Grandma Allred's and Grandma Sally's Houses

The Drive Down


We drove down on Friday afternoon, and it didn't go as smooth as we hoped, but we managed. We took a pit stop in the middle of nowhere to calm Michael down and Josh gave him this long piece of dried weed that he had fun swinging around for awhile.

Grandma's swing!
Notice the other two grandkids in the background admiring my mom's fountain.
This is Michael swinging in the swing my mom has out back. She has made her yard absolutely gorgeous--it is prettier every time I go there.


Mother's Day dinner with all the moms and ladies at the table... and Josh...


While I was down there Heidi helped me start my first quilt! It is the same pattern she made for my sister Jenn (who is having baby boy in August!) It's a little elephant, and I can't believe I didn't take a picture. But I will soon and I'll get it up here for all to see cause it's so cute. So here's Heidi and mom helping me while Josh is perfecting his grilled-cheesing skills.


Cousin KateShe has such big beautiful brown eyes

I love that Kate and Michael are so close in age--only 8 days apart, can't you tell? I love this picture, they are both eating with the same hand and they both have their feet pointed in the same directions. I wish I could see them together more to compare--it is so funny!

Grandma's highchair didn't have the bar that usually goes between the legs and it didn't take Michael long to figure that out!

Well I am so bummed because all the pictures I took at Grandma Sally's house were deleted by accident when I was trying to organize my pictures!!! The reason that is so upsetting is that Grandma Sally has the CRAZIEST spider bite you have ever seen and I was hoping to keep that picture for generations to come cause I know it will impress Michael some day...
She was bitten by a hobo spider several weeks ago and I guess the venom killed her skin cells so she has this little black crater in her skin. Isn't that a cool grandma story? Don't worry, she has been to several doctors and she will be fine. Oh well, if you see her be sure to ask her about it. It makes for a good story!