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Nana and her #1 GG Chloe, who has learned to say, "No Way!"
My Auntie Eve and her daughter Elaine on Mother's Day
My sister Peggy and her daughter Marila on Mother's Day
Auntie Diane getting a kiss from Scarlett.

Am I lucky or What?

These are all my grandbabies. Chloe, Scarlett, Luke and Mia with #5, baby boy Strassburg at about -2 weeks. What a fun family day!

Cari and Juan hosted a Mother's Day feast for all of us Mother's and Grandmother's. It was really really nice and we all enjoyed our day. My mom and my auntie Eve (I'm her name sake) were there with all of their offspring and offspring's offspring (as it were!) :) I'll post more random pictures. Scarlett decided she was done with having her hair in pony tails so she ripped them out and looked a little...uh....scary. :)

Where does time go?

Spring has some to Elk Grove

Shana and Chloe
My sister Peggy, Mom, and Alyssa
Tami, Scarlett and Cari
Kenny, Tami, Jason and Nate
Chloe showing all her teeth. Too cute!
My sister, Diane and Mia



Well I've been a little bit of a slacker on "blogging." So I'll try to catch up a little here. This past weekend we had a little "family reunion" of sorts at my neice's house. Her family "Stark" were having a 95 and 100 year old birthday party for her grandma and great aunt. You would not believe how good these ladies look. But anyway...because of this, my sister Diane from Virginia City, Nevada, my nephew Kenny and his wife Tami, from Colorado, and their two sons, Nate and Jason, from Elko, Nevada and San Francisco, my nephew Jeff and his wife Linda from Idaho, my great nephew Aaron from North Carolina, were all here. It was just a lot of fun to see them all. Don and I and the kids and grandkids all went over there and we had a great time catching up. My mom, 89 and the matriarch of this family, was just loving it. Seeing all her kids, grandkids, great-grandkids and one great great grandkid is just about her favorite thing to do. I took some pictures, we'll see how good.

We are anxiously and gladly awaiting the birth of baby boy Strassburg. He is due the first part of June (the 4th I think). We are hoping that Joe and Shana make it through Mt. Ranch convention first. I'm bringing my car seat just in case Don and I are taking Chloe home. Shana is doing great, but she is so efficient, organized, and together, you wouldn't expect anything else. Cari and Juan moved to a new house and they seem to really love it. She is hosting a Mother's Day BBQ there for all of us mother's. My mom, my sisters, my neices, my cousin, my aunt and of course my kids. I think we figured out that Don would be the only one that wasn't a mother or a mother's child (his mom died in 02) so he has to take the picture. The twins, Luke nad Mia are now 10lbs and just very cute. Alyssa lets me come over once a week and play with them. They will have their first Mt. Ranch convention next week.

Well I'll end with this so far and add pictures.

The Jim's

Jim and Alyssa with Mia and Luke. The babies are about 8-1/2 lbs now. Defintely getting their own look. They are just so cute. I babysat for a couple of hours today so Alyssa could get a little shopping done and they were so good. I fed Luke, burped him, put him in his little chair, then fed Mia, burped her, put her in her little chair, picked up Luke, rocked him to sleep, put him down and picked up Mia, rocked her until her mommy came home. When you talk to them now, they will stop their moving and look at you and smile. It is just so sweet. Luke is trying to laugh now. He is going to be a lot like his daddy, just hyper and always on the move. Mia is more even natured, like her mommy. Joe, Shana, Chloe and Sage went to Seattle this past week with a layover in Bend, Oregon to see Shana's folks. Cari and Juan have been moving and keeping Scarlett with them for the little bits, so I haven't seen my big girls for a week. It was nice playing with the little guys. I need my "nana" fix.

Ducks again

The ducks are back and there are 9 of them this time. I'm going to do my best (and hopefully Roxie can help non-violently) to keep them from nesting in the rocks by the pool again this year. I'm just not up for the stress of worrying about little ducklings again, not using the pool for fear of scaring mama off her nest, fighting the urge to sit outside at night with don's rifle to shoot off any hawks or owls looking for duck eggs (I would probably just hit myself as I have never shot a gun in my life.)

It wouldn't be fair to all my grandkids if I didn't include my granddogs. Actually Eddie was my dog that we had to put to sleep at 17 two years ago. I still grieve! What a big baby. But he has a special place on my bookcase. Sage belongs to Joe and Shana and Chloe and I just love him so much. What a GREAT dog. Loves people and is just happy being around them. They never should have got him fixed as he has some great DNA going. He gets to come and visit nana when his family goes out of town. The next picture is Roxie. She is Jim and Alyssa's and Luke and Mia's dog. She is having an extended stay at Nana's as her little half siblings are a little too small and she thinks she is a total lap dog. Weighs about 75 pounds. I am very attached to her also. Well this is pretty much my family. Sage
Roxie
Eddie 1990-2006