Here are a few photos and a love letter from Ms. Campbell – the visitor posts on this site must go thru a moderation process and she wanted to upload some memories for you to enjoy …. so here you go !
( this is one of Coach Beth’s favorite … she says she loved watching you cheer – because you were so proud and happy! )
Thank you so much Ms. Campbell for warming the hearts of these two kiddos and making the years they spent here so much more than memorable in so many ways. Friendship for both Eli and Guillianna was a gift beyond measure- as well as for Poppy and I ! ❤️
Anytime we can upload love letters from friends and family we will – so please feel free to text Nana – or leave a comment – we love them to know how important they are to everyone who has loved on them for years !
The busy holiday season approaches and we hope the joy and excitement of the holidays brings all of you so much happiness. The beginning of the school year has likely become the end of a card marking and we can hope and would bet- it’s been a great one for you both !
The memories of great students and excellent citizenship and IB awards will carry both of you through where ever your educational path leads you no doubt. Keep being amazing !
November is Aunt Kiki’s birthday and Poppy too. Turkey day and then we will be at the double digit birthday of Guillianna! Ten years old ! Amazing. The Christmas holiday and New Year will rapidly follow… with maybe a Christmas pageant or concert in there ! Mrs. Hall surely misses the two of you in class preparing for the concerts since you both loved doing them so much !
Great Grandma Sharyn and Poppa are doing good and visit with Uncle David quite a bit since Papa retired. They miss and love you very much ! Noah and Rachel have gone off to college and they are doing very good. Great Grandma Sally is also doing good, is recovering from a bad cold but hopes you are both doing good and she surely misses you so much too. Love ❤️ is always sent to you from the Mitten – and the every one sends love and hope for you to be well, stay sweet and kind, listen to mom and dad, make great choices and always work super hard at school.
We hope very much to be able to see you soon and wish for Mom and Dad to know the love in our hearts and all the good in your lives from your time in the Mitten!
Love you to the moon and back , forever and always –
This was surely an odd Halloween ? for us. We are so used to having you around for this holiday ! I can’t help but wonder if you’re both thinking of the trick or treat times here in the Mitten too ? Hopefully not, and you are just having too much fun where you are instead, but just in case, here are some photos for you of this years trick or treat and old times in the Mitten !
I went to your old school today to do a small favor for Ms.Campbell, And look who I found …
They all miss you two very much !
Uncle Dwan , Aunt Allyssa, Gray, Elena and Cole came by, and so did Uncle Nick, Aunt Liz and Bash. aunt Kiki, Uncle Ricky, Janai and Anthony FaceTimed. Sadly, we cannot call you since mom and dad changed their numbers and feel you do not want to see or talk to us, but instead we still continue to send cards and hope you get them. We had pizza and salad and yes there is always lots of candy … but truly everyone missed seeing you both because let’s face it every Halloween has definitely more fun when all of you cousins are together. We hope your trick or treat was fun – we hear the base changed it to yesterday due to bad weather expected your way , We we’re lucky it was warmer and nice outside for a change this Halloween!
Then we can think about last year and the many years before and picture you two …. so many costumes…. some photos are a bit blurry, as the images were initially small, and some from when you were infants, I didn’t post this time, but will later in the future.
There are so many more old photos, remember the McQueen, astronaut, lady bug costumes, and oh so so many more… Poppy and I uploaded over ten thousand photos the other day to preserve for all our children and grandchildren to keep. Memories for everyone to find something they love or cherish someday !
We will now get ready for November Aunt KiKi will have a birthday so will Poppy and it will be Thanksgiving soon. Followed by another special occasion a 10 th birthday ! Oh my TEN – how special ! WE CAN HOPE NOVEMBER is a month for being thankful and grateful – that mom will be grateful for all her dad and mom are to her. That she will see its best for her kids to see their grandparents. We can always have hope.
I hear there are only 8 more “Fridays” until Christmas ! That is hard to believe !
Please remember Nana and Poppy as well as all your family and friends here – LOVE YOU BOTH to the moon and back, forever and always –
DONT FORGET YOU CAN LOOK AT A LOT OF OTHER Love Letters, dating back all the way FROM 2009 AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. JUST TYPE A WORD INTO THE “KEYWORD” SPOT. TRY TYPING “KIKI”, OR “HALLOWEEN”, OR “VALENTINE” AND YOU WILL GET TO CHOOSE FROM ANY POST WHERE I USED THE WORD YOU SEARCH.
LOTS AND LOTS OF PHOTOS WITH SO MANY LOVE LETTERS SENT TO MOM AND DAD over the years. MEMORIES FOR YOU TO TO SEE WHAT YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE SO SMALL but that show your happy faces, your good times, and your true experience in the Mitten.
I have been finding so many fun photos to share with you. We hope you are both doing well. I know that you have been busy with your activities and school, and hope you know that we are so proud of all you must be doing. Please keep working hard at school, keep being kind, and remember all of the wonderful things you used to learn at school here about ardent love, and the IB profiles. Caring awards and the brag tags, that you earned, the amazing students you have always been, is sure to shine where ever you go to school. Wish we could share in your daily stories and dreamstarters, lunch love and all the wonderful things that we once did, but you need to know that even though you may miss those things, we have not stopped thinking of them, and we are always sending you the best wishes every day.
And then there is Elijah…
This little guy …. so cute so tiny. The idea that you have both like grown so much over these past eight months is so crazy. Elijah lost teeth and likely has big boy teeth now. Guillianna I will guess still has long hair, but who knows for sure. We cannot wait until we can see you again.
I know we will for sure. It is just a question of when. I hope sooner than later.
Tomorrow is Halloween, and yet I heard from Aunt Kiki, that where you are they will be trick or treating on post tonight due to weather concerns for tomorrow. I hope you have so much fun. I wonder what your costume choices are and hope mom and dad will find a way to send us pictures. So far we hope for photos, like we used to send to them, every day. It never seems to happen though but we will not give up hope.
What a cute image of the cutest little sleeping boy, for sure. Aunt Kiki is having a birthday in a few days. Anthony had one and so did Janai, but we know your mom and dad were likely so busy they didn’t get a chance to say happy birthday. Aunt Kiki has always loved you both, as does all your Aunts and Uncles.
This distance has made it impossible for you to see anyone of the family you used to spend so much time with. I can only imagine that is very sad for you. Poppy says, do not worry when his birthday comes, just like with Nana’s we have cards you made us and we read those, and remember how great you color and draw. We know you cannot do anything about the situation, and more important want you to not feel badly that you cannot call or write. We understand and we love you. One day we will see you and make up for all the missed time with a big celebration with family and friends.
Until that day we hope you can make dreamstarters for yourselves to keep thinking good and happy thoughts.
Until next time, please know you are so loved, from here to the moon and back, forever and always,
Nana
