See.. nothing... at all.....

Grandpa Roy had his hands full.... but he could handle any situation... even Andrew...

Now .... does this youngen's eyes look like a deer who's caught in your headlights...???

Yes, Grandma Joan, I was not doing anything at all..... (uhmmmm...)

slowly becoming a one r blur... with his Grandpa Roy who is a Deputy Sheriff in Payne County...

yelp.. still a blurr....

there he is .. still a blur!

but .. wait .. where was Andrew...???

then it came back to me.. the 'lunch line' and how long they can become...

All eyes seemed to be looking for .....????

And then... it appeared... A SEA of color, noise, food, kiddos, grandparents, workers, smells, did I mention the audio level... haha...

and faster.... but ahead... the lunch room... as the what... another corner...

Then we headed down the hall fast....

one can see how excited Andrew was... in front leaning on his arm... haha..WAITING

We lined up... yes, b is in front of M... haha... and at the head of the line...

M's were always.. always lost in the middle somewhere... haha..!

now things begin to blurr... due to speed that things happened...

but as we looked around he stepped out from behind the man in the uniform... sigh.. law folks everywhere, sigh.. haha... first, Heather and Paul's good friend, Office John Ray of Stillwater PD, then this officer... (Thank goodness we did not meet an officer while hurrying across town, or Stillwater might have been able to name a street after us due to the amount of money we would probably have had to pay in fines.. sigh)... but wait.. this was Andrew's Grandpa Roy and Grandma Joan! wow, they had beat us and got there first, now we are really looking bad.. sigh.. but things soon speeded up and got even more of a blurr...

not knowing what to do we stepped into the room... and looked....

and oh my goodness... there to our surprise, did not apperar Andrew Paul Blankinship (Whip)! See ...

Let's see, where were we.. oh yes.. We jumped in Ole' Red and headed to .....

Skyline Elementary School, the home of Andrew Paul Blankinship! and guess what, we made it in time... whew..... and had a ball. We squealed our tires through the turns in the streets, sheeeeeee jeeze.. don't tell anyone... and slid to a screeching stop.... ran to the front door and slid across the floor to stop dead in front of the nice "lunch" ladies to announce to them we were because Andrew Paul Blankinship had invited us to lunch with him and we might be a bit late.... course they looked at us like we were crazy, and should know that they don't know who he is because there are 100's of kiddos there at the school.... but that look turned into smiles as one nice lady says.. oh I know where he is.... and Grandma and I are wondering.. 'why does she know'... haha... anyway... we went jogging (If you have ever traveled with Ann... YOU walk at a run all the time.... so I am always behind by about a country mile!)... through the halls, round the corner... and then another corner, then I thought I had lost the way when I heard round the corner in front of me... "Here it is, Andrew's room!"

And then it was time to say .. .Goodbye... and Austyn Lee went to recess... and we headed across town to eat another Grandparents Day Lunch with

Best Buddies For Life!!!

Andrew Paul. We had an hour between and did not know if at soon to be 61, we could be fast enought to make it to both.. but with a full tummy, and a happy heart.. we boggied... boot scooted, across town, after visiting with John Ray ... A traffic police officer... NICE... regarding the 'white' (ours is red) pickup that was parked on the magnetic strip that changes the traffic light west of Austyn's school... (He is a wonderful family friend as well)... He was glad it was not us... and we jumped in ole' Red, fired her up and away we went... Telling John Ray we had to hurry and get to Andrew Paul's school to eat Grandparents Day Lunch with him, so away we went, waving at Austyn one last time.....

You were wondering what we had??????? Well, more on this later..... oh yes there is much more...

'nough said...

Sorry these photos are into the bright window behind, but I wanted to set next to my Austyn Lee! and Grandma was being Grandma... Grand kids are the absolute best deal in life. I am convinced that is why God planned parents to have children! Oh my we love our children with all our hearts, soul and mind, and soon we love their spouses equally, but when the grandchildren arrive... it makes every day, every minute, every second so worth while, it is as if it is our reason for being! Grand Children are the TOP DAWG in life... I can not even imagine how special and wonderful it must be to have GREAT GRAND Children.. NO NO there is no hurry... just a passing thought.