Grandma Lil

Olivia singing "Happy Birthday"

2010-09-30T13:29:00.000-07:00

I think this is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen. Of course maybe I'm biased cause I'm "Gram".

Sophie and Olivia

2010-08-31T14:37:00.000-07:00

A couple pics of Olivia creating a masterpiece.

Sophie wearing a mask from the family reunion.

Masks were used for blindfolded musical chairs.

This was just one of the many masks created by Victor & Scott.

Exotic Plant

2010-08-13T10:51:00.000-07:00

We've had a good bit of rain lately and the hosta in the back yard is really flourishing. I thought that it was kind of pretty especially the center....a bit of purple.

Mosley's in NM

2010-07-14T20:21:00.001-07:00

Our dear friends, Martha & Gary Mosley were in NM last week. We had such a nice visit. We had a picnic at Camp May, the mosquitos were horrible, but we had a great time anyway. After we ate, we drove to the Valle and then home through Bandelier. Lots of fun and breathtaking views. This picture was taken the morning before, they left. As you can see, Olivia was extremly comfortable with Martha. Oh, by the way.....Check out Sophie's "goofie grin".

No Fear

2010-06-30T12:40:00.000-07:00

Gathering her courage

There's no stopping her now!!!

5th time around...no fear!!!

Pool time is fun time

2010-06-30T12:30:00.001-07:00

I think Olivia is having fun.

Playing fishie fishie

Is she confused?

Working on her back stroke.

Almost got it!!!

Best Friends Forever

2010-06-09T13:47:00.000-07:00

Warming up after running through the sprinklers

Sophie and Katie are great friends. They giggled all day long and only stopped giggling when they ate popsicles.

Do they look alike?

2010-06-02T14:15:00.001-07:00

I think we know who Sophie looks like.

Uh oh, something's got their attention.

Now that's a great picture.

Summer fun

2010-06-02T14:07:00.000-07:00

Nothing's better than sharing a popsicle with your sister at the bus stop!!!

Is your popsicle bigger than mine?

Sisterly love.

Grandma's helper

2010-05-26T07:36:00.001-07:00

These pictures were just too cute not to post. Olivia loves to water with her new watering can.

Check out the flip flops!!!

She did a great job. I had to fill the watering can numerous times.

Olivia's last day of speech therapy

2010-05-20T19:45:00.000-07:00

Building a caterpillar while sounding s-m blends

Word bombardment and recognition

Bubble play after working on sounds

Carol Maestas (wonderful and amazing speech therapist) and Sophie posing after working and playing very hard.

A lesson in washing dishes by Olivia

2010-01-06T07:15:00.000-08:00

Lots of splashing makes the suds appear on the face

Personal hygeine is a must

Its always important to sing while washing dishes....it makes the time go faster.

Some cute Christmas pics

2009-12-28T15:16:00.001-08:00

Olivia opening a present.

Trying out her new wheels.

Sophie looking gorgeous.

Catching some air on the trampoline. Maybe this was on the way back up.

Christmas cookies

2009-12-22T12:24:00.001-08:00

Sophie and Olivia frosting cookies

Concentrating very hard on getting the frosting
on the cookies.

Olivia's finished products.........word of warning.
DO NOT EAT THESE COOKIES!!!!

Sophie, the forever artist!

Some of Sophie's finished cookies.

Very artistic, wouldn't you say?

Sleeping Beauty

2009-12-15T12:48:00.001-08:00

Today Olivia fell asleep while reading "Twas the night before Christmas". When I went to check up on her, I couldn't help but take a picture.

Fall in NM

2009-11-16T14:39:00.001-08:00

This is the fruitless bartlett pear tree in the back yard. It has beautiful color, don't you think?

Tangles!!!

2009-10-16T19:53:00.000-07:00

In case you're wondering what young ladies do to their hair after its washed....check out the picture below.

The picture was taken after Grandpa had untangled for about 10 minutes. Her hair was wound around the comb about twice and somehow it turned in on itself.

Olivia's pie

2009-09-29T09:53:00.000-07:00

First you roll it out, then you look at the next entry.

Olivi's Pie

2009-09-29T09:30:00.001-07:00

Directions for baking a pie according to Olivia.

Mind you all of this is with absolutely no direction. This was a great activity. It kept her busy for neary an hour. Aunt Sophie told me that 2 yr.olds love play dough. She was right.

1. After the crust is rolled out, you begin to lift ito off the counter top

2. Don't worry if it sticks a little...just work with it

3. Then you put it into the tart pan

4. And lastly fill it with yellow goo

Should I bake the pie?

Olivia's birthday cake

2009-09-25T20:49:00.000-07:00

This is a terrible picture, I think the lens on my camera is dirty, yup it is...well you can certaily see that's its Olivia the pig. I'll try to post another picture later, after I clean the lens.

OLIVIA'S ROSE BUSH

2009-09-04T10:11:00.000-07:00

When we were outside playing today, I noticed that Olivia's rose bush was in bloom again, so I thought that I would take some pics of her with the blossoms.

Here she is after I picked a rose for her. She enjoyed looking at it.

After I asked her to smell the rose, she wrinkled her nose and squished the flower in her hand.

Here she is posing. Can you see her tractor in the background?

Western Box Turtle

2009-08-03T10:28:00.000-07:00

Apparently dogs like to eat turtles. Here are some pictures before Pookie became interested and before we had to hide him from a turtle crazed pooch. Pookie actually picked it up and carried away in her mouth. Oh, did I mention that Sophie dropped him, fortunately he wasn't hurt. "Boxie" has had a very bad day. He was probably doing great until we got hold of him. Poor guy!!!!

Posing for the camera. Isn't he handsome!!!

Another nice pose.

A Cute "Little Devil"

2009-07-16T14:23:00.000-07:00

Let's face it, there's a little devil in all of us.

Gotta be really fast when taking pics of Olivia.
She walked away the sec I snapped.

Telluride, CO

2009-07-13T09:56:00.001-07:00

The Schmidts @ the river in Durango
"Dala" aka Gondola, we rode it from Mtn. Village to Telluride and back lots of times, the ride up and down took about 15 min.

Amazing vista from the pool, and I might add that this picture doesn't really do it justice. I think I need a better camera for that.

Olivia hugging a stuffed dog in downtown Telluride.

Sophie and the beautiful flowers, too bad her eyes are closed.

Matt and his girls, riding the Gondola

The Schmidts in Sophie's bed, taken from the loft bedroom.

Playing in the sprinklers.

2009-06-18T15:57:00.000-07:00

This is just really funny. The girls were having so much fun, and Olivia is such a nut.

Sophie's a butterfly today.

2009-06-13T13:58:00.001-07:00

Today we went to chamberfest in downtown Los Alamos. Lots of food, music and fun for everyone.

Sophie's fancy hat

2009-06-04T10:49:00.001-07:00

Leaves and flowers from Grandma's garden...
I think she should be a milliner (hat maker)..what do you think?

Another view of that lovely hat

Olivia's black eye & my sisters

2009-06-04T10:40:00.000-07:00

Dolores looking a bit scared
Sophie's beautiful smile

Check out the boxer eye

She may have 8 stitches, but it still didn't stop her from climbing the chair.

Can't really see the bruise yet, but its coming.

Caleb's graduation

2009-05-31T16:18:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful family!!
Where's Elizabeth?

Oh, here she is....isn't she lovely?

Master Chef Antone and his assistant at work.

Las Comadres.

Does Joshua have a wedgie, or what???

The "Motley Crew"

more pics

2009-05-27T11:34:00.000-07:00

Sophie sweeping the rocks with her hair

Emily and the girls hanging out

Beautiful columbines

Mas Flores

2009-05-22T13:09:00.001-07:00

The iris are pretty and very purple.

But right now I think the clemitis are my favorites, they too are lovely and purple.

Sliding & having fun

2009-05-22T13:02:00.001-07:00

First you play peek-a-boo through the hole.

Then you stretch your legs out and hang on for just a sec.

Now comes the fun part...you let go and let out a giggle.

How to fill a dump truck.

2009-05-22T12:50:00.001-07:00

44. Put some rocks in the truck!
3. Fill the shovel.

2. Pat the rocks down.

1. Pick them up one at a time.

Bees and other stuff

2009-05-21T11:19:00.000-07:00

Lobelia, they're one of my favorites, I love the color.

The snapdragons are thriving.

A view of the yard from the dog run.

Olivia checking out the bees on the mother of thyme.

More Olivia

2009-05-01T12:58:00.000-07:00

She's just too cute and she's having such fun @ grandmas.

Ring around the rosie.

2009-05-01T12:27:00.001-07:00

Was it a push with malicious intent or not.?

You decide???

Sweet Olivia

2009-05-01T12:23:00.001-07:00

Em took some darling pictures of Olivia while playing in the yard. She is so much fun and her expressions show it.

A Cake erupts/Happy Birthday Sophie

2009-04-13T15:47:00.000-07:00

Laying down on the job.

2009-03-18T20:53:00.001-07:00

What was she thinking?

Goose egg & messy face

2009-03-18T20:50:00.000-07:00

Sophie's new haircut

2009-03-18T20:35:00.000-07:00

Another beautiful day

2009-02-25T16:17:00.000-08:00

Sidewalk chalk & checking out the cranes

A Beautiful Day

2009-02-24T10:45:00.000-08:00

Out for a walk and Olivia communing with the dogs

Breakfast time

2009-02-24T10:40:00.000-08:00

Check out the pile of eggs.

Olivia's bath

2009-02-24T10:38:00.000-08:00

Couldn't resist the cuteness @ splash time

Sophie coloring

2009-02-24T10:36:00.001-08:00

She just looked so busy and very cute.

Lotsa curls

2009-02-23T13:51:00.000-08:00

Combed her hair, we were getting ready to pickup Sophie and her hair was a mess, so I re-combed. Don't think that I actually combed it this morning.

A Beautiful Day

2009-02-23T13:36:00.001-08:00

Brutus & Olivia had a great time on a walk. She now says Butu...very cute. I think she kept hearing Brutus...BRUTUS...BRUTUS!!!

Sophie running from the car

2009-02-23T11:13:00.001-08:00

Olivia, Sophie posts for mom and dad.

2009-02-22T17:29:00.000-08:00

We had a great day. I fixed Eggs, pancakes & bacon for breakfast, but Sophie was grumpy because she wanted cereal. She got over it in a hurry though. After breakfast and clean-up Sophie did her homework/sentences without being asked. She did a great job as usual. Olivia took an early nap, 10:45 (I think she got up too early). After Olivia's nap we went to Espanola: Wal-Mart. Cute pics of the girls playing with the toys. After shopping we went to to Wend's and then DQ for ice cream. Olivia enjoyed bites from my ice cream cone. Its nearly bath-time, so I'm kind of in a hurry to get this done.

Chihuli glass exhibit

2009-02-21T16:56:00.000-08:00

Pictures of glass sculptures from the Botanical Garden. The pictures really don't do them much justice.

Trip to Phoenix

2009-02-21T16:54:00.000-08:00

Picture of Martha & I on my fun trip to Phoenix. I had to take the picture since we were the only ones home

Olivia

2009-02-21T16:30:00.000-08:00

Emily's Update for Mom

2009-01-31T11:36:00.001-08:00

Terri and I agree that Mom has been neglecting her blog. She has also neglected to download any new pictures since BEFORE Christmas. I took it upon myself to download picts and updae her blog too.

Happy Birthday

2009-01-18T19:11:00.000-08:00

No, Lil is not wishing herself a Happy Birthday, but I wanted all of her blog checkers to know that she turned 58 today or as Matt would say it, she's halfway to 116. We love you Mom, I hope you had some Carne Adovada today!
Love you!

Sipi & Frank

2008-12-31T15:27:00.001-08:00

Nice picture of Frank and his mom.

Reading buddies

2008-12-31T14:31:00.000-08:00

They looked so cute laying on the floor reading books. Olivia is checking out recipes and Sopie is reading about the letter "z"

Sophie the "Goof Ball"

2008-12-22T19:02:00.000-08:00

You have to be fast with the camera. This is Sophie seconds after the first picture was taken...Olivia knocked the slinky off.

This is Sophie playing with the slinky

Cute Olivia Picts

2008-12-10T14:40:00.000-08:00

Bucket head or cute hat?

Olivia taking after her Grandma...an aspiring cook.

Sisters

2008-11-12T12:56:00.000-08:00

Sophie is reading to Olivia "Patch the Puppy". I had to be quick with the camera because Olivia is a wiggle worm and only sits for a couple of seconds

At Grandma's place, spaghetti face

2008-11-12T12:54:00.001-08:00

Spaghetti @ grandma's house....what a mess, but she sure looks cute. Sophie says, "she is the craziest little twerp"

Snackin 'n Rockin take 2

2008-11-10T13:58:00.000-08:00

Terri's 8 list

2008-11-05T21:06:00.000-08:00

8 TV shows I watch
1. House
2. Bones
3. ER
4. Designed to Sell
5. The Today Show
6. The Simpsons
7. My name is Earl
8. Life

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Violas
2. Pranzos Italian
3. Ruby K's
4. My kitchen...hey you guys put it down
5. Lota Burger...love their fries
6. Fudrucker's
7. Taco Bell
8. Wendy's

8 Things that Happened Yesterday
1. Fed Olivia malt-o-meal
2. Had coffee with Linda Young
3. Watched the election results
4. Pooped
5. Took a walk
6. Ate the last of my almond joys
7. Played Bookwork on the computer
8. Sang head, shoulders, knees & toes in English and Spanish

8 Things I’m looking forward to
1. The holidays and especially decorating for Christmas
2. Dad and I being retired and traveling
3. Playing kick ball with Olivia, she's soooo cute
4. Being with my whole family, all the grandkids, daughters and sons-in-law MattMatt
5. Buying new kitchen cabinets
6. Getting a good night's sleep
7. Finally getting my new antiques from the lady in Belen. New antiques? does that make sense
8. Summer and being in my garden

8 Things on my Wish List
1. Hawaiian vacation
2. A Cruise
3. A corvette for dad
4. Winning the lottery
5. Playing the piano
6. Singing with a mariachi band
7. Growing more/thicker hair
8. A trim body

8 Things I Love
1. My Family
2. A good hamburger
3. Gordon Lightfoot music
4. A good book
5. Being with my sisters
6. Laughing so hard that you cry
7. A good tear jerker movie
8. Beautiful gardens/flowers

8 Things I Can’t Stand
1. Arrogance/hate it when people think they're better than others
2. Prejiduce
3. Dishonesty
4. Cigarette smoke
5. Being told what to do
6. Being disorganized/I know,I know, I'm working on it
7. Rudeness
8. Picking your nose and then eating it

8 People I’m Tagging
1. Tom
2. Jerry
3. Spider Man
4. Sponge Bob Square Pants
5. Man in the Moon
6. Lilo
7. Stitch
8. Barney (the big purple dinosaur) not Barney Rubble

Skee Ball & other stuff

2008-10-21T17:16:00.000-07:00

Olivia, the literary genious. Doesn't she look cute in the Broncos hat???

Oh no, I see an addition in the making

K of C cake

2008-10-08T22:09:00.000-07:00

This was by far the most challenging cake, except for the Kansas City Chief. Not sure if I have a picture of that. At any rate, the shield was so hard. I ended up drawing it in free hand and then using the white line and then star tipping, but not dropping stars, just a continuous line. I am not an artist...Whew!!??//!@#

Sophie & Ethan

2008-10-08T12:18:00.000-07:00

Cute pic of Sophie and Ethan Rushton, a school friend. They're watching Donald Duck cartoons from a video that Ethan brought to share. By the way, its a bit chilly in the house, hence the blankets.

2008-10-05T14:03:00.000-07:00

Hearts, hearts everywhere. Especially at my house. I had to laugh when I pulled this heart out of the potato bag. Believe it or not!!!

Olivia's first slice of pizza

2008-09-13T19:35:00.001-07:00

I think that she really enjoyed her first slice. From the looks of her face, I'd say that she did. Today she and I shared a cucumber. She's a good eather.

The Grandboys

2008-09-05T12:30:00.001-07:00

I tried to blog the other day and we had a power outage, so I quit cause I had to go to PT. I'm trying again. We returned from Houston on Tuesday. I got some pictures of my beautiful, wacky, crazy, fun...fun...grandboys.

2008-09-02T20:55:00.000-07:00

2008-08-26T10:11:00.000-07:00

I'm TRYING to make my hotel reservations for our trip to Texas, but Olivia has other things on her mind, like getting into stuff. Check out the pictures!!!

2008-08-26T10:08:00.000-07:00

2008-08-25T07:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had a horrible storm with hail, wind, rain. If I didn't know better, I would have thought that there was a tornade behind it. Fortunately no tornado, but lots of rain all day and into the night. Consequently, this morning is cool and absolutely beautiful. Check out the video and pictures.

2008-08-12T10:26:00.001-07:00

The yard is a huge mess, totally overgrown, but it still looks kind of pretty. What do you think???

Part 2

2008-08-12T10:23:00.000-07:00

Sophie wanted me to post the pink flowers, so here goes.

Sunflower in the summer

2008-08-12T10:19:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'm really trying this on my own. There is this beautiful sunflower in my back yard. Ironically, I didn't even plant it. Some obliging bird with a seed in its mouth planted it for me, so thank you little birdie.

My second attempt at blogging

2008-07-19T17:30:00.000-07:00

Ok, so Emily is still helping me, but next time (really) I'm on my own. Here are a picture of Em, Ter, Matt & Matt. I think they're looking at some pictures on the computer. I'm also practicing downloading pics on my blog. Seems pretty easy...I think!!!!

My first entry

2008-07-15T08:21:00.000-07:00

Guess what I've joined the blogging world. Well actually Emily is doing it for me. They keep trying to get me into the 21st century.