Photos from our trip to the Museum!

Here's a few of the MANY photos I took during our trip to the Discovery Gateway Museum!! We had so much fun!!! Thanks, Nat for planning it for us!!

Brooke-- I couldn't help posting these photos of you... forgive me!! ;)

PS... Somehow I only had 1 photo of Connelly & he was standing behind Wyatt & not looking at me. I'm not sure how I missed him. SO SORRY CON MAN!!! I didn't get any of Addie looking at me either-- every time I tried she would turn & start playing with something else. Oh well. I TRIED! ;)

A few more memories of Grandma!

Thanks for a great post, Brooke!!  Kenz, I remember mandarin oranges, too!  Whenever I give them to my kids as a snack I have to smile!  I also remember playing store in her storage room & of course badminton in the backyard!!  What about walking her fence??  Grandma made the BEST couch beds-- I always felt special when I got to sleep on the couch in the front room... it always felt so "fancy" in there!!  What about playing card games in there-- there were those old MONSTER cards with bride of frankenstein & stuff, does anybody else remember those??  What were they, old maid cards??  My favorite thing to play was hide-n-seek!  There was a THOUSAND places to hide with all the built in cupboards & cabinets in the family room!!  I remember turning over the plastic mat in her basement to trick people-- remember how POKY it was on the bottom?!?  I know I got fooled by that many times!  I remember I loved sitting out on the deck or front lawn to watch fireworks, too!  & helping put out her awesome candle Christmas decorations!  I loved those!!  Hmmm... just one more-- I remember Grandma would ALWAYS put butter on our lunch meat sandwiches-- I thought it was SO NASTY!!  ;)  Brooke, thanks for bringing back some great memories!!!  (Thanks to Kenzie, too!)

A few things that remind me of Grandma M.

When I was young, I used to think that my Grandma M. was the coolest person alive. Now that I'm older, I'm reminded by fun memories of her that she WAS one of the coolest people to have ever lived.

I even told my parents I was running away to Grandma M's house once when I was young. I thought that living with her sounded like Heaven. Hmmmm maybe it was because she gave us anything we EVER wanted!?!

Here are a few things I remember about her.
Disney on Ice. I remember going to Disney on Ice multiple times when I was little.
Big Wheel bikes.
Sending bags hooked to strings down from her outside balcony to "fish"
Rolling down her grassy hill
Jumping on the tramp in her backyard
Playing in her cupboards downstairs
Playing in the boat in the garage
The cool vines growing on the outside of her house.
Eating Fat Jacks Pizza and drinking rootbeer.
Getting millions of ice cream cones.
Grape juice mixed with sprite.
Philip and Ben digging for "dinosaur" bones in the BBQ chicken
Stouffer's lasagna
Feeding the ducks
Going to the Monte Beam museum
Her orange stuffed snake
That huge brown furry pillow
Her pink bathroom that when I took a bath, I couldn't ever get the suds off. (soft water)
Her making our beds for us every morning about 30 seconds after we got out of bed.
Getting ziplock baggies of cereal for the ride home.
Going to lots of parades and sitting in front of a school (I think it was a school).
Looking for the camel on the mountain
Flocked Christmas trees
Hiding in her closet in the hallway across from the pink bathroom. The one with the cool sliding door where she kept the folding chairs.
Her green frog decoration hanging in the bathroom down stairs.
Popsicles always in the freezer.
Cookies with white chocolate chips.
Climbing in her tree outside (was it a walnut tree?)
Drawing with sidewalk chalk on outside on the patio cement.
She always had "bendy" straws to drink our drinks with
Reading little black Sambo before bedtime

How about you guys? What other memories do you have of Grandma M's house?