Sunday Fun!!

YWe have had grandchildren ALL DAY TODAY!! Yeap all day!! Did you hear me All DAY!! They came about 9:00 this morning!! Mommy had to go with a friend to keep her company while she drove to Atlanta. Atlanta is about 4 hours from here so mommy will be gone ALL DAY!! Can you say ALL DAY!! smile!!

No really it has not been that bad, horrible or terribly hard. After all they are 9 and almost 7 now!! We tried to keep them busy. This morning Garrett and I made graham cracker cookies. Probably no one but us has ever heard of this. When I was little, mother and I used to make them. All you do is take powdered sugar and add a little milk. You need to make it as close to the consistency of icing. Then you can add food coloring. I made a real pretty purple. Garrett just kept adding colors until he ended up with something resembling TAN I think. Then you just put a gob of it in the middle of one cracker and place the other cracker on top. Put them in the fridge. The icing sets up after it is cold. Good with milk.

After that Gpa decided that we all were going the Mall. It was not as crowded as i was expecting. From there we took the kids to McDee's ! They had their kid's meals and Mike and I had a sandwich. (I got my iced vanilla coffee)!! They played on the outside playground!! They sort of got wet because it had rained earlier!! I am trying to get their socks cleaned up now!! OOOPS!!

From there we hit one more store then off to the theater to watch, "Alvin and the Chipmunks". It was a cute movie!! I think everyone liked it!! I broke down and bought them some of that VERY expensive candy!! I cannot believe what they charge for candy at the movies!! GRACIOUS!! I could buy a whole package of the stuff for what it costs for one small box!!

After the movie we stopped at Sonic and got a root beer float and ice cream!! Now we are back home and I need to start supper already!!

What a day so far but they have been good. I called my Dad and Mother to make sure that they are okay. They are fine just very cold there in Illinois...25 and bitting wind Mother said!! UGH!!

I hope that everyone had a great Sunday!! I am almost dreading Christmas this year because I am missing all of my family!! I wish that it was like it used to be when everyone came to my house in Illinois. But we made that all stop when we moved to the South EAST!! We made a good move but I always get lonely around Christmas for those good times of having family all around!! I don't miss the cooking!! Heavens no..... just MY family!!

We will be going to Christmas Eve Service tomorrow night and then out to eat. We plan on going with our daughter and her two kids. We will be staying at their home all night so that we can see Santa come to their house. It makes it more like the old Christmases that we used to have in Illinois. I miss having little ones at this time of the year!! It just seems more like those Christmases of the past that I am missing so badly!!

I know that Christmas is the time that we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus but also it is the time that we gather together with our families!! Sentimental ME!!

I hope that you are going to be with your friends and family at this wonderful time of the year!! WE are all so blessed....