From Hightops to Pom Poms and Stilettos

My beautiful, athletic granddaughter.....

Loved basketball, but .......

 She quit shooting hoops.

And  running track,  and winning metals galore....

Was not uncommon when she lived in Texas.

But last summer the family up and moved to Arizona.  All of a sudden, like almost overnight, but not quite......

She traded in her athletic gear for varsity cheer leading.    The cool part is, it's at her Dad's Alma Mater in AZ.  JJ and I can hardly wait to visit and go to the homecoming game again this year and watch her cheer.

But......tonight it's all about the dress and the stilettos......

                                                           It's prom night.

                                                And she's going with the girls. 


XOXO Grandma J

Amazing Graces

That's how Grandma J feels every time she goes to California and sees God's glory in this guy.

He's on a basketball team....and loves it.

His strength is in defense, but that doesn't stop him from going on the offense.  No one tries harder.

 

Listening to him play his drums is the sweetest music a Grandma can hear....for about thirty minutes max.

But then again, not every boy has the bestest drum teacher in the world....Freddy Hernandez, who accompanies him on guitar.

Grandma J loves that her grandson is a Cub Scout with a great Dad who teamed up with him to make an awesome, award winning pine car derby  car. 

When Grandma J says award winning she means it because Andrew's car came in SECOND Place!  

Amazing Graces !

Meet A-RON




Because that's what we call him, and that's what his teammates call him, because that's his name.






When your first name starts with not one, but two A's, and your last name starts with RON......there is no doubt what your first love will be. Even though you pitch, you are an awesome third baseman.

A-Ron is a power hitter scoring runs, the name and reputation stands. And even though he plays football and basketball.....he continues with baseball practically year round.

Of course his mom is his biggest fan who travels with the team when they go to weekend tournaments.



She helps with the scoreboard, even if it interferes with her texting.

IT'S A WRAP

That's what I'm calling it.......In the wee hours of the morning, which is really the end of yesterday.

I had chauffeuring duty in the early morning and late afternoon...which included taking JJ along, riding shotgun..

Then a doctor's appointment and two basketball games sandwiched in between.

I came home to this mess of gifts and boxes mixed with receipts, bags and junk.

After a few hours I finally got my wrapping about halfway done, and under the tree.

Once I'm done, they will be packed up to ship to Florida, California and Colorado.

I can't wait to go visit all my friends at my local Post Office.....Remember them?

AFTER THE MOVIES....

We have Birthdays and Basketball, in no special order.

This was a busy Friday. I went to my Matinee, and then rushed home to bake a birthday cake. Not a typical birthday cake, but a lemon bundt cake for my son-in-law, who turned &* years old today.

I got my ingredients together...minus one egg. So, I throw in extra vegetable oil, no?

Then I get the high tech equipment ready. Don't lie now, doesn't it feel like your in Pioneer Woman's kitchen?

After I make the cake, I put it in the freezer to cool it down....another one of my nifty techniques. Then I make the glaze. Just powdered sugar with a bit of water and lemon flavoring. This works as well as the ones that call for butter, milk or chicken livers...believe me.

I rush over to the high school at four, to pick up a couple of my daughter's neighbors' kids, take them home....put the cake on the kitchen counter.

My grandson wants to go to the store to get a last minute gift for his dad.... HUH? OK, just to Walgreen's, but before I leave, I see JJ crying so I take him with us.

We return, put the gift bag on the counter by the cake and take off for my granddaughter's basketball game at the high school. We get there with time to spare.

This is a good family friend and the boy's varsity coach.

This is him all decked out at game time. I love that he always wears three piece suits.

My granddaughter's team played Round Rock. Score at half-time? Harker Heights 13 Round Rock 30.

The Birthday Boy, SGT John, shows up during the second quarter...he's busy getting his unit ready to deploy soon.

Then my daughter shows up, after spending all day in the operation room.

The final score was Harker Heights 39, Round Rock 43. Nice comeback but not enough. I leave the family to fend for themselves the rest of the night....and head on home.

Tomorrow he has a baseball tournament out of town! What's on your plate this weekend?

*Don't forget, I will be leaving helpful gift ideas for Christmas. Basically they will be gifts I'm contemplating getting for my own children and grandchildren...and I'm sharing these great gift ideas with you! These will appear on the bottom of my page. Starting today is my first gift idea, check it out.