Tsunami damage

My nephew Randy Jamison, his wife and two daughters experienced a Hawaiian vacation like no other.

They were woken to Tsunami sirens about midnight Thursday night (last night) and evacuated to higher ground sleeping in their jeep until daybreak. Randy came back for their luggage after he heard it was going to take a while for it to reach the Kona coast where they were staying.

Here are photos of what they found of their motel room after it was over. Water was up to the roof I heard, but the curtains only look wet up 2-3 feet, so am not sure, but it sure did slosh things around!

The power of mother nature is awesome! Some Paradise indeed!











The motel is putting them up tonight in another motel and then tomorrow they are going to be relocated. This is something they can share with their own grand kids someday. Ya think!

What a guy

Today, March 8th, is significant in that it is our middle grandson Osten's 7th birthday. Happy Birthday Osten!

I called him just before school this morning to sing him happy birthday and to wish him a wonderful day. He came down last summer for some one-on-one time. We went garage sale-ing and bought him a bike and helmet for $8. All shiny and red. Pretty good deal if I do say so myself. He likes to ride down the gravel trails in my flower beds. The bike stays at grandma's house so they don't have to haul it when they come down from Washington. We also made a fort out of fir boughs placed between the bases of a several trees creating a circle with a pretend fire pit in the middle, completed with a garage under the rhodie nearby for his Tonka truck. It remains today as a token of my gratitude that he makes me smile and knows how to have fun.

What a guy!

Love you to the moon and back!!

Gramma Lynn

Isn't she lovely, isn't she wonderful...

This photo brings to mind Stevie Wonder and his song : "Isn't she lovely..." To us she is also wonderful.

Our daughter will be 31 on March 18th. Cannot believe it has been that long since she was a tiny baby in my arms. We have them such a short time and then poof - they are all grown up and gone. That is our wish and our goal rearing children. It does not mean we don't love them - to send them on their way, down the uncertain path that's their future. A parents love lets them fledge, enduring the loss (tug at our heartstrings) forever.

This photo was taken last summer while she modeled for/with some friends at Awear Creations.