What's a Gramma to do?

When a Gramma knows all three of her Grand daughters are gonna be together at once?? What do you do? You buy matching outfits at a great sale at the Carter's outlet, and you and your daughter make matching headbands for a photo-op! Kennedy (5 months) with her mommy Breana, Hannah (4 months) with her mommy Julia, Daphne (10 months) with her mommy Heidi.

The things you do for a 6 year old!

My sister Lori and her hubby Brent were here for the weekend. William is their miracle baby, and only adorable child. He is hilarious. He found Jackson's T-ball set, and decided to organize a game. Russell, Lori and I (taking a break from cooking dinner) were on the "United States Eagles" and He, his dad and Grandma Pitt were the "Huntington Beach Sharks" My amazing 75 year old mother was the first one to agree to this fun time!Oh yes the Eagles also had Clyde the stuffed frog who had to have a turn at bat.

The Sharks had Pikachu on their team. We were all cracking up that this little man could get us all to participate in this rousing game of t-ball! Batter up!

Gramma's Blog Bragging!

I know you probably have had enough of my Gramma blogging...BUT it is only the beginning!! The final count for this round of bubbas is in! READY? These are our 6 incredible babies!

My Jackson...my first grandchild love of my life....is turning 3 in April. Hilarious, observant, smart and adorable! Hard to believe, but he went for 2 years all by his little self...and now...he shares with his little sister Daphne.

Our Daphne...this little angel has a smile that lights up a room! She is 9 months now, and pulling herself up, and getting all over the place! Can you say ADORABLE and DELICIOUS?

Kennedy Layne...what a sweetheart! She has stolen mine! At 4 months old, she is smiling, babbling...giving us raspberries! She giggles when I snuggle in and kiss her little neck. Our fair haired blue eyed blonde. Love this little bubba!Warner this little man is so fun! With momma's big blue eyes and daddy's mouth and chin...he has his dad's layed back disposition. He loves looking around and his smiles are heart melting! Reminds me so much of his daddy! These little twins had their special blessing day on Sunday...

Petite, tiny little Hannah. This girl is coming into her own. This past week she started smiling and cooing up a storm. Tuesday night I sat and talked to her for about an hour with her sweet little responding grins, just want to eat this little cupcake!

And now for Prince Henry! He is soooo cute. I really neeeeed to get my hands on this boy...trying hard to get to that Missouri place! Mom and Dad both have a slight cleft chin, we were waiting to see if he got it...yup, there it is! He looks fair, and mom and dad say he is doing so well. Eating, sleeping...good job for a little week old adorable one!

So there you have it the latest about the greatest grandbabies EVER!! I know it is tough competition out there...but it is what it is!

HE is HERE!

We have had the best year welcoming 5 new grandbabies into the family!! Our Brendon and Stephanie finished up our year of expecting momma's with the birth of Henry John Holmes! Born March 3rd at 5:16 pm. A healthy 8 lbs, 8 oz, 21" long. He is adorable...momma is beautiful, and she so did a great job, and handsome dad is in his glory.

Because they live in Missouri, I get to steal the pictures from their blog to show you Mr. Adorable Himself! Can't wait to hold him, and hug him, and kiss him, and love him, and sing to him...welllllllll you get the idea!! Welcome little bundle of love!

I would have loved it!

Marianne Warner was a kindred spirit. When we were in the same place, we would gravitate, sit together and catch up. Before she even moved to Corona, her sister in law, Cindy, told me, she was going to introduce us, because she knew we would hit it off. We surely did. My only regret is not spending more time with her one on one. Now she is not with us any longer. She is my daughter in law - Julia's mom. I miss her. I know Julia and her family miss her so much more.

Yesterday was Marianne's birthday, we would have been Gramma's together. We would have shared a love for our twin babies. My heart wishes it were so. I know she looks out for us all from her perfect place in heaven. I know it has not been easy for Julia to be without her. I would have loved sharing our babies. I would have loved it, as I love her.

Our Elder Holmes

Here he is at home before his service began....

Our Elder Cody Holmes has 4- 1/2 months left to serve in the Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission. I have been requesting pictures for a while, but he got his camera stolen last year as he was robbed, with his memory card of course. Randi said, gun or no gun she would have asked for the memory card.

He has been in some very remote areas where developing them was not possible. So finally with this last transfer, we received a few pictures with his email.

We knew he had lost weight walking 10 to 15 miles a day, because we had to send money for new shirts, new pants, and finally a new suit. Minus 60 lbs later, here is our much leaner, and fit Cody. He loves it, and gets up 30 minutes early every day to work out and keep toned up. So here you have the Elder we sent into the MTC, and here is Elder Holmes today.

Here is his email from this last week..he is so enjoying his service. It has been a very growing and moving experience for him.

"Heyyyy.....so, this week went great! The baptisms went through, our branch had 5 baptisms total, we had three and the other elders that share the area with us had 2. It's such an awesome feeling after suffering a bit to get these baptisms. But theyre doing great, we had a really good lesson with all of them yesterday. It's hard to think that the month is already closing in, and that February is coming around the corner. My time really is SHORT. We have a lot of potential baptisms for this coming month as well. We have Miguel, Margarita, Wilmer, Kelvin, Darwin, Deisy, and I think a couple others as well. We are working as hard as we can to get them in for Feb. and I honestly can say this is the happiest I've been in my entire mission! The fruits of our labor our showing! What has been a factor in this is our ability to answer questions and adapt the lessons to their needs. It's not enough to just blurt out the restoration at them, it's about making sure they understand that there was a need to restore the true church that Christ himself had established. Being able to study the scriptures everyday is such a blessing, and my knowledge has grown soooo much. It helps me realize my repsonsibility a little better. I have a few pictures in this e-mail, hope you like them!! I love you all, and thanks so much for supporting this great work. Give the missionaries references! They need them!

Until next week!

Elder Cody Holmes

It's days like these

in our California Winter scene that I dream of being at home every day. Stormy, chocolate chip cookie baking, don't mind floor scrubbing kind of days. Holding and rocking my grandbabies, crafting, scrapbooking, don't mind laundry days. Going thru closets and drawers, gathering items for the D.I., dusting my desk, even don't mind paying bills kind of days. Get out the scriptures, study and pray, wish I was home kind of day.