ARIZONA REMODEL

We bought a little condo flat in the land of over 55! Yes, we qualify for reverse age discrimination in Sun City. We have the kitchen pretty much done......and here are a few before and after pictures.

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

My sweet father passed away on April 29th, just a few weeks shy of his 85th birthday.

And then on May 21st we welcomed our newest, our 6th grandchild.

Elle Marie Grange

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN

THERE WERE NO PHOTOS OF THE BIRTHDAY DINNER, THE CAKE

OR THE GIFTS...........

JUST ONE LATER THAT EVENING OF JOHN DOING WHAT

HE DOES SO WELL, SINGING NURSERY SONGS TO ISABEL.

JUST BEING GRAMPS!

LET'S CATCH UP!

MARCH 9, 2009

HAPPY 26TH BIRTHDAY DANIEL

Daniel and his friend Seth, about 8 years ago.

Gotta love the melon shirt and great smile.

Now, a few pictures of the last few months.

CHRISTMAS 2009

I seem to remember another little boy who could not resist climbing into the toy box!

Daniel and Beckett.......Hey, I don't remember Beckett sitting this quietly!!

I'm not sure who won this competition, only that John was the

champion of the Grange men at the end of the day.

Grandpa Gill and Mabel

After an morning of sledding.

RYAN WITH GRANDPA GILLS NAVY UNIFORM FROM THE 50'S

A PERFECT FIT!

A VISIT TO ALBUQUERQUE

A wonderful day spent playing with Mabel and her brothers.

WHILE IN SNOWED IN DENVER, WE TOOK A QUICK TRIP

TO MEXICO, AKA "PARADISE"

THE END

IT IS SPOOKY TO HAVE SNOW IN OCTOBER......

though not unusual!

We measured about 20 inches when it was over.

A LITTLE ISABEL TIME

With Ryan and Teri working so much on their new home, we

have got to spend lots of time with Isabel.

She is a pistol!

Just the right color and size, and they

can be worn as a scarf! Who knew? Ryan and Isabel at a Rockies game.
They won.............obviously this was taken a while ago.

FUN WITH RYAN AND ANDREW

Andrew and Ryan are keeping us busy while Mom, Dad and Mabel are

visiting Daniel, Anne and Beckett in Connecticut.

We went to the Zoo today.

and to the Ward Halloween Party, where Gramps

joined the parade with Buzz and one of the TMNT's.
Buzz is happy to see his Grammy come from behind
the fishing booth.

The wildlife experience proved to be no more wild

than what we have at home.

The boys seemed to be naturals at

climbing the giant spider web.........

Though Andrew said "I don't like it."

Of course the first thing we did was to build a huge fort on the

dining room table and added a few houses and tunnels for

good measure.

Ryan wanted to take a picture of me and I could not

get Andrew out of the fort for a photo op.