Hi everyone,
Thought I'd share a little bit about California Grandma Sharp's new "friend". Phil and I had breakfast with Grandma and Bernie yesterday. Each time we spend time with Bernie we like him better; he's quite a guy. I'm so happy you will get to see Grandma again and meet her friend, yourselves. He is such a gentleman and could't be a nicer man; they are very cute together. His sense of humor and positive outlook on life makes him so fun to be around. He and grandma have taken dancing lessons. I guess he likes to be on the go and has always enjoyed dancing. At first grandma was too embarrased to dance with him and told me " he'll have to take someone else out to dance". Well, that certainly has changed and I don't think there is any chance of him asking another woman out to dance; at least at this time.
They are together everyday and are on the go, constantly. They never miss their Saturday bingo at the senior center and eat out all the time. Grandma's new car was hit while she was grocery shopping and Bernie arranged all the insurance and car rental. Since he used to own an car repair shop, he knew which auto body company that he wanted use and the insurance company agreed.
I feel very comfortable around him and usually say pretty much what I want to say. Yesterday I told him I wanted to give him a compliment and hoped it wouldn't make him uncomfortable. Told him I think Dad/ Grandpa would have liked him a lot. And he replied " from what I hear about him, I think I would have liked him, too". I thought that was a great answer and he didn't seem awkward about. It's important to me to be able to talk about Dad and his life with Mom and his family. Doesn't seem to be a problem at all with Bernie.
Larry, I think you will really like Bernie. I think it can be harder on sons when they see their mother with another man. I know it still feels a littlestrange to me, but mom is so happy and they laugh constantly. Look like two teenagers; I'm a little envious.
So I'll give the space to someone else. I agree, please keep those baby pictures coming. You'll see new ones in a couple weeks, as the Stephanie and Nate will be here with Noah to attend a wedding in Santa Cruz. And we get to babysit; then over to San Francisco, back to Simi; on an overnighter in our RV and Noah's baptism. It is even more special because Stephanie's husband Nate is also getting baptised with the baby. How cool is that?
Love to all,
Chris and Phil
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I can't seem to do a new post so will just comment!
It really is so nice Grandma Sharp found Bernie - or more accurately, that Bernie found her. We are looking forward to meeting him.
The summer is going so fast. I have to return to work next week. Ugh. We really enjoyed Bob and Joanne's visit. Bob left last Friday and we took Joanne to PDX on Saturday.
We made a little detour after to see the babies. You can tell they have gained some weight - up to 6-1/2 lbs. now and sleeping in longer intervals. Melanie and Greyson both looked like they had had some sleep as well. :)
We stopped by the new IKEA store on our way home. I haven't decided yet whether that was a mistake or not. It was like going to the fair as we were directed to the overflow parking in a field. Its a pretty amazing store. We stood in line for what seemed like an hour but was probably only 30 minutes to go thru the cafeteria for Swedish meatballs. Have to go back after the buzz dies down - it just opened on July 25th.
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