted camera.
