THE DEBOUT OF KHLOE LIN

ANNOUNCING

the scheduled debout of

Khloe Lin Grantham
gracing the world with her presence
on August 26, 2009 , and weighing in
at 6 lbs 12 oz

Khloe has lots of hair!

And was getting sick of the picture overload

She is welcomed to the family by her older sister and brother and a proud mama and papa.

(Is it fair that Lindsay looks this good only a couple of hours after giving birth? I know, we should hate her for it)

Bumma is pretty proud of #7

And I am getting all the pictures I can because she will grow so fast

and

soon will be like her big sister and brother

and say

ENOUGH ALREADY!

But for now, I'm all about as many picture as possible.

And this is only the beginning.

More to follow next month, but HOPEFULLY this time

I will have ALL 7 of my grandchildren together!!

WHOO HOO!

And they will all be getting lots of these.

BRECKEN AND BUMMA

Brecken and Bumma had a fun afternoon together.

First, Brecken decided he needed to have "gwasses" on.

There, I can see much better now.

Then he decided that Bumma needed to have "gwasses on" I love that he put them on me upside down!

We walked to the park and Brecken showed me how he can go down the slide all by himself.

He thought Bumma should swing from the bars like he could.
I hated to be the one to tell him that Bumma is too big to fit between the bars.
So, I just told him that the sign said "No Bumma's allowed on the slide"
He believed me...
For now.
We walked over to the temple grounds.
Brecken loved the flowers and wanted to pick them
REALLY
REALLY
REALLY
bad....

But he smelled them
and decided they were a bit
"tinky" so we moved on

Brecken loved the Christus
He told the missionaries

"He is BIG"He sat down and just stared at the statue for a long time.

Then he said

"He is talking to me Bumma"

Yes, Brecken, He is talking to you.

He is talking to all of us.

We just need to be still for a minute

And listen.

I loved spending time with Brecken today.

Thanks Rob and Brit for letting me watch him.

Next stop... BOISE, IDAHO

Where I will be watching Baby Khloe arrive

on August 26, 2009.

And experience for myself

The adventures of Dalan....(give me strength)

Seriously though,

I can't wait to see Macie, Dalan, and Khloe

And oh yeah.....I almost forgot

Dave and Lindsay aka "the drum."

BUMMA GETS A PET!!

These are my pets.

these are the
ONLY

pets I care to have.
And though they have no social skills,
and DON'T play well with others,
they ARE
Little to no maintenance.
Fun to play with watch.



Feeding costs are teny tiny
There is no whining or complaining
about being served the same meal
day after day,
after day, after day,
after day.
They eat, drink
and fly away...........


YUP.......like I said,

the best kind of pet
(for me)

MY BIG "TRIP"

I KNOW!!! Makes you want to cry for me doesn't it? (And in case you can't tell, that is my leg)

Now for your "I need a great laugh today" entertainment...I give you permission to laugh hysterically over my pain filled drama. So, here is the big story, which in my humble opinion should have been breaking news on every channel, but I guess they had to cover REALLY important things like the dog that somehow got a BBQ fork stuck in his head..(no kidding that was on Good Morning America) but I digress......... SO.............
I was coming back from the hospital cafeteria, laden down with a tray filled with lunch for me and the doc's and true to my klutzy skills (which I have spent many years perfecting), I TRIPPED UP THE STAIRS!! Now I ask you, what kind of an idiot trips UP stairs???
First of all I was embarrassed but did what any good employee would do; cussed a blue streak held on to the lunch! Doesn't it just warm your heart to know I am always thinking of others? The 2nd thing I did was to make sure no one saw me. (No such luck, a teenager was giggling as he walked by....sob) So I hobbled across the street back to the office thinking, well it doesn't hurt THAT bad. I get back in the office and look down and my leg is a bloody mess. I was thinking about turning my injury in to Workman's Comp...but to have to admit what happened with all the paperwork involved, well; lets just say, I'll suffer in silence without WC. Unselfish person that I am, I am going to let "those people" that think they are entitled to it because they lost a limb or got paralized or something lame like that have it.

Really, which would be worse do you think? Looking at this painful mass of bleeding flesh, or losing a limb and being paralized?..... I know!! MINE is much worse. Thank you for agreeing with me.

THE END

AND THE "WISH I COULD DISAPPEAR" AWARD GOES TO.......

If you want to read a post that will make you experience the laugh/cry/nod in agreement/glad that wasn't me/how awful/that's just plain icky/ emotions go here and read "The Meanest Mom's" post ,justifiably entitled "The Ride Of My Life". It will make any one who has ever had a bad experience traveling with kids, exclaim, "Wow! Thank goodness I didn't have to experience THAT!! She deserves a moment of silence (try to stop laughing for just a minute)............................... amen
And now that you are wiping your eyes from tears of laughter or sympathy; on with MY WAY FUN, SUPER LONG BLOG.......................
(That will teach me to wait so long between posts...maybe)