Meet Paul Revere, aka Wyatt

Dear Friends,

Well it finally opened up and rained here in QC this beautiful morning. It smells so good out here-real desert.

Last week Wyatt chose to do his American History report on Paul Revere. He prepared a wonderful story board and wore an 18th century costume. I am told he did a super job of answering questions and presenting himself as Mr. Revere.
Wyatt is almost 11 but he has a vocabulary and such a wealth of information stored in his head that we often think of him as a much older child. One of Wyatt's great gifts is his love of everybody. If he walks through the room, he will offer an "I love you Gramma" or "love you Hunter" or anyone else in the room.

It is wonderful to hear him be so open and expressive. He also has a wonderful talent of making friends. He is well known and well liked by his peers and his teachers. Wyatt also is known for befriending and helping the kids that attend the "special" classes in his school.

He loved playing this roll as can see, and I am glad he had the opportunity.
Congratulations Wyatt. I love you too.

More later,
Jan

It Has Been a Few Days (A Gross Understatement)

Dear Friends,

It has been too long since I have updated my blog. I have been busy and I admit, a little weary-the long days and heat will do that to a person, but mostly busy.

In late July, Judy, Marla and I got on a bus bound for the International Quilt Show in Long Beach with 90 other like-minded women (2 buses). We had a blast looking, shopping, wishing and a lot more. I will talk about that later.

The next weekend we all met again at the ranch for the Naegle Reunion and got to catch up, renew, greet new babies and some future spouses. More on that in another post.

Then it was back to work and trying in my spare time to catch up on sewing projects and all the rest of daily living. Sewing projects are good for another post too.

So that brings me to this weekend. My office, thank you Frank, Sandra, Dennis, John and Chris, sponsored a family day at Sunsplash in Mesa. Now mind you, I don't do bathing suits in public places, I don't do sun any more than what I have to (car to building, building to car) and I, as a rule don't do large crowded venues where no one knows where anyone is. But because I was kind of responsible for bringing 6 of 7 wonderful g-kids, well I was there.

I was hot, I perspired a lot, I was ready to go home at noon (we arrived at 10:45) and I drank a lot of water. A lot of water! Anyway, the kids had a great time and of course, I had to drag them home. Here are some pictures of a good time.

The long arms belong to Seth, playing pool basketball.

He shoots.....

And tries for a rebound.

By the way, Lisa took these pictures. I forgot to bring a hat and tried to stay in the shade.

Next she got some pictures of Eli and Wyatt coming down the slide..

And then this.

And that was yesterday in my world.

More later, Jan