A Day with Great-Grand Daughters

October 7th - Monday - Rainy

Yesterday was a very special day for Lou and me.  We had the privilege of keeping three of our great-granddaughters.  They arrived at 8:00 am and attended church and Sunday school with us.  Our lesson was on faith and they made trees with bird seed on them, showing that we have faith that the birds would come to eat the seeds.

After church we went to Perkins for lunch/breakfast.  It was a delightful time and the girls didn't take long to decide what they wanted to eat.  They are all good eaters and ate all of their food and enjoyed every bite.  We came home and changed into our "play clothes" and the first thing they wanted to do was to go to the barn and see the pigs.  My brother raises pigs and beef cattle so we saw the pigs first and the girls were anxious to pet them and the piggies were only too eager to please.  Uncle Jerry was at the barn and ready to put the cows into a different pasture, so we got to watch all of the cows pass by us and that was a special treat.  After seeing all of the cows we walked down to the creek and watched the fish.

Our next stop was the Catlin Hollow Cemetery where we wanted to plant bulbs in Al's and Joanne's graves and to put fall arrangements at my parents.  The girls looked around for all of the Goodwin and Compton's markers and we talked about how they were all their relatives.

Catlin Hollow Cemetery

After we finished at the cemetery we came home and scrubbed our hands, put dinner in the oven and checked with Krista to make sure Matthew was up from his nap and went up to their house to play while dinner baked in the oven.  Krista painted the girls fingernails with cute designs for fall and Halloween.  We got down on the floor and played "little people" with Matthew and that is always fun.

Back at our house we enjoyed our dinner and for dessert I had baked an old favorite "Old Witch Cake" and while the kids enjoyed their cake, I read them the story that went with the cake.  Just as the kids were finishing their dessert, their mother came to pick them up.  It was a wonderful day and we all enjoyed it.  If you all remember, their parents ask that we not post pictures of the girls so that is why there are no pictures and it is really hard not to do as I really had some cute pictures.  Good memories were made today!!