PINK or BLUE???

Today is an exciting day!!

Emily has an ultrasound and hopes to find out if they are having a baby girl or a baby boy!

Grandma and Grandpa are very excited to have another grandbaby and will be thrilled with a baby girl or a baby boy!

Grandma being the shopper that she is..... just couldn't resist these cute little outfits while shopping at Kohl's this week-end!

So, the question is.... which outfit will she be keeping and which outfit will she be returning????

Stayed tuned and "hopefully" we will know later this afternoon!

Fun Camera Accessory!

I mentioned in my blog post about my new camera that I had ordered a bright new camera strap from Etsy.

Well, here it is....



Not the greatest picture as I took it with my old Kodak camera. I somehow forgot to take a picture of it BEFORE I put it on my new camera. Now putting the strap on is not all that complicated, but it does take some time and I was not in the mood to take it off, just to take a nice picture of it.... Yes, lazy....

So there you have it. This will make it very easy for Emily and I to tell our cameras apart with just a glance. Her camera strap has greens and blues in it.

If you are in the market for a bright, colorful and fun camera strap, check out cottoncandybynatalie.etsy.com!

I LOVE LILACS!!

I absolutely LOVE lilacs! They are my very favorite flower!


The only lilac bush that we have that is very big, is up by the corrals and an old house that was here when we moved here. The bush is right outside the kitchen door of the old house. I often wonder if the ranch wife threw her dish water out each day on the lilac bush to water it?


Yesterday, we made a trip to La Junta to the chiropractor. Driving thru the little town of Cheraw on the way, I was amazed at all of the yards that had not only one, but five or six lilac bushes! I guess you don't really notice them if they are not in bloom. They were beautiful! Lots and lots of purple bushes and an occasional white bush. The beauty continued in the yards in La Junta!



Last year Tony planted several rows (yes I said rows!) of lilac bushes for wind breaks. They already grew quite a bit this last year, but I am looking forward to several years when they will be all grown up and making me happy each day that I look out my window at my very favorite flower of all!

My New Camera!

Last week on a trip to town with Tressie and Emily, I finally bought a new camera! Obviously, this picture was not taken with that camera! It's not a bad picture, but I hope to be posting better pictures in the future. My little point and shoot Kodak has served me well, but has also been failing in the good picture department for quite some time now. Won't feel so bad about letting Tony take it out to take pictures of cows, goats, pastures, etc.... (The Kodak, that is!)



I had been saving birthday and Christmas money for awhile to get a camera. Several weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised by a generous gift from my daughter and son-in-law for their appreciation of me taking care of my precious granddaughter while they are at work each day. I consider that the best payment any Grandma could every want! The privilege of spending time with her every day! Anyway, I appreciate the gift and was able to purchase the camera much sooner than I had anticipated! Thanks guys!

I by no means expect to become a professional photographer...But do hope to learn some skills and be able to use my camera some day on more than just the auto mode.

You will probably be seeing warnings on future blogs about picture overload!

Oh, and Emily and my niece, Kelsey, both have these cameras and have pretty little camera straps that they ordered from Etsy. Mine is on the way!

Tressie's 2nd Birthday!

Today was Miss Tressie Laine's second birthday! We started the day with birthday pancakes and candles. She is still looking a little sleepy here....


But....it didn't take her too long to wake up and start partying!


This is her new "ta da" pose. Don't know where she came up with it? Her Mama bought her a new birthday outfit, probably at Target!


So it's on to Limon to meet up with her Daddy and Mama for lunch. Did you know that Limon has a new IHOP? Well, they do and Tressie tried out their new Dr. Suess menu. Macaroni and cheese with broccoli and a bowl of fruit. This girl loves her broccoli!


After a good nap when we got back from Limon, it was supper and a few presents. Her main/big birthday party is on Saturday. But how can you celebrate a birthday with no presents?!?! Well, after she opened this present from her Mama and Daddy she really didn't need anything else because this is her new favorite thing! Her little pink guitar! She has been using whatever is available as a pretend guitar. Well, now she doesn't have to pretend!
Let me tell you....we got a show that would rival any Taylor Swift concert! She loves to sing and dance and now she has a guitar to go with it! No keyboard or drums for this girl! Too confining! But with a guitar you can move and dance all over the play!


Yes, Tressie, we are watching....


We had to let her bring her guitar with her to bribe her up to eat her cake! Wow, blowing out candles is hard work! But, she did it!


She's looking a little sleepy.... Yep, it's been a good day! Grandma is still trying to figure out where the last two years have gone!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL! We love you!

Dancing Valentine!

Emily and I found this nice cabinet with plastic storage tubs to put toys in here at my house. Even has a nice place on top for storing more play things. It is only about two foot high. The other day Tressie decided that it was a nice place to sit on and read books. Well, then she decided that it was a GREAT place to break a few dance moves! And, as most of you know, this girl LOVES to dance!


She has all kinds of moves....


She doesn't even need music! She makes her own sounds with her mouth. Something she must of learned on the Disney channel show "Shake It Up"!


Oh, and did I mention? She's a big ham too!!



Hope you all had a nice Valentine's Day!

Tressie & "The Kids" - Take Two

You might remember me blogging last year about Tressie's first introduction to "the kids" also known as baby goats. She really wasn't too impressed and didn't really like it when this "kid" started crying really loud about the time Grandpa picked it up!


Well, it's that time again! Time for the "kids" to be born. Yesterday, Tressie and I ventured out to the barn to help Grandpa ear tag the new babies.

I put a baby in Tressie's wagon with her. This isn't too bad, she is thinking....


Everything went down hill super fast when we were done with the job at hand and Grandpa picked up this little guy so that Tressie could pet him. Yep, you got it.... Right about the time he picked him up, he started crying as loud as he could!

Then we had two crying kids on our hands!


The poor girl was so tired when we got back in that she went to sleep on my lap (which is un-heard of) and slept for about 30 minutes. At which point I decided that I needed to start supper and just laid her on the living room floor where she slept for another hour!


I'm thinking that we need to make some trips to the barn and pens and just let Tressie set and observe the babies playing. Maybe she will get used to them making those loud "noises" and learn to like them?!?!?