My "Girls"

After performance

     My blog today is mostly about my "girls." It seems as though I have been writing a lot about my grandsons, but this past week, Elizabeth (7) was the "star." Lizzie is SO active, as are all the kids. She is taking gymnastics, tumbling, AND competitive cheerleading. This past week-end her team competed in their first competition in Jackson, and they won first place in their group. It was so cute, and she looked absolutely beautiful--7 going on 17!!

Megan waiting for Lizzie's performance

  Megan really got into it, too. She could not sit still when she heard all the music. She says all the time, too, that she is also going to do "nastics." She is already doing a forward roll and has a really cute "routine" that she shows us all the time.

Grammy with two of her "girls"

Elizabeth's team with their first-place trophy

"Hi, Anna. I'm here!"

        When Megan gets to my house each morning, one of the first things she does is run over to Anna's bed. She climbs up on one of the rails and says, "Anna, I'm here!!" It is absolutely adorable. She will also, very often during the day, go over to Anna if she has a seizure or makes a sound and says, "It awite, Anna." And she will rub her arm and kiss Anna's cheek. I really think that Anna is responding some, although very slightly. Her eyes seem to dart back and forth more quickly when Megan is unusually loud, which is pretty much all the time--when she is awake.

     I think I will probably start composing a new blog every two weeks instead of every week. Not that there isn't enough going on to post every week!! But we are getting ready to be really busy with our pecan orchard--the trees are really producing this year, and we want to try something different this year, maybe selling them direct to customers (retail) rather than to a wholesaler. We want to package them in 1-, 3-, 5-, or 10-pound bags with our "The Lost Cajun" logo (which we haven't designed just yet!) on the bags. Russell always wanted to do this. He thought we would also make (and sell) pecan pies, pralines, etc.--anything you can do with pecans. So we thought we would give it a try this year.I'll keep you all posted on how our new "family business" is doing. Should be fun anyway. I'm paying the boys (Elizabeth wants to be involved also) to help me pick. It's so much fun. It's a lot like Easter egg-hunting.

     It's Friday, October 28, and I am still working on this blog. I got interrupted and had to go out of town for a couple of days, but I WILL post this one today. Elizabeth went to the doctor yesterday. She has strep throat and couldn't go to school. So today I have ALL my girls. We are having a "girls' 'day in!'" Here is a picture of them. Elizabeth is feeling a bit tired so wants to take a nap, and Megan just HAD to sit on the arm of the sofa. You can see Anna in her bed in the background. This is our "messy" room; I really try to keep the rest of the house neat, if not clean. But this is the room the kids and I LIVE, PLAY, READ, and sometimes FIGHT in so it is usually always a mess until after they all leave in the evening. But it's all good!!

How precious is this!!

     After all, this is what it is all about. I love this picture of Meagan when she is sleeping. She looks so much younger in this picture, but the picture is less than two weeks old. They grow up so fast; I hope this blog will keep them this age for a long, long time.