I guess it has been a while....

Danita says I need to post. This is for you.

We have been busy as usual. My sister Anita came up from Las Vegas on the 18th.
On Sunday we drove to Walla Walla for a beautiful outdoor wedding. We visited with our sister Bernice in the afternoon and went to the wedding in the evening. We had a nice time and stayed overnight there.
Monday, we went to the Yakima Valley and bought fresh produce. We had Anita's car packed up high with peaches, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, Walla Walla sweet onions, raspberries, potatoes and strawberries. We had decided to make jam. It was so much fun to spend some alone time with Anita. She says she is so quiet, but we seem to talk alot!!!!! Papa met us there. We spent the week in G'dale.
Tues. we made our jam.
Wed. my dear girls came with the grandkids. What fun. We had Valentina sleep with us.
Thurs. my other sister Jean came with two granddaughters. It was great to spend time with her too. We set up a kiddie pool and let the kids (plus Trina and I) swim. It wasn't very deep, so to get wet on both sides, we had to roll. LOL. I had a very blessed week. Cam left on Thurs. evening. I understand Valentina cried most of the way home. She is not a very good road trip girl, just like her mommy.
Fri. we spent sometime in the kiddie pool then packed up and came back to Vanc. Asa got stung by a yellowjacket, but he did not cry, he said it was ok. He is so brave.

I was suppose to meet my sister yesterday in G'dale again after she went camping with her kids, but Papa had to work Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tues. We will be going again tomorrow, so Anita and I can bike on her favorite trail. It is 14 miles round trip, and I have not been on a bike for two years, but it should be interesting. Maybe I will post some pictures of our ride.

Life is good.

Tagged Again .....

So I was tagged by my nieces in Alaska and told to write "Things That Are Familiar To You" using each letter of the alphabet.

A Asa, my favorite grandson, Anita, my favorite sister!!!
B Bisquits and gravy, Norm makes them great!
C Cameo, Coffee
D Dancing, I do love to dance with Papa.
E Energy, needed to dance
F Food, all kinds, I love food.
G Goldendale
H Hugs from Asa and Valentina
I I love Trina and Cameo
J Josh
K Kool Aid, for you Trina, LOL
L Lemonade, Lotion for tanning
M Margarita
N Norm
O Oil, for tanning
P Party time!!!!!!!!
Q Q-tips
R Roberto Ruiz, a song I like.
S Snooze, I love to sleep in the car while Papa is driving.
T Trina, tanning, tortillas
V Valentina, my favorite granddaughter
W Water in the swimming pool
X X-lax
Y Ysidro
Z Zapato (shoe in spanish)

Have a great weekend, I am heading to Cameo's pool!!!!

Tagged by Cam a week ago.......

Name 5 things that you can't live without and they can't be a person or a "normal" thing like cell phone, computer, etc.... and must be specific.

1. Aussie hair spray

2. Umbrella, it rains here all the time!!

3. My thongs, I mean flip flops. Haha

4. Reading glasses, I have a pair stashed everywhere. I have a pair at Cam's, Trina's, 3 in my purse, 2 in G'dale, a pair in each car, even a pair in my husband's briefcase. I cannot read with out them.

5. My Bible, it shows me God has answered so many of my prayers.

Taking the Grandkids to G'dale

We took both of the grandkids to G'dale with us on Tuesday, this was V's first time without Mama. We all had a great day!!! Here are the pictures of the day!

In Cameo's driveway, ready to roll!!! They both did well on the 3 hour drive. Asa has always been a great road trip traveler, but Valentina is sometimes not.

We arrived and both the kids headed to Papa's shop. Valentina followed Asa everywhere he ran.


Asa always heads for "his" gravel pile to play trucks, and Valentina was just chugging along,
here and there.

Here they are trying to catch lizards, but they are really fast, and so Asa needs a little more practice. I think he may catch one before the summer is over though.

Papa had a bought a work table that needed to be put together, and he thought he could do that while we had the kids. They really were fun and really wanted to help. Asa did really good, and learned to use the socket wrench. So cute.

Valentina had to "help" too.

The box was so fun also.

"Helping" some more.

Upsy Daisy....

Playing the box was a room.

They both had the most fun putting the complete socket set, piece by piece in side the frame.

Asa and his new tool he learned to use.

Taking everything out of the box.

Asa decided to check out the wheel. Yup, it rolls.

Looking for the socket set down the frame where they had put them.

"I know we put them down there"

All at once, Asa walked up to Papa and hugged him for a long time. How cute is that?

Valentina saw that and had to come for a hug too. Papa was feeling the love.

My three cuties!!!

Still loving on Papa.

Asa riding his horse. He got up there by himself for the first time, and off too.

After they ran up and down the driveway, I thought they needed to cool off and get the dust off them as well, so papa brought out the old bath tub the girls use to use. How cute! It was a big step for V, but she did it, Asa could so she did it too.

But Asa was off to better things, he is chasing down the yellow jackets to "wack". He wanted mum mum to buy him a fly swatter at the store today, he liked it so much.

Finally, the day was over and it was time to head back. Asa kept saying "a couple more minutes" . He really wanted to wack a yellow jacket. This was taken about fifty feet from the house. Valentina was out!!! Asa was out within 8 miles too. Asa slept the whole way home, while Valentina woke up after 45 minutes. Papa had just said how great it would be if the both slept all the way home. It was a wonderful day, but I know I could not do that everyday, Papa and I were both exhausted!!!