Sunday Six

Happy Sunday everyone.

I hope that you have had a good week.

I have continued to feel pretty rotten with a stomach ache again all this week...

...but in spite of that I have had lots to smile about.

I hope that you have too.

Tuesday was Ernie's birthday.

We love our Ernie and are thankful that he loves us too.

It gives John and me a lot of pleasure living close to them and being able to share in all of their special events. They only live about 22 miles away from us. We get together once a week or more. Their family brings us lots of smiles.

Grandkids in the pool makes me smile.

I just love summer when grandkids can have sleep-overs at our house.

We spend hours playing in the pool.

I swim with them for a while and then I just sit in the patio and read a good book while I watch them .

I just love hearing their laughter as they jump in the water and splash and play.

Having friends over makes me smile.

Wednesday I had a cruise reunion b-b-q.
Several couples that went on the cruise with us came over.

(Our friend Jon is a crack up. He directs films and commercials...so when he gets a chance to be in front of the camera he is a real "ham". Funny huh!

Sweet Mindy came over before the party and helped me wash off all of the chairs and patio tables. I insisted that she stay with the kids and eat with us. So she did. That made me smile because just love it when my kids are here.

I also just love setting up pretty tables filled with good food.

That makes me smile.

I really enjoy having people come over.

I enjoy their company...

... and it gets me to clean up all the places in the house that I've neglected.

It is always amazing to me how my house can seem nice and clean until I start looking at it through the eyes of visitors.
Then I see lots of areas that need improvement.

Having guests over is great motivation to get work done.
...both in the house....and...

...in the patios...

My place would stay in better order if I had a party every week.

Hummm..... maybe I should do that. What do you think????

...
Grampy makes me smile.

Here he is talking to our son-in-law while sitting under our walnut tree in the new swing he put up. (Grampy talks to our sons-in-law often....about BYU sports, business, cooper mine, family etc.

They are buddies. That makes me smile too.)

Here he is teaching E.J. the correct way to sand the ends of the stool

that he is helping him make.

Sometimes he can perturb me...but most of the time I think
Grampy is just so darn cute.

...
Having Mindy's kids over this week made me smile.

Mindy wanted to get to spend a special day with each of her children before school starts.

So, I took turns keeping 2 of them at our house on different days so she could have a special time with the one that was at home.

It was a lot of fun. We always ate breakfast on the patio.
...and played in the pool as I've already mentioned....
...but...
I got some good help as well.

Claire helped by picking huge bags full of tomatoes....

...and she helped me hang clothes...
(Yes, I prefer to hang my clothes instead of using my dryer... we have sun 360 days a year...they smell wonderful...and it saves energy...well not my energy...but the electricity and gas type of energy.)
...
E.J. helped take care of Austin. He was patient with him and shared.

Even though I had a tummy ache all week, these sweet kids made me smile.
...
Austin's obedience made me smile.
Yesterday, when we got out of the pool, Austin wanted to play wii.

...so...
I said that would be fine...

...but...

He would have to take off his wet bathing suit

before he could play.

So he did!!!
(Perhaps I should have remembered to tell him that he needed to put his clothes on after he took off his wet bathing suit! lol)

...

Well that about does it for me.

What were you smiling about last week?

I am sending (((hugs4u))) and wishing you lots of smiles.

Grammy Lura