To do list

Mine has been incredibly long lately.
When I find myself becoming overwhelmed, or having a pity party about all I have to do, I take a deep breath and realize all I have to be thankful for and push on.
Today someone posted this To Do List on Facebook.
It really spoke to me.
Decided it was a keeper!

Dinner with G&G

Tonight we had dinner with G&G in the dining room at their new apartment!
It was really nice!
They are so happy to be here.
It will take some time to adjust and settle in, but they are confident they made the right choice!

Cheers to many happy dinners together!

 It was quite a long walk (for them) from the apartment to the dining room!

Mimi said "Can you believe they make us walk 2 miles just to eat dinner?"!!

It wasn't quite that long ;-) 

Quality time

Since I have been so busy getting things ready for Gram and Gramp, I feel like I have neglected my kiddos a bit. So since the Gs are safely here and needing a day of rest, I took my sweets to Makutu's Island!
(I used to take Finn here all the time when he was little!)
It was so much fun!
There weren't too many people there and the kids loved it!

Marshall was especially drawn to the aquarium!

They have the biggest Angel fish I have ever seen!

 Mia loved the slides!

She was so daring and went down every single one!

Multiple times :)

It was here that Marshall first said Mia's name!!

He and I stuck together, but Mia ran wild and did her own thing.

Sometimes when he and I were up going thru the tunnels I would call for her to find her from up there and make sure she was ok.

One of the times I called "Meee-ya!"

And what do I here from the wee man in front of me?

"Beee-da!"

It was so stinkin cute!

That is how he says here name!

I love it!

And if you ask him what a cow says he says "Booooo"!! 

Think maybe he has his Bs and Ms mixed up?!?

So maybe all this time when I have been thinking he doesn't say my name he really is? It's just when he says baba, he means mama!?!

They're here!!!!!!!!!!

Gram and Gramp's flight was delayed by a few hours :-(
Ultimately this was a good thing for me!
I had some last minute things to do and as usual I crammed too much in to one day!
Mia and I made this sign to welcome them to their new home!

 We were pushing the clock and Mia and I ended up speed walking thru the airport to get to the security waiting area! Dara was there and so were Jessika, Jacksen and Noah!
When I saw them coming I started jumping up and down and waving!
I probably looked pretty silly, but was so excited I just couldn't contain myself!

They were tired after their long day of travel, but soooooo happy to be here and close to their grandkids and great grandkids!!!
Cheers to lots of fun times ahead!

The Big Move

Grampa Vic and Gramma Mimi are moving here from Florida!
We are all so excited!
It has taken lots of preparation.
Grammy has been in Florida for about 2 1/2 months taking care of Mimi- she fell and broke her hip in early Feb and has been in rehab. Then Gramps had hernia repair surgery. On top of all that she has been working on getting them ready to move across the country! They are 90 and 86 years and have lived in their condo for 30+ years!
It is really a big deal!
I have been busy on this side of the country getting their new place ready for them.
Gramps gave me a budget and I got to furnish and decorate their new place!
It was fun, but a LOT of work!
I am please with how it turned out.
I hung some pics of the family in there, brought in a couple of plants and really tried to make the new place nice. I know how hard this is for them and I want them to be comfortable from the moment they walk in to their new place!
I have grown so close to them over the years (they are Caleb's grandparents) and am truly looking forward to them spending their golden years near family!
They get here tomorrow.......

Such a big boy!

I served Marshy his lunch big boy style today!

It wasn't long before the plate was raised above his head and the food was all over the place!
But hey- we're workin on it!

Hoppy Easter!

Look what the Easter Bunny left the kiddos!

*Mia knows that I am the Easter Bunny!
Caleb told her last year!