Here we are again...finally...sorry...I'm a terrible blogger.

We have had a fairly quiet winter... but spring is in the air.

We took the opportunity to make the trek to Saskatchewan for the Victoria Day weekend. Here are a few photos that we took of our four grandsons.

This is Liam David.

If you know our family...or more accurately, if you know me, you know that I have a tendancy to give my children, and now my grandchildren nicknames.

The nicknames change over time as the children and the situations change.

So for now the nickname that appears to fit Li'l Liam is "Bugsy".

Bugsy had a cold on the weekend. His eyes were watering...as was his nose.

But as tough as he was feeling he still had the most precious smile that just melts your heart when it takes over his beautiful little face...what a doll.

This is Evan Timothy.

I have no idea where these big blue eyes came from.

But they are beautiful.

As is his smile.

This picture really leads to Evan's current nickname...

"Bubba"

Yeah, you heard me right Evan, you look like a good o'l boy....

"Bubba fits...for now.

This is Dylan Michael.

As you can see they do not look a lot alike...

...so you can know for sure that "they are NOT identical!

I just told Dylan a little joke...I guess he thought it was a little lame.

But I think he was really laughing on the inside.

Maybe not.

Dylan's current nickname is the same as it has been since birth, for me at least.

I call him "Mini Me"

Poor kid...hope he grows out of it.

This is Caden John

Caden fits the phrase "The apple didn't fall far from the tree".

Hence, I call him Junior....Justin Junior.

Already glued to the computer...or the television...

And don't try to break his concentration...at least not while either the TV or the computer has captured his attention.

It was a great trip. We had a wonderful time with the grandsons...oh, it was great to see their parents as well...but grandchildren seem to have a way of capturing the hearts of grandma and grandpa.

It was sad to have to leave the grandsons, and of course their parents, to head home on Monday. But every cloud has a silver lining....we have our two little grandaughters, Maggie and Lyla back in Calgary. So we are sad...but excited...

Oh, if you would please...leave a brief comment so I know that someome is actually logging in to this blog. If you do, maybe I'll get motivated to do a better job of blogging.

What's next? Let's see...June 5 is Jacqueline's birthday...stay tuned...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - JOSH

This is our fourth son, Joshua Dean on his birth day, April 21, 1981.

As usual we were expecting a girl but Judy knit a "coming home" sleeper that was gender neutral just in case we got another son...and we did...and we were elated, again.

Home in his own bed.

Here's big brother James with the "hey I feel something wet on my leg" look and big brother Justin with the "ha ha ha...suck it up big boy, you wanted to hold him" look.
Josh has the "oops, did I do that" look.


This is our Josh on his first birthday. This little boy had a perpetual smile on his face...just like his mama.

Josh's second birthday.

OK...where's my breakfast?

Wow, a carrot cake...for me?

Josh on number 3.

Well, we will skip a few years, here is Josh on his seventh birthday

For any of you who can't remember ever seeing Josh with hair...voila!

And again.

Josh was, and is a lover of the game. Here he is...and as always, that infectious smile.

Until today. Hey Josh, how does it feel to be a year older?

(Don't you just hate it when someone asks that lame question?)

This is Josh, now 28, with his lovely wife Brandi.

Yeah, you see the proof...Josh ate all those ribs.

Happy Birthday Josh. We're proud of you son.

Well...It's about time!

I mean, it's about time for a new post on this blog. And what better reason than to share photos of the newest member of the Mooney family, born this afternoon.

Here's Grandma, mama, big sister Maggie O and new baby sister, daughter and granddaughter...???(not sure what to call her yet)

Here's a closer look at her.

She looks a lot like big sister Maggie. She is beautiful isn't she?

Wow, wow, wow...what an amazing gift grandchildren are!

Grandma was definately thinking "pink". She was absolutely certain that this grandchild was going to be a sister for Maggie.


The details will be up to mama and papa to share.
I made a few suggestions for names...like Matilda Lou...didn't seem to get much interest...maybe Martha Belle...again not warmly received...so I guess I should just leave it up to James and Nic to name their little darl'in.

Stay tuned. This might just get this blog back on track. Seems like it takes something significant to get some blogging to happen. And this truly is significant.

Congratulations James and Nicola.

Cancun +30*C to Calgary -30*C

There is something wonderful about the Christmas season no matter where you are. Here Judy is standing beside the Christmas tree in our resort in Cancun.

I guess the song "Six White Boomers" forgot to mention that one of the boomers stopped off in Mexico to give birth. Here she is disguised as Santa...and the Joey in her pouch is disguised as the Lone Ranger...or since this is Mexico maybe it's disguised as Zorro.

I couldn't help myself. We were walking along the sidewalk one evening and saw this hockey game on the TV outside OutBack Jack's Steak House. I had to capture the moment...Tampa Bay 3 at Montreal 1....there wasn't anyone watching though...it really doesn't take much to entertain a Canadian.

Here we are at Margaritaville...."it's five o'clock somewhere"....

The night before we left to come home, and every night while we were in Cancun for that matter, we spent an enjoyable time soaking up the heat of the outdoor hot pool. This is truly an accomplishment if you remember Judy's fear of water.

We are getting ready to head back to Calgary. We just had to get a picture from our rooftop pool and lounge area with the beautiful blue of the Caribean in the background.

Judy and I were sunning ourselves beside the pool before we left to catch our plane home. It was obvious that there was a wedding pending so Judy couldn't leave until she saw the bride. Here she comes, as the music plays...

Not a large crowd...but a beautiful bride in a beautiful setting overlooking the white sand beach with the blue Caribean as a back drop...30 degrees...light warm breeze...

And a few hours later this welcomed us back to Calgary...blue sky...white snow banks...-30 degrees with a cold north breeze...wind chill factor once again a factor....bbbbbrrrrrrrr.

And we're home. Wonderful holiday...but "there's no place like home" I say as I click my red sunburnt heels together. Now we look forward to having our children (and especially our grandchildren) at our home for Christmas.

Ola! Here we are, stuck in Mexico!

Well, here we are stuck in Mexico...James drove us to the Calgary airport at 10:00 AM on Saturday. We flew WestJet and arrived in Cancun around 6:30 PM. The first thing we did when we got to the hotel was try to find something to eat...voila!...la buffet.

Of course there is no snow in Cancun so we just had to eat outside...

..and then we had to look around the facilities...and what do we find but a bunch of king sized beds surrounding one of the many pools...gonna have to try this out for suntanning in the daylight...beats the tanning booths for sure!

And so after a fun evening and a great sleep we have sunrise over the Caribbean from our rooftop deck and pool area...I just had to wake up everyone to see sunrise over the ocean...it was spectacular.

We went for a walk on Sunday morning and found Bubba Gump Shrimp!

A few doors down we came upon Jimmy Buffet's MargaritaVille.

Kenny kinda looks like a Mexican

Back at the resort...and we found those king sized beds in the daylight...

...and spent a little time tanning...

We went out to Pericos for Mexican food in the evening...this little devil snuck up behind Jacquie and scared the bejeebers out'a her when she turned her head..

Mama felt like a giant when she got to dance with this little fellow...he finally moved to the stage so he could stand on it and not feel so short beside her...

Here she is with a pot on her head..about to take a shooter of papilla juice...it was a challenge keeping her under control...you know how wild and crazy she gets when she gets a few shots of fruit juice in her.

See what I mean?

And so that was a day in Mexico...and moonrise over the Caribbean...beautiful...warm, no snow...no ice...except in your glass...I'm just say'in...it's rough being stuck here in Mexico....