Catching up

Well, there hasn't really been alot going on here. We have been back down to see my Pawpaw and spent a long weekend with him. We really enjoyed that, Rusty took Ashleigh and Blake to the beach and even though I really like going to the beach also I really wanted to spend that time with my Pawpaw. The beach will always be there. Wayne and I took Pawpaw to Wal-Mart and generally just hung out with him. I will tell you a little about my Grandparents, I've asked for prayers and it's nice to know who you are praying for. I've always been close to my Grandparents but I have gotten to know my Pawpaw all over again as a different kind of person. He's always been my Grandfather but I'm am really getting to know him as a friend. You know your parents and Grandparents love each other but since my Mawmaw passed away it has been so different to hear him talk. He told me that she wasn't just his wife, she was his best friend, the person he did everything with. I look at my husband as my best friend and we do alot together but I guess you don't look at your Grandparents in the same light. It has really made me look at things differently. My Pawpaw and I laid on the floor for 5 hours straight looking at old pictures. I am very blessed that my Great Grandmother took so many pictures. There are pictures of my Great Grandmother from the 20's as a flapper. That was so incredibly awesome. It really makes you look at them as people, people who were young, hung out at the beach, racing around in fast cars and went to parties. It is really touching to look at a part of your history.
My Grandparents really had an incredible love story. They met at Carolina Beach in North Carolina. My Mawmaw was 16,living there and going to high school and my Pawpaw was down there visiting his brother. He saw her on the beach and got his brother's girlfriend (my future great aunt) to set them up. They dated for a while and then he had to go home to Ozark, IL. When he left he told her if she was still interested, when she graduated from high school to send him an announcement of her graduation. 2 years later she did just that and then he proposed to her. They did not see each other until the day before their wedding. They were married for 58 years Sept 5, 2006. My Grandmother was the kind of person that would give you her last dollar and she did many times. If you asked her if she had any money she would always say "I think I've got my last dollar" and it became a family joke. When she passed away we buried her with one of her many purses and we each put a dollar in it. She would have loved that. She was always there when I needed her and she would call me just to check up on me. I really miss her. Now, my parents are moving to Carolina Beach to move in with my Pawpaw. They are buying my aunt out of her part of the house and it will be my parents. My Pawpaw doesn't want to live alone and we don't want him to either. They are going to keep their house here also. I will really miss my parents but I would rather them be there and be able to have my Pawpaw around longer.
Blake has started football, they won a game and lost a game. I will post some pictures of him at his games. (Now that I know how to do that you all will get tired of seeing all my pictures.) Ashleigh changed jobs and she is now working at Peebles, which she seems to like but she's only been there for a week. Wayne has been riding his bike alot and we have a bike shop in town now so he has been hanging around down there with his friends. School is back in and work is getting really busy. The holidays will be here before we know it and Wal-Mart is going to stop doing layaways. What will I do? I start shopping for now and put toys on layaway along with cds and movies. They are really putting a crimp in my plans.
Have a great day tomorrow!
Bridget