Giveaway Winner

The winner for the Ruby “There’s No Place Like Home” giveaway blocks is….

Brittany Hardy

Congratulations!

Please email me at pamdegraw@yahoo.com with your address.

Thank you to all who entered. I enjoyed reading about your family gatherings.

Ruby continues to teach us all about LOVE

Today is the one year anniversary of the passing of our grand daughter. Her name is Ruby June Warburton. In memory of her and all the kindness and service that was provided to her mother and father, Kristin and Jared, they wanted to honor and remember her. She was with them for fifteen wonderful but hard days. So for the past fifteen days they have asked others to remember her by doing simple acts of service for others and then letting them know about it on our daughters blog "Come what may and Love it".Along with asking others to do acts of service for each of the fifteen days they have also been having giveaways on each day to honor her memory. So today I went to Payson Market to get the friday meal deal. When I got to the cooler where the ice cream and the pizza for the meal deal were there was a young mother with her daughter getting the items also. The mother looked at me and said Hi Mark and then see said that her little girl was dressed in red to honor Ruby. MY heart just melted. I wasn't sure who they were but I knew they knew me and my daughter. She and her daughter went around the corner and I just had to let her know that I didn't recognize her. She told me who she was and explained that we all change. She was one of Kristin's friends in high school and had spent many hours in our home. Before II left I just had to get a picture of this sweet little girl who was wearing red in memory of my grand daughter. I want to express my gratitude to Jessica and her daughter Lexi for their service to me and our family today. Thank you so very much. Posted by Mark

Our Ruby Giveaway Day 13

On October 11, 2011 my daughter delivered a beautiful baby girl. Our sweet Ruby June graced our lives for 15 short days. She taught us many great lessons in such a short time. In her honor my daughter, our family and friends are sponsoring 15 days of giveaways.

Today I am hosting the 13th day of giveaways in Ruby’s honor.

The giveaway today is a set of hand painted wood blocks with the saying “There is no place like home” with a Ruby red slipper sitting on top.

The red slipper reminded my of Ruby and the saying reminds me of the joy of family gatherings. 

To enter leave a comment on here telling me what your family gatherings mean to you.

Please go to my daughter’s blog to read about and see pictures of our beautiful Ruby.

While you are there be sure to enter the other giveaways listed.

My Valentine

more pics of Hawaii

Hawaii Pics

Here are a few pictures of Turtle Bay, where we stayed.

The Gangs All Here!

It has been exciting having all of the daughters and their hubbys and kids here this past week! Playing with the kids and snuggling the babies is the best! I look forward to our Mexican Fiesta on Friday!! Dave don't forget the sombrero!

The Blogging World

I love reading all the young mothers blogs out there and want to tell you how inspirational you all are to me!! I wish I would have had all of these wonderful home, family and craft inspirations when my girls were growing up!! Keep on blogging!! I love to read all of your fun ideas!!

Three Babies a Year!!

It is very exciting three new babies in a year from my three gorgeous babies!! Andrea and Kristin you are great moms!!! And Lindsay you will be a great mommy too! Its hard to believe that my three babies are having babies of their own!! Wait!! I'm not that old! I remember when you would play dolls on the stairs on Sunday afternoons, and rollerskate and rollerblade in the unfinished basement when it was too cold to go outside and play!! Where has the time went?? Now you have babies of your own!! I love you all!!

Let's Go Cruising!

Its countdown to Cruising! We are Going to St. Thomas, St. Marteen, and the Bahamas!! It will be great to soak up some sun and walk on the beach! I am excited to see the ship we are going on! It is Freedom of the Seas, the one that they advertise on television with the Rock Wall and the Surfing Pool. It is quite a bit larger than the last ship we went on and I am excited to see all that is onboard for us to do!

Alright so heres another!

Ok so I decided I would post again to see how long it takes any of my family besides Kristin to realize that I have made a post!! lol I know that none of you probably even check it anymore. I am very excited for this next weekend, to have my whole family all together and have some fun!! I miss my grandkids tons!! And ok the rest of the family too!! (jk)
I am happy to be able to spend some time with all of us together!

Since it is Sunday, here is a scripture to think about today. We have an awesome responsibility!

Luke12:48
For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

My yearly Post!! LOL

So Kristin told me I am a bad blogger and I agree!! Every time I think I should write something, I think and think and think and think!!! And my conclusion is that everything I think of is going to be boring!!
But here goes!!
Its a new year and I have been thinking of all I am grateful for this past year!! The first thing that comes to my mind is two new grandbabies and one more on the way!! That is pretty cool and blows my mind when I think all three born in one year! I am looking forward to the day soon when all my grandkids will be together and I can play with all of them at the same time!!! They all have such individual personalities that I just smile when I think of each one of them! Dad had been working in Logan this week and last so I have been cleaning and reorganizing which gets scarier the older you get!! I told Dad that is what I have been up to and his reply was "So I won't know where anything is?" And I said and neither will I!! LOL

Christmas at our House...

Your Dad always the romantic, I always say a girl can never have too much
jewlery or...

too many flowers!

And thanks to our children for the gift to make our cruising experience great!!

We are getting ready and making all the necessary arrangements so that it will be a wonderful relaxing time!!

Here is a pic of the outfits we have put together for the first day of our cruise!!

HAPPY CRUISING AND BON VOYAGE!!

Kristin and Jared

Here are a couple of pictures from Kristin and Jared's Wedding. They were married on Sat. in the Salt Lake Temple. They both looked like they could be models! Congratulations! We love you Both!

Trip with friends to the PBR

We always have a great time with friends at the PBR. Bruce and Sandy are in the front, (taking our pic), we had a great time and even had some Halloween Friends show up to party with us!

my lesson in digital scrapbooking

Andrea helped me try my hand at digital scrapbooking and this is the page she helped me make!! Its gonna take some practice! Thanks A

oh, oh, oh, Little Rock

Thought that I would post about our trip to see Andrea, Jonathan, and the kids. We had a great time!! Shopping, eating, playing with the kids!! Thanks for the great trip!! We loved playing with the kids, and Isaac is a hoot!! Hot and Hi are his two favorite words when he is not yelling to get your attention!! I will try and post some pics later!! Andrea gave me a lesson on digital scrapbooking!!

100 Things about me!!!!!

1. I love Pam (always have and always will.)
2. All the light switches have to be in the down position before I can go to bed.
3. As a young man I became some what of a gypsy and it probably still carries over to now.
4. I love country music (old and new) and oldies rock.
5. I get aggravated at people who have excuses for everything instead of just cowboying up and taking responsibility.
6. I project toughness on the outside but I’m a softy at heart.
7. I love being with family no matter what we are doing.
8. I like to have cookouts or meals together.(New Years, a boil, barbeque. Sundays.)
9. I miss my mother always.
10. I love the quite of early mornings.
11. Church callings scare me to death but I’m grateful for them.
12. I value any new knowledge.
13. I truly love my job.
14. I dislike mowing the lawn but enjoy working in the yard with Pam.
15. I enjoy helping Pam decorate the house.
16. Grandpa great!!!
17. Sleeping with a Grandma the best.
18. I thoroughly enjoy food.
19. I miss having a horse or two.
20. I get annoyed at stupid drivers.
21. I hate the disappointed look on Pam’s face when I have to work out of town.
22. I love to travel with Pam.
23. I love the PBR.
24. I’m proud of the toughness and independence of our daughters. (they get it from there mother.)
25. I delight in our daughters and spouses accomplishments.
26. Good friends, Vegas, Seafood, and PBR, don’t get better than this.
27. I love the beauty of spring and fall.
28. College football.
29. Early morning, glassy calm lake, fishing pole, and diet coke, total relaxation.
30. I like to play jokes.
31. I’m full of crap only half the time.
32. I enjoy watching chick flicks with Pam.
33. Favorite movie “Paint Your Wagon”. (Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood sing)
34. I enjoy reading a good book.
35. Nothing like a good home cooked meal.
36. I like shopping on Christmas Eve Day.
37. Rasberries, Blackberries, and White chocolate ice cream. Yum yum!
38. I hate to be dirty.
39. I am a neat freak. Can’t stand clutter.
40. I like to clean and polish the vehichles and then go for a drive.
41. Going for a ride in the canyons.
42. Bare feet never. I’m a wuss.
43. Love my head rubbed.
44. Hot day, cool shower. Cold day, fire in fire place and snuggling.
45. I dislike having to wear a tie.
46. Wrangler jeans with fresh ironed crease in the leg, boots, nice shirt. Looking good.
47. I love to go to the horse races. Something about watching a beautiful horse run.
48. I miss a good horse ride.
49. I love Pam’s humorous side. She’s a crack up.
50. I miss mom’s apple pie.
51. I hate to not have organization when I’m doing a project.
52. I wish I could sing just a little bit.
53. I like to meet people and learn about them.
54. I enjoy good conversation with old friends. Pam says I am a bulls*****.
55. I love that as our daughters get older they become closer.
56. I glad I live in a small town.
57. I wish I still had my 1968 Roadrunner. Very fast and I looked cool in it.
58. I love the smell after a rainstorm.
59. I enjoy looking at family pictures and remembering the fun times we had.
60. I love that Pam does things that I enjoy even if its not her thing.
61. Best desert Razzelberry pie and ice cream.
62. I would like to do the amazing race.
63. I want to travel to Europe someday with Pam and travel about.
64. I kinda have a shoe fettish.
65. I hate to paint, but I will.
66. I could travel around just going to amusement parks riding the most awesome rollercoasters.
67. Saturday mornings, hot chocolate, and talking to my father.
68. Pam’s peanut butter brownies fresh out of the oven.
69. I hate to be late and hate it when other people are and they make everyone else wait for them.
70. I need to learn to chill out sometimes. If it doesn’t matter what does it matter.
71. I totally love the beaches and ocean in Hawaii, Austrailia, and St.Marten.
72. I would like to learn how to scuba dive.
73. I like to spend time playing with our grandkids and look forward to more of them.
74. I miss going to all of the things that our children were involved in.
75. I love to camp.
76. I wish I was a good golfer and had more time to do it.
77. I hope to serve a mission with Pam someday.
78. I extremely dislike speaking in Church. Who doesn’t right.
79. I want to get in better shape. My children inspire me.
80. I would like to have a hunting trip with my son-in-laws.
81. I want to go salmon fishing in Alaska.
82. I wish I could take Pam with me when I work out of town.
83. I dislike it when my fingers wrinkle when I’ve been in the water.
84. I like to drive and see the beauty that is all around.
85. I had the best childhood. Good parents, simple times, great friends, a bike and a horse to ride. The world was ours to explore.
86. I like to learn new stuff.
87. Looking forward to a new son-in-law.
88. Power tools and a project. Satisfaction and good feeling of accomplishing something.
89. I like to be busy.
90. The look of love for me in Pam’s eyes. Can’t describe how that makes me feel.
91. I liked my mustache. Hulk Hogan ha ha!!!
92. I like to be in a crowd of people and just watch them.
93. I like to watch Diners, drive-inns, and dives. I wish I could go with the host to all the places he goes and eat the food.
94. I like to have a Harley and ride with Pam.
95. Monty Pythons Flying Circus classic. John Clease cracks me up.
96. The 70’s were great. Good music, muscle cars, cheap gas, draggin main, and hot chicks. (Pam)
97. I would love to see the Kentucky Derby live.
98. I want to go on a cruise.
99. I like to go back to Saba.
100. And finally the last one I love Pam always have Always will.