2019 Joy Journal

April 17, 2019 Had a really nice chat yesterday with a lady that works for Amazon. I was appreciative and it made her happy.  Went and had my hair done. Stopped in at the Flour Girl bakery and thanked them for the cupcakes they donated to the tennis tournament.  Had a nice email visit with Adele Brown. Brittany started her first day at HDR today! When they were here for Second Sunday Supper I said, and "Jon Marc's going to take a picture of you." When she sent me the picture, she siad, "Jon Marc said, 'My job is done. I did the one thing Grannie told me to do."  Beverly and JA made it safely to San Diego and have their new address. She's not sure they'll stay in that RV park, but it is less than ten miles from the jobs that most excite her, so they're going to give it a try.  Got to hug Kennedy. She's getting ready for her pop up show tomorrow night.  Little text visit with Tori. She's still fighting her cough, so we laugh

June 27, 2019 Amber sent me a text to let me know she received her birthday cards. She said, "Thank you so much for my bday cards. It made my day getting them, especially the one from second Sunday. I have been homesick since I can't be home for my birthday. I love you, Grannie!"  Heard from Andrew and Skyler and Tori and Kennedy. Tori and Josh were getting ready to play an online game with Josh's brother. Kennedy said they had a little hiccup in their presentation, but that they got through it. 

July 8, 2019 Morgan's post on Facebook How is our tiny perfect human 9 months old already? 19.8 lbs of thick thighs n big blue eyes. Davis is so much more than we ever could’ve dreamed up. He’s spunky and hilarious, feisty and persistent. He amazes me every single day. This month he slept through the night for the first time  🙌🏽 We’re up to 6 teeth and the cutest toothy smile ever. Baby shark do do do do do do. He’s standing up on his own and I swear will be taking off walking soon. He loves pushing his truck around and walking behind it. This wild child is into every thing and could sit in his swing under the house for hours if I’d let him. He started swim lessons and is learning how to float like a big boy on his back. He said his first words, bye bye bye bye bye, and brought big ol elephant tears into this mamas eyes. Our perfect baby boy is growing up right before our eyes and I’m just doing the best I can to absorb every second of every moment because

July 15, 2019 When Morgan walked in with Davis last Thursday, he leaned over towards me --- coming to me. (Pretty much right back to his Mama, but he recognized me, and that made me happy.)  When she headed out the front door, I said his name, and he turned around and looked. Beverly said that Kennedy told her Papa and I always seem so happy to see her. Shawn said that he is moving into a house and has a new job and should be able to get insurance on his car this week.  I went and spent the day --- or part of it --- with Beth at Morgan's house. We visited and had fun playing with Davis. (and Mally. She still brings me toys to throw for her.) He was busy pushing his car around. He seemed happy to see me and when I got to Morgan's door, to leave, he started to fuss.  We had Second Sunday Supper on Saturday, so that Rodney could be here, and we had a houseful, even though it was a rainy weekend. Brittany called to see if we needed any ice, and brought a bag even thou

July 30, 2019 Annette posted some pictures of the Spartan race she and Brittany participated in the past weekend. She said it was an amazing race. Got to have a nice long phone visit with Beverly yesterday. The work three shifts at her clinic, and her shift ended early enough yesterday for us to have that visit. The girls have chosen dates for their trip to California, and she is pretty excited about that. JA is happy about his new job. They created the position for him, he will be going to Minnesota for some training, and shouldn't have to be on call as much as he has in times past, and shouldn't have to put in stretches of sixty and eighty hour weeks. Angela and Tori and Josh drove in Saturday evening and left early Monday morning. We went to Oriental Palace --- Tori and Josh liked the Long Island Iced teas, too. Lots of laughter and easy visiting. We played Mexican Train dominoes and came up with our own house rules. ;-) We spent an afternoon at Firefly --- Tori an

October 3, 2019 Remembering Debbie, Annette's boss, saying that the way Annette talks about me almost makes her want to cry, it is so loving. Angela came over to visit last night and she just seems so happy.  Had a little text visit with Tori. Her work is participating in inktober or drawlloween, and so she sent me  a picture of the bat she colored on her dry erase board. She said drawing it was fun. Heard from Autumn and have some times and dates set for picking Willo up.