Luke and Mia

Mia has the dark hair and Luke has the blonde. Cuuuuute!!!! They both weigh almost 4-1/2 lbs and feeding on their own now. The Dr.'s said for Jim and Alyssa to get ready for them as they could be going home any day. I was watching Alyssa rock Mia the other day and looked at her and Luke (I was holding) and said, "Alyssa, how could you have carried these two to term." haha She could have but she wouldn't have been moving. Alyssa is so tiny that she makes the babies look big. (I mean she had twins, shouldn't she be showing a little after effects. Where's the justice?) They truly love to be head to head. It seems to calm them. I'm hoping to get a picture of Jim and Alyssa and their babies next.

A hoax!

I've been told by quite a few friends and family that this picture of Obama was a hoax. Honestly! There was even an article in the paper about fraudulent e-mails going around about him. I quit! I'm not voting. Just kidding......

AAAHHHH Election Year

Who to vote for. I know that one vote is not going make any changes but I feel very responsible to vote my conscience. I am a registered Democrat but have not voted that way for quite a few years now. My vote will never go to Hillary (I'm very disheartened that we could'nt come up with a better "1st Female President" candidate than her. Don't get me started!!! :) I will vote for Obama in the primary BECAUSE it will be a vote against H.C. I actually was leaning towards him and McCain but I just received a picture of Obama and a few others standing for the Pledge of Allegiance and he refused to not only put his hand over his heart but he refused to even say the pledge. And this man is looking to be our President and Commander in Chief of the US Military. I just wish that once we could vote for someone that we thought had intelligence and integrity instead of for the person who had the least disreputable ways about them.


We haven't seen the sun for a while now. It's rainy, gloomy and ugly. I've been forced to buy a Vit. D lamp for my health. It was that or drugs and alcohol. I think I chose wisely. :)

My happy places..

Chloe is almost two and soooo much fun. To be able to communicate with her is just so great.

Scarlett is 2 weeks from being one and sooo cute. She is walking now and just jabbers all the time. Her best friend is Chloe.

Luke and Mia are 3 weeks and getting bigger all the time. Mia is almost 4 lbs and Luke is only 2 ounces behind her. Luke has a small round head like Jimmy, with blonde hair, and Mia has a bigger head with dark hair. Mia loves to sleep with her arms outstretched to touch Luke. What a happy place!!!!! Their due date is March 7 and they probably will be able to come home before that.

Bampa and Chloe

Only Chloe could get Bampa to play with her. He's a total milk-toast around her.

I babysat for Cari today while she went to the gym and got this great picture of Scarlett pusing her lion cart. She pushes it very fast and when it gets stuck she figures it out and turns it around. Just cracks me up. What a cutie-patootie.

Our new baby twins, Luke and Mia, are doing really well. Gaining ounces daily. Luke has fuzzy blonde hair and Mia has dark. Mia is really sweet and willing to try new things, Luke liked things the way they were (pre-birth) thank you very much, and is a little more crabby about life on the "outside." But he is coming around too, although with a little less cheer. They are just so precious.

This is a view out the window at the RV park in Indio we stayed at. Don and I headed south to find a little sun for a couple of weeks, but our Grandbabies, Luke and Mia, (Jim and Alyssa's babies) had other ideas. They decided to make their entrance. So we hurried home to see the newest grandgirlie and 1ST grandson. They are both doing fine. They are little as they are 32 week babies, but in perfect health, just need to put on some fat. The Dr's say to plan on their being in the hospital until their due date, which is at the end of February. But could be sooner as they are doing so well. They are so sweet and we just look forward to their homecoming. I'll try to get pictures in a couple of weeks, maybe, if the parents let me. :)

California's Big Storm

Our 12 foot seasonal pond filled up. Now the ducks have somewhere to go other than the pool.
The wind also blew the BIG metal doors to the barn off of their railings. That was a little scary in thinking of that door flying around!

California had it's "once in a century" storm yesterday with 50-60 mph winds and lots of rain (yea!). We lost a tree. It was a really nice one that bloomed so pretty. Oh well.