Word of the Day: Jubilation
/
Today's word is... JUBILATION!
Definition of jubilation (per Merriam-Webster):
1: an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant
2: an expression of great joy
PAGES TO PERUSE:
BLOG POSTS:
Throwback Thursday: Valentine's Day Marshmallow Pops
/
This #TBT piece by Lisa Carpenter originally published February 3, 2015 on Grandma's Briefs.
What you need:
20 large marshmallows
4 ounces or so vanilla candy coating, aka Almond Bark
festive decorative cookie sprinkles
20 lollipop sticks (popsicle sticks might work equally well)
What you do:
Have kiddos poke sticks into marshmallows, all the way...
Read MoreFinal football photos
/
Final football photos!
With Sunday's (spectacular!) Super Bowl marking the end of football season, I figure I should go ahead and share my favorite football photos of the season. Photos I forgot to share soon after they were shot.
My favorite football photos of this past season are — surprise, surprise — of my three desert-dwelling grandsons. Photos not of them playing football, but watching football. Well, even better than watching football, my grandsons were attending their very first professional football game!
Read MoreThe difference one hundred ninety-nine days makes
/
Up until this past weekend, my husband and I last saw our three desert-dwelling grandsons one hundred and ninety-nine days ago. At that time, we flew to their house to celebrate their birthdays — all of which are in June — a few weeks early. At that time, they looked like this:
Last weekend Jim and I flew to their house to celebrate Christmas with them — a few weeks early. In the one hundred and ninety-nine days since our visit in May, Brayden, Camden, and Declan have grown by leaps and bounds — in stature, maturity, conversational prowess, game-playing ability, and more.
Read MoreWherein Grandma's FaceTime game's gone weak
/
Megan and I have been on opposite schedules of late, especially in terms of scheduling a FaceTime rendezvous with my grandsons. She and the boys are busy with the start of the school year and all that goes along with that as well as baseball for Brayden and flag football for Camden. I've been busy building a better blog.
When Camden sent me a spidorpion in the mail, then Brayden followed a few days later with kiddo correspondence to Gramma of his own, I knew a few minutes of FaceTime to thank each for their snail mail was out of the question. So upon receiving Camden's mail, I sent Megan a text message video to and for Cam. I did the same
Read More
