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We made it to an Angels Game!!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Renee Spindle

What a feat. 12 tickets purchased, 12 family members all assembled at Angels stadium. This is a family outing that has not happened in years and years.

My family, at the party house, are huge fans of Angels baseball. It has been a long-standing, favorite pastime of most of my family members to enjoy the games on TV, and we also try to make it to the stadium for a game or two in a season.

This past Saturday was one of those times. My son, Bryan, made an extremely early trip to Angels stadium a few weeks ago to buy tickets for all of the family who could make it to the game. This also happened to be our family’s birthday celebration day for myself, and my son-in-law. All in all there was a group of twelve of us that made our way to the stadium for the second game of the Angels open weekend games.

This was a 1:00pm game so we were prepared to be sitting in the sun for most of the game. We donned hats and sunglasses, slathered on sunscreen, and made sure we had our water bottles with us. In attendance at the game were myself, Travel Man, my parents, our niece Mary, son Bryan, daughter Hilary, Evan with his parents, and my brother Jim, with his girlfriend, Elaine. Whew!! What a group! Here’s a shot of almost everyone.

When we got to our seats we were totally in the shade for the first 3½ innings (yay!), good planning Bryan! So we weren’t completed melted by the middle of the game! It’s always fun going to the stadium to see the game. The singing of our national anthem, an F-18 flyover, and the first pitch being thrown out. Play ball!!! Singing “Take me out to the ball game”. What a great tradition.

The Angels didn’t win this game but we had some great family time. Evan is old enough now that he is asking questions about the game, and pays attention to the numbers on the scoreboard. He’s our Angels fan in training.

Everyone got to have their favorite stadium treat. Peanuts, frozen lemonades, hot dogs, and nachos. All those treats that cost wayyyyy too much but are part of the experience. Evan got a foam finger, and we all got fleece blankets with the Angels logo. Really cool. It’s so much fun to get to do a group outing like this. I hope we get to have a few more of these over the summer. When’s the last time you got your entire group together for an outing?

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Thank you’s to all of you

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Renee Spindle

As I was looking at the stats for my blog this morning, yes I’m analytical like that, I discoverd I broke the 3,000 views marker. I have been blogging and telling the world my stories since last August. In that process I have discovered that I like to write, and tell my life stories. It’s fun to share the life happenings around the Party House from the past and present. My Mom keeps telling me, “Who knew you could write, and enjoy it?”

I found this quote from Hemingway that rather sums up my writing experience to date;

“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.”

So thank you to everyone who has been following my writings, and stories. My plan is continue on my writing journey and expand it to share the stories of our family and our everyday experiences. Wishing each and everyone of you a wonderful week. May all your dreams come true.

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Evan’s Little “Vest”

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Renee Spindle

My latest sewing project started out to be a shirt for Evan. Just a casual shirt, kind of like a Hawaiian shirt. This is one of my procrastination projects. You know the variety, you start you stop, you start again. Well this week I started this project again, and I’m in it to the finish. I was somewhat motivated by a little voice asking me, “Grandma, when are you going to finish my vest?”. And I really needed to get on my horse and get it done, because he is getting so tall!!

Of course, it was Evan asking me, and I have been telling him all along this will be a shirt. But he has had a different vision. He wants a vest. So being the good grandma that I am I am altering my project to a vest. He is quite insistent that he will wear this over t-shirts. I think in the heat of the summer he will just wear it after swimming. So in my sewing instructions I skipped over the sleeves and made him a vest.

Here’s a few pictures of my project during construction:

I finished Evan’s “vest” last Thursday night and gave it to him Friday morning before he left for school. The doggie buttons were a little wonky to button on his own so he needed a little help. “Grandma, you finished it!!”, Evan exclaims. I say, “Just for you, Evan.”

After school he came home and took off his t-shirt and just wore his doggie vest. It was so cute. For me, one more procrastinated project off of my list, and a happy grandson to boot!! Who could ask for anything more? Next project is in the works, cloth napkins for my dining room table. What’s the latest project you’ve procrastinated on?

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Guess who got a hold of my camera?

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Renee Spindle

One day before school last week Evan was bopping around the house taking pictures. I did not really pay close attention to what he was doing, as I just like to let him go and be creative. The pictures below are his own doing, and I am amazed at the range of expressions with his self portraits. His mother has not seen these yet, and I know it will give her a good laugh.

The pictures with the little smiley pictures are sitting on my desk. The family pictures you are seeing are the pictures that Evan took of my digital picture frame. I really think he’s a budding photographer. I may be biased on this point because I’m his Grandma. But I love his little pictorials.

What a different world Evan is growing up in. The digital age of pictures is just “normal” for him. Taking self portraits is “normal” for him. Being able to view the pictures you have just taken on your computer is “normal” for him. Oh what a different world Evan is growing up in. I love letting him be creative, and just doing his own thing.

These pictures just make you smile. Happy weekend everyone, enjoy the weekend!

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My April Fool’s on Evan

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Renee Spindle

If you are a reader of my Evanisms page you will have seen what a little jokester Evan was on this past Sunday, which was April Fool’s Day. Being the diligent Grandma that I am I decided to have a little April Fool’s fun of my own.

I found a post on one of the Mom blog’s that I follow- Money Saving Mom for a little April Fool’s present. The print out was to make a package of “donut seeds”. There was a pdf link to print out the package and then glue it together, and in the package you place your favorite Cheerios, these are the donut seeds!! I knew this would be a great little April fool’s for Evan once I saw it.

Here’s a picture of the package I gave to Evan. I waited until we were done eating breakfast to give it to him. I said, “Evan, I got you something to plant outside.” Evans says, “Really Grandma what is it?” I hand him the little “seed” package, and tell him its “seeds” to grow his own donuts. Everyone else at the breakfast table is talking this up, and excited for Evan. Evan takes the packet, and reads a little bit of it and then opens it to look at the “seeds”. Evan says, “Grandma, this is just Cheerios.” And I smile and pause, and tell Evan, “April Fool’s, I got you!!”

It was a fun way to start the day, especially when Evan got in the spirit of the little jokes all on his own. Happy April everyone. Wishing you all a wonderful Spring!