~Day 2• 162: look at this monstronsity

Those are Ashton's words.  Cailee likes to take the  video game boxes and stack them up to use them for her toys.  He was gathering up boxes that were left on the floor and then he said, "Look at this monstrosity!" It was pretty funny lol the pile wasn't that large, but his use of very descriptive words always gets me.

The second picture is a different kind of monstrosity. It's a very fun type!  My cousin has a couple of boxes full of documents and pictures from my grandma and grandpa.  She started scanning them tonight.  She lives in a different state than me, so she and her hubby set up a drop box so they can just load the  documents there.  Tonight they discovered a diary written by my grandma's 11-yo cousin, Annette, while my grandma lived with her family.  It was so fun to read through it.  It is just a couple of lines each day describing what she did that day, like clean the house, bake bread, walk to school in very deep snow.  The highlights of the  docum ent was when Annette talked about my grandpa Bud coming over and taking Beth on dates.  Having dinners together.  Proposing to my grandma!  Annette's mom Rozena making my grandma Beth's wedding dress (I never knew that!) and then she and my grandpa getting married!  All from the view of an 11-yo.  It was so fun! So this monstrosity of papers that my cousin is tackling is a wealth of information that is enjoyable to read.  I really appreciate Cami and Kevin taking the time to do this.  

OH! and I almost forgot!  My grandma's sister Ann sent me a cassette tape of my grandma telling her famous 'Hobie Haws' story.  I sent the tape on to Cami and Kevin, and Kevin was able to clean up the sound and digitize it.  Last night, very late, I heard my grandma's voice after nearly 10 years.  She passed away in August 2005.  Whenever the grand kids get together, we usually end up talking about grandma's story.  And now to have it so we can all hear it again.... it's such a wonderful gift!!  Kevin had helped give us this great treasure.  I am so appreciative of this.  Thank you Kevin and Cami!