Twelve years ago in faraway Minnesota, this baby boy was born who absolutely changed our lives forever.

Our 6-year-old grandson Krew built his first pinewood derby racer this spring.

The plan was to have giant bubble fun with all the grandkids on Easter afternoon, but the weather on Easter was cold and unspringlike, so the bubbles never happened.

Mama has been staying with us at the cabin while she rehabs from her second broken arm in 8 weeks.

Friday was my 63rd birthday.

Love it that my grandkids like to have sleepovers at Gramaw's!  They like it so much, they even wrote and performed this song/dance for us!

I present to you The GrayRockers, with their original "Sleepover Time."

Before the freeze did a number on the blooming lilacs, I had to do a quickie photo shoot with our twin lovelies.

After 8 weeks of pandemic-caused withdrawal, I finally got to see Daniel's sweet face (and the rest of his family's) and steal some of his sweet sugar.

Our grandchildren Juni and Krew worked as Papaw's hired hands one afternoon this week.

Our world may be in the middle of a pandemic, but Sunday was still Easter.