Fun, Fun, Fun..............

Even though I've been a slacker lately I have made some good friends from this blog and I got to meet one on Friday!!! I've never met any of my blogging buddies before so I was thrilled to finally meet Kari! She is just how I pictured her to be, outgoing and friendly, beautiful inside and out.........and she's a great listener because I'm afraid I talked her ears off(sorry Kari...). We had so much fun, I tried to show her a little of Cincinnati and we did a little bit of shopping at Ikea and I truly just enjoyed her company. So my question is when are you coming back Kari because I thought of a million other places for you to see and when are the rest of you guys going to come to visit me in Cincy? :-) I just know I would love meeting you all!!

Okay, I totally stole these photos from my daughter but I just had to share my cute little granddaughters Maddie and Sydney and their trip to the pumpkin patch or as Maddie calls it the pumpkin pants!! Maddie was so excited telling Gommy all about this wonderful place that has pumpkins everywhere!!

And I love, love this last photo of the two girls walking down the road with the pumpkins on either side and they are holding hands! Is this not the sweetest photo?

Anyway, I am slowly making my way around blogville(very slowly), it seems like I have missed alot being a slacker! Hope it's a great Monday for everyone, it's finally sunny here and the leaves are beautiful right now in Cincy!!

A Visit to the Firehouse

This past weekend our local firehouse had an open house and we took the grandkids to it. They had so much fun, Cameron is going to be a fireman for Halloween so he was very excited and even though these guys are still a little young to even understand what firemen do they loved the big firetrucks and equipment!

Everyone's checking out the big firetruck!!

Maddie had to explain to Cameron what's going on! :-)

They had the ladder all the way up with balloons on it. It was a beautiful Fall day here in Cincy!!

The kids were a little concerned about this dummy on the floor. Ha..........

And Cameron loved sitting on the big firetruck!!

Just one last photo of the fireman's boots sitting on the floor ready for them to put on. Okay, before I go today I have to tell you. I am meeting a fellow blogger tomorrow for the first time. Actually it's the first time I have met any blogger in real life and I am so excited to finally meet her in person. Can you guess who it is???? It's Kari from Just Livin Large!! I'm sure I'll have lots of photos to share! I'm pretty excited to finally get to meet her! I'm surprise any of you guys are still hanging with me since I've become a slacker----haha.........but some of you know that I've had a rough six months or so but am coming out the other side a stronger woman. Happy Thursday!!!

I'm Such a Slacker................

I have no excuse for ignoring my blog other than I am such a slacker.............hahaha.......really I think about updating it everyday but than the end of the day comes and I have not done it. Where does the time go??? So here's a bunch of random photos of what I've been up too. Of course it includes grandchildren!!! When will I ever get a photo of all three of them that's good?? LOL

I thought this was cute of Sydney peeking around the corner at her house..........

And I've been taking a few photos of old buildings around the neighborhood. Does anyone else like old buildings?

I did a walk/run with my sisters and family...................

I had all the kids over for dinner............

And had a quick photo session on the front porch with the giant pumpkin and Maddie and Sydney! That big pumpkin is really heavy!! I am doing well and hope to see what everyone is up to soon. Yea, I am a slacker.................but I love you guys and miss you...........

This and That!!

Hi Everyone!! The weather here in Ohio has been so beautiful for days now. Sunny days and cooler nights. It has been gorgeous!!! I've been busy with lots of things. We are finally getting somewhere on our backyard project, all the pavers are here and ready to go and I am looking at having a pergola put up to get a little shade during the day. We get direct sun in the backyard so it would be great to have a little shade. I also planted some Mums and cleaned up the front yard. So here's some photos of the grandkids over the past few weeks. Every week my Dad takes all his girls out to lunch one day and breakfast one day and we always go to Frisch's for breakfast. I think breakfast is Maddie's favorite thing to do, she loves to get cupcakes(pancakes)!! So I took her photo with the Frisch's Big Boy. LOL

I think Maddie actually took this photo of Sydney one day at the Zip Dip(creamy whip ice cream). It makes me sad the Zip Dip will be closing for the season soon!!! :-(

And these are a bit blurry but here's Cameron playing in a pine tree. It's always amazing to me that a little kid can have so much fun even with a pine tree!!! Hey I'm on a roll here, two posts in a week!! LOL Happy Thursday!!!

Has it really been two weeks????

First off has it really been two whole weeks since I last posted something on my blog??? I am becoming a bad, bad blogger.........LOL But I've been really busy and the weather has been gorgeous here in Ohio so I've been taking advantage of that and getting out of the house(alot). But I really do miss you guys and hope to have more time to visit soon. :-)

Saturday morning I did the Race for a Cure walk with my sisters and niece and two of my brother in laws. It was more of a stroll for a cure because there were so many people walking there was no way you were going to race but they had a great turn out and the weather was just the best. This first photo is at the ballpark here in Cincy, it was open for the race. Thank goodness because we could actually use real potties instead of those porta ones(that is a big deal to me). LOL

So many pink items were for sale but I thought this one was cute "real men wear pink"

Here we are right before the race started at the ballpark. From left to right, it's my sister Gail, my sister Judy, little old me, my niece Allison and my sister June. Yea, I have alot of sisters.......LOL

These next two shots are to show you how big of a turnout it was. Look at this!!!!!

This is the bridge we call the Purple People bridge here in Cincy! It is purple and no cars drive on it only people. It's one of the bridges that connects Cincinnati to Northern Kentucky.


We made it across the finish line!!! Yea!!! The breast cancer survivors got medals as they crossed the line. It was a wonderful walk and a good cause!

I hope you all are well and I am really trying to get my act together and post more and check in on everyone more. Happy Monday!!! :-)

Making Smore's

We went out today and got a firepit and made smore's as soon as we put it together! LOL Maddie and Sydney were more interested in the Hershey's chocolate(smart girls) than the smore's all put together but Maddie loved toasting the marshmallows! What a gorgeous weekend of weather here in Cincy. I had my girlfriends over for dinner Friday night and went out to eat at a place on the Ohio River Saturday night. And while I was driving around town today, I seen some trees already changing color. It seems a bit early. Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and if you are in the Cincy area, drop by my house and I'll make you some smore's! :-)

I had to add this photo of Sydney and her cute little pony tail on top of her head! Have a great week!

The Beast

There's a theme park near Cincinnati that is called King's Island. I haven't been there in years but they had a roller coaster there that was called The Beast, I am not sure if it is still there or if it has been replaced by something bigger. I was thinking of The Beast the other day when I was talking to my counselor about everything I have been through this Summer, he told me it was like I was forced to go on this roller coaster(and I don't like roller coasters LOL) and someone took my head and put it out the side and my head was hitting things the whole way. I thought it was a good way of describing it all. Things have settled down a bit for now and for that I am so grateful. It has given me a chance to actually breathe and stop holding my breath as I waited for my head to hit another obstacle. Now as I write this I understand that there are people who are going through so much more than I have. People who are fighting battles against death and disease and have lost loved ones way too soon so I know in the grand scheme of things my problem is not on that scale but it is a loss and one that hurt me deeply. But God has been so good to me and for that I praise Him and for now I am grateful that the Beast is not banging my head around.
So let's move on to more fun topics, like my grandbabies!!! LOL Do you really think I can do one post without a mention of them? A few weeks ago we took the younger ones to get their silhouettes done. Maddie had one done when she turned one and I wanted one of Sydney and Cameron around the same age so here they are. I love how they turned out!
So since this a catch up post I also wanted to mention that I am also doing a few walks here in Cincy next month. I am doing the Race for a Cure on September 12th with all of my sisters and am also doing one called Sophie's Angel Run on September 27th which benefits brain tumor research at our Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Go here to read all about Sophie, it is a special story. Neither one is a long walk/run but I better start training. :-) And come join me if you are in the Cincinnati area, would love to have alot of people walk for these two great benefits.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone, I am having a few girlfriends over for dinner tomorrow night so it should be fun!



Cameron

Sydney

And Maddie