A performance by Grant on Ukulele Pool Videos Grant at Horseback Riding Lessons Josie wanting me to keep petting her Grant performs a Christmas Carol on Uke Christmas lights at Lincoln Zoo
Continue reading →October 2021 School Pictures Since Grant (8th grade) and Jenna (2nd grade) did school remotely this year, due to Covid, we took our own school pictures. We also took a picture of Jenna’s primary teacher, Mrs. Dungan. Meeting Baby Cousin … Continue reading →
Grant enjoys playing the Ukulele. He takes lessons once a week from a local music teacher, pictured in the first video. He has had the opportunity to perform a few times; once in a recital, and twice at a local … Continue reading →
June (2nd Half): The Move As I mentioned in the last blog post, we relocated from Florida to Nebraska in June of 2018. The cross-country was quite the adventure. Due to some unexpected termite issues with our house in Gainesville, … Continue reading →
Note to Readers: It has been brought to my attention that I have not posted anything in the blog in many, many months. So….here is what we’ve been up to for the last 6 months. It will be mostly pictures … Continue reading →
Grant received his fidget spinner in the mail today. It was a birthday present from Uncle Andrew and Aunt Alicyn that got delayed in arrival and had to be re-ordered. The original fidget spinner was apparently coming directly from China … Continue reading →
Grant finally decided he was ready for a new pet after the passing of his fish, Leonard, a while back. Here is a 10 minute video that shows some of the preparations that he made for his new pet. And … Continue reading →
This Christmas we were happy to have Gramma and Pa join us once again from Nebraska. We all had lots of fun together. The kids especially enjoyed playing with Gramma and Pa and climbing into bed with them each morning. … Continue reading →
We enjoyed having Nana Reid with us for Christmas day this year. We all really enjoyed the Christmas Eve service at Trinity United Methodist Church. This year we went to the candlelight service and it was very beautiful. We got … Continue reading →
Jenna turned 3 today! We celebrated a day early so that we could all spend the day together. Here are some pictures and a video of the celebration.
Continue reading →Both Grant and Jenna participated in their class holiday programs. Grant’s second grade class put on a Thanksgiving program and Jenna’s Preschool did a Christmas program. Here are some video clips of those. Grant (back row in light blue shirt): … Continue reading →
At 19 months, Jenna started standing up on her own and taking a few steps at a time. Over the course of one month, she started taking more and more steps! She just turned 20 months and is a full … Continue reading →
Our Jenna has become more mobile in recent days (Hurray!). She learned that she could belly crawl from place to place, but had to be adequately motivated. Usually the only thing that would motivate her is her aquarium toy, which … Continue reading →
We stayed home for Christmas this year instead of traveling to the Midwest. This was the first year that we hosted anyone for the holiday as Nana and her friend Bill drove up from the Keys to spend Christmas Eve … Continue reading →
We spent Thanksgiving in the Keys this year with Nana. We weren’t sure if we were going to make it because Grant came down with an ear infection the day before we were planning on leaving, and Jenna was catching … Continue reading →
Mama was playing a game with Jenna the other night that made Jenna laugh and I immediately went searching for the video camera. Here is a video of their game:
We had Jenna baptized on October 20th while Nana was in town. Jenna was baptized in the gown that Nana made 20 years ago for Alyssa to wear. Each of her four grandchildren have now been baptized in it. The … Continue reading →
We decided to take a trip to the beach yesterday since the forecast only called for a 30% chance of afternoon showers. That was the lowest chance of rain that we’d had in several days so we thought it was … Continue reading →
Here are a few videos that we captured of Jenna recently:
Continue reading →Here is a video of Jenna right after she was born. And one of one of her first baths at home. And then a video of her “talking” the other night. Mostly the video is of Carol talking but with … Continue reading →
This year Grant’s birthday fell on a weekend so we turned the entire weekend into a birthday celebration. On Friday night, when I got home, Grant and I took apart his crib and moved his new “big boy bed” into … Continue reading →
Carol continues to perform with the Gainesville Civic Choristers. The group practices once a week leading up to a series of concerts at local retirement homes and other community centers. Today was the final concert of the summer concert series … Continue reading →
Tonight, I showed Grant another thing that balloons can be used for. After an initial failure, I wasn’t sure that Grant would want to continue the activity, but in the end I think he enjoyed it.
Continue reading →Here are a couple of videos taken recently. The first is of Grant and Lucy playing together and the second is Grant learning to play a new instrument.
Continue reading →Carol has taken tonight off for an early birthday celebration. She attempted to keep the plans a secret but I figured out what was going on (she rarely can keep secrets from me). Several weeks ago, while over on the … Continue reading →