Mid-Week over the hump!

Well, today was fun.  Little Lexi and I went to the mall and did some shopping.  She was pretty good for a 3 yr old and she is a lot of fun.  My sister is coming for a few days to celebrate her birthday.  So since I still have my Christmas Decor up I thought we could do a little mini Christmas and have a little fun.  I bought one gift person  but of course I bought a nice gift for my sister.  Lexi even pick out a gift she wants me to wrap for her to open.  Funny huh?  She picked out Tinkerbell slippers.  They are so cute.

After we had lunch I was shopping in my favorite shop and the next thing I know Lexi is laying on the floor groaning, "Damah,  I want to go home,  I tired."  I look down and just laugh inside because it was so funny seeing her there  on the floor.  The sales lady looked over and started laughing.  I said, "Well, I guess we have had a big day."  We finished shopping and headed home.

When my sister and I got married our husbands took us off into different directions all over the world.  In the past 37 years I cannot remember more that 2 Christmas's that our families have ever been together.  Maybe only once!  That is really sad.  But, Grandview has never been a real happening place but over the years the town has hit the low of lows.  It is often referred to as Little Tijuana.  I can remember when there was more shopping in Grandview then in Prosser and Sunnyside put together.  Prosser started gaining on Grandview about the time Grandview started going downhill.  Soon Sunnyside and Prosser had the only quick shopping but everyone started going to the Tri-Cities and Yakima.  Anyway, there just hasn't been a lot to pull all of us together in Grandview.  Our families(Moms and Dads) never were close and our moms side, which we were around the most, were not the type of people we ever wanted to hang with.  Dads side was  not the warm close type of people.  Especially after Grandma Clara died the family just fell apart, she was the heart and soul of the family.  I really miss her.  Karla I think chose to stay away, I did too for awhile but I had the feeling that we needed to bring our children closer to family and the Yakima Valley.  Had I known what this area would become I don't think I would have been so eager to move back here 22 yrs ago.

Here we are in 2011, lots of miles and years behind us.  Our children have grown and are here and there.  It takes a lot of planning and pleading to get our families all together at one time. It just doesn't happen!  Isn't it funny how the only thing that matters most in the whole world is the hardest to hold onto, like family times.  I take what I can get and try to hold it close to my heart. 

I have to get to bed now.  I rambled on way too long.  Maybe this will help you commit to staying close to family.  Good night.