As soon as we said we are going to take a walk – They both jumped up and off we went!
They love their MORMOR – Swede for MOTHERSMOTHER!
They are really close to her – Cassidy always calling – texting – face time or zoom calls – every week.
Taylor joining in “HI MORMOR”!
“MORMOR – guess what”?
“MORMOR – I got a new book”!
“MORMOR – only 10 days until we see you”!
And so it goes week to week – MORMOR and the TWINS!
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While visiting us – our daughter and granddaughter went with us to Sunset Beach
to view its renowned sunset.
It seems everyone heads to this location –
as I dropped them off and had to drive a couple blocks to park.
But – it was worth the walk back in time to capture the mother and daughter doing a selfie!
The trip was worth it and while no clouds for reflection – the marsh provides that quiet feeling!
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She chooses to spend her Spring Break with us –
this will be the first time she has been to our new home in N.C.
She is 21 years old and a Junior at the University of Lynchburg – in Va.
Her major is Engineering Science.
GPA of almost 4.0.
She excels in soccer and has played all three years in college.
As a Sophomore, she was third-team all-conference –
As a Junior this year she was selected to the second-team all-conference.
This summer she will travel to Costa Rico to do humane work –
along with playing in three scrimmages with her team
against the Costa Rico National – World cup – Olympic team!
For a young lady who in H.S. for three years – in order to play better competition
Drove herself 65 miles each way for practice three days a week into
Loudoun County Va. just outside Washington DC.
She was recruited and ended up at the University of Lynchburg.
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Maddy as we call her – has been with us all week for her Spring break –
this makes me smile as she chooses to spend it with us.
She has been named one of four captains for the fall soccer season
at the University of Lynchburg in Va.
She will be a senior and made the all-conference third team as a Sophomore
and second-team all-conference as a Junior.
This summer she will travel to Costa Rico with her team to play three scrimmages
one of which is against the National Olimpic – World cup team!
She was about ten years old in this picture –
today she carries a 3.80 GPA in Engineering Science!
We stayed with them for three months after we sold our home and moved to N.C. – S.C.
They are twins – not identical – and born early – three-plus pounds each!
Today they are 11 years old – and Taylor has shot up – almost as tall as her mother.
Cassidy plays soccer as does Bode – Taylor rides horses!
Cassidy makes things – really great things by watching UTUBE!
Taylor reads tons of books and her favorite is Harry Potter – she is at the 11th. grade reading level.
The innocence of youth in this picture!
They will all be coming down next month ( April) for Spring break
and trying to find a way for them to spend a week here in the summer.
It will all work out as they did last summer and they had such a good time!
We do miss these times but more than makeup for it when they come to visit.
Family is and has always been important to us.
As they all come to visit – smiles and hugs make the distance shorter.
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Many times when her father was alive – we would go on vacation with them –
then when he passed away – we continued taking GIGI with us where ever we went.
You see GIGI ( Barb) was Swede through and through – her mother was born in Sweden.
In Mount Jewett where they lived – was an early Swedish settlement from immigrants.
The men in 1886 built a replicant of an eight-sided Swedish church – and the one in Sweden still stands as does the one called Mount Nebo in Mount Jewett – in NWPA!
Every year in that little town in NWPA – a Swedish festival is held.
Both Barb and Bill at one time were the king and queen of that festival.
Memories of GIGI for the grandkids was she was always laughing – smiling – red cheeks –
Holding her hand as they walked or climbing up and sitting beside her.
Learning how to sing a song in Swedish and singing it to her.
Those are memories not lost – but retained in our minds.
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It seems like only yesterday they came and stayed often overnight sleepovers!
Our six grandkids all lived close to us before we moved to OIB, N.C.
They had their own SPOTS that they would claim to spend the night.
Ella had a single bed adjoining our Master Bedroom.
Maddy had her own bedroom – a single bed.
Sarah – Taylor – Cassidy and Bode all had their spots on our master bedroom floor!
I miss those times – foam mattresses – blankets and lots of pillows.
Giggles during the night.
Today Maddy is a junior in college – Sarah a Freshman in H.S. and Ella a Freshman in college.
Taylor and Cassidy are in the 5th. grade – 11 years old!
And now we have Bode – the only boy.
The sleepovers are gone – vacations are now here – bedrooms are gone – college soccer games are here.
Gone are the skateboard’s outside – bikes – easter egg hunts in the yard –
Today it is looking forward to visits here and visits back at their homes.
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I have always been a history buff – ancient history – but also family history.
My sister and brother were fifteen and ten years older than me.
So when I came along I had missed the family fishing trips to Canada each year.
And my sister became the family photo taker and camera buff.
All the family history was passed down to my sister’s daughter and then suddenly she passed away.
Unknown to me – a friend of their family cleaned out everything and threw it away.
Everything was gone except the few pictures I had and my brother had.
I decided that what happened there would not happen for me and my family.
So – by being encouraged by my wife Sherry – we set up this blog – where all the family history and pictures can be in one place for all to see and read.
She has encouraged me to write it down along with pictures for future generations to look back on.
I have two sons from a previous marriage – Troy and Shawn who still live back in NWPA.
Shawn runs an energy company contracting out to the state and large power companies.
Running state audits and working through state grants to insulate senior citizens’ homes from the harsh winters.
He covers the entire western part of Pa.
Troy – built homes from the ground up – anything you wanted he could do.
After years of doing this ( he was in high demand) Shawn talked him into coming to work for him –
His business has grown to almost seven days a week.
Troy runs the insulation and energy side while Shawn concentrates on the Audit side.
Troy is learning that side and taking tests and courses to also step in and help.
I am very proud of both these boys and trying to talk them into taking a break and coming down for a visit.
Winterizing homes in Eastern USA for the elderly has become big business – conserving energy
on the power grid for major corporations in order to provide heat and electricity –
He has tapped into a business that for him is seven days a week.
He constantly is looking to hire people and train as auditors.
Troy started working for him a couple years ago.
If anyone is looking for a career out there – contact me – fitztdf@aol.com and I will put you in contact with him – he travels the whole western part of Pa. North to South.
For them I write – post pictures and give them memories that I still have in my head.
Ryan lives in Tenn. and we have stayed in touch with him – he manages a hotel
and recently opened a bar – restaurant business with two other partners.
We attended his wedding a few years ago in Nashville, Tenn.
He has visited us once a few years ago – he served his country
and is like his father(Shawn) making his own way in the business world.
He just spent four years in the service and is now out – living with his mother or in that area.
He reminds me so much of Shawn.
While we do not often get to see either one – both are in our memories and hearts.
Hoping they can come and stay with us in the future.
He is all boy – cars – trucks – bikes – and always without shoes and socks – even in winter! LOL
This is my “WHY” for writing this blog – my memories put forth in words and pictures for all these grandkids and our children to read in the future.
Life in pictures in words – memories – past – present and future to come.
I want to thank my wife who is the driving force behind this blog.
SMILES – LAUGHTER – PEACE – HARMONY and POSITIVE THOUGHTS!
That is WHAT PAPA’S WORLD is all about.
From that little one to an adult and a junior in college. Maddy was the first and now there are six.
TAYLOR – today – who is going to be taller than all the rest – no longer my LITTLE ONE!
We called her the nickname from her father – she always had a soccer ball or basketball in her hands.
Today – she is the starting midfielder for the college – playing almost every minute of the games.
Tiny now is taller than Sherry who is 5′ 9″.
Today she is the smaller of the twins – with the biggest heart – always protecting Bode when not arguing with him! LOL, They should have been the twins they are so much alike!
She is the one who counts the days down to when she can see us – who zoom calls every week.
A little fireball with the biggest heart of them all.
Today – Sarah is almost as tall as Ella who is 5’10” – the fashion girl who wants to go to NYC!
The twins adore her and whenever we get together – they are three peas in a pod.
She is only a Freshman in H.S. – already was a contender for prom queen.
She is her own self – funny – outgoing – and just might have been a very good soccer player like her sisters.
So much like Cassidy that they should have been the twins – yet – he is growing –
and someday I think will be taller than Taylor who he is built just like at seven years old.
Full of energy – always on the go – wear no socks or shoes most of the time.
Or a jacket or gloves!
Out of the six grandchildren – the only boy.
Here today at Christmas day for presents – memories from the past to the present.
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Always together – even this time home – overnight sleepover – all three in Sarah’s bedroom!
Although times have passed – they remain always near one another.
We spent two weeks in Va. with both families – celebrating the Christmas holiday.
I love this and to this day she still has that PIGGY!
Being named third-team all-conference as a Sophomore and second-team all-conference as a junior.
Family memories of past to present – during our stay for the Christmas holidays.
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Hiking the trails in Winchester Va.
Sarah still had classes.
Maddy – Ella -Cassidy – Bode and Taylor.
Debby – Tammy, and Sherry took the grandkids on a hike in Winchester Va.
It is about three miles long and is within the city limits.
It was a good walk and a way to expend all that energy!
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Memories of when they were small and today all grown up!
Two are in college – one is the first year of H.S. All we are hoping to have down with us at the beach.
They would come and spend days with us before we moved – now college and H.S.
Those times are memories of the past – today – and in the future – memories of beach days!
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TAYLOR BODE CASSIDY – children’s choir – Community Lutheran Church – Sterling Va.
Cassidy and Taylor sang solo’s in front of the congregation – Bode is still learning to read –
and when all three sing together – it is hard to tell who is who!
This has been going on for years – ever since the twins could walk!
They so look forward to it!
Who is always where the little ones are!
She is such a mellow puppy – but beware – she likes to chew!
So – you have to constantly watch her – the ornaments are mid-high on the tree! LOL
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The twins – came early – the doctor said it was a time a little past 32 weeks!
Taylor was the bigger – she was taking all the nutrients –
both were three pounds – Taylor 13 ozs. more!
So tiny – but healthy – and that was the birthday of their mother that they were born on!
Not planned – but by the doctor’s orders.
Bode came along four years later – today they are 11 and 7 years old!
Bode was the first boy out of six grandchildren – the girls MADDY ELLA SARAH TAYLOR CASSIDY.
Of course, the older ones all adore him and he adores them – esp. ELLA – whom he follows everywhere.
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The first of the grandbabies – all girls – at Christmas time they would be the first to get up-
And would sit at the top of the stairs waiting – for their parents to awake.
Giggling – so excited as their stockings always hung from the rails at the bottom of the stairs.
Today – MADDY is a Junior at the University of Lynchburg – in Va.
Excellent in a school with an above 3.80 GPA!
Her mayor – Environmental Engineering
and a minor in Photography.
She plays soccer and was third-team all-conference as a Sophomore
And as a Junior second-team all-conference.
They were invited to Division III NCAA playoffs where they lost a heartbreaker 3-2 in the final minute of play.
Today – Ella is a Freshman at Randolph College in Lynchburg Va.
Where she also started and played college soccer.
She started at midfield and played almost every minute of every game.
a bright future awaits her.
Sarah is now a freshman in High School – having been selected to represent her class for prom queen.
All three love their GRANDMA and tease her as she teases them!
WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE – MEMORIES OF THE FAMILY MYERS!
We spent a lot of time with them while they were growing up.
Sleepovers – hiking – soccer games – birthdays – holidays – vacations.
ELLA – mother DEBBY – father MIKE – SARAH – MADDY – all love the outdoors – Androndacks N.Y.
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She is the fashion queen amongst all the grandkids – and is almost as tall as Sherry!
The years have passed and she is growing up!
MEMORIES OF SARAH!
The oldest when she was little – the memory of then!
She is playing soccer for the Unversity of Lynchburg – and has played since she was a Freshman.
As a Sophomore, she was third-team all-conference and as a Junior – second-team all-conference!
So proud of this young lady who pursued a college soccer career.
They went to Division III NCAA 64 team playoffs where they lost in the last 2 minutes 3 to 2!
MEMORIES of when she was young!
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The little guy learned that not hiking is in the mountains like he thought!
Crossing streams or climbing rocks – that is all he had ever done on a hike
Showing him nature – the marsh – water – sand – scrub trees –
He learned that there is more to this Earth – hoping to bring him back
in warm weather as we were told you could see “GATORS” then!
They were excited – walking into the trees on the sand path –
looking for birds – snakes – spiders
hearing the sounds and the marsh views!
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Family is very important to us – both near and far away.
Over the past 40years – YES – we have been together that long – many friends have come and gone.
But the family has been a constant joy in our lives!
They moved to NVA after we moved there! My sons stayed in Pa. and we talk and see them.
Now – we are in N.C. by ourselves – close friends live 35 miles from us.
We are making new friends – new neighbors – and our old friends have been visiting us!
As well as family.
MEMORIES are heartfelt.
Thank you for reading – MEMORIES of each and every one of them come to mind –
Pictures speak to me of memories.
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We had celebrated his birthday when they paid a surprise visit for four days!
He is such a handsome young man – and loves us – calling us MORMOR and PAPA!
MISS THIS LITTLE GUY – when we stay with them he comes down the stairs and climbs up in my lap as I write my blog!
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It was a fun golf outing – and Bode someday will be a very good golfer.
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I knew from the start over 40 years ago – I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE WITH HER!
She is a natural born leader and speaker – writer – and promotes harmony.
EQUAL rights for all – she is very strong on that.
ADMIRATION – she is admired by her Team Generations that she formed fourteen years ago,
OPPORTUNITY – she promotes this to all – helping all who seek it.
ENVIRONMENT – Walking she sees something that belongs in the recycle bin – she picks it up and places it where it belongs – always has been that way.
RELIGION – the family way – leading in church activities – volunteering – food pantry – book club – altar guild.
PEACE – firmly believes in obtainment of WORLD PEACE.
HAPPINESS – always smiling – always laughing – always exuding a happy feeling.
We go everywhere together – I have become since retirement – “DRIVING MISS SHERRY”
She has inspired me to “GO HEALTHY” !
We walk every day when the weather permits.
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Author of over 40 books on child care.
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We are married almost 39 years – but more than that – we are soul mates.
Sharing adventure – dreams and life in general.
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Today I write on the two younger granddaughters – having written about Maddy in a previous blog.
Ella – caring – always does what you ask with no questions.
Warm – friendly – my LITTLE TINY as I called her.
Sarah – outgoing – fashion – arts – glamor – Broadway – big cities.
My Whirlwind when she was little.
While she may be a little homesick – she is thriving at college.
Stable – understanding – polite – team – not an “I” in her vocabulary!
She is who she is – kind – smart – always giving – understanding and an idol to Bode as she is to many little ones.
Try as I might to keep them little once again – she has grown these last years –
soon to be 5′ 9″ and beyond like her grandmother Sherry – as is Ella.
” GO FORTH – THE WORLD IS YOURS” is what I think when I see Sarah.
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One is the oldest granddaughter while the second is the youngest granddaughter with her twin sister.
One is in her third year at University of Lynchburg – Enviromental Engineering major.
One is in the fifth grade – so caring she calls or zooms her grandmother almost every day.
One starts at the attack front position for the ranked lady soccer hornets soccer team.
And had played in 13 games as a freshmen – started her Sophomore year and again as a junior.
One moved to sit beside her older cousin at the soccer game.
Both are dear to our hearts!
Granddaughters – oldest to youngest – youngest admires the oldest – both exceptional to us –
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She is eleven years old in this picture – she is going to be very tall – as Sherry is 5′ 9″!
Everytime – she will reach for her hand – to hold as they walk.
Quiet – always does what you ask – sweet – caring – until she gets upset – then it is TAYLOR BEAR!
She is the one who takes care of the new puppy MARLEY –
She also loves to ride horses and takes lessons once a week for the last 4 or 5 years!
And then there is Bode – who adores Ella and when he watches her play –
you can hear him all over the stadium!
She is his idol – and he is following in her footsteps playing soccer.
And when it does – I hope Ella is there to see it and then Cheer him on!
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He has always adored Ella – but lately he has become close to Maddy – whenever he sees her – he sits with her.
He seems to have taken soccer to heart and may be our next soccer player.
He wears a sweatshirt to Ella’s soccer games with MYERS on the back – it was hers when she was his age!
He sits by himself and cheers for her when she is on the field – “ELLA – ELLA” !!!!
All three he adores – he wants to see them all the time and will ask if they are HOME from college.
It is neat to see him bonding with Sarah now – she has always been close to the twins.
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It was not easy to decide to sell our home – almost everything in it –
and move to another state – some 450 miles away!
It all started with the stock market slide – around the time the Pandemic hit!
Our retirement is in the 401 K and it took a big hit!
But – there is always a but!
The housing market was taking off!
From the last reduction in prices around 2006 –
and losing in that market –
We were now almost even – a rebound!
And it was going up!
With the three oldest grand kids
One in college – one in the fall in college and one who has a life of her own
And the three little ones – we would make it a point to return often –
after all – we were retired – and Sherry had her home based business –
that could go anywhere with phone and internet service
We would sell!
AND WE DID!
After 14 1/2 years – with the downturn behind us in the housing market
WE MADE A PROFIT and had all of our equity!
We followed our plan – sold our house and furniture –
for three months we went back and forth between our daughters houses!
We had our equity to either rent – or buy – we had choices!
Our view today – we left end of September and went to North Myrtle Beach to Ocean Keyes!
Since that time – we have been home twice – holidays for three weeks – and now for a week!
The grand kids have been down – the little ones – and by the time you read this –
the older ones will have been here!
Our family – when we returned for a visit.
We have started a new life – away but close enough to make it home in seven hours.
We are happy in our senior years – living life to the plus each day!
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A new life – walking the beach every day –
We have each other – we have family and we have friends.
It was not easy – but God works in ways I can not explain.
It will be done around the early part of June!
We had no idea a year ago we would be doing this!
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On our last day home – we packed the little ones into the car and drove the hour and ten minutes to Cross Junction
to Lake Holiday – where a gated community with guard house sits –
a 227 acre lake in the valley of the blue ridge mountains in the Shenadoah’s.
Mike and Debby have lived here for 16 years –
raising their three girls – in the country.
There are three beaches on this lake – the main one with the marina and club house –
beach three across from that
and this is called beach two –
has a camping ground – volleyball court – playground – boat docks and storage for canoes and kayaks.
A partial sand beach with pea gravel as the sand keeps washing into the lake.
So they put in a small retaining wall and backfilled with pea gravel.
It is shallow close to the edge but within 25 feet – is over your head.
There was no one there – the campground was empty –
the kids had it all to themselves – and later had a tube ride
from a friend of Mike and Debby who stopped by when they saw us at the docks for boats.
The little ones love it here and want to go and see their cousins –
Maddy – Ella and Sarah.
The first two are now in college and Sarah is first year in H.S.
Mike and Debby host family for overnight all the time –
a campfire pit in the back yard –
lights strung amongst the trees.
It is quiet here and the lake about one mile away.
The shallow part as Taylor is standing –
but it drops off quickly and way over your head!
There is a dam here and one time before the lake – all valleys with streams running through them.
but they said once you were in – you got use to it –
but as soon as they came out – they grabbed towels
and wrapped up in them and sat in the warm Sun!
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As promised for the twins birthday celebration – their cousin Sarah would stay overnight and we all went to
the waterpark the next day. Ida Lee Waterpark and since it was Labor day weekend –
hardly anyone was there!
This sits just outside Leesburg Va.
The only way for him to join up with them again was to get a tube and get in as they passed him on the lazy river.
The water was a little cold but okay after they were in. The temps had cooled down to mid ’70’s!
All in all – we were there three or four hours!
Since it was a holiday weekend – most people had gone out of town – it was not crowded at all!
They had a blast on the slides and pools and lazy river – a obstacle course and a place to snack.
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Yes – they are twins – and they had to be taken out early because Taylor was taking all the nourishment!
Today – Cassidy is normal for her age but Taylor is going to be real tall – like her MORMOR –
Swedish for MOTHERSMOTHER!
Sherry is 5′ 9″ and she will be taller than that.
We went back to NVA to watch the little ones and the puppy Marley – and Sarah came for overnight!
She is adorable and is a Goldendoodle – judging by her feet – she will be very large! She is so friendly and loving.
But – you must make sure to keep things out of reach as she tends to chew – thus she stood up and grabbed the hat of our son in law and that became history! LOL
the cousins celebrating by a road trip with Debby and Sarah into Washington D.C. to the city ZOO!
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Before the Pandemic hit – we were flying to Phoenix for a health conference – then it was canceled –
So we have had all this money tied up in two vouchers!
Fast forward – “Why not use part of them for flying back to NVA – instead of driving – to watch over the kids!”
Their parents had a out of state ( Vermont) family wedding – no children – adults only – and we said yes –
we would come up for the long weekend – and stay with them and the new puppy – MARLEY!
We had to arrive early at North Myrtle Beach International airport – and there in was a problem.
The week before we had taken our drivers test ( stressed out for two months) for N.C.
Hint for drivers test – study all the signs and know what they are for even if they are blank!
There are special shapes!
And we passed – new drivers license ( paper form) and real ID to come in the mail.
We put our VA. license away ( mistake number one) and our new paper ID in our wallets.
(mistake number two) Keep both of them until in the mail you get the hard real ID!
Even though we had TSA clearence – we had to go thru as if we were fakes and maybe
causing a problem – which meant everything had to be searched( I had no problem with this)
and mistake number three ( take your passports when flying)!
All of that could of been avoided – it was our own fault – but we made it only to worry ( STRESS)
the return from NVA through a much bigger ( DULLES) and more stringent examination due to the fact
that the agent was training a new agent! ( NO PROBLEM WITH THAT!)
And yes it was stressful but we made it!
Just a senior moment – we knew better but hey – we are old and sometimes not as organized as we used to be!
But – we arrived – our daughter picked us up and we were on our way to their house – the grandkids and MARLEY!
This was the beginning of a six day stay – two days with the parents – leaving and coming back –
and four days with grandkids and the puppy – a GOLDENDOODLE – who is going to be very large!
But – in our senior wisdom – we had plans to keep them busy and with these three –
it is when you get done “PAPA – when are we going to do the next thing”?
They are busy all the time except when on IPAD’S or BODE asking for my phone!
Then it is complete silence – except MARLEY who as a puppy gets into everything!
All has to be put up out of reach but she is really good – goes to the door when she wants out –
and plays run and hide and stay out of reach when you try to catch her to bring her in –
towel off her extra big feet – I found holding dog food and saying treat she would come! LOL
Taylor is the quiet one of the three – always doing what told – and is the one who tkaes full care of Marley.
She is a sweetheart – sometimes you do not even know she is around!
BODE is in motion all the time – all boy and in the dead of winter – no socks and no shoes and outside!
Soccer – riding bike – golfing with his father – smart and outgoing – but can be a handful!
Cassidy – sweet – does crafts all the time – loves her MORMOR( Sherry) and calls and zooms all the time.
She takes after Sherry and is by her side all the time.
It broke my heart when it was time to leave – she came out for the third time to say goodbye –
hugs and asking when we will see her again –
then as we are pulling out to go to the airport – inside the garage standing on the step –
peeking out to us so she could see us leave – so lonely – and not wanting us to leave!
She misses us more than the other two!
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We have always been a close knit family – Barb and Bill have passed on – all the cousins have children.
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They now live just outside of Leesburg Va. about 30 minutes from where we used to live.
Whenever we do go home – we have a bedroom and bath in the basement – along with a suite of other rooms.
There is a walk out to the fenced in back yard.
Out there is a fire pit – huge patio and a pergola – multiple chairs and some rockers and a outdoor table and chairs we left behind.
A Boce court that was there when they bought the house – really beautiful setting!
Now – there is a new addition – MARLEY – the goldendoodle – Tammy’s dog – that she wanted – a big dog to walk!
She has always wanted a dog – but it had to be THE DOG!
The kids love her – Taylor has a way with her as she does with horses!
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She opened the envelope at her birthday party in July!
There was a picture of Star Wars and the attraction in Florida at Disney World.
“You will spend one week with grandma and grandpa in Florida!
You will ride down with them at the end of Jan.
and go to Holly Wood studios to see Star Wars
and at the end of the week – for the first time ever
They will put you on a plane and you will FLY back home!
We had done something special for Maddy when she turned 16.
Her wish was to be able to swim with the Manatee’s!
So – in the winter – she and her mom flew down –
and she did just that – and then we all drove back home!
Ella – her little buddy is Bode
He follows her everywhere and she just laughs!
She is so good to him and when she goes to college next year
She wants to become a Phys Ed teacher to the little ones!
She will be excellent – so kind – so much of a good heart.
And a very good soccer player.
We spent the time touring with her also – showing her where my brother lived
and the three town centers of The Villages!
We went to see the Manatees and the beach on the West coast
We toured the town where we were staying – and stopped in the coffee shop
to get her a chocolate chip cookie each time – she loved that!
Standing in line as we all watched – her forst time and she handled it like a pro.
Tears welled in my eyes –
my little Ella ( tiny) is what we called her
all grown up and out on her own.
Now – be careful – don’t mix with strange people I worried.
When she was small – she would always come to me – clutch my leg –
climb up into my lap.
I cherish those memories – “IS HE OKAY” she said to her mother
when I had my heart attack.
YES I HAD A LUMP IN MY THROAT
as I went from vantage point to vantage point watching her in the long line.
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Families are important to us – today – our youngest daughter and her family!
The three little ones as I call them!
They get so excited when they see us – Bode being the only boy with five granddaughters!
We go home and we stay with them or with Debby and Mike.
Deb and Mike live just outside Winchester Va. and Tammy and Marcus just outside Leesburg Va.
They now have another addition to the family – MARLEY – she is a Golden-Doodle!
She is such a chilled back puppy – but still a puppy with sharp teeth – she behaves with Taylor –
but with Bode and Cassidy she terrorizes them with those tiny teeth!
Cassidy always says – someday I will be bigger! But – she is of average height – more like her mother –
Taylor takes after her MorMor who is 5′ 9″ tall!
They love their Mor Mor – always calling her as does Cassidy.
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Maddy has been named to third team in her conference playing soccer – as a Sophomore she was in the top five on her team in four different categories –
Ella – is playing her last soccer for her senior year – undefeated – and aiming for states. She is one of five or six off her team to have signed letters of intent to play in college – she will be attending Randolph College and in the same conference as Maddy.
As the years passed – Sarah came along – the baby little sister – always making the older two laugh.
She has a way about her – always the forefront of fashion.
Wants her grandma to take her to N.Y.C. to see Broadway and shows!
I miss those special times – all three sitting at the top of the stairs – waiting for their parents to get up – smiling – laughing – such great kids and polite.
Today – we are scattered – us being in S.C. Maddy – coming home from Lynchburg Va.
Ella completing her senior year of H.S. and Sarah about to enter H.S.
Thinking back to the early years – the smallest one out there with a skill set – determination and quickness. I always thought she should of gone into track as she ran a 5:40 mile and did not train much!
Now – today all three are so tall – athletic – Maddy at 5 ‘ 6″ Ella at 5′ 8 1/2 ” and Sarah almost to 5’ 8″ ( 15 years old soon)
I miss those days of the three little ones – giggling – laughing – on the trampoline – hiking – soccer – dance – running –
being little girls – climbing up into my lap – singing songs as I picked them up!
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They adore Sherry – whom they call MorMor – Swede for Mothers Mother!
When we walk with all three – it usually is Taylor who loses out to the other two in holding her hands.
This time it was Cassidy – who with each passing day – is becoming more and more independent.
They are twins – but had to come early as Taylor was taking all the nutrients.
Taylor is going to be really tall – close to six foot while Cassidy will be like her mother 5’6″.
Taylor loves to ride horses – Cassidy has a variety of interests –
but will sit for hours drawing off her computer and is really good!
We moved south to find more time to golf – warmer weather and being close to our friends!
They moved about 25 or 26 years to the Wilmington N.C. area – and we would spend time with them once or twice a year.
Then we moved to NVA and they would do the same.
Now – we are building a new home about 40 miles away from them –
and if the weather is nice – we golf once a week with them –
always on a new course – could be on the weekend or a week day.
They can and do stay with us and we do the same with them.
If our new home is not done on time and we have to give up the condo – they have offered us a place to stay.
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We both have a love to golf – one of Sherry’s highlights in golfing came with the day she broke 50 –
and it was a day she was golfing with her father!
A memory she shall always carry with her on the course. Now – she beats me! LOL
I see it each morning also – but I always am up before the dawn – have been that way all my life.
My favorite time of the day – writing my blog – sipping my coffee and watching the sun rise –
listening to the sounds of nature and just enjoying morning time.
A memory we shall carry forward into the new home.
You can hear the pounding surf a half mile away –
We walk there almost every day –
the water fowl – geese – ducks – mallards – swans – otter – turtles – snakes
and really huge fish we can see when we look down onto the water.
Storms blowing in and out – rain and wind – nature at its best.
But – they were way too expensive – and the condos here – not enough space and no garage.
We have a storage unit – not a lot – but enough so that it would not fit.
The town houses here besides the condo’s – were out of our price range –
plus the one we looked at – needed a lot of work.
This is a beautiful area – one I shall remember –
We were blessed to have spent time here – but it also was expensive!
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On our way back home to NVA – we stopped in Lynchburg to watch Maddy –
Our oldest granddaughter – play soccer!
She starts as a Sophomore – and plays for the University of Lynchburg.
One thing she wanted to do – to get out in the fresh air and hike with her family!
Which we did on this paved trail that runs along the river in Lynchburg Va.
One of our very first visitors after we moved to Ocean Keyes in North Myrtle Beach –
was the father and mother of our son in law – Marcus.
They came down and spent four days with us – playing cards – walking the beach –
and introducing us to a new game called RUMMIKUBE!
We have always gotten along with them and every Sunday – sat beside them in the pew!
Debby and the two granddaughters came for a short visit –
and we took them hiking – which they love to do – at Vareens memorial Garden.
Walking along the ICW and over the marsh.
They will be back as we took them also to the new house build!
Mike and Carol – we lived next door to them – invited us and our friends – we have all been friends for years-
to their lake house in WNY -Lake Chatauqua – for a long weekend of riding the lake in their beautiful boat!
They have extended another invitation for this August – the same group – for four days!
They own a business that sends crews to do commercial painting all over the East Coast
and this year are expanding to the mid west.
Mike – started this when he was very young — and what a company he has turned it into!
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On the lake in Mike and Carols boat!
All eight of us fit very comfortable – we spent three days cruising the lake for hours at a time!
All eight of us have been friends for years and years!
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We were on our way back to the air BNB – looking for a place to stop and eat and we found this little gem.
I can not remember the name but it had the flag of the British hanging outside.
It – was very cool and the food was good.
After we returned home in March – the Pandemic hit.
A few months later – we met our friends in the open air seated more than six feet apart.
Ordered lunch from one of the places to eat for pick up.
And in the middle of the common area ice skating rink – enjoyed ourselves.
Old friends – who live in Az. visited us for a week and we showed them NVA and Washington DC.
When we had gone out there for a conference – after it was over – they picked us up and we went to Sedona.
We also went back to their home and they showed us around Tucson.
It was a great week filled with a lot of historical sites!
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This time when they came – Daddy came also – not having had to work!
They so missed him last time when they came for a long weekend!
She is always by him – Cassidy is the free spirit – independent – spitfire with a heart of gold!
All three adore their father – all three can and are a hand full – Taylor the most laid back – Cassidy and Bode two peas in a pod – always on the move – Bode – all boy – and now learning to golf with his Daddy!
Riding horses is Taylor’s dream – she rides once a week – has for the last four years.
Sherry said this was the highlight for her being down here in S.C.
Riding horses with her daughter and granddaughters!
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Once it was in the mid to high ’70’s and full sun –
Into the water they went!
Notice how protective Cassidy is of her little brother!
They fight and argue – but no one touches him according to her!
These two should have been the twins
they act and sound just alike.
She is so kind – loving and thoughtful.
She on the other hand loves her alone time away from the other two! LOL!
She rides horses – and whenever around her MorMor – holds her hand.
She is the serious – studious one who quotes facts!
“AS AMATTER OF FACT” she says and then goes on to tell you!
It was a very warm day in the sun – water to me was very cold – but they loved it!
They played and played in the water – coming out to run up and tell us something and then back they went!
Yes – the sun was warm – the sand was also – yet the water was cold – but to them – it was their day at the beach!
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