Full Circle

I have been going to my grandma's house since I can remember... its a magical place for me... filled with so many memories. We spent every summer there when I was a child. It's amazing the treasures she has hidden away in little tea kettles and mason jars. It's a place that I had always hoped to take my children to. Now that I am grown and married, with children of my own... its a little bit emotional for me to take my children to that magical place. It's kind of funny but it still seemed just as magical this time around.
Not a lot has changed, which I think is why the memories are so vivid as you walk through her house. The same little stuffed mouse hangs in her kitchen that was there when I was six, the same blue carpet runs through her house and we still use the same worn bath towels that were there so many years ago. We still drink out of the same glasses and eat our favorite things that my grandma makes (which happens to be a lot of the same things she made for us as kids). I found myself sneaking to her pantry at night to search for what kind of goodies she had stashed away, something I know I did all the time as a child there.
This summer I taught Reagan to swim in her pool, the same pool I learned to swim in. We caught lizards in her back yard (well Megan did) and practically lived in our bathing suits. It was a little piece of heaven for a week. My kids didnt want to come home... neither did I but at some point all good things must come to an end.
It was so fun to show my kids her house, to be there with her and have my kids come to know one of the greatest women I have ever known in my life. And while most things in life change.....

grandmas house will always stay the same.

Brody and my grandma really bonded the day we went to Sea World. He stayed with her and she played and played until they couldnt play anymore. This was only the 3rd time she has seen Brody but they made great friends.

Reagan nicknamed my grandma "Manny" and I think she thought "Manny" hung the moon.

I dont know why I brought my kids toys to play with...they didn't come out of the car with all the fun things to find at my grandmas. These elephants were a huge hit!

Again, who needs pool toys when you have the pool filter lid.

Eating lunch by the pool.

One of the many lizards we (meaning my mom or Megan) caught.

Megan with her lizard friend.

Nap time was adult pool time, we layed out and goofed off about silly stuff. We were just missing Ryan... him and Brindi couldn't make it.


Love you and miss you grandma!!!!

or Manny as Reagan would say.