The old 1970s song “The Things We Do for Love” ran through my head often last week. And while it’s a song about romantic love, my context was the love of parents for children and grandparents for grandchildren. You see, we are not beach people. We enjoy looking out at the ocean and hearing the waves crashing while reading a book. We don’t particularly enjoy fighting for a bit of shade … [Read more...]
Alexander Family Addition
On January 19, the Alexander family grew by one more very little precious one. Meet Ari Rose, our first granddaughter. . . Ari (pronounced Ari as in "safari") is little sister to Leo who is 13 months and a “chonk” as we call him… As we tell Kurt and Kellie, Ari and Leo's parents, they make cute kids! ;) Leo is the spitting image of Kurt as a baby, and Ari looks just like Kellie. … [Read more...]
Irish Twins? Well, almost!
Join my family vicariously as (last night) we celebrated with Kurt and Kellie (our son and daughter-in-law—who we affectionately refer to as K2) as they announced—with a "light show"—that they're having their second child, a little girl, in January '24! WARNING: There is much excitement, especially from younger cousins who had already had a lot of sugar. LOL Notice K2's dogs, Malcolm & Rue, … [Read more...]
Boy or Girl? What will it be?
Our son Kurt and his lovely wife Kellie recently shared they're having a baby! Our first grandchild, and we're beyond excited. This past Sunday, we had a reveal party, and their sweetly rambunctious double doodle Malcolm was the "revealer!" Watch the 15 second video below to see the reveal... Yep, we all waited in the front yard and Malcolm ran out with a blue bandana and balloons to … [Read more...]