yesterday was kind of a cool day. you know i had all these things on my "list" to do. but after church, i looked over at my mother-in-law and knew it was time to throw the list out the window--at least for the day. she's pretty much home-bound and can't handle the cold or the wind at all. she has not seen our new house because of it. but she made it to church so i figured maybe she could make it out here, too.

i invited her out for the day, along with all the other grandkids in the family and some uncles and aunts. we stopped at the store and i bought all kinds of food and drinks. we parked grandma right in the garage and helped her in the house, set her at the big table in front of the windows overlooking the ice rink and the sledding hill in our back yard. and she watched. and laughed. and watched. and we all had such a good time. there was a pretty competitive hockey game going on, and she got to see how well her littlest grandkid (jaxon) can skate...she's never seen him, and he's a hoot. she got to watch all the kids fly down the sledding hill, jump the bank and fly out on the frozen ice for about 100 yards. i had no idea we had such an awesome sledding hill out there...i can't wait to try it myself. the kids had a blast, but mostly, grandma had a blast being part of it.

we even drank some of rani's homemade wine :)

as an added bonus, i did end up getting the garage cleaned and the basement organized, played some volleyball and got my P90 in. he he. once a list maker, always a list maker...