The boys!! :-) Need I say more? :-)

Here are some recent pictures of Jaylon and little Jaxon.

Jaylon isn't too crazy about me paying attention Jaxon! Oh my! Whenever I try to pay attention to Jaxon, Jaylon tells me, "No, Beh! Away!"

I've had to be a bit firm with him and tell him that Grandma is just going to talk to little Jaxon for a few minutes. *sigh*

Now that I don't have Jaylon every day, I find I'm not taking nearly so many pictures of him, so I am just going to have to remedy that somehow! I do have a few on my computer at home that Erin has taken so I'll upload those in the next few days! Oh, but they are sooo good!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!!
I am getting high-speed internet and Wi-fi THURSDAY! THIS WEEK!!! I can hardly believe it! Actually, I won't believe it unti it actually is done! AND working!!

This means I can now get a laptop!!! Yeeehaaa!!! I've used Daniel and Erin's Ipad quite a bit. Enough to know that I don't want one. I like a regular keyboard and mouse. So, when I get a laptop, I'll still use a wireless mouse!

I am soooooo excited!!! I hope everything goes as planned!!! I can't even imagine how nice it is going to be to surf the web without dial-up! Oh, but I'll adjust. I'll adjust! :-)

Enjoy the pics of the boys!! :-)

Randomness! :-)

Here is a picture of Ed's "first hold" of little baby Jaxon! :-) A month and a week later, little Jaxon is so much bigger already!!


And this is Jaylon playing some drums at a music shop he and his parents visited! He loves the drums!!! Just like his daddy!1 :-)

The next two pictures are of Jaylon having breakfast with Papa! :-) I take Jaylon to evening storytime at the library on Tuesday evenings. Then he spends the night with us and the next morning we always have breakfast together!! Makin' memories!! :-)


Oh, and Grandma, aka "Beh-Beh", (that would be ME!! LOL) lets Jaylon play in the water in her kitchen sink. I made him a bunch of bubbles and he looked at me and said, "Beh! Snow!!" And I said, "Yes, it does kind of look like snow, hm?" And we blow bubbles and just have fun!!! Does he have me wrapped around his little finger or what? ;-)

What we did this past weekend! :-)

About 1/4-1/2 inch of freezing rain fell overnight this past Friday in our little valley....well, actually, in most of Ohio, for that matter! :-/
Thankfully, we didn't lose the electricity but we couldn't anywhere until the sun came out and melted the ice on our driveway. Ed tried chipping away at it but to no avail and we didn't have enough salt to really do any good.
Anywayyy....we spent a cozy day inside, cooking, reading, eating, watching a movie, cooking, napping. You get the picture! :-)
Here is some of what we whipped up:


Apple Crisp with Caramel Sauce




Apple Crisp




Cabbage with Onions, Diced Potatoes and Smoked Sausage




Peanut Butter Fudge

At Monster Jam with my favorite guys!!

I've always wanted to go to Monster Jam, though back when Daniel was just a baby and they held it at the Ohio State Fairgrounds Coliseum, I don't think it was called Monster Jam.
BUT, Ed didn't seem interested in going and as Daniel got older, he didn't really seem interested in going either. He was always into sports.
But, nowwww....allllll of these years later, I have a little grandson who LOOOOOVES monster trucks!!!
We think he discovered them through YouTube. You see, he was watching construction vehicle videos on his parents' IPad and happened upon monster truck videos which were displayed on the sidebar. And that is how it all started! :-)
Soooooo, when they started advertising Monster Jam, I just knew we had to take Jaylon and go! We had such an awesome time and Jaylon looooooved it!
Jaylon especially likes Gravedigger, pictured below! :-) (I do, too!) :-)

Oh, and we can't forget Monster Mutt! We love the red tongue! :-)

And one more picture to share:

This was taken on one of the train cars down at Rocky Boots in Nelsonville! We had eaten lunch there with the kids earlier and Jaylon was in the mood to have his picture taken!

Here I am holding my newest little bundle of joy....Jaxon Nathaniel! He is the most precious little thing. Already, he's making little baby sounds and looking around.

I had to stop by today and give him hugs and kisses and also, hug and kiss on Jay, though he needs some persuasion nowadays because he is on the move! AND he has better "boy" things to be doing than hugging and kissing on grandma!

And here's little Jaxon sacked out on a pillow. Erin says he loves to lay like this! :-)


When we were going to the hospital to see Erin, Daniel and little Jaxon, Jaylon just loved all of the Christmas trees at the hospital and had to have his picture taken with them:


When he was younger, he didn't like having his picture taken but now he has gotten to be a "poser". :-) Not that his grandma minds one bit! :-)

Well, this grandma is going to take a shower and tuck myself into bed. I'll not be staying up to see the new year in, so may I now wish you a blessed new year!!! Good night!!

Jaylon, Jaxon, Daddy and the Grandparents! :-)

You might be wondering where Mommy is, but she just wasn't up to having her picture taken yet. I do have a picture of the first time she got to hold little Jaxon but I do want to be considerate of Erin Maree and not post a picture of her just yet.
She gets home tomorrow....Christmas Eve and I'll get another one of her and her boys! :-) That has such a nice ring to it, hm? :-)
Jaylon looks so grown-up in his picture at the bottom! My my.....how his three years have flown!! :-)

Jaxon Nathaniel Cavinee!!

Welcome to the world, Jaxon Nathaniel Cavinee!! He was born at 11:27AM Wednesday morning, weighing 7lbs. 13oz. and being 20 3/4 inches long!
He is beautiful and mommy and baby are doing wonderfully, thank the Lord!
It's been a hectic few days, to say the least, going back and forth to the hospital and taking care of little Jaylon with the help of his Mawmaw and Pawpaw. They've kept him the past two nights and we picked him up this morning and we will be keeping him today and tonight.
Erin, Daniel adn little Jaxon will be coming home tomorrow! Yayyyy!
I'll be posting more pictures later today!
I pray you are all having a wonderful holiday season!! ((HUGS))

Erin Maree and little Braxton!!!

Noooo, she hasn't had the baby yet! But he's in there!! :-) As you can see!! Erin doesn't like to have her picture taken but I told her that we had to have at least ONE for the record!! :-) I think she is beautiful!! She is scheduled to have a C-section the 21st of this month but I'll be surprised if she goes that long!

AND below is a picture of her and Jaybug! :-)

AND below is a picture of me trying to get the hang of taking a picture of myself! As you can see, it didn't turn out so great but then the camera can only take what it sees they always say!
My arm isn't long enough! LOL It isn't!
You see, what started this is........I just don't know how all of these people take countless pictures of themselves and change their profile pictures (on Facebook) all of the time! I'm lucky if I get one good picture of myself a year!! I'm not saying I'm ugly....I'm just not very photogenic, I guess. :-)

ANDDDD remember the time-change kick I was on in my last post? Do you know what time the sun set today? 5:07!!!!! I don't have enough daylight to get the things done that I need to get done outside....as in finishing putting up the Christmas decorations!
I mean, I have to wait until it warms up, which is usually in the afternoon sometime. AND, up until today....and that is another post for another time......I've had little Jaylon, so by the time he took a nap, I was ready for a nap, too. AND by the time he goes home, it is dark AND cold again! LOL
AND tomorrow, it looks like the day is going to be full already!
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BUT there is always Monday. No, wait! It is supposed to start raining on Sunday and then rain through Wednesday, with snow arriving on Thursday! I HAVE to get the lights and decorations up tomorrow!

Tomorrow...Saturday....we are cleaning the church in the morning, Ed has an eye exam at 11:30pm. We have someone coming to look at the mobile home next door. It is for sale. The Logan Christmas Parade is at 2:00PM. Tomorrow evening is Stuart Opera House's Annual Christmas Program which my friend Pam and I always go to!

See? There isn't enough time for everything! Oh, and I left out Green School's Annual Christmas Bazaar which I love to go to!

Do you all find that there are just sooooo many things going on at this time of the year that you don't know what to do and what not to do? Is it just me? AND I need down time, too! As in a little nap in between or I'm no good for anything!
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I'll go ahead and tell you in this post about what I was talking about up there!

Yesterday was my last day of taking care of little Jaylon fulltime. *sigh* Erin is now on maternity leave and will not be going back to work after having little Braxton.

I know, I know.....I'll still see him all of the time. I know that but it is going to be a bit of an adjustment, still.

I'm planning to take him to storytime at the library on Wednesday mornings. And now that I don't have him everyday, all day, I want to have him spend the night with me and Papa once in a while!

My house needs to really be re-arranged and organized because we have toys and just Jaylon stuff everywhere!! :-) I'll have to post some pictures before I change everything just so you can see how much Jaylon stuff we have here! :-)

It will all work out and I will be fine and I know that I am going to enjoy having some "me" time to do some things here at home that have needed done for a long time!

I still have 2 or three crates of Daniel's homeschool books and paper and folders that I've never sorted and gone through!! And he's 25! AND he went to public school the last two years of high school! See how behind I am?!?!?!?! :-0

Okayyy....I'm getting off of here and taking myself to bed! It's been a busy day and tomorrow....well, you've already read about tomorrow! :-) I need rest!!

I'll just jump right in with both feet!

I hate being plunged into darkness at 5:30 in the evening! But there isn't a thing I can do about it except accept it! I just feel like stomping my foot and having a little fit about it but that wouldn't do any good either, sooooooo.....my only other choice is to just flat get over it and realize that it is going to be this way for the next 3 1/2 months! help.

I've already gained my 5lbs. of holiday weight. I read somewhere that that is the average weight gain by most Americans over the holidays. Of course, that was a few years ago, so it may be 10lbs. by now, at the rate America is going with its obesity.
Soooooo, tonight I am cutting up a large bowl of salad, of which I will be partaking during the next several days.

I have so many extra "eating occasions" in the coming weeks and it is mostly at night! Help! :-/

AND as if that isn't enough, I read on the internet somewhere today that diet soda is bad for you in that it causes you to bloat AND is thought to have something in it that causes you to want to eat more or eat more sweets or something like that.

I loooove Diet Pepsi in the 24oz. bottles/six pack. I drank Diet Pepsi in the can for years and once in a while would buy a 2 liter bottle but I seldom could drink an entire can at one time and the 2 liter bottle would get stale before I drank it all. (Ed doesn't drink soda.)

Well, one week while getting groceries I saw that someone had the 6-pack bottles of Pepsi on sale for like $2.50 so I purchased one. I cannot begin to tell you the difference in flavor and carbonation!!! It scarcely tastes like the same soda as what is in the cans and 2-liters. I always kind of wondered why people bought the 6-packs, thinking they were more expensive, but they aren't. It is the same as buying a 12-pack of cans and I only buy pop when it is on sale.

I loooooove Diet Pepsi in the bottles!!! Only to read that it is not good for me and could very well be one of the reasons why I need to lose weight around my middle, like a kazillion other people!

Okay, I'm done with that topic. :-) But I did have to go and get me a glass of Pepsi on ice before continuing this post! :-) Ahhhhhh....how delicious and refreshing!!!
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Below, you will see a picture of little Jaylon alllllllll stretched out taking his afternoon nap! He is getting so tall!!! Oh, but he is my precious little man! He is so good to take his nap every afternoon, for which I am so thankful. By two o'clock, grandma is needing a nap, too, or at least a good stretch of quiet time! :-)


Oh, and that is his blue blanket laying on top of him. Now he doesn't rub the silky border on it but he does rub the taggy on it that you can see right there by his hand. :-) His daddy rubbed the silky border on his blanket when he was little. :-)
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A week ago Thanksgiving, my oldest sister Bev, pictured below with her daughter Bethany, and me and our sister-in-law Sandy drove to Newark to spend the day with Bethany and her little ones. I had Jaylon with me that day, too. We had such a good time!
Bethany lives the farthest away of any one else in the family and she feels kind of isolated sometimes so we finally were able to get away and go spend some time with her. We had such a relaxing, pleasant afternoon.
We ate at a local buffet which the little ones loved, as well as the "big kids", too! :-)
Jaylon loved the train they had which ran on a track that hung from the ceiling in the middle of the restaurant. AND he loved playing and spending time with Nathen and Hayley. Now he played with Nathen but he just loves girls!!! Of all ages!!!
It was so nice to just be able to go and not have to be concerned about being back at any certain time and to be able to relax and enjoy ourselves with Beth.


My sister Bev and her daughter Bethany


My sister-in-love Sandy and me!


Jaylon and Hayley


Nathen and Jaylon! :-)

Weather heaven!

If there IS such a thing as "weather heaven", I am living in it and have been for the past few days! Wow!!

AND with the changing leaves, it is absolutely gorgeous here in the Hocking Hills and our little valley! This HAS to be my favorite time of the year!

I mean, I DO love spring. It is soooo welcome after the dreariness of a long, cold winter.

BUT, I do believe fall has come out on top!!! :-) (Not that I was havin' a contest or anything! LOL)
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Ed and I spent the evening down in the lower part of the yard Saturday evening, burning a brush pile that we had accumulated over the past few months.


Later in the evening, Daniel called and invited us up to watch the OSU/Nebraska game. Here is what we saw when we walked in:

Awwww....I just fall in love with him all over again each time I see him! *sighhhhh* This being a grandma is the best! :-)

Well, anywayyy......we had gone up to the kids to watch the game and we've come to a conclusion: We like to watch football at our house.
Erin's brother Brian was there, too. He and Daniel are best buds. Erin and I were on the IPad and laptop and Ed was watching the game with the boys.
But Daniel and Brian dissect all of the plays and watch the game so intensely....in a fun way....but it just about drove me crazy! :-)
So, Ed and I have decided that we'll just watch the games here at home or listen to them on the radio. We think it might be our age differences, perhaps. :-)
I mean, they were all having a great time but it was a bit arduous for me. :-)
Oh, here's a picture that Erin took of Daniel and Brian a few weeks ago. They were all at a restaurant somewhere, eating and watching the game together: :-)

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Moving right along......
I couldn't remember if I had posted pictures of our new granddoggy or not, so I thought it only fitting that I post some pictures of his cuteness! :-)

He is a Chiweinie! Yes, you read correctly! A Chiweinie!! He is a cross between a Chihuahua and a Dachsund (weiner dog). Isn't he absolutely adorable? And we love him to pieces!
The first few weeks that the kids had him, Erin brought him to our house and we helped to housetrain him. We fell in love with him and now that he no longer comes here daily, I miss him and whenever we go to their house, he is all over me! :-) We have a mutual admiration going on! :-)

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Well, I need to end this post and get myself ready and off to bed! I need all the rest and energy I can glean for "you-know-who" and he gets here bright and early in the morning!

Thursday in the park with Jaylon! :-)

I took Jaylon to Rising Park in Lancaster last Thursday and below are some of the pictures I took of him, the ducks and the beautiful park. We had such a delightful time! :-) AND met so many nice people and their dogs! It is a beautiful park and they have a great play area for the children but I didn't get any pictures of it because I was too busy playing with and keeping tabs on Jay to snap any! I know you can understand.....*pant..huff...puff*. (That's some of the sounds a 60-year-old grandma makes when playing with her soon-to-be-three-year-old grandson! LOL)

Oh, and the last picture is of Ellie, the kitty of the house. Whenever she hears me open and shut the dryer, she comes running because she knows there is going to be warm laundry to snuggle in! :-)