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Aunt Linda & Brielle

With my sister Linda here from France, she likes to see everyone in their surroundings...like Brielle and Candice in their new apartment. Below we see her giving Brielle a doll from France. Brielle really was all smiles when she saw the new doll.
Great Aunt Linda was also able to feed her.
If I ever get my video to work I will show you what fun they had together. Enjoy photos.

Never Never Give Up - Grand Finale

If it had not been for Ann-Marie staying with us during those few hot days, I may have missed my baby robbins taking flight. The video I have below was a result of Ann-Marie looking out our patio windows and talking to the little robbin who was now perched on the railing of our deck. ( Since I had the sound on during the tapping, you will hear Ann-Marie saying, "How's he doing?" and then Gary picks up the phone and you will hear him saying "Hello"..Sorry for this.)The following day the second robbin I found just sitting below the nest on a bed of nest clippings. All day I would keep an eye on her. (I'm a women so I will refer to the robbin as a her...unless I give her a name like Glenn Close did for the sheep in Sarah - Plain and Tall.)
She just waddled all day long. Sometimes I would find her on the bottom rung of my patio chairs. And then I couldn't find her and was worried that I had missed her leaving me. But then.. I would find her again. Just sitting on my rug. (Because the colors in my rug are a mixture of browns..she blended right in.) Then later I would spot her sitting between two of the railings on my deck.
The interesting thing I did observe was that the mother robbin was still feeding and taking care of her baby. All day long she would bring food and never strayed far from watching every move her baby made.
This went on all day. Finally toward evening I looked out and found the baby robbin following her mother out into the yard. Oh you should have seen how she waddled back and forth. When they finally reached the fence, they both went under it and I saw them no more. I'm not sure when my baby robbin took flight but knowning the watch care of her mother, I'm sure she spread her wings and took flight.
And by the way here is the empty nest. It sort of reminded me of how we as parents come to this same place. But for many of you, it's a long ways off. Just enjoy the video below and rejoice in God our Creator of all things.

Linda in Montana

Well my sister, Linda is in beautiful Montana with her son Alex and daughter-in-law Amanda. They have two great kids...Lorienne Paris and Sebastien and they are expecting their third child.

Linda e-mailed me these wonderful pictures and wanted me to pass they along to everyone. I did mention to Linda that Alex needs to start a blog so we can keep up with his growing family. Enjoy the slide show. As you can see Linda loves being a 'grandmere".

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First Time For Everything!

I just realized that when I read other people blogs that most of them are young married couples with young children growing up before my eyes. Several are young single people. And then of course there is my daughter, her husband and my beautiful grandrabbits! I on the other hand have been there done that in my life.

My mother Agnes who will be 91 this year and my sisters are in different stages of our life. While visiting my mother at River Bluff she told me..."I"m bored!" "Mom anytime you want to get out, just let me know." was my reply. At first I couldn't understand why my mother who sends birthday and anniversary to ALL her zillions of children, inlaws, outlaws, grandkids and great grandkids and great great grandkid could be bored. She is such a faithful writer!

So for the first time my sister Louise swayed her to let us get a wheelchair to ride in so she could go with us to the CherryVale Mall. So perhaps you can learn somethings from where I am in my stage of life. The Rehfeldts feel so blessed to still have our mother with us. She has a good mind and still is full of humor. Her body may be falling apart (as all of our are too) but we enjoy spending time with her. A great trooper she was to let us drive her around in her new set of wheels.

As always we had fun! She was able to do some shopping with that government stimulus money she received. New shoes, purse etc.... It was great for Mom to see her grandson, Brad. He is a manager for Verizon and works near the food court where we had lunch. It was nice that Tammy and her kids were able to join us.

Some day when I'm long and gone, your mother will be where my mother is now. You have not been there and done that YET! But remember THERE IS ALWAYS A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING. While you are trying to reason with your children...I'm trying to reason with my mother....and she is probably trying to reason with me. Such is life. We are still learning from each other. Mom you did great on your First wheelchair ride. We ALL LOVE YOU!