Friday, June 4, 2010

Sweet moment in time...

I remember the day this picture was taken...just like it was yesterday. Actually it was late June, twelve years ago. Our family had rented a large oceanfront house in the village of Duck, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks. The house was perfect with an almost floor to ceiling bank of windows and a spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean. We were all there - Bill and I, our older son and his new bride, our daughter, her husband and their 5 month old son (our first grandchild) and our younger son...as well as two good family friends who were there for a few days of our vacation.

The weather was perfect...perfect for taking long walks on the beach and playing in the surf. We had spent the morning building sandcastles and playing in the ocean on the day this above moment in time was captured. After lunch, my daughter had tried to get my grandson to take a nap. In the end, they both fell asleep on the over-sized L-shaped sofa in the family room.

There's something about seeing your baby with her baby, that tugs at your heartstrings and brings back memories. My grandson in the picture above is now twelve years old. He now has two younger sisters and a baby brother. My daughter was telling me just recently about how children grow up too fast. I know. Oh, how I know.

4 comments:

  1. They do grow up too fast, I agree also! You just turn around and your children are the age you think you should be with children of their own.

    I wanted to thank you for the wonderful cookbook. I can't wait to try out some of the 1400 great recipes. It was such a nice give-away.
    Thanks
    Pam

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  2. I could look at you pictures all day!

    I gave you an award!!!

    http://lindyandree.blogspot.com/2010/06/m-at-betty-crapper-cooking-from-scratch.html

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  3. Thank you, Pam and Lindy Leigh! I appreciate your sweet comments so much. Thanks, Lindy Leigh, for the sweet award too!

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  4. Yes, they grow up in a few blinks, don't they? And now the grandbabies are growing up...and so it goes. God is so good to bless us with these little ones, and to allow us to watch them become parents, too.

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