There are certain toys that continue to be very important to Amara. She loves to bring a toy with her when she comes to spend the night. A few weeks ago she brought her old friend Spot. She has always loved that she could velcro spot around her back, around Grampy’s leg, around the swing. [...]
Archive for the ‘Relatives’ Category
Amara’s Dresser
The other morning before Grampy went out to jump rope, he stomped around the house grumbling “Where is all the scotch tape?” When he came back in the office later he found this in his inbox. Subject: The answer to the age old question Where did all the scotch tape go?
Happy Birthday Grandpa Richard!
Grandpa Richard turns 65 today. You can tell by looking at these pictures that Grampy and Amara are best buddies! Grampy looks even better now then he did then — and Amara has hair! Then Now Happy Birthday Hubby!
Helping Others
Usually my posts on AmaraLand are about our personal adventures with Amara. I’m not sure I have ever posted anything here that was hearsay but I don’t want to ever forget this memory so I have to keep it here. Jenna, Amara’s Mommy and my awesome daughter, told me about what happened to her and [...]
Long Distance Cousins
Amara has a little cousin she had never met who is about 4 years younger than she is. At least I call her Amara’s cousin. I have never been good at figuring out those relationship things. She is my stepbrother’s granddaughter. I’m not sure what that makes her relationship to Amara so I’ve just gone [...]
How to Define Grandma Pride
Yesterday was Amara’s first day back to school after a long Christmas break. I stopped by her house after work and she was telling me all the details and about how wonderful it was to see all of her friends that she had missed. The best part was when she told me they had all [...]
The Nightmare
The nightmare began 17 days ago. I’ve wanted to blog about it but I was waiting until there was some kind of end to the story. Amara’s school had another skating party. This time I was going with them but I wasn’t going to skate. I just wanted the chance to spend some time with [...]
Decorating Grampy
This is another episode of Previously on Amara and is from an email to my little sister Sandy that I wrote in August of 2008. Amara would have been four. It is two memories I want to save for her. From the email…I am sure I have told you before but Amara’s Daddy sent her [...]