Tomorrow and tomorrows to come

This is my niece Sophie at her first birthday party.  Tomorrow she graduates from Colorado State.  I won't be there but I discovered that it's webcast by the college.  I thought to look because I watched my grandgirl Julia graduate from high school that way when I was sick at home.  There was a camera on the dais so I got to see her smiley face as she was handed her diploma.  I really would have been too far away to see her if I had been there in person.  I hope this works the same for this event.  All I have to remember is that they are an hour ahead of us.

This is Sophie and her Mom, my sister on July 4th last year.  Not a baby anymore.

My eldest son started a new job today, On a Saturday, I suspect there's a load of overtime right now so we may not see much of him for awhile.  He's been doing a lot of one or three month jobs for the last year and he, and we are so happy, full time with bennies.

And it stopped raining today, breezy with a lot of sunshine but we are still under a flood watch. Got all the windows open in the meantime. 

Traveling

The kids are off on their long awaited trip to Disneyland. For two weeks I have heard the daily announcement by this little grandgirl telling me just how long it was until they left. I don't think she slept the two nights before.  It's just Mom, Dad and the four youngest.  The eldest are in school and working and have already been there a couple of times.  I am one of the assigned visitors to the homestead in the meantime.

Seven year-old conquers the dark side.

Since it's quiet I am catching up on my so-called spring cleaning.  I hauled all the blankets to the drop-off laundromat.  They did such a nice job and fast too. I used to go and do it myself but I think it's worth a little extra to me to just have it done.

In the meantime I had little scare. I developed a leaky boob and since two of my sisters have had breast cancers I called in and was then prodded, probed and sent in for a 3-D mammogram and an ultrasound.  Then they called the doctor in which scared me but it was only to tell me I was okay. It was an infected mammary duct.  That hasn't happened since my kidlets were nursing babies. Turns out it happens to old women too.  I am grateful. Now I'm thinking about traveling myself.  I haven't seen my sisters in ages nor my friend Joy who is really a sister.  Today at 77 waiting seems pointless since I am able to do it.  I talked to Joy and we are hunting up a destination somewhere between our two homes.  Sometimes I need a little slap up side the head to get on track again.

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday to my youngest son David.  This is what he was doing on his birthday last year at this time.  This is what he's doing today.

David in his happy place 2018.

This is David at 9 months just starting to walk. 

Soon he was off and running and hasn't stopped since.

I posted the baby photo on f-book.  He posted he has the same haircut again. He's out fishing somewhere this lovely May morning. Tomorrow he, his wife and his four youngest kids are piling in the van and heading out on a vacation. He also has one daughter graduating from college this May, and two girls graduating from high school, one has gotten her AA at community college as well and will start college as a junior in the fall. Nine kids, three home made, and 6 adopted. Who could imagine what that tiny boy would do later. 

 At age 7 all he wanted to do was fish or hunt fossils. He renamed himself David Salmon, after his favorite fish.He was a handful in high school, blah grades, tardy always, but got first place WA State AA  wrestling in his senior year. He took 2nd his junior year. He was the guy who would always be there helping out his friends in high school but we had some humdinger battles. They were loud but brief. He would end up laughing at me and say "what are you going to do, put me under your arm and stick me in my room?" Then he went away and got his Geology degree, And a lovely wife. And kids.

Nine kids, and yes, I said those words "I hope you have 10 kids just like you." Be careful what you say.  Love you forever Dave, and your sweet wife and all those kidlets too.