Vivi's Turning Two Pow Wow

Vivi's decorated Tee Pee with real flowers

In love with her horsie 

PARTY!!!!!!!!!!

Coloring cowboy pictures...

Cowgirl quilt I made Vivi

Relaxing with Grandaddy.....

I can't believe Vivienne is two years old already.  Even though, it seems like she has always been in our family.  Michelle out did herself with throwing her Pow Wow for her second birthday party.  The day before her party, Vivi had her other Grandma come to celebrate with her.  She was really surprised when Grandaddy and I walked in the next day.  This is the only time she has had us all together except for the wedding last Fall.
   Before Vivi was born, Chuck and I found this fun rocking horse at our famous thrift store and I just had to get it.  It looked brand new.  I figured either a little boy or girl would have fun with it.  Well, Vivi certainly has.  We also found a great little Tee Pee at the same store.  We paid $5 for it.  Since then we have seen them in stores for $99.  With all of this,  Michelle came up with the Pow Wow for her party.  When Michelle first told me about the Pow Wow, my mind starting turning with ideas for her presents.  I got busy with making a " cowgirl" quilt.  I knew my friend Marilyn who owns a quilt store, had " cowgirl and horse" fabrics.  Marilyn quilts all my quilts for me and she even had a " horse pattern" for the quilting.  How perfect!!  When I was a little girl, I always wanted a " stick horse"......so of course Vivi was going to have one.  She was so cute riding her stick horse around the living room.  She does love " neighs" ( that's what she calls horses)  Her other Grandma bought her a really fun present.......a tire swing that looks like a horse.  I think they are so cute!!!!  Vivi might not remember her second birthday when she grows up but she will have pictures to show her how wonderful it was and how much she is loved.

January Means Snowmen.....

Our one bout with winter

Sun Room Snow Men

The only snow we got this winter.....
Another chalk board by " Michelle" 

George taking a " winters nap" 

January usually means " snow".  Well, not this year.  The only snow we got this winter was with the " snow men" I put through out the house.  We had a very mild winter as we did last year.  Some days, I thought I was back in Florida.  Winters like this confuse all the plants and flowers.  They get buds and BAM...we get a frost and it ruins the buds, which ruins a pretty Spring. Usually the daffodils and tulips make it even if the winter weather does show up again.  So much for winter this year.....

Our " Fitbit" walk

Geese leaving the lake.....

we walk a little over 3 miles

cow trough   

I never knew one Christmas present could change my daily life so much.  Michelle and Craig gave me a " Fitbit" for Christmas.  It tells me how much I walk, sleep, eat and just about anything else you want to know about yourself in a day.  You are suppose to be walking 10,000 steps ( four miles) a day.  Did you know that?  Let me tell ya....four miles is a lot longer than you think.  I thought I walked a lot just around Brambly Pines every day but not even close.  So, Chuck and I started  going over to the Indian mounds close to our house and walking the paths until we've walked at least 3 miles.  It's a beautiful place to visit every day.  You see tons of birds ( now that it's early Spring) hundreds of turtles and Chuck always counts at least over 60 Canadian Geese.  On the farm next to the mounds, there are two zebras....yep....zebras...ha.  Two special looking long horn steers and a donkey.  There is a " cow trough" along one of the paths at the mounds.  Way back in the olden days, they would fill this trough up with poison and tie something around the necks of the cows so their heads would stay out of the water and walk them through to kill some kind of bug that was on the cows.  It's kinda weird walking thought it.  My walking schedule has become walking four days a week at the mounds.  One day I have to take to go to town for groceries and I need the other two days of the week to get things done around Brambly Pines.  I figure walking on an average of 20 miles a week is better than what I was doing.  The good thing about it is....it's making Chuck walk more and it's helping his legs from his surgery.  It was really like a present to both of us.