Dayton does a hand stand

My grandson is 4 and he can do a perfect hand stand, cartwheels too.

my grandsons are so funny...

Jake plays flag football and as he was getting ready he asked his dad, "when do I get paid to play football daddy?"

He also loves the Minnesota Vikings...we tease him ( this is Chicago, Bears country, after all) and call them the Vi-queens. Of course he gets mad. Last weekend the Vikings were playing Miami, Cody wanted to know who was winning the Vikings or the Miami Philia-dolph-ians...

these guys are such funny boys.

boys and their toys....

Been working a bunch so I miss out on the boy's fun 'stuff'...nice thing is that between grandpa and daddy the boys get all the guy time they can hope for...







Although the other day I made it home while the boys were still here. I was greeted by Cody and Dayton, with a happy "GRANDMA ROSES!". and big hugs.

some thoughts....

I come here as usual to express my thoughts. Don't care if anybody reads them...this is my place, my place where I feel like home...

Lately I have come to realize my age, at 53 I still feel young, but I feel different...mostly I feel my age when I look at other people just a bit older than I, they look old to me, but me I feel young...I realize how quick time passes us. I realize how much we waste our time worrying about things, we make plans for our future, but we don't live in today. Today is all we have...we should live in this moment .... for me I get my feelings hurt over situations I am not in control of...I image untrue situations and waste my time, instead of living...

When Brandy had her baby, my husband's ex wife and Brandy's mom were right there. My husband was called mid labor and told, "we didn't want to bother you because we knew you were at work". Even though I was not at work (break in my day) I didn't run to the hospital, to me these moments are for the couple. I had my feelings hurt as the step mom, but I made myself stop being such a baby ... the reality was that the couple were caught in the baby having moment, called us after the birth, my husband saw the baby nearly brand new (I was working). I spent 2 hours holding him a day later...alone without the ex or other grandmother. My stepson and daughter in law appreciated us and love us just he same as the rest of the parents.

I remember being a young mother too frazzled to appreciate the little moments in my kid's life...time speeds by and now they are adults having their own kids. Now as a grandma I will not waste these moments whining or feeling slighted I will enjoy them relish them...still living my own life with my own marriage...but enjoying the show, the show of watching new lives grow up and live...their own...and loving every minute.

met my grandson Kaleb...

My stepson Matt and his new son Kaleb.


So good to hold the new little one!



Brandy and her new son.


grandpa is in love with his new little guy.