Kraig's Hardware

Kurt's family came over for the evening. We had fun just talking. Kraig told us all about his field trip to Chicago. Christy went with him. Sounds like they had a great time. Kraig brought his basketball award so that I could take a picture of him. It says Eastside Athletic Award. Most Improved 6th Grade Basketball Kraig Whitman. The kids all had some experience to share with us. We talked about old times, new times and just had a great time.

Casey's Vollyball Tournament

Saturday Keith had an auction. I went to Woodburn to drop off a gift for Chappy & Jenny's granddaughter and then went to Butler to Casey's volleyball tournament. She and her team have improved since the last one. It was fun to watch her. Kurt, Christy, Kraig, Chloe and Cayla were there and I sat with them.

Christy told me that Kraig had gotten a plaque for the Most Improved Basketball player at the awards banquet. He never told them or us about the banquet because he didn't think it was a big deal. I will have to take a picture of his award next time I am over to their home.

bugz

Tonight we went to the 1st and 2nd grade Spring Program by the Riverdale students. It was called bugz. It was a very cute and fun program. You could tell that the kids were having fun putting it on. Our Chloe did a great job and had a speaking part. We love going to all the things that our grandkids are a part of. We were very proud of Chloe!!

Guess Who is Crawling Now??

I went to Kevin & Sarah's after work Thursday so that I could stay with Libby Friday. I had a great time. She is teething and wasn't feeling really well Friday, so I got to hold her all day. She took three naps in my arms and it was a wonderful day for me. I went home Saturday at around noon. Just before I left, Libby crawled across her blanket to get to her Mommy's slippers. So I got to see a first. She went a little ways Friday night. But much farther Saturday. It was so nice to be there for one of her firsts. I went to Keith's auction in Defiance on my way home and we went out for supper. I have had a great weekend.

Ribbon Cutting for Local History Department

Monday night we had the grand opening ot the New Local History Department at the library. Here are a couple of pictures of the evening. The one of the ribbon cutting was in the paper yesterday. The other picture is of Me and Keith with Bill Pepple the newest Board of Trustees member and one of my bosses. It was a very nice evening and you will need to come and see the department at the library. It is awesome.

Water Everywhere

Well, we have got four and one half inches of rain since Saturday. If you remember pictures of our pond, we had two ponds that were connected and a bridge over where they connected. We now have one very large pond and the bridge is out in the middle of the pond. The trees that were at the end of the pond are now in the pond too. Our picnic table that was 10 or 15 feet from the pond is now almost in the pond. When I left for work, the water was right up to the edge of the road down by the bridge just before Webers. When I came home our road was closed as the water was across it. So I thought I would go out 49 to 249 and then get on Conkle. But....the water was across the road just before you get to Bill Suffel's. So I went back out Clarksville and went to Weber Road. I had called Keith and he came home that way and the water across the road was only 6 or 7 inches deep. So that is the way I came home too. I am not going to start out to work until it is light out and hope that the water has went down and not up. Wish me luck.

Kraig's Math Bowl

Last night Keith and I went to Kraig's Math Bowl that was held at the Hamilton, Indiana High School. There were seven schools represented there and Riverdale (Kraig's school) had two teams, team A and team B. Kraig was on Riverdale's Team A. There are three classes of schools. His team won first place in their class. Their score was 22. The only other school with a higher score got 23 and they were in a different class. We were so proud of him. I must admit, I didn't even understand some of the questions!! I did not take algebra in school or new math wasn't even heard of when I was in school. Casey sat beside me and she got a lot of the answers right too. Kraig loves math and is really good at it. Kurt always liked math too. I will post pictures tonight. Kraig's math coach is Jenny Chapman who is his teacher and the wife of a very good friend of Keith's from before we were even married, Bill "Chappy" Chapman.

Gun Show & Cayla in "Libby's Sweater"

I got Cayla and Libby matching sweaters for Christmas. They have not been together to wear them at the same time, but I took pictures of both of them in the sweaters and had one taken with me (wearing the same outfit). Cayla calls it Libby's sweater and it is one of her favorites. Aren't my two little girls cute? I went to the gun show in Fort Wayne with Keith today where Kurt and he both had tables together. They both had a pretty fun weekend together. The kids and Christy came this afternoon. The first picture is at the gun show. It is Keith, Kurt and Kurt's friend Bob who usually also has a table with Kurt at the gun shows. I am so glad that he has something that he really enjoys doing and that Keith enjoys doing it with him.

Casey's Vollyball Tournament

Today I went to Casey's volleyball tournament. She did really well. It is always fun to watch the kids. I got a couple good pictures of her. She was always on the ready. One where she was just ready to hit the ball, but the ball didn't make it into the picture and one of her serving the ball. Christy, Chloe and Cayla were there too. Keith & Kurt & Kraig were at the gun show in Fort Wayne. Keith & Kurt both have tables there this year.

My week with Libby.

Last week I went to Kevin's on Monday to stay with Libby while they were at work. I had a great week getting to know my youngest granddaughter. She is so sweet and such a happy little girl. I hope never to let it be two months between visits again. She has changed so much. They will be coming up to visit in April for a weekend. Since I don't work on Friday, I may just leave after work sometime on a Thursday and spend Friday with Libby. I posted just a few of the 122 pictures I took last week. Two with me and Libby, one of just Libby and one of Daddy giving Libby a bath. I got Libby and Cayla matching sweaters for Christmas. I will post one of me and Cayla together too so you can see them. I really missed Kurt's kids while I was gone. Will get together with them soon.

Circle the State with Song

Happy Valentines Day! I had a great one. Before we left in the morning, Keith and I made homemade laundry soap. Someone had given him some for Christmas and I liked it so I got the recipe. We made 5 gallons. Only takes 1/2 cup per load, all natural ingredients and the cost is just a little over one cent per load. I will be taking some for the kids to try and our mothers too.

Keith got me a new scrapbook, pages and stickers for Valentines Day. I love him. First he brought in a new sewer clean out for the camper and said that was my gift. I must admit I was speechless for a minute. Keith took me out to lunch at the new restaurant in Spencerville, Indiana. We were on our way over to watch Kraig and Casey sing in the Circle the State with Song at the IPFW Campus. We actually got there early, just before Kurt, Chloe and Cayla. Christy was a chaperone and she went on the bus in the morning with the kids. They had been there practicing since 7 AM. The program began at 3 PM, but the doors opened at 2:30. Christy had saved us good seats. There were kids from all over Indiana. Riverdale only sent 13 students and 2 of them were my grandchildren!! They really did a great job, as all the schools had never

practiced together until that morning. We were very proud of them. After the program we went to Pizza Hut and had some pizza, wings and pop. It was such a fun day for me, spending time with Keith & Kurt's family. Forgot to mention earlier. This was the week for new glasses. Casey, Chloe and I all got new glasses this week. These are Chloe's first pair. She looks cute in them, I posted a picture of her in them.

Chloe's Flip Flop Party

I was honored to be invited to Chloe's Flip Flop (reading) program at her school today. First the teacher gave out awards. Chloe read over 100 books! Then her class did a skit "By George" about George Washington. The first picture is of her doing her reading in the skit. The next picture is of the diarama she made about one of the books she read and the last picture is of her with her award. It was an interesting and fun program. We had cake, ice cream and punch. Her teacher gave every student a pair of flip flops. Chloe got pink ones!

Snowy Day

While Keith was out of town, we had alot of drifting snow. When he got home he had to use the snowblower to clear out the driveway. It was pretty deep in places. Of course he had to snowblow a path to his chicken coop. He thought about selling the snowblower this summer, sure glad he thought again!