Advent - Day 5 It's The Little Things!

Jake made this cutie pie in Cub Scouts...

Isn't this awesome? My little guy made this!


Our Christmas Tree
As requested! I still need to add the fragile bulbs - gold and red... A mommy job. It's funny, I didn't notice the big 'gaping hole' in our tree down at the left until I took photos! A good spot to put the bigger boxes..

A peek at My Tree Skirt, below

Nice skirt, eh? Dick & I have stockings to match - one has a bear, the other a moose...

Good morning everyone! My son came home from cub scouts yesterday with the cutest little snowman he made... So Advent Day 5 is about being happy for the little things in life....every time I look at this little snowman I get a smile on my face!

I'll post Advent Day 6 later... I gotta run! ... It's Thursday, the day I help out in the kid's classroom (small rural school, grades are paired together - so 3rd & 4th in one classroom with a total of 20 kids in the class) .

Have a wonderful day.

Clarrification! Which Grandma...

Heads up, everyone!

The post about my Grandma's birthday is about my grandmother, on my birth mother's side of the family... hence, Sami & Jake's Great Grandma Marina... not their Grandma...

Thanks for reading!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Grandma Marina - With my Two Babies - March 2007

Today is my grandmother Marina's birthday... She is 95! She is an amazing woman.
I am so lucky to have her in my life... She taught me all sorts of great things:

• The love of gardening
• How to can chili (hot stuff - jalapeño, tomatoes, etc.)
• The love of roses
• To cook (all sorts of great Mexican dishes!)
  
• To sew
• To embroider
  
• To crochet
  
• To appreciate the important things in life - God's gifts

It's because of my Grandma that I got my Girl Scout badges when I was a sweet young thing!
My sisters and I spent lots of summers with my Grandparents. My favorite Grandma/Grandpa memories are of their little farm in Watsonville, CA. We used to get in trouble for hanging in the fruit trees, eating lots of plumbs. I really got in trouble when I broke a peach branch! I have not forgotten it to this day!! My Grandfather Leonard died just before the Millennium (2000) when he was almost a century! My Grandmother hasn't been 'the same' since Grandpa died.. yet, she is still manages to live in her own home, crochet sweet gifts for babies, and keep her 'family' on their toes!

Happy Birthday Grandma. I love you dearly.