Celebrating Ten Years

Our first grandchild, Austin, turned ten years old last week.

Daughter, Aimee, Austin and me.

Austin wearing "Sailor Ducks"....at Disney of course!

Where do those precious years go? I feel the years are falling away too quickly.

I work everyday to keep those memories close to my heart and wish time

would just slow a tiny bit. Long enough to catch my breath.

Austin is such a sweet child with a tender heart. As most kids today, he's growing out of those

childhood years much earlier than necessary....a sign of the times.

And yes, I will worry that his heart will be broken.

The center bottom photo of the collage was the day his parents

took him to live for four years in Hanau, Germany.

We were so fortunate to be able to visit him so many

times while they were living there. Everything has a silver lining....right.

That was when Delta had to furlough pilots after 9/11 and

we had more time than money. Luckily we traveled on

Delta's dime for all those trips.

What was more funny was that Austin at age 2 thought

Nana and Papa lived at the Frankfurt airport!

Happy Smocking,

Gwen