GRANDMA/GRANDPA!!!

I've waited a week to let the news settle in. We're going to be grandparents! I could say, "it's about time," or "finally" but I really just want to say "HOORAY!" Parenthood shouldn't be rushed, so I guess grandparenthood shouldn't either. It should come when everyone's ready - especially little person who is learning on the other side, getting ready for his/her grand entrance which will probably be late April/early May.

Jason and Brandy have said their little person will be named Pork Ramen or Gorthag. I will love PR or G. They will ride in grandpa's wheelbarrow in the backyard. They will help me make cookies and we'll eat them in the swing on the patio. They will walk outside with grandpa and find bugs, rocks and sticks. They will stomp on eggshells in the compost. We'll read books and snuggle and he/she will love the Wizard of Oz, hot fudge sundaes, ebilskivers, the cats, the turtles, Betty Morgan's yummy brownies, Sharks and Alligators and Here Comes the Oxcart.

Time to stockpile diapers, teeny clothes, patience and love. We're ready for something new and exciting!

Skippers

The Skippers of the '80s: We used to go for the all-you-can-eat because we were poor; one of our kids spilling their root beer (can't remember which one); taking Winston and Aileen. I think she spilled her root beer once too. Meeting my mom and dad for birthdays; my dad eating all the fish he could eat because it was "healthy." Funny thing - he fished but would never eat what he caught, but he'd pig out at Skippers. Skippers was on State Street in Provo across from DI. The Skippers now: on state street in Orem, still all-you-can-eat but we don't because ... hmmm, maybe we aren't so poor and don't need to cram it all in? Great chowder, great fish, so-so fries. We skip the root beer and have water. We ate there for our 25th wedding anniversary. We are big spenders.