How amazing is technology?

Nana December 12, 2018 0Comments

Dear Guillianna and Elijah –

Ten years ago when Nana started this website it was a labor of love since she doesn’t know much about technology and had to teach herself … after all , when I grew up in school there were typewriters and to look things up you had to go to the library or use books called encyclopedias there was no Google, which likely makes you think Poppy and I lived with the dinosaurs !   But no … Great Grandma lived in a time before television and at almost 90 years of age – she has come a long way and seen so much – She loves her iPad. she loves Alexa and always says “I will never forget Guillianna teaching me how to use it and telling me ‘Grandma Sally you don’t have to even use manners with her ‘   She loves seeing photos and following all her grandchildren and great great grandchildren seeing the activities of people she can’t normally see – it keeps her current with news and life in general  too!    Great grandma Sharyn and Papa also are pretty good at following the family.    As I have learned more and more it is still all so amazing.    It’s so nice how my journals and images come up each day saying ON THIS DAY through a lot of years !    Look at what I saw this morning from this day, your cousins….

 Thank was Then  ( before Cole !) and here they are now

On that same day long ago – you two had a photo taken too  here you two are –

The best thing ever is  to know that because of technology there are so many pieces of history that you will get to discover both for educational purposes and even about yourselves  with this site.   To see the smiles and laughter in images videos –  and hear stories of when you were little is something you will look at as be able to connect with your individual  memories.   All the activities, people, and places in your mind will get a boost from images that are able to be found without looking up in an old attic.    Or in old video tapes or like  for me where everything is old photos or on 8mm film which has faded and is brittle!      Here is a photo of Nana when she was a little girl .. there was no internet …. no iPhones or computers …

We are so grateful for technology and the ability to remind you how loved you two are.    To tell you what happiness you shared with us and so you can feel it one day when you’re able to see this.     So you will always know the story of love that brought your mom and our whole family to us and the love that always will be in our hearts !

Here is Great grandma Sally as a young mom holding your nana and  the second one is of course her now –

The ability to technology give you images and words to have truly is an amazing gift.   All of  these love letters will hopefully help you both feel connections to all who love and care for you, maybe  see your family a little more with every passing love letter.    Poppy and I hope you will remember as time passes ….

The ever changes faces of our lives ….   missing you so much and so so so hopeful  your both doing good.    The image of your faces, your smiles, you’re personalities are etched in our hearts.    We can hear you and feel you both –  and want you to know you’re loved to the moon and back ,

forever and always

XOXOXOXOXOXO

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?

Cheer Days …. Ninja Warrior Class and Singing Carols

Nana December 10, 2018 0Comments

Dear Guillianna and Elijah-

We hope you’re doing great.  We wonder how your classes at school are doing, and then we say to each other, that we are sure you’re doing great.   You both were such awesome students and all the teachers always were so happy to have you in class.   We can only imagine that has continued.

We think about the gymnastics, and how Eli was progressing, and wonder what activity he must be in with baseball season over for a bit now.   Maybe more karate, who knows,  but oh boy, how he love Ninja Warrior Training at Stars and Stripes.   The other day I posted a memory that popped up in our photos of a Guillianna Frozen Birthday cake from a few years ago, but today I found Elijah’s American Ninja Warrior Cake!

The other memories on this date, several years ago, Guillianna lost a front tooth and could literally sing, all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.   Cheer photos also on this day since it is the middle of cheer season.   A few years earlier your Liberty Cheer team was really having a lot of fun together, it was a definite favorite of all the extracurriculars for Guillianna.  Above jazz, tap, ballet, and hip hop was cheer for sure.   All the cheer meets, and practices were like heaven for Guillianna, minus the running lol.   Eli was a huge fan of the cheer meets, it was lots of Eli Nana time and I am pretty sure he rooted for Gugu and her team mates with more excitement than any of the fans in the stands.   One thing for sure, between all the varied activities, the one on one Nana, Eli or Nana Gugu time was always spent laughing and having fun.   So grateful for the memories.   Hopeful one day soon we will get photos, or hear of the new activities and see you enjoying them.

Best support ever, a brother who loved watching how happy his sister was at competitions.

Then there were photos where on this day, two years ago, you were caroling at Fox Run for all the residents.   So much fun.  I do have video of the two of you singing, and the people around you so very happy, however the video and pixellating faces is very hard with the equipment I have, I continue to work on this.   Just know the copy of the regular video is available on a non public page for you when you are older if I cannot get the graphics to be pixellated properly.   These videos and the many others we have are so worth preserving – for you’re both so adorable and the memories so precious.

We are so proud of you both, and enjoyed watching you in all your activities and academic accolades, like the awards from NDPMA for international baccalaureate, caring.  Or the brag tags, and honor roll.    The two of you are both so smart and so outgoing, love participating and the combination of all these things will lead you each to an amazing journey for sure.   Stories we cannot wait to see unfold and hear all about some day.

All our love, to the moon and back,

Forever and always,

XOXOXOXOXOXO

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?