An Evening with Hannah and Benjamin

Hannah and Benjamin's Mommy and Daddy had plans for tonight that I guess didn't include children. Works for me! So we spent the evening together and they are spending the night too. How fun is that?

So we got to Hannah and Benjamin's house and Hannah came out to meet us. Grani gave Hannah a copy of the new Baptist Hymnal for Mommy. Hannah recognizes the music and knows it has songs to sing.

Benjamin loves to read books, so we read a book before we left.

We loaded up the car and said goodbye to Mommy and Daddy.

Then we went to Steak and Shake.

Look at the smiles you get when you put sugar on their place mats.

After we ate supper we went to Lowes.

Then we went to the mall to ride the horses!

After that was a quick trip to Kroger so we would have food to eat this weekend.

Now we're at Grani and Papa's house. The house is clean - surprise! - so they are having fun going everywhere.

Hannah showed Benjamin the secret door.

Grani read a story.

Doctor Grani is listening to Hannah's heart.

Doctor Hannah is giving Papa a shot.

Happy Birthday !(late) Elam

Papa and Grani called Elam before they left for Rio. He is two now and such a big boy. But since Papa was in Rio he didn't get some pictures of Elam up for his birthday. So now, 9 days late, here is a little picture tribute to Elam.

Grani and Papa love you!

Traveling to Rio

Don't forget that Papa and Grani are in Brazil this week. You can keep up with their adventures on Papa's church blog http://www.hilldaleworship.blogspot.com/

Here we are on the plane to Rio. See how calm and relaxed Grani is! Yeah!

Some Cool Pictures

I haven't posted here in several days. Grani and Papa have been working on the house - cleaning, putting things in storage, etc. The realtor is putting a lock box on the door today so she can start showing the house. We're hoping she sells it while we are on our mission trip so we don't have to clean up every morning before we go to work.



But the reason I'm posting today is because my grandchildren need to go to my church blog to see some really cool pictures. I know their mommas check this blog, so that's why I'm posting this here. The rest of you may want to go check it out too. COOL STUFF!

You can click the title of this post and it will take you there. Here's a preview of what you will see.

My Newest Blog

"My goodness!", you may be thinking, "How could that boy have any more to say. He has a worship blog, an art blog and a grandbaby blog. Now what?"

I'm glad you asked. I'm putting my house up for sale. As much as I love Bear Hollow, it's time to sell and move to Clarksville. So my new blog is to help me sell my house.

Since I have adopted grandbabies and since it would be easier to connect them to where I live by adding my house address, I have removed the link to my house for sale. If you want to keep up with that or want to see pictures as I add them and you didn't save that address, send me an e-mail at home or at church and I'll send you the link.

Happy Birthday Gibson!

It was 6 years ago today that I became a Papa!

Happy Birthday Gibson!

When someone at church (not where I am now) said, "Your son seems awfully young to be having a baby", my reply was, "I think he's shown great restraint. If he had a son as early as I had a son my grandson would be 5 years old!"

The End of Cousins Camp

The last night of Cousins Camp was spent at Aunt Christy's house. We read a story before we went to bed. You'll probably notice in both sets of pictures here that there is always at least one person moving. That's pretty much the way it is 24/7 during Cousins Camp.

On the way home from Cousins Camp 08 we stopped at McDonalds. I think we could have eaten every meal either there or at Chick-fil-A and everyone would have been happy - well, everyone under the age of 6.

Playing at Aunt Christy's House

We had so much fun playing in the water. (those who would get in the water)

We had a pool.

And a funny sprinkler hose.

Elam, the only one to have actual instructional time in a pool, wouldn't get in the water.

More Fun at the Zoo

By the time we left the zoo everyone there knew Hannah and Elam's names.




Poor Benjamin had to ride the entire time.





We tried for another group shot. Not the easiest thing in the world to do.






Hannah wanted to walk most of the time.



I've never seen the elephants so close at the Nashville zoo. They usually stand waaay at the back.



Same for the giraffes - usually so far away. but the zoo had some food for the giraffe closer to where you stand to look at them. The giraffe is Gibson's favorite.

The Carousel at the Zoo

Someone today said, "well, we could tell you ran out of steam as cousins camp went on. Your blog kinda stopped." So here's what I would have posted earlier if I had had the energy.

The zoo has a beautiful carousel. It runs for a long time too.

More zoo and fun at Aunt Christy's house still to come.