Winter 2020

I'm updating this on April 19th in the midst of
 'Stay at Home' Covid-19 days!
What an unprecedented time we've been in for
the past month.  I'll write about this time in the
next entry.  For now, it's great remembering how
special our winter was!
Missing being able to be with the family, but
remembering these days and that one day
they will return, is so comforting!

Winter lights! 

One day we looked up and saw this ... took us a
minute to figure out that it was the sunlight reflecting
 off the mosaic vase!

The sun came in the office window
at just the right angle and time...

 This happens at least throughout the month of January
 around 5:00 pm.  Just magical!

Next year I'll watch for when this lovely daily show
starts and ends! 

On January 10th Adah and Emsley spent the night!
We try to have the kids over for special Grammy and Papa
time somewhere near their birthdays!
We all look forward to it!  They're growing up quickly!

Happy girls waiting for PaPa to cook their waffles!

A great game of Monopoly ... with snacks!

Peter Piper Pizza for some fun!

A treat for me each Winter is spending a day out with
 Deb and Rach for their birthdays!  Each outing was at least a
month after their January birthdays,
but so thankful we can do it!
No pictures - we just enjoyed being together!

Tim had the idea to take the big kids out for study hall.

He enjoys the time with the kids at Starbucks and

it gives Deb and Rach a bit of a break.  It's great to

see how focused the kids can be on their school work!

We got to go to a couple of Caden's baseball games!
So fun to see this special guy doing a great job.

On February 6th Everett came to spend the night.
I had many choices of things we could do.
His first choice was to just go to our house to play and
get In-N-Out on the way there.
He went right to his "room" unpacked into the
empty drawers, got all his things organized,
then came out him his cozy PJ's to enjoy the
rest of the day ... And it was only 1:00!!!
I joined him and got into my comfy clothes -
I think he's a lot like his Grammy!

First he wanted to play with the car track!
This was the one I grew up with and my brothers
let me take it home since I'm the only one with
boy grandkids.  Part of this 'treasure' is a whole
box of hot wheel cars to race!
Ours grands will outgrow it soon and I'll send
it on to whoever needs it next!

Everett is a peaceful guy.  He enjoyed the quiet morning
with Grammy on the back patio,
sitting by the fire and feeding the birds!

Then he decided the Superstition Mountain Museum and the
Goldfield Ghost Town were next!  We had fun exploring
and riding the train - But his favorite were the Rattlesnakes
in the Reptile exhibit!!!   YIKES!!

We always love it when we get to hang out

with the kids at their houses so their parents can

have a night out!  8 pretty special grandkids!

On February 17th Tom came to visit.  We had a nice,
relaxing time together - no projects this time! 

We did spend an evening with each of the girls families!

Tim enjoyed many hikes on our beautiful Mountain

during the cool months!

I was able to read many very thought provoking books

and work on HeARTsEncounter 

during my quiet chilly 'at home' days of Winter. 

I spent hours organizing writings and photos of artwork. 

 I think I have the layout for the book.

Next step is to write the introduction. 

I'll add links to it on here when I get to that point.

What I've realized is that the things I've been learning the 

last few years have been necessary to be able to complete this 

project.  It's exciting to know God's timing is perfect.

But then I got pretty distracted during March and April - 

More about that in the next post!

Winter Pics!