Lil' Sister Jenny and I went to the Superstition Harkins 25 last week and saw the new version of "Total Recall".  Reg said he wasn't interested in going  because we had seen the older version of the movie (probably 20 years ago, maybe 30 or 40 years ago  :) .  HEY - the new movie was really good, I'd give it a 4 star rating.  It was only a slightly similar plot but with a lot of different twists and turns in the story,  plus fantastic special effects.  After the movie we went to one of my favorite eateries, Paradise Cafe - and had a leisurely lunch.  Jen took this picture of me in front of the wonderful restored Carusol at the Superstition Springs Mall. 

Here's Grandpa on the computer.  He spends just as much time on it as I do.  It's kind of neat when we go up to the office and sit next to each other on the computers.

We saw the new "Diary
of a Wimpy Kid" movie last week-end at the Superstitions Harkins with Rob and the kids. It was great. Enough plot so this time I didn't fall asleep.  The previews for Hotel Translyvania looked good. As you may know, we like Halloween scary movies. 

Oldest son Reggie with our oldest Grandson Tyler come to get advice from Grandpa about a repair to Tyler's car.  He has a Toyota 4runner, kind of a SUV style of a car.  Grandpa has build cars from the ground up and can do any bodywork repair and restoral - so Reg and Tyler came to the right guy.

October 2011

I am finally back on the Internet and have gotten back into my BlogSpot account. Gosh - I have tons of stuff to update.

First off, in October Rob invited me and Grandpa to come to Williams Az with him and the kids. We really enjoyed it. We went to places that we had taken the boys to many years ago, and to new places that were great.

The car ride was long but the kids and I had a lot of fun. I got a really good picture of them laughing in the Van. We stopped in Flagstaff and ate at a place we had been to when Reg and I were up there for the Auto show a couple of years ago. I can't remember the name of it - but the food is really good and the prices are reasonable.

We drove up to the big Ski Resort on the Mountain, hoping that because there were pockets of melted snow everywhere that at elevation there would be more ! And there was - tons and tons of snow. The kids made snowballs and had a ball.

The Cabin had a huge wrap-around couch with recliner chairs and Grandpa and Avery staked them out to watch a football game. Avery and Audrey's school has been teaching the kids about Football and Avery knows about 100 times more than Grandma does. Audrey and me and Papa (Rob) went out and walked around the wooded cabin and looked for marshmellow sticks for the campfire we were having later on.

Grandparents Day Celebration

Grandparents day was Sunday Sept 11, and Avery and Audrey's school invited all the Grandparents to eat lunch with their Grandchildren on Monday. Audrey is still in the preschool side, so the school let us take her out of class to eat with the 1st Graders.

Audrey is like a licensed tour guide of the school. She confidently had us follow her ( and she is a fast walker) through the labyrinth of rooms and pathways to get to the playground where the 1st graders were jumping hoops and kicking balls before lunch.

Avery introduced us to his buddy Joey, whose Grandpa Bob was joining him for lunch. The Grandparents are supposed to bring lunch for themselves because part of the fun for the kids is showing Grandpas and Grandmas their own lunchboxes, how they like to eat this or that first, etc. ( Still, several Grandparents brought Little Cesars Pizza to share with their Grandkids. Grandpa thought that was a really good idea :) We brought little containers of cheese, sliced boiled eggs, cantalope, tiny slider size ham sandwiches and pieces of that healthy Blueberry Bread from Alpine bakery. Avery and Audrey showed us their Yogurt in tubes - you just squirt it right into your month - I am not kidding - the coolest thing ! And box cantainers of Orange Drink, EZ to open and square so they aren't as likely to spill.

We had a great time - and best of all Grandpa is retired so he could come too.

Boo Hoo Hoo - My camera, which has had several problems, the SD card messed up and the only picture I could recover was when we were in line to get into the lunchroom! The teacher took a great picture for us of me and Grandpa eating with Avery & Audrey - but - alas - I couldn't unscramble the data. Plus give me a sympthetic "Ohhh" here.

After counters went in....

The formica counters were put in and they look perfect. Just the right "Old Time" kitchen feel that we wanted. Then Reg did the back splash with a soft color tile picked up from the counters tops - and it worked right. the "Farmhouse" kitchen sink is great for the big pots and pans. This was all done in June ( I am way behind in posting). The Formica guy liked the kitchen so well he asked if he could take pictures :)