When ever we go anyplace – I most likely will be the driver ! And if you know how I feel – I do not like to drive – I like to look – I am a gawker !
I ALSO GET LOST – I THINK I AM GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
But – my wife – Sherry – will say – no – you turn left not right !
Always take a picture when you start out !
Rule number one when you golf with me – always take a picture at the start that way when you know the beginning of the course – after you make a wrong turn – been there – done that !!!!!
When we go on a long or short trip – I always put the address in the GPS or Sherry uses her phone because she says – ” The GPS in the car is weird ” You can’t trust it !!!! Now – I just look and think – “WHY DO WE HAVE IT ” ?
YEP – either made a wrong turn – or a great shot
On the golf course – that is me – I have gotten lost – when you play a new course – you follow the signs – hoping no one has changed them ! But even then – I have done it – wrong turn – in Oahu – from tee to tee – was a journey through the mountains – and jungle – and rain forest – I got lost !
Made wrong turn and had to double back ! The girls didn’t and wondered where we had gotten off to !
Who is teaching who !!!!
The twins – they love my computer and You Tube – now I am not a “TECH” sort of guy – my wife says it is “ME” when things go wrong – she is absolutely right if I am driving – but the computer – that thing has a mind of it’s own !
I swear – I just look at it and something happens – maybe that is why she tells me she doesn’t want me within TEN FEET of HER computer !!
YES – I AM A BELIEVER!
I know – there is no such thing – there is no BIGFOOT – but strange things do happen to me – like the phone rings and when I answer – I had been thinking of them!
Or the time – in the parking lot of work – early morning – stars still out – I looked up and saw a cluster of individual lights moving across the sky in formation – moving back and forth as they passed above me – like 7 or 8 satellite’s flying over head !
YES – I SAW THAT !
I DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE !
When I drive and she is not paying attention – a voice comes from the car – rather annoying –
but it is because I made a wrong turn – I missed the turn – I was too late to turn – and I have NO SENSE OF DIRECTION !
That is me – ” RECALCULATING ”
I know just how MOSES felt while being lost in the desert for forty years – that is WHY I drive and she gives directions –
but I STILL MAINTAIN –
I BELIEVE IN BIGFOOT –
I HAVE SEEN UFO’S AND IT WAS THAT DAMM COMPUTER !!!!
Everyone celebrates their birthday on a special day !
It is very rare to celebrate your birthday with your child !
But – how rare is it to celebrate your birthday
with TWO of your children !!!
Taylor – Tammy – Cassidy all share the same day September 3rd.
Nine years ago the twins were born –
43 years ago – Tammy was born –
all on September 3 rd. !!!
Cassidy and Taylor
The twins had to be delivered early
The doctor said Taylor was growing and Cassidy wasn’t !
And so it has been all their lives
They grow at the same pace now
Taylor and Cassidy
Alike but different – same as their size –
one athletic ( Cassidy ) Gymnastics –
one who loves and rides horses ( Taylor )
both who adore their mother and MORMOR ( SHERRY ) Mothers mother !
Tammy and Sherry
Tammy – played basketball – soccer and in the marching band growing up !
Tammy in the marching band all those years ago
Today – she runs her own business –
Two of them actually
One Health and Nutrition
as a Sales Coordinator for the Juice Plus Company
Tammy at her own store 529kidsconsignloudoun
The other is her own store she opened up over a year ago !
A kids consignment
dealing in only upscale clothing ages 3 months to size 14 !
Her store is open six days a week and she has four part time employees !
Cassidy so little but so feisty Taylor so loving – so mature
So all have the same day as a birthday means days and days of celebrations
Daughter and Mother
Mother and daughter so much alike!
Marcus and Tammy husband and wife
Marcus – our son in law – daddy to the kids !
Cassidy -Tammy and Taylor the birthday party at our house and Bode’s handFit bits from us they were so excited and wear them every day trying to out do each other in steps !!!!The little guy Bode watching he and Cassidy are two peas in a pod !!!!
As the years pass – we have a door upstairs –
on the back of that door recorded with dates and names
The doctor said it was time – Taylor – was taking all the substance in the womb.
Taylor bear , as her mother calls her.
Today – they have maintained that difference – Taylor is going to be very tall – Cassidy is normal for her age. Bode – the younger brother – acts like Cassidy but is going to be tall like Taylor.
All three are blond and blue-eyed.
I miss these times – our little ones I called them.
The twins turned eleven years old – Cassidy and Taylor birthday!
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.
Bode – who turns eight is also going to be tall and here is cousin Sarah – who at soon to be 15 – is gaining on Sherry!
We went back to NVA to watch the little ones and the puppy Marley – and Sarah came for overnight!
MARLEY at six months old – a puppy who likes to play keep away and run and run.
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
And at night – after all day with MARLEY and the little ones – sleep was welcomed! LOLA very proud grandmother – Sherry with all four – missing the two oldest who are in college – best birthday among
the cousins celebrating by a road trip with Debby and Sarah into Washington D.C. to the city ZOO!
Today – I post some pictures – just random pictures – but ones I have close to my heart!
Taylor holding MorMor’s hand – in turn MorMor also holding Bode’s hand.
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.
These two are coming closer and closer together as they grow up.
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!
I thought this to be funny – it brought a smile to my face!
We moved south to find more time to golf – warmer weather and being close to our friends!
Sherry and Cindy – we have been friends with the McBrides for almost 35 years.
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.
FRIENDS! GOOD TIMES! LAUGHS!
This is what we have wanted to do for a very long time – it was too expensive in NVA and down here so many courses to choose from.
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
The view we have almost every morning when we wake up – the master bedroom has a big glass sliding door on her side of the bed – where all she has to do each morning is open her eyes and see this.
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.
Now the sun shines – causing a rainbow in the mist of the water fountain!
A peaceful setting we shall miss when we leave – but we have had by the end – nine months.
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.
It would of been nice to have lived to the left of the picture – single family homes!
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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A little over 10 years ago – they came along – so tiny – early – because they determined one was taking all the nutrition.
And – the day they decided this – just happened to be their mother’s birthday!
That is right – mother and daughters now celebrate the same day birthdays!
IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME!
Cassidy and Taylor – they were so small with Taylor weighing some 13 oz. more!
Does not sound like much – but they both weighed some 3 lbs. plus oz. !
Through out life for them – Taylor has always been the bigger of the two.
They were so darn cute – playing hide and seek!
Cassidy is a little spit fire – Taylor more laid back!
They continue to grow this way – my thought is – Cassidy will end up taller than her mother who is 5′ 6″ tall – and Taylor is taking after her MorMor ( Sherry 5’9″) and will be close to 6’0 when all is said and done! She already is over 5′ at ten years old! Look at Cassidy’s socks!
Taylor and Bode with MorMor( Sherry) Bode is going to be tall also as he is only six years old!
Sweetness – Taylor rides horses – Cassidy is the more serious type – she teaches the other two crafts.
Taylor is always ready to help her in schoolwork –
Cassidy the more daring one – you can just tell that by the picture!
Both love their MorMor and both will call her!
The little SPIT FIRE! Cassidy – ” Someday I am going to be big” she says!
She has the biggest heart – always watching over the other two – her and Bode are two peas in a pod!
they just had to make sure since they were so tiny
that they would eat and be okay.
Today Taylor – who I think is going to be as tall or taller than Sherry!Cassidy – she loves her MorMor ( Sherry) and asks almost everyday when we are leaving.Taylor and Cassidy
So the same but oh so different
day and night
Taylor laid back
Cassidy always busy
The birthdays were not planned
it was all in the hands of the doctor
and so now we have THREE BIRTHDAYS!
Celebrating three in one dayBirthday celebration comes in THREE!Taylor “BEAR”Cassidy – the little dynamoThe twinsWhen birthdays come in THREES!
I saw a post that stated ” GRAND PARENTS REMAIN YOUNG ” while watching their grand kids ! Boy – that was right on !
As most of you know – Sherry and I – pick up the twins from school -bring them home until their father picks up the youngest ( only boy grandchild) and then stops to pick up the twins !
Tammy opened her store almost one year ago – Kids consignment store – which is open every day except Monday 10 am. – 5 pm.
So – they needed help and we stepped in along with Marcus’s parents Jennie and Gehard. Since Bode’s preschool is close to them – they pick him up at 1:00 pm. and then Marcus goes after work to pick him up.
Now I must say – I really enjoy my little trip to the school – a little over one mile away. “PAPA – BE FIRST IN LINE ” is what they tell me. Well – even though I am in line one hour before they get out – most times I am second !!! That person must get there after breakfast !But – I use that time to listen and read !
Listening to my favorite radio station – not classic rock or country or rap or whatever else is out there – but ” SPORTS RADIO” 106.7 The Fan! I enjoy kicking back – using a couple wadded up blankets – for a pillow – and just spacing out listening to the talk show. This relaxes me and yes sometime I catch a quick 10 minute power nap ! When I was working – I used my lunch – one hour – every day to do the same thing ! Habits are hard to break !
But – I also listen to these two little girls – talking – conversing and sometimes a argument breaks out ! Now at that time I either look back and tell them to stop or I turn up the radio so loud – that they become silent ! LOL But I find they actually talk so much like adults – on their own daily lives.
Being with them makes me feel young at heart – relating to them – and oh my goodness – the questions are endless – and” WHY” is always asked.
But – then it gets adult like with the answer ” OF COURSE ” or ” ACTUALLY ” or “PAPA” ! I love that – and it makes you think when you answer the “WHY” !
” WHY ARE YOU NUMBER TWO AND NOT NUMBER ONE ” ? I get that one almost every week ! But – how can you argue the fact that life is about staying young even though it might only be a frame of mind !
Turn back time – can’t – capture thoughts words and deeds in pictures – you can – but staying young is a art that we all try to master.
Mine is a matter of mind over physical – thinking – acting and doing! I may not be number one in line but I think I try harder at being number two – after all – “PAPA – WHY AREN’T YOU NUMBER ONE ” keeps me on my toes each week to give a answer and that my friends keeps me young !