It's Been a While

It's been a while since the last post. We've been gone to the almost unfrozen north for the past two weeks. Believe it or not, we made it to Chicago for the first snow of the winter and the last (just a flurry, thankfully). We went to our granddaughter's soccer game and it was kind of cold and drizzly--about 40 degrees I imagine--and I remarked to Susan that "this is as cold as I ever want to be again." The lady sitting next to us thought that was hilarious. I teased our daughter about her blood getting thin after she moved to Texas, but it sure is easy to get used to the weather down here.

We had a great trip. The main reason was to attend our youngest Chicago granddaughter's first birthday party. She is a real cutie (as are all my grandkids). Our son and daughter-in-law regularly have pictures taken of the kids at appropriate times--birthdays, etc. While the kids are always cute, the settings are rather contrived--child with stuffed toy, child with football, ... Our daughter-in-law decided to try something different--take the pictures herself. I hope she continues, because our granddaughter's picture is fabulous. See for yourself

There will be more pictures as I sort through what we all took the last two weeks, but I thought this one was special.

This weekend is our Texas granddaughter's first birthday. She actually traveled to Chicago (with her mom and aunt) for her cousin's celebration, but unfortunately the logistics of coming from Chicago to Texas (three siblings, dad with a new job, mom pregnant) will keep our Chicago granddaughter from returning the favor.

Stay tuned for more on our trip.