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!
Posts Tagged ‘Grandpa’
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 [...]
Why Grampy Wears a Tie to Work
Grampy wears a tie to work each day. When he first started this job a few years ago Amara and her Mommy helped me pick out some new ties for him as his old ones had certainly seen better days. Amara’s Daddy doesn’t have to wear a tie to work so both Amara and her [...]
Foot surgery and an ear infection
Amara’s awesome Mommy, Jenna, had foot surgery on Friday. She is in a huge bandage and walking boot, although she isn’t up for much walking yet. Jenna doesn’t deal well being laid up. She’s not very good at putting her feet up and letting other people take care of her, by this I mean Justin. [...]
The fist bump ritual
When I first wrote about Grampy flying Amara out to the car I spoke of it as a tradition, but really it was just another one of our rituals. Grampy would fly her to the car. Grandma would buckle her in to her car seat. Grampy would give her a kiss and do “the fist [...]
Snowball fights in the living room
This is another episode from Previously on Amara from March of 2008. She wasn’t quite 4 years old yet. With so much of this country waist deep in snow and with Southern California expecting a balmy 72° today, it seemed like good timing! I grew up in Michigan where the winters are very cold and [...]
Puffer Face
This is another episode of “Previously on Amara”. This one is from February of 2008, she was almost 4 years old! I had to share this memory. Amara really has a difficult time not laughing… It all started when Grampy asked Amara if she had ever seen him imitate a balloon? I’d never seen him [...]