Ernst's Wild Ride

It's quiet now but this past few days have been anything but!!
On Tuesday Michael, Jennyrose & I went up to have a visit with our Oldest daughter, Rebecca & our Grand daughter, Siobhan.
It was a nice trip up to Portland, on a beautiful sunny day.
Michael & I haven't seen Siobhan or Rebecca for a year....for Jennyrose..it's been much longer....five to be exact.


Rebecca went into labor the day of Jennyrose's 16th birthday...and our little Lambie was born the day after.....so....I *knew* that they would get along like two Bulls in a china shop...being Taurus & all....and that they did!! Never more than 3 feet away from each other ;)


We had 2 Award Winning days!!!!!



We went to the park, had a picnic & played for hours on the swing, jungle gyms,
slides and where-with-all.

Siobhan is a person of many faces. She is a total JOY 100% of the time!

We got a Hotel room with a Pool....so after the park fun wore thin we jetted on over to the Hotel...Jennyrose and Siobhan spent an hour in the pool & then there was fun and games (provided by Grandma & Jennyrose) in the Hotel room.
Siobhan organized all of her clothes in the drawers, hung up her clothes...& put all of her toiletries out in the bathroom...reminding me that this was only behavior that was necessary for her in a Hotel room.
We ate pizza for dinner, played with paper dolls and pop beads and had a good time just being there together. Looking forward to more fun the next day.....more pool, more park!!

Behind the scenes was a very difficult situation.....Rebecca's long time mate, Tim....was dying.
He had had major surgery the week before and was to be recovering....BUT....that's not what happened. There were complications with the procedure that were too extensive to detail & during the time that we had Siobhan he left the Earth.
Rebecca was with many close mutual friends during his passing.

We feel honored to have been able to take care of Siobhan...buffering the pain until Rebecca was ready.
Bitter Sweet!