Totally Successful ALS WALK 2008

Get your scrolling fingers ready. The ALS WALK today was fabulous and we thank each and every one of you from the bottom of our hearts for your kindness and support. We had about 40 on our team and many others who contributed but couldn't be at the walk today. It was a bit emotional to feel such support from family and friends. We are very blessed.

Here's the group shot with some of our Parks Pals.

The love of my life.
Just a few of the kids. Gotta love 'em. They were great supporters.
The starting line. On your mark . . . get set. . . .
Cutting, cutting, mouth helping him cut. . . . .

GOOOOOOOOOOOO---------------!!

Some people look good no matter what they're wearing.
Jack and Liesl loved helping Gramma Rogers.
Little Miss Clara was the most beautiful baby at the event. Hands down.
Some of Cris' co-workers from the district office and several schools.
Gramma Rogers had a great time.
Fun times.

We don't have the final count yet, but so far our team has raised $2,500. We were so thrilled. The ALS Association has given us so much help, support and durable medical equipment. Our life is much easier because of this great organization and we were honored to sponsor a team. Thanks to everyone.

One More Prom Picture--Cris 1963 !!

Now THIS is a cute prom picture, only I don't like the person on the left. She's old news anyway. But you can see how cute Cris is-----Oh Yeah!

Prom Picture from 1965? Seriously?

The year--1965
The guy--Bob Drury
The dress--I made it myself.
The hair--I have no explanation, except to say that "henna rinses" were really the rage. How hawt is that?

Owen and Liesl cleaning up the lemon cake bowl earlier this week. Liesl wanted chocolate chip cookies but kindly agreed to Owen's choice.

Today was homemade pizza day for Em's boys. They were not keen on a green salad to accompany said pizza and chose fruit kabobs instead. (Looking at sharp sticks) No eyes were injured in this activity.
Yummy pizza. These are the "after" pictures because gramma cannot take pictures while the odds are three against one with the flour, dough, cheese, sauce, sausage---you get the picture. I decided not to take a picture of the kitchen floor--too gross.
Charlie decorated my house for Hayoween---we call this style "Clustering".

My Favorite Foto Friday Entry

While looking through some of my bazillion photos, I came across this one of Liesl that sort of reminded me of someone. Hmmmmmm--could be she looks a little like her Gramma did at that age, only cuter. I'm very lucky to have so many pictures of my family as this was not the norm in the 50's and 60's. My parents best friends owned a photo studio and took our pictures regularly. You should ask Emily to post her baby picture beside Charlie's and see what fun THAT is. Families are GREAT!!!

MY HAPPY WEDNESDAY

Little Miss Clara has decided sitting in a high chair is pretty big stuff. Liesl is her slave and must replace all toys chucked off the tray. Liesl does this with great patience and love for her baby sister. . . .for a few minutes and then she's done. They played with me while Becca took Owen to Charter school today and we had tons of fun. Miss Clara yuvs me berry much--Liels too.


So, Charlie arrives all excited with this greeting, "Gramma, are you just so glad to see me?"

Of course I am and after mom leaves we discuss our plans. He came with an alien costume to scare me--mission accomplished--then he decided we should make a different costume. We decided on the Ninja look below. Get a load of the lethal weapon.


He then spied some red fabric in my sewing closet and feels this would make a terrific Ninja cape. We cut, we sewed, he giggled with excitement. Then he spied a triangle piece of scrap fabric and said it would make a perfect Zelda hat. More weapons were stored in his Ninja belt. You may think this could double as a Little Red Riding Hood cape (Liesl's request for Halloween) but do not be confused. This is no Red Riding Hood--this is definite Ninja apparel.
He also felt he needed some decoration on his face to make him look more fierce. Notice the nutritious lunch with a back up sippy cup just in case.
Then the conversation goes like this: "Gwamma, how 'bout we have a Hayyoween Party for me at your house?" "Really, Charlie--how 'bout at your house?" "No sanks--yet's have it at your house. . . and we could have a scabenger hunt with cues and goody bags at the end. . . .and we could decorate the whole house. . .. and you could make Hayyoween cookies to decorate. . . . it would be great . . . . .and we could invite Yeesow and Owen and my odder new fwiend that I can't tell you his name. How 'bout that Gramma?"

And there you have it. This is how our play dates go.

I have questions for "Ask Memzie" and the "Domesticity for Dummies guru".

Question #1: Is it important to update and organize Cris' candy cupboard or should I just let the goodies flow in and out randomly? (I didn't even know we had those itty pack things until I took this picture.)



Question #2: Isn't it true that everyone has a junk drawer like this one or should I be ashamed?
BTW--that's Emily's radio shack calculator (under the stake directory) from her sophomore year in high school.



Question #3: How does one approach this problem---or can I ignore it since it's behind the TV, in the corner, up against the hearth where nobody ever goes except grandchildren playing hide-and-seek. Huh? Huh? I label this "media cord modern art". You can see that at one time I made an attempt to label them with blue tape. This did not work so I gave up. Now I just ask Sherod to come hook up all those cord thingies until we have sound and picture. Magic.


Question #4: I am a bit ashamed of this drawer. I call it, "How many Clinic lipsticks can you have in a drawer before it's called hording". I doubt company will be looking in this drawer anyway so I'll just keep them for my year's supply.

My contribution to Favorite Foto Friday

Landee's idea for Favorite Foto Friday is a good one and couldn't have come at a better time. Cris and I went to "The Great Kern County Fair" today for the specific purpose of gazing at the Photo Contest entries. Below is a sample of the very best we saw--all entered by our own Memzie. We also ate the once-a-year-fair-food and now have the stomach ache to show for it.

One proud father. "Riley in green won a 5th place ribbon.
"Luke at the beach" won honorable mention.
"Sand Boy" was just the cutest kid we saw.
Three handsome hunks. My favorite is in the middle.
This picture is one of mine--Liesl lost her 1st tooth at Gramma's house and we had to immediately make a tooth fairy pillow. It was awewome. (The dirty face is just pudding:)