Youngest Great-Grandson

 Lyle is my youngest Great-Grandson.  He's 6 months old and boy can he bounce.  This is one of my favorite videos of Lyle.  Lyle is Megan & James Malear's youngest child.

Lyle hardly ever cries.  Ive only heard him try to cry once, but his grandma Sharon began playing with him and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh in the second video.

There's nothing like family

 A few days ago, Sharon along with Lyv & Myles came by to pick me up and we spent the afternoon together.  Sharon helped me select a new cell phone and then she treated all of us out for an early dinner at Red Lobster.  What a treat that was!  I hadn't been there for quite sometime.  The last time that I was there was when Brian was still with us right before the pandemic hit, and we treated ourselves to a meal there, just the two of us.

See how excited I am about my new cell phone.  I love it!  It does everything and now it doubles as my iPad because it's so big, and I can see everything really well on it.  I can't believe that I kept my old little tiny cell phone (iPhone 5s) for so long....but I do have to say that it was easier and lighter to carry than this new phone.  I have a set of air pods so that I can leave this new large cell phone in my purse and not have to hold it all the time. 

Here we all are, below, in a group picture.  The first picture is a normal picture and of course the kids, including Sharon, just had to also pose for a silly picture.  

  

They love being silly, and just as long as not every picture is a silly one, that's okay with me.  I don't make very good silly faces because my face is silly looking all the time.  

Myles was so excited about his meal. Myles and I split a meal and that was his half of the meal.  

Doesn't it look good?  I thought everything was SO DELICIOUS!

Sharon and Lyv also split a meal, but I don't think that Lyv was as excited about her meal as Myles was about his.  

I can't thank Sharon enough for our expensive meal out.  That was way over and above, but I sure enjoyed it, almost as much as I enjoyed spending the afternoon with all of them.  I hope we can do this more often, not eating at expensive restaurants, but spending time together as a family.

Yesterday I spent some time with Suzanne and Carson.  Carson carried his electronic keyboard down from upstairs and let me play some classical songs on it.  The keys light up so you know which keys to play or I wouldn't have been able to play anything.  It was fun.  

Here is a picture of Carson & Suzanne during one of their outings.

I love my family with all my heart and I have missed them so much.  Jimmy's death changed things so much and then when things were beginning to get back to normal for me, the pandemic hit and then Brian died.  It's not been easy for me these last few years, but I hope that things will now start getting back to normal, or at least as normal as they can be without those we have lost.

More Family Photos

 

Hanging out with Myles and Sharon

We spent yesterday with Sharon and my great-grandson Myles.  I have never been more surprised as I was yesterday over Myles.  He has grown so much since we last saw him and he is talking so well now.  You can actually carry on a conversation with him and his speech is very clear.  He's so funny too and, for once he recognized who we were because we don't get to see him as often as I would like because of Jimmy's chemo.  Myles is pretty healthy, so we get to see him more than our other little ones, and my granddaughter Megan said that he was asking about us a day or so ago.  So, I guess we were fresh in his memory :)

Sharon was so sweet to drive us around Lexington, Ky. yesterday.  We had a great time and will have to do this more often.  Since I had Sharon captive, lol,  I took the opportunity to have her stop at the nursery that is right next to Chili's on Richmond Road and I bought her two hanging baskets of flowers for her upcoming birthday and just because I love her so much!  She mentioned that she had been wanting some after I told her that we had stopped to look at some for her at Kroger's. 

Below are some pictures that we took yesterday, and as usual, if you want to see more just go to the right side, scroll down until you find, My Family then scroll down to SANDY'S PHOTO ALBUMS and then for the latest May pictures look in the folder titled,  May 2014 James Wallace.

 Myles, his usual lovable little self.  

He always has a hug for everyone,

even his Papaw :)

 Papaw helping to put Myles

into his carseat.

 Sharon with her two hanging

baskets of flowers.  Good thing that

her new car has a big trunk,

and it was empty.

 Myles just can't give his grandma

enough kisses.  It's still hard for 

me to realize that my daughter's 

are now the grandma's,  and not me.

 Jimmy still gives out kisses too!

 Peekaboo,

I see you :)

 Sharon found a place to hang her

baskets of flowers and they look

so pretty.

Sharon must have really been

surprised when she got home

because, 

 Megan surprised her mother

with this pretty planter of flowers

when she got home :)  

We also got to see a pair of geese with baby geese.  When Myles and I approached them they felt threatened and walked across a parking lot drive and held up traffic.  Apparently the geese are not afraid of cars because they weren't in any hurry to cross the road.  We also found our Senator's office in Lexington, Ky. by accident.  Now I know where to go if I have a complaint,  or just to thank him.  

Introducing my great-grandson, Myles Parker Malear

A Father Son Moment

My granddaughter Megan
with her little Angel.

A precious moment

James holding Myles for the very first time

First moments of life.

Born August 8, 2011
at 5:14 A.M.
Weighed 8 lbs 2.6 ounces
21 1/4 inches long

We've waited, counted the days
until your arrival.
Now Megan and James' lives
have changed forever....
They are a family now.

Pictures by: Courtney Reed 
& Sharon June 

It's 66 degrees this morning, beautiful and sunny, and almost looks like the day is shaping up to be a repeat of yesterday which warmed up to 88 degrees. We had a brief shower while I was outside yesterday taking a picture of our little frog, but there weren't even enough rain drops falling to even smear up my glasses nor drive me inside. I'm hoping that today will be the same with little or no rain.

Valerie's daughter, Lillian, is celebrating her 1st Birthday today with a party at the local city park which Jimmy & I will be attending. Lillian is one of those babies that has smiles for everyone and I don't think she even knows how to cry :)

Today also looks like a good day for riding our bikes, not a cloud in the sky. We may go riding and then just ride to Lilly's party from wherever we are. I wish I could send you a picture of our beautiful sunshine, but any picture that I would take wouldn't be as beautiful as seeing the sun shining through the large green leaves of our Sycamore tree in person, it's breathtaking.

I hope that you're enjoying the day as much as I am here...

...and, the day is just beginning.

Twins 21st Birthday

(L-R) Valerie, Jimmy, Erica, Sarah holding baby Kyra)

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Last night we helped celebrate the twins 21st birthday. The twins are pictured above on each side of Jimmy, their Papaw. Four month old Kyra is Erica's baby and Sarah is the twins older sister.

This is Val holding her neice Kyra.

Dylan, who will be three July 20th
is also Erica's child.
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Dylan poses for me here sitting in Glen's Samurai. Dylan was running around leaping off tall buildings and porches, like little boys do when he fell and hit his mouth on the ground. Grandpa Glen knew exactly what to do to soothe him...he took him for a ride in the Samurai all around the yard and around the house...it worked! Just as soon as Dylan was seated in the Samurai a BIG BIG SMILE came across his face. After the Samurai was stopped and parked in the midst of all of us, Dylan took over and pretended to drive. Of course this had to be the highlight of his ride.

It looks like a little bit of road rage here.

hehehe