Forgotten connection....

I arrived in Iowa on Wednesday and will fly back on Memorial Day. I forgot the cable that goes to the computer so cannot upload any video or digital pictures. Dang! I thought I had one here on the farm but am not locating it at the moment!

Mark finished planting beans yesterday morning so we celebrated having another crop in the ground. Now, we wait to see what the summer brings. Hopefully, timely rains and NO hail. :-) I know, that is asking a lot of Iowa's weather...

I have been outdoors constantly since arriving. Digging in all the flower beds, transplanting stuff, filling pots with flowers, etc. I have been loving it! Today I am going to mow. I suppose I should spend tomorrow cleaning the house. :-(

I still don't know exactly when I will be driving back to the farm for the summer but it is looking much closer now. My best guess is 3 weeks but that is only a guess! I have a good friend that has a retirement party on June 17th but don't know if I will make it. If I don't, Sue, know I am there in spirit!

Well, time to go spray round-up before the inevitable winds pick up. Enjoy your week-end and don't forget to put some flowers out in remembrance...

This should make you pucker up!

Mommy needs another kid fix

Kayley:


Drew and Sox:

Need new material

I need to take the kids to the zoo or something...nothing new to capture lately! Oh well, Drew and Kayley's mom will watch it! Megan arrives tomorrow night so I can give the kids a rest from always being on film. :-)

Here you go Megan!

Another video for you from today. In case you are lonesome for some Drew conversation, he talks plenty in this one! :-) BTW, it is just gorgeous here. We were on a walk and park outing from 10:00 until noon today and it was just perfect. Hope Peoria's weather is straightening out a bit for you!

More videos for Mommy

Megan is flying to Phoenix again this week-end but I know she could use some videos of her kids to tide her over until this Friday. I am certain her Mother's Day was a little on the lonely side (understatement of the year) so we are glad that she is going to come here this week-end!

Andy and my grandchildren took me to a MLB game on Mother's Day. The Diamondbacks played the Brewers. We left during the 8th inning so I am assuming the Brewers won as they were ahead at that time. Both Andy and I were shocked Drew and Kayley made it that long. Andy said he was figuring the 3rd or 4th inning. They just entertained themselves marvelously.

It has been so nice here and I know that my family and friends in Iowa DO NOT want to hear that! Mark is just happy he didn't have any beans up when the frost and freeze hit a few days ago. It better snap out of it quickly because I am flying back there for 5 days over Memorial week-end and I will not like it too cold. :-)

Megan, here are a couple of videos...

Getting wet:




How we spent today:

Trip to the mall

Another week is almost over. It went rather quickly! Megan flew to D.C. this morning and will be there until Saturday evening. I wish I were with her...just love Washington, D.C. I must take my history buff husband there some summer. He would be in heaven visiting all the memorials and museums.

It is just now starting to get warm in AZ. 95 or so today. Andy is happy with the weather as he plans on a pool side week-end with his kids. Not sure what his pool temp is registering these days but it has to be getting close to "jumping in" time!

I took Drew and Kayley to the mall today so they could play in the kid's area. I thought it would have a bit more stuff to do but Kayley had a blast. Drew was a little beyond the play stuff but he was good with Kayley. In the video below, if you listen carefully, Drew tells me "I am helping Kayley, grandma, she's not coordinated". Oh boy, he has heard that from his mom, dad and granny along the way! Kayley is doing great and we haven't said that for quite awhile but Drew has a very long memory.... :-) After the mall we stopped for some items at Target. We rolled by a Miller Lite display and loudly Kayley proclaimed "BEER, BEER, BEER"!! Ummm, that would be her father, not granny. Of course, we didn't go by any wine displays....thank goodness!!! Have a great week-end everybody.

Train park

I took Drew and Kayley to the train park this morning. I wasn't sure I should do this by myself but we managed to have a great time. They loved riding the train, of course. They also loved the wonderful playground equipment but that is where I could have used a helping hand. Kayley is too brave for her coordination and she kept grandma on her toes trying to make sure she didn't nose dive off of a ledge! They did NOT want to leave when granny got tired but I convinced them with a promise of pizza at Costco. They love doing that as much as MacDonalds! They are now sleeping soundly this afternoon. They are such sweet little angels when they are doing that. :-)

Megan flew back here this past week-end and I know that was a happy reunion for mother and children. Always so very hard for her to return to Peoria but it really is getting closer to a time when they will all be together again for good. That will be a welcome day for their family!

Here is a video from today: